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Candidate assessment · September 2026 Edition

Vervoe vs iMocha

Zero of twelve models named Vervoe first on the direct prompt; zero named iMocha. Vervoe was named by ten of the twelve models and iMocha by ten and Vervoe carries 22 labels and iMocha 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vervoe

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

iMocha

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate5%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.

Labels2216A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Vervoe reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.TestGorilla was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. TestGorilla vs Vervoe · TestGorilla vs iMocha · Criteria Corp vs Vervoe

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the candidate assessment page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

VervoeFirst choices, of twelve modelsiMocha

Direct00

Paraphrase011 against Vervoe · 1 against iMocha

Comparative11

Budget-constrained10

Scale-constrained00

Negative00

Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Vervoe and iMocha were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 76 answers naming Vervoe and the 89 naming iMocha. In those answers iMocha took the first choice zero times and Vervoe one.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Vervoe and iMocha stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5

Vervoe

iMocha

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vervoe on the left and iMocha on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Vervoe and iMocha stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Gemini 3.5 FlashTestGorilla alternatives: Coderbyte, Criteria Corp, Intervue, The Predictive Index, Vervoe

Neither was named

11 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Claude Haiku 4.5The Predictive Index alternatives: Criteria Corp, TestGorilla

GPT-5.4 miniTestGorilla alternatives: HireVue, Talogy

Perplexity SonarCriteria Corp alternatives: TestGorilla

Grok 4.1 FastTestGorilla alternatives: Criteria Corp

Mistral SmallTestGorilla alternatives: Adaface, Greenhouse, The Predictive Index

DeepSeek V4 FlashTestGorilla alternatives: Criteria Corp, The Predictive Index

Llama 4 MaverickTestGorilla

Qwen 3.7 FlashTestGorilla alternatives: CodeSignal, HireVue, Talmundo

Kimi K2Criteria Corp, TestGorilla alternatives: Plum, The Predictive Index

GLM 4.7 FlashXCriteria Corp alternatives: Harver, Plum, TestGorilla

MiniMax M2.5SHL, TestGorilla alternatives: Test Partnership

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.

Small business

Vervoe leads by two points.

Vervoe#2 of 8

iMocha#– of 8

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Level: the same share of first choices.

Vervoe#3 of 10

iMocha#5 of 10

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

The order flips: iMocha leads at enterprise.

iMocha#3 of 12

Vervoe#11 of 12

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Vervoe

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Less broad validation for non-tech” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative

“Vervoe and Canditech are the most affordable per-candidate options” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

“Hiring across all departments (SMB): TestGorilla or Vervoe” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

“Vervoe at $19/month provides the lowest entry point for a full assessment platform” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · alternative

What the models said about iMocha

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Less broad validation for non-tech” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative

“Ideal for technical, IT, and digital roles, offering a large library of coding and skills tests.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice

Also compared

TestGorilla vs Vervoe TestGorilla vs iMocha Criteria Corp vs Vervoe Criteria Corp vs iMocha Vervoe vs Testlify Vervoe vs The Predictive Index Testlify vs iMocha iMocha vs The Predictive Index All fifteen head-to-head pages and the full candidate assessment standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.