Zero of fourteen models named Skills Base first on the direct prompt; three named iMocha. Skills Base was named by ten of the fourteen models and iMocha by twelve and Skills Base carries 16 labels and iMocha 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
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 skills intelligence page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Skills Base and iMocha were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 62 answers naming Skills Base and the 97 naming iMocha. In those answers iMocha took the first choice one time and Skills Base six.
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Skills Base gives the lowest financial barrier with a usable free tier and then scales at ~$2-2.50/user/mo” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Skills Base stands out as the best skills intelligence platform for companies with a limited budget.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“For most companies with a limited budget, Skills Base is the clear winner” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“overkill and cost-prohibitive for most mid-sized B2B firms” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“look at Degreed, 360Learning, Cornerstone, iMocha, or Acorn; ... if you want skills verification, look at iMocha” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“combined with iMocha or Textkernel Skills Intelligence API for inference capabilities” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with iMocha ... Best all-around choice: iMocha” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.