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Internal talent marketplace · October 2026 Edition

TalentGuard vs Phenom

Zero of fourteen models named TalentGuard first on the direct prompt; zero named Phenom. TalentGuard was named by eight of the fourteen models and Phenom by eight and TalentGuard carries 17 labels and Phenom 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

TalentGuard

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Phenom

criticized challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%36%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1711A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, TalentGuard reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Fuel50 was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Fuel50 vs TalentGuard · Fuel50 vs Phenom · Engagedly vs TalentGuard

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 internal talent marketplace page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TalentGuardFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPhenom
Direct001 against Phenom
Paraphrase012 against Phenom
Comparative00
Budget-constrained201 against Phenom
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where TalentGuard and Phenom 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
TalentGuard Phenom first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, TalentGuard on the left and Phenom on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where TalentGuard and Phenom stood in it.

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.
Gemini 3.5 FlashNestor alternatives: 365Talents, Fuel50, TalentGuard
Grok 4.1 FastFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, TalentGuard
DeepSeek V4 FlashFuel50 alternatives: Cornerstone OnDemand, Engagedly, TalentGuard, Workday Talent Marketplace
MiniMax M2.5Fuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Engagedly, TalentGuard
Muse Glimmer 30BFuel50, SkillPanel alternatives: Sprad, TalentGuard

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Eightfold AI, Fuel50
GPT-5.4 miniFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Workday Talent Marketplace
Perplexity SonarFuel50 alternatives: Engagedly
Mistral SmallEngagedly, Fuel50
Llama 4 MaverickSkima AI alternatives: Fuel50, Sprad
Qwen 3.7 FlashFuel50 alternatives: Nestor
Kimi K2Fuel50 alternatives: 365Talents
GLM 4.7 FlashXFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Engagedly, Reejig
GPT-6 LunaFuel50 alternatives: Gloat, Workday’s own Career Hub and Talent Marketplace

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
TalentGuard leads by eighteen points.
TalentGuard18%#1 of 12
Phenom0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
TalentGuard leads by four points.
TalentGuard6%#3 of 13
Phenom2%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
TalentGuard0%#– of 12
Phenom0%#8 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about TalentGuard

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

“TalentGuard - Offers comprehensive talent mobility with skills visibility... Good balance of features and affordability for small to mid-sized businesses.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the strongest fit in the results is TalentGuard because it is explicitly positioned as budget-conscious” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Phenom

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

“Platforms to Skip... Phenom — ... leans more toward hiring/career sites than pure internal mobility” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Beamery / Phenom — Primarily talent acquisition tools; more suited for external hiring volume” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
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.