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Employee giving and volunteering · October 2026 Edition

Uncommon Giving vs Groundswell

Three of fourteen models named Uncommon Giving first on the direct prompt; three named Groundswell. Uncommon Giving was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Groundswell by eleven and Uncommon Giving carries 32 labels and Groundswell 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Uncommon Giving

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Groundswell

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3220A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Uncommon Giving reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Millie was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Millie vs Uncommon Giving · Millie vs Groundswell · Selflessly vs Uncommon Giving

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the employee giving and volunteering page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Uncommon GivingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGroundswell
Direct33
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained102 against Uncommon Giving · 1 against Groundswell
Scale-constrained21
Negative22
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Uncommon Giving and Groundswell were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 80 answers naming Uncommon Giving and the 86 naming Groundswell. In those answers Groundswell took the first choice three times and Uncommon Giving eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Uncommon Giving and Groundswell stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Uncommon Giving Groundswell first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Uncommon Giving on the left and Groundswell on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Uncommon Giving and Groundswell stood in it.

Uncommon Giving first, Groundswell an alternative

3 of 14 modelsGroundswell was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Uncommon Giving alternatives: Bright Funds, Groundswell, Millie
MiniMax M2.5Bright Funds, Uncommon Giving alternatives: Millie, OnHand
Muse Glimmer 30BBright Funds, Uncommon Giving

Groundswell first, Uncommon Giving an alternative

3 of 14 modelsUncommon Giving was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGroundswell alternatives: Bright Funds, Deed, Millie, Uncommon Giving
DeepSeek V4 FlashGroundswell, Millie alternatives: Bright Funds, OnHand, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Kimi K2Groundswell, Millie alternatives: Alaya, OnHand, YourCause

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarMillie alternatives: Percent Pledge, Uncommon Giving
Grok 4.1 FastMillie alternatives: Goodera, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Mistral SmallBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving, VolunteerLocal
Llama 4 MaverickBright Funds alternatives: Guideflow, Uncommon Giving
GLM 4.7 FlashXBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniBonterra alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
Qwen 3.7 FlashBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Social Cues alternatives: Goodchange, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud
GPT-6 LunaSelflessly alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Millie, YourCause

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Uncommon Giving leads by six points.
Uncommon Giving7%#3 of 11
Groundswell2%#5 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Uncommon Giving leads by three points.
Uncommon Giving10%#3 of 10
Groundswell7%#5 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Uncommon Giving leads by eight points.
Uncommon Giving12%#2 of 11
Groundswell4%#4 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Uncommon Giving

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Starts at ~$5,000/year, which is steep for limited budgets” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Full-suite options (e.g., Uncommon Giving at $5,000/year min) are better for larger firms.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“look into modern, employee-experience-first platforms such as Deed, Groundswell, Uncommon Giving, or Millie” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Best for streamlined mid-market giving: Uncommon Giving, pairing giving wallets with volunteer management.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Best value to shortlist: Uncommon Giving—if your software budget is around $5,000/year or more” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Groundswell

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Platforms like Groundswell or Selflessly (~$2–$4.50+/user/month or $4,500+/year) add giving but exceed tight budgets.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“Groundswell: A modern, mobile-first platform built specifically to make enterprise-grade giving and DAFs accessible to mid-market companies. Very low administrative burden.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“look into modern, employee-experience-first platforms such as Deed, Groundswell, Uncommon Giving, or Millie” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“positioned specifically as a Benevity alternative, addressing fragmentation and disbursement concerns” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.