Employee giving and volunteering · October 2026 Edition
Uncommon Giving vs YourCause
Three of fourteen models named Uncommon Giving first on the direct prompt; zero named YourCause. Uncommon Giving was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and YourCause by fourteen and Uncommon Giving carries 32 labels and YourCause 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share10%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%50%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3234A 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 YourCause · 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 modelsYourCause
Direct302 against YourCause
Paraphrase021 against YourCause
Comparative00
Budget-constrained102 against Uncommon Giving · 4 against YourCause
Scale-constrained201 against YourCause
Negative209 against YourCause
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 YourCause were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 80 answers naming Uncommon Giving and the 99 naming YourCause. In those answers YourCause took the first choice zero times and Uncommon Giving fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Uncommon Giving and YourCause stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 YourCause first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Uncommon Giving on the left and YourCause on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Uncommon Giving and YourCause stood in it.
Uncommon Giving first, YourCause not the choice
3 of 14 modelsYourCause 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
Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashGroundswell alternatives: Bright Funds, Deed, Millie, Uncommon Giving
Perplexity SonarMillie alternatives: Percent Pledge, Uncommon Giving
Grok 4.1 FastMillie alternatives: Goodera, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Mistral SmallBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving, VolunteerLocal
DeepSeek V4 FlashGroundswell, Millie alternatives: Bright Funds, OnHand, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Llama 4 MaverickBright Funds alternatives: Guideflow, Uncommon Giving
Kimi K2Groundswell, Millie alternatives: Alaya, OnHand, YourCause
GLM 4.7 FlashXBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving
GPT-6 LunaSelflessly alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Millie, YourCause
Neither was named
2 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
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 seven points.
Uncommon Giving7%#3 of 11YourCause0%#10 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Uncommon Giving leads by seven points.
Uncommon Giving10%#3 of 10YourCause3%#6 of 10Enterprise
Uncommon Giving leads by six points.
Uncommon Giving12%#2 of 11YourCause6%#3 of 11What 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 YourCause
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Benevity, YourCause, and Deed are specifically called out for issues such as long distribution timelines, limited mobile support, or heavy administrative burden” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platforms like Benevity, YourCause, CyberGrants that charge extra for support, have high transaction fees, and require complex onboarding” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise-heavy platforms like Benevity or YourCause unless you have 1,000+ employees” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“YourCause is a SaaS-based platform ... This is ideal for mid-sized companies that want a comprehensive platform without enterprise complexity.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend considering YourCause (from Blackbaud) or Millie as top choices for a mid-sized B2B company” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“YourCause is a strong competitor to Benevity, particularly for organizations already using Blackbaud's fundraising software.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Millie vs Uncommon GivingMillie vs YourCauseSelflessly vs Uncommon GivingSelflessly vs YourCauseUncommon Giving vs Bright FundsUncommon Giving vs GroundswellUncommon Giving vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformUncommon Giving vs DeedBright Funds vs YourCauseGroundswell vs YourCauseYourCause vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformYourCause vs DeedAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full giving & volunteering standing
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.