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LinkedIn Learning

198Judge labels
36First choices
36Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
4Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.1, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
30% in Online course libraries for enterprise buyers
Rank 2 of 73 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
4 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 7% of its 46 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
In online course libraries · 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 LinkedIn Learning 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.
CategoryFunctionShareRankNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Online course librariesLearning and development28%2 of 737%46accepted challenger
Learning experience platformsLearning and development0%13 of 807%14accepted challenger
Skills intelligencePerformance and talent management0%20 of 1627%14accepted challenger
Compliance trainingLearning and development0%40 of 800%1under 10 labels · led by Traliant at 22%

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for LinkedIn Learning 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 LinkedIn Learning across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionNegativeLabels
Claude Haiku 4.502305
GPT-5.4 mini12205
Gemini 3.5 Flash12306
Perplexity Sonar21205
Grok 4.1 Fast046212
Mistral Small01506
DeepSeek V4 Flash32106
Llama 4 Maverick02316
Qwen 3.7 Flash21418
Kimi K214005
GLM 4.7 FlashX21317
MiniMax M2.501304

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
Direct34 labels16
Paraphrase36 labels14
Comparative56 labels3not counted in share
Budget-constrained22 labels4
Scale-constrained20 labels2
Negative30 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative198 labels in all, every segment counted; 36 of the 40 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.

“Credential-first platforms like LinkedIn Learning, edX, and Google Career Certificates tend to grade better on consumer-friendliness” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Skills intelligence · negative prompt · first choice
“Udemy Business and LinkedIn Learning are the two industry-leading recommendations for mid-market B2B organizations” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Online course libraries · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“LinkedIn Learning is the best overall online course library for employees in a mid-market B2B company” Perplexity Sonar · Online course libraries · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend LinkedIn Learning if your goal is broad, ready-to-use corporate training content” Perplexity Sonar · Online course libraries · paraphrase 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.

“Avoid higher-end like LinkedIn Learning (~$380/user/year)” Grok 4.1 Fast · Online course libraries · budget prompt · hard negative
“LinkedIn Learning - not recommended for certain goals, such as software engineering skills or creative/design skills.” Llama 4 Maverick · Skills intelligence · negative prompt · soft negative
“These libraries are excellent, but very expensive for individuals (often $30/month)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Online course libraries · negative prompt · soft negative
“High cost, limited interactivity, and outdated content are the main complaints.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Learning experience plat · negative prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as LinkedIn Learning, over the 196 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and LinkedIn Learning was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
Coursera for Business110 of 1968Not in the top three
Skillsoft Percipio56 of 1964Not in the top three
Docebo53 of 1966Not in the top three
Pluralsight52 of 1962Not in the top three
360Learning44 of 1963Not in the top three
Cornerstone OnDemand35 of 1962Not in the top three
Degreed34 of 1969Not in the top three
Absorb LMS28 of 1961Not in the top three
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 LinkedIn Learning. 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 150 of the 196 answers that named LinkedIn Learning and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

g2.com58
goodhabitz.com51
goskills.com50
linkedin.com44
business.linkedin.com43
proprofstraining.com43
docebo.com38
elearningindustry.com32
ispringsolutions.com30
360learning.com27

416 of the 416 domain citations in answers naming LinkedIn Learning came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Names read as LinkedIn Learning

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as LinkedIn Learning; a claim can dispute any of them.
LinkedIn Learning for Business 2LinkedIn Learning (Teams) 1LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) 1LinkedIn Learning Hub 1LinkedIn Learning for Individuals 1Lynda/LinkedIn 1
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It does not get any change to labels, shares or verdicts, any preview, or any say over which quotes appear. A verification link goes to your work email; an address at linkedinlearning.com is approved on the spot, any other address is reviewed by hand.

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