# Internal talent marketplace for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "internal talent marketplace" and as "internal mobility platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/performance/internal-talent-marketplace/enterprise/

**Standing:** Gloat leads with 56% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloat | 56% | 16% | 63 |
| 2 | Fuel50 | 22% | 6% | 52 |
| 3 | Eightfold AI | 6% | 22% | 45 |
| 4 | Workday Talent Marketplace | 4% | 6% | 33 |
| 5 | SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace | 2% | 7% | 15 |
| 6 | 365Talents | 2% | 10% | 10 |
| 7 | Cornerstone OnDemand | 2% | 38% | 13 |
| 8 | Phenom | 0% | 6% | 17 |
| 9 | Beamery | 0% | 8% | 12 |
| 10 | Toptal | 0% | 20% | 10 |
| 11 | Upwork | 0% | 59% | 17 |
| 12 | Fiverr | 0% | 79% | 14 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Workday Talent Marketplace
- GPT-5.4 mini: Gloat; alternatives Phenom, SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Fuel50, SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Perplexity Sonar: Gloat; alternatives Cornerstone OnDemand, Fuel50
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Workday Skills Cloud
- Mistral Small: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Fuel50
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Phenom, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Eightfold AI, Gloat; alternatives Beamery, Liberwin, Microsoft Viva Career Hub
- Kimi K2: Fuel50; alternatives Gloat, Phenom
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Workday Talent Marketplace
- MiniMax M2.5: no first choice
- GPT-6 Luna: Gloat; alternatives Fuel50, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Gloat; alternatives Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Workday Skills Cloud, Workday Talent Marketplace

## Sources the answers cite

80 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- fuel50.com: 43 answers, 79 citations
- engagedly.com: 31 answers, 46 citations
- gartner.com: 28 answers, 33 citations
- sprad.io: 22 answers, 28 citations
- pin.com: 20 answers, 26 citations
- teammeter.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- zendikt.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 19 answers, 24 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://fuel50.com/blog/talent-marketplace-software (27 answers)
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/internal-talent-marketplaces (27 answers)
- https://engagedly.com/blog/best-talent-mobility-softwares (25 answers)
- https://zendikt.com/top-10-talent-marketplace-software (20 answers)
- https://hiringmanager.net/best-talent-marketplace-platforms (18 answers)
- https://skima.ai/blog/product-deep-dives/best-talent-marketplace-platforms (18 answers)
- https://teammeter.com/best-talent-marketplace-software-in-2026 (18 answers)
- https://fuel50.com/blog/internal-talent-marketplace-platforms (17 answers)
- https://pin.com/blog/talent-intelligence-software (16 answers)
- https://sprad.io/blog/internal-talent-marketplace-software-in-2025-vendors-features-pricing-and-rfp-checklist (14 answers)

## Warned against

- Fiverr: 11 of 14 labels negative. "should avoid or exercise extreme caution when using unvetted, open-bid generalist platforms (e.g., standard tiers of Upwork, Fiverr, or Freelancer.com)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Upwork: 10 of 17 labels negative. "Large enterprises should avoid or exercise extreme caution when using unvetted, open-bid generalist platforms (e.g., standard tiers of Upwork, Fiverr, or Freelancer.com)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Freelancer.com: 9 of 9 labels negative. "avoid or exercise extreme caution when using unvetted, open-bid generalist platforms (e.g., standard tiers of Upwork, Fiverr, or Freelancer.com)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Gloat: 10 of 63 labels negative. "Platforms such as Gloat, Phenom, or SkyHive can be a poor fit if the organization lacks reliable skills data, HRIS integration, employee engagement, or the IT capacity for rollout." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Gloat at 56%.

- Fuel50: 16% to 23%, +8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 2 of 76, unchanged.
- Gloat: 49% to 56%, +7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 76, unchanged.
- Workday Talent Marketplace: 11% to 5%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 of 76, unchanged.
- Eightfold AI: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 13 → 4 of 76.
- Cornerstone OnDemand: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 8 of 76.
- SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 6 of 76.
- Phenom: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 14 → 9 of 76.
- Beamery: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 19 → 10 of 76.
- Toptal: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 17 → 14 of 76.
- Upwork: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 76 → 74 of 76.
- Fiverr: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 77 → 76 of 76.

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.