Five of fourteen models named TalentGuard first on the direct prompt; two named 365Talents. TalentGuard was named by ten of the fourteen models and 365Talents by seven and TalentGuard carries 14 labels and 365Talents 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in three 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, TalentGuard and 365Talents were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 63 answers naming TalentGuard and the 95 naming 365Talents. In those answers 365Talents took the first choice two times and TalentGuard 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. Two of two in this category shown.
“TalentGuard is best suited for mid-market companies that need structured competency frameworks and career pathing without the enterprise complexity” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“TalentGuard is the AI-model-recommended first choice for mid-market skills intelligence / taxonomy and inference” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Pure-play AI skills intelligence. Dynamically maps skills from your existing HCM data using AI inference + self-reporting.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose 365Talents if you want the best *dedicated* skills intelligence platform for a mid-market B2B company.” Perplexity Sonar · direct 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.