19 categories · RankedLattice
680Judge labels
107First choices
131Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
19Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.1, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
41% in Performance management for mid-market buyers
Rank 1 of 60 in the mid-market standingendorsed leader
12 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 12% of its 51 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentStrongest at mid-market.
Small business2 of 65
17%46 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market1 of 60
41%51 labels
endorsed leader
Enterprise3 of 71
12%47 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 Lattice 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 | 41% | 1 of 60 | 12% | 51 | endorsed leader |
| 360 feedback | Performance and talent management | 40% | 1 of 77 | 9% | 45 | endorsed leader |
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 31% | 1 of 99 | 5% | 38 | endorsed leader |
| Goals and OKRs | Performance and talent management | 11% | 2 of 54 | 7% | 29 | accepted challenger |
| Employee engagement surveys | Onboarding and employee experience | 10% | 4 of 77 | 3% | 36 | accepted challenger |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 6% | 5 of 119 | 0% | 18 | accepted challenger |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 4% | 6 of 99 | 9% | 22 | accepted challenger |
| Skills intelligence | Performance and talent management | 2% | 14 of 162 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by TalentGuard at 19% |
| Coaching platforms | Learning and development | 2% | 9 of 116 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Growthspace at 26% |
| Compensation management | Compensation and total rewards | 2% | 13 of 189 | 0% | 22 | accepted challenger |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 19 of 46 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 22% |
| Internal talent marketplace | Performance and talent management | 0% | 31 of 129 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Fuel50 at 26% |
| Recognition and rewards | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 27 of 55 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Bonusly at 22% |
| Compensation benchmarking data | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 71 of 144 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Payscale at 24% |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 91 of 104 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 29% |
| Frontline employee apps | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 58 of 97 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Connecteam at 56% |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 60 of 84 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 16% |
| Org charts and org design | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 67 of 81 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 27% |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 59 of 89 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 31% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Lattice 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 Lattice 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 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| Kimi K2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
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
Direct147 labels44
Paraphrase128 labels46
Comparative155 labels16not counted in share
Budget-constrained88 labels6
Scale-constrained81 labels11
Negative81 labels3not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative680 labels in all, every segment counted; 107 of the 126 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.
“Choose Lattice if you are a fast-growing company (Seed to Series C/D) that wants to manage reviews, promotions, and salary adjustments in one easy-to-use place.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Performance management · comparative prompt · first choice
“Lattice: Best Overall for Balanced Performance & Goal Alignment... widely considered the gold-standard platform for mid-market, tech-forward B2B companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Performance management · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Dedicated People Analytics Platform ... Lattice is widely considered one of the most accessible people ops platforms for growing companies.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · People analytics · budget prompt · first choice
“Best For: Comprehensive performance management combined with 360s.... Lattice ensures the feedback actually impacts future goal-setting.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · 360 feedback · comparative 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.
“you do not need a separate onboarding tool like Personio or Lattice just to collect paperwork” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Employee onboarding · negative prompt · hard negative
“Lattice carries a $4,000 annual minimum ... Avoid these if your budget is tight.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · 360 feedback · budget prompt · hard negative
“Watch Out For: Minimum seat requirements (e.g., Lattice requires $4,000/year minimum)” Kimi K2 · Performance management · budget prompt · hard negative
“Steep learning curve - frequently cited as confusing for initial tasks ... Expensive - minimum $4,000 annual agreement” Kimi K2 · Performance management · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Lattice, over the 672 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Lattice 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 Lattice. 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 557 of the 672 answers that named Lattice and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
peoplemanagingpeople.com189
betterworks.com180
workhuman.com153
feedbackpulse.com132
firsthr.app131
g2.com128
guideflow.com124
engagedly.com117
selectsoftwarereviews.com116
okrstool.com114
1,384 of the 1,384 domain citations in answers naming Lattice came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Lattice
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Lattice; a claim can dispute any of them.
Lattice (Engagement Add-On) 1Lattice Goals 1Lattice/Leapsome 1
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