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Two categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Fuel50, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 339 of the 432 answers collected in the two categories where Fuel50 holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Skills Base30
TalentGuard16
Lightcast Open Skills13
Eightfold AI11
Toptal10
Gloat9
First choices in the 339 answers that did not name Fuel50, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Internal talent marketplace

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Fuel50 is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessFuel50 is #2 of 8 here at 9% of first choices, 25 labels.

Sixty-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Fuel50; it was the first choice in five. The first choices in those sixty-two answers, twenty-nine products in all, the eight most named:

TalentGuard10 of 62Head to head →
Toptal6 of 62
Upwork6 of 62
Airtable5 of 62
Fiverr3 of 62
Notion3 of 62
Gloat2 of 62Head to head →
Google Sheets2 of 62
21 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketFuel50 is #1 of 12 here at 26% of first choices, 36 labels.

Forty-four of the seventy-two answers did not name Fuel50; it was the first choice in twelve. The first choices in those forty-four answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Toptal4 of 44
Upwork3 of 44
365Talents2 of 44Head to head →
Teamflect2 of 44
Airtable1 of 44
Bitrix241 of 44
Engagedly1 of 44Head to head →
Fiverr1 of 44
11 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseFuel50 is #2 of 9 here at 16% of first choices, 42 labels.

Thirty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Fuel50; it was the first choice in eleven. The first choices in those thirty-eight answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Gloat7 of 38Head to head →
Workday Talent Marketplace3 of 38
Docebo2 of 38
Workday2 of 38
Eightfold AI1 of 38
MentorcliQ1 of 38
Microsoft Viva1 of 38
Oracle1 of 38
4 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Skills intelligence

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Fuel50 is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessFuel50 holds 6 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy of the seventy-two answers did not name Fuel50; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy answers, thirty products in all, the eight most named:

Skills Base20 of 70Head to head →
Lightcast Open Skills5 of 70Head to head →
MuchSkills4 of 70
SkillPanel4 of 70
GoSkills2 of 70
Lattice2 of 70
Lessie AI2 of 70
TestGorilla2 of 70
22 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketFuel50 is #8 of 16 here at 2% of first choices, 12 labels.

Sixty-four of the seventy-two answers did not name Fuel50; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-four answers, twenty-five products in all, the eight most named:

Skills Base8 of 64Head to head →
TalentGuard6 of 64Head to head →
Lightcast Open Skills4 of 64Head to head →
TechWolf4 of 64Head to head →
365Talents3 of 64Head to head →
iMocha3 of 64Head to head →
Coursera2 of 64
360Learning1 of 64
17 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseFuel50 is #6 of 10 here at 5% of first choices, 19 labels.

Sixty-one of the seventy-two answers did not name Fuel50; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those sixty-one answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Eightfold AI10 of 61Head to head →
Degreed5 of 61
TechWolf5 of 61Head to head →
Workday Skills Cloud5 of 61
Lightcast Open Skills4 of 61Head to head →
Bryq2 of 61
Skills Base2 of 61Head to head →
SkillsDB2 of 61
7 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Fuel50 neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Fuel50 only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Fuel50's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Fuel50 was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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