11 categories · Ranked15Five
370Judge labels
31First choices
44Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
11Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.1, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
12% in Employee engagement surv for small business buyers
Rank 4 of 60 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
0 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 6% of its 47 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business6 of 65
8%36 labels
accepted challenger
Mid-market4 of 60
7%47 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise10 of 71
2%23 labels
criticized challenger
In performance management · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named 15Five for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance management | Performance and talent management | 7% | 4 of 60 | 6% | 47 | accepted challenger |
| Employee engagement surveys | Onboarding and employee experience | 6% | 6 of 77 | 0% | 37 | accepted challenger |
| Goals and OKRs | Performance and talent management | 4% | 8 of 54 | 9% | 22 | accepted challenger |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 4% | 8 of 99 | 0% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by HiBob at 15% |
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 2% | 10 of 99 | 0% | 8 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 31% |
| Coaching platforms | Learning and development | 2% | 11 of 116 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Growthspace at 26% |
| 360 feedback | Performance and talent management | 0% | 17 of 77 | 13% | 30 | accepted challenger |
| Compensation management | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 52 of 189 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Pave at 18% |
| Compensation benchmarking data | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 92 of 144 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Payscale at 24% |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 73 of 119 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Workativ Assistant at 12% |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 29 of 46 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 22% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for 15Five yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.
By model
How each model treated 15Five across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct71 labels7
Paraphrase61 labels13
Comparative88 labels7not counted in share
Budget-constrained58 labels9
Scale-constrained52 labels2
Negative40 labels3not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative370 labels in all, every segment counted; 31 of the 41 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“I'd suggest starting with BambooHR if you need comprehensive HR features alongside analytics, or 15Five if your primary focus is engagement and performance management” MiniMax M2.5 · People analytics · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest Lattice if you want a comprehensive performance management system, or 15Five if your priority is empowering managers with coaching tools” Kimi K2 · Goals and OKRs · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Platforms like `15Five` or `Thrive Go` provide the structure, prompts, and tracking so your managers can coach effectively” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Coaching platforms · budget prompt · first choice
“Leaders in this category typically include Lattice, Culture Amp, 15Five, Leapsome, and PerformYard.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Performance management · scale prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“15Five forces annual billing (~$11/user). Avoid these if your budget is tight.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · 360 feedback · budget prompt · hard negative
“15Five Goals. No migration paths; data risks.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Goals and OKRs · negative prompt · hard negative
“While tools like 15Five or Luma are excellent for continuous feedback and weekly goals, they can be problematic if you strictly need detailed competency assessments.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · 360 feedback · negative prompt · soft negative
“Performance-first tools with limits like Lattice or 15Five | ... you should check for pricing opacity, contract minimums” Perplexity Sonar · Performance management · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as 15Five, over the 368 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and 15Five was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named 15Five. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 311 of the 368 answers that named 15Five and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
peoplemanagingpeople.com121
betterworks.com116
feedbackpulse.com106
workhuman.com94
selectsoftwarereviews.com86
forbes.com81
g2.com81
learn.g2.com77
okrstool.com77
thrivesparrow.com75
914 of the 914 domain citations in answers naming 15Five came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as 15Five
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as 15Five; a claim can dispute any of them.
15Five (Engage Plan) 115Five Goals 115Five Perform 1
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