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September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 · The permanent record of that edition, superseded since. The current standing is on the category page →
Index › Learning and development › Compliance training › Small business › September 2026 Edition

Compliance training for small business buyers

Asked as “compliance training platform”, and as “harassment prevention training provider”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
49%
Clear leader
49EasyLlama19TalentLMS11Traliant21others

49% of first choices, clear leader.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01EasyLlama49%6%63endorsed leader
02TalentLMS19%0%35accepted challenger
03Traliant11%3%37accepted challenger
04SC Training8%0%12accepted challenger
05Ethena4%0%16accepted challenger
06NAVEX4%55%22criticized challenger
07Coggno2%9%11accepted challenger
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10360training0%60%10criticized challenger
09KnowBe4 Compliance Plus0%9%11accepted challenger
08iSpring Learn0%7%15accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

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01EasyLlama49%
02TalentLMS19%
03Traliant11%
04SC Training8%
05Ethena4%
06NAVEX4%
07Coggno2%
08iSpring Learn0%
09KnowBe4 Compliance Plus0%
10360training0%

What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2 and GLM 4.7 FlashX changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
NAVEX
55%
12 of 22 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Large, enterprise-focused providers like Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, and NAVEX are often too expensive and complex for small businesses.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
360training
60%
6 of 10 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“**360 Training (360training.com)** is the one provider with the most documented, recurring complaints that should give small businesses serious pause” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Docebo
100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“Large, enterprise-focused providers like Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, and NAVEX are often too expensive and complex for small businesses.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Cornerstone OnDemand
83%
5 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Large, enterprise-focused providers like Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, and NAVEX are often too expensive and complex for small businesses.” Mistral Small, negative prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

79 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 972 links across 174 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · Coggno43 answers · 81 citations · 12 models
vendor site · EasyLlama39 answers · 58 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Continu29 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Thinkific29 answers · 29 citations · 12 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · FirstHR27 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Traliant24 answers · 30 citations · 12 models
vendor site · BizLibrary20 answers · 22 citations · 13 models
vendor site · TechClass20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Mitratech18 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CompliQuest18 answers · 20 citations · 11 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best compliance training platform”, “compliance training platform”, “compliance training providers”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
EasyLlama easyllama.com49%1263,6002480,528158
TalentLMS talentlms.com19%3488,10010382,431$1,179119
Traliant traliant.com11%1085,4005812,679$51196
SC Training safetyculture.com8%53590825466,9811
Ethena goethena.com4%433,60011510,808$565
NAVEX navex.com4%969,90025021,15948
Coggno coggno.com2%33210014,1381
Coassemble coassemble.com2%251,300122,3757
TechClass techclass.com2%6
iSpring Learn ispring.com0%1123901253,048$4637

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (bizlibrary.com, easyllama.com, traliant.com). The first result for “best compliance training platform” is exec.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best compliance training platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which harassment prevention training provider would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top compliance training providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best compliance training platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a compliance training platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which compliance training providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5TalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, Traliant
EasyLlama, TraliantChanged
One alternativeCoggno
EasyLlama
Three alternativesMitratech Syntrio, TalentLMS, Traliant
TalentLMS
Three alternativesEasyLlama, SkyPrep, Trainual
no first choiceagainst: 360training, Compliance Training Online, EasyLlama, NAVEX, SAI360
GPT-5.4 miniEasyLlama
Five alternativesAbsorb LMS, BizLibrary, SAP Litmos, SC Training, Traliant
TraliantChanged
Two alternativesNational Course Portal, SHIFT HR Compliance Training
EasyLlama, Traliant
Five alternativesAbsorb LMS, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, Mineral, SAP Litmos, Trainual
TalentLMS
One alternativeKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
against: Moodle
no first choiceagainst: IM Mastery Academy / IYOVIA
Gemini 3.5 FlashEthena
Four alternativesEasyLlama, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, Rippling LMS, Wizer
EasyLlamaChanged
Two alternativesEthena, Traliant
EasyLlama
Four alternativesCoggno, Ethena, TalentLMS, Traliant
Coggno
Three alternativesEasyLlama, ProProfs Training Maker, TalentLMS
EasyLlama
Five alternativesBambooHR, GoSkills, Rippling, TalentLMS, Traliant
against: NAVEX, Skillsoft Percipio
against: Cornerstone OnDemand, NAVEX, Skillsoft Percipio, Traliant
Perplexity SonarTalentLMS
Three alternativesCoggno, EasyLlama, Trainual
NAVEXChanged
Three alternatives360training, EasyLlama, Traliant
EasyLlama
Five alternativesCoggno, Ethena, SC Training, TalentLMS, Traliant
against: Docebo, NAVEX, Skillsoft Percipio
TalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, Trainual
no first choiceagainst: D2L Brightspace
Grok 4.1 FastEasyLlama
Two alternativesTalentLMS, Trainual
EasyLlama, TraliantChanged
Three alternatives360training, Kantola, ProProfs Training Maker
EasyLlama, Ethena
Two alternativesTalentLMS, Traliant
TalentLMS
One alternativeKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
against: EasyLlama, Google Classroom, Moodle, iSpring Learn
no first choiceagainst: 360training, Absorb LMS, Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, NAVEX
Mistral SmallEasyLlama
Two alternativesContinu, TechClass
NAVEX, TechClassChangedEasyLlama, Ethena
Three alternativesBizLibrary, NAVEX, SAI360
EasyLlama
Two alternativesTalentLMS, iSpring Learn
no first choiceagainst: Absorb LMS, BizLibrary, Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, EasyLlama, HR360, LearnUpon, NAVEX
DeepSeek V4 FlashEasyLlama
Four alternativesGoSkills, ProProfs Training Maker, SAP Litmos, TalentLMS
EasyLlamaHeld
Three alternativesEthena, Kantola, NAVEX
EasyLlama
Two alternativesEthena, Traliant
against: NAVEX, SAI360
EasyLlama
Two alternativesSC Training, TalentLMS
EasyLlama
Two alternativesTraliant, Workhub
against: Absorb LMS, Docebo
against: 360training
Llama 4 MaverickEasyLlamano first choiceChangedno first choiceEasyLlama, SC Trainingno first choiceagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo
Qwen 3.7 FlashEasyLlama
Two alternativesBizLibrary, Tayl
EasyLlamaHeld
Two alternativesComplianceQuest, Traliant
EasyLlama
Three alternatives360training, Coggno, Traliant
EasyLlama
Two alternativesTalentLMS, iSpring Learn
no first choicenothing named
Kimi K2SC Training, TalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
EasyLlamaChanged
Two alternativesNAVEX, Traliant
EasyLlama, SC Training
Four alternativesCoassemble, TalentLMS, Traliant, iSpring Learn
against: NAVEX
SC Training
Four alternativesKnowBe4 Compliance Plus, TalentLMS, Traliant, iSpring Learn
against: EasyLlama, NAVEX
EasyLlama
Three alternativesTalentLMS, Trainual, iSpring Learn
against: 360training, Compliance Training Online, International Compliance Association, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, NAVEX
GLM 4.7 FlashXTalentLMS
Three alternatives360Learning, SC Training, iSpring Learn
EasyLlamaChanged
Four alternativesCompliance Training Group, Ethena, Kantola, Traliant
EasyLlama, Konstantly, TalentLMS
Six alternativesBizLibrary, Coggno, Ethena, KnowLlama, Trainual, iSpring Learn
against: NAVEX
SC Training, TalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, iSpring Learn
against: Coggno
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5EasyLlama
Four alternativesAbsorb Amplify, Mitratech Syntrio, Thinkific, Traliant
EasyLlamaHeld
Three alternativesCoggno, Mitratech Syntrio, Traliant
EasyLlama
Three alternativesEthena, TalentLMS, Traliant
EasyLlama
Three alternativesTalentLMS, Thinkific, iSpring Learn
EasyLlama, Ethena, Traliant
One alternativeKnowBe4 Compliance Plus
against: 360training, Absorb LMS, Compliance Training Online, Cornerstone OnDemand, DOT Compliance Group, Docebo, LearnUpon, NAVEX, Workwise Compliance
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:19yes98 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 12:05yes25 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 11:26yes1318 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:03yes205 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 07:51yes168 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:17yes53 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 11:42yes1417 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 10:57yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 10:22yes735 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 11:08yes1419 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 12:02yes1324 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 11:46yes918 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:25yes167 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 10:29yes44 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 10:44yes1722 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 08:09yes184 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 09:27yes188 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:13yes53 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 08:19yes2225 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 10:11yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:46yes1736 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 08:19yes1822 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 08:58yes2042 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 09:45yes716 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 10:16yes99 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 11:31yes39 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 09:01yes1328 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:54yes186 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 11:41yes189 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 09:54yes86 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 11:33yes2142 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 09:17yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 08:47yes1035 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 07:59yes1726 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 10:12yes1455 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 07:36yes1218 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 08:06yes96 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 10:32yes34 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 10:47yes1525 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 11:47yes202 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 11:38yes2015 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:41yes53 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 08:39yes2323 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 10:47yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:33yes930 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 11:34yes1225 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 09:59yes1115 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:44yes510 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 11:08no05 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:21no06 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 09:18yes820 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 08:17yes205 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 11:50yes139 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:42no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 07:45yes2140 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 11:21yes52 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 09:34no024 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 11:34yes1927 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 08:28no09 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 12:02yes522 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 10:28yes169 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 07:40yes34 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 12:16yes2159 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 11:06yes173 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 08:01yes2310 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:32yes54 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 08:11yes2337 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 11:09yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 08:18yes526 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 11:00yes2424 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 07:40yes2342 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:00yes2348 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Absorb read as Absorb LMS
Cornerstone read as Cornerstone OnDemand
EdApp read as SC Training
KnowBe4 read as KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Litmos read as SAP Litmos
NAVEX One read as NAVEX
NAVEX One (Compliance Essentials) read as NAVEX
ProProfs Training read as ProProfs Training Maker
Skillsoft read as Skillsoft Percipio
Unresolved, counted raw
California Civil Rights Department
DOT Compliance Group
EasyLlama Pay Per Course
IM Mastery Academy / IYOVIA
KnowLlama (Knowlify)
NAVEX One Ethics and Compliance Training for small business
National Course Portal
SC Training, formerly EdApp
SHIFT HR Compliance Training
SafetySkills
Tayl
WeVow
Wizer
Workhub
ZeroHR
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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