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Two categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Upwork, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 388 of the 432 answers collected in the two categories where Upwork 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
Gloat46
SAP Fieldglass32
SimpleVMS31
Fuel5028
Beeline16
TalentGuard13
First choices in the 388 answers that did not name Upwork, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Contingent workforce management

Workforce planning and analytics. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Upwork is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessUpwork is #5 of 13 here at 6% of first choices, 22 labels.

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

SimpleVMS15 of 60
Deel7 of 60
TalentDesk.io5 of 60
Worksome4 of 60
Conexis VMS3 of 60
WorkMarket3 of 60
Worksuite3 of 60
Bonsai2 of 60
12 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketUpwork is #10 of 16 here at 2% of first choices, 21 labels.

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

SimpleVMS16 of 65
Magnit6 of 65
Worksuite6 of 65
Conexis VMS3 of 65
Deel3 of 65
SAP Fieldglass3 of 65
Beeline2 of 65
Fiverr2 of 65
9 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseUpwork is #6 of 12 here at 5% of first choices, 20 labels.

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

SAP Fieldglass29 of 61
Beeline14 of 61
Workday VNDLY4 of 61
SimplifyVMS3 of 61
Magnit2 of 61
WorkMarket1 of 61
Worksome1 of 61
Worksuite1 of 61
1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Internal talent marketplace

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Upwork is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessUpwork is #5 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 22 labels.

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

TalentGuard11 of 64
Airtable5 of 64
Fuel505 of 64
Toptal5 of 64
Gloat4 of 64
Notion3 of 64
Spacewalk3 of 64
Google Sheets2 of 64
22 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketUpwork is #9 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 20 labels.

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

Fuel5012 of 68
365Talents8 of 68
Gloat8 of 68
Engagedly4 of 68
Toptal3 of 68
Nestor2 of 68
TalentGuard2 of 68
Teamflect2 of 68
13 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseUpwork is #9 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 17 labels.

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

Gloat34 of 70
Fuel5011 of 70
Workday Talent Marketplace3 of 70
Docebo2 of 70
Workday2 of 70
365Talents1 of 70
Eightfold AI1 of 70
JobCannon1 of 70
10 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 Upwork 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 Upwork 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 Upwork'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 Upwork was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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