Small business=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 50 → 44 of 50
D2L Brightspace
41Judge labels
0First choices
12Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
3Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
0% in Learning management syst for mid-market buyers
Rank 14 of 61 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 24% of its 17 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of D2L Brightspace →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business46 of 52
0%2 labels
under the label threshold
Mid-market14 of 61
0%17 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise15 of 72
0%14 labels
accepted challenger
In learning management syst · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named D2L Brightspace for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning management systems | Learning and development | 0% | 14 of 61 | 24% | 17 | accepted challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Candidate assessment | Talent acquisition | 0% | 62 of 118 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by TestGorilla at 52% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Learning experience platforms | Learning and development | 0% | 76 of 89 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by 360Learning at 26% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, D2L Brightspace held within the floor in all three categories: no change cleared 13 points.
Best category · Learning management syst · by segment
Mid-market=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 48 → 14 of 55
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 21 → 14 of 65
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning management syst | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 48 → 14 of 61 |
| Candidate assessment | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 62 of 118, unchanged |
| Learning experience plat | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 41 → 76 of 89 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated D2L Brightspace across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated D2L Brightspace across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct3 labelsNone
Paraphrase3 labelsNone
Comparative18 labels2not counted in share
Budget-constrained2 labelsNone
Scale-constrained2 labelsNone
Negative13 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative41 labels in all, every segment counted; 0 of the 2 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Choose Canvas or Brightspace for modern, SaaS higher-ed with strong integrations/analytics.” Muse Glimmer 30B · Learning management syst · comparative prompt · first choice
“Canvas or D2L Brightspace (Canvas for market dominance, D2L for accessibility and AI)” Kimi K2 · Learning management syst · comparative prompt · first choice
“Consider it when analytics, inclusive learning, or supporting different education settings are priorities.” GPT-6 Luna · Learning management syst · comparative prompt · alternative
“Strong focus on learner analytics and early-flagging of at-risk students” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Learning management syst · comparative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Has one of the most strongly worded negative reviews on Capterra” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Learning experience plat · negative prompt · hard negative
“Brightspace (D2L) has received criticism for being "the worst LMS" in some user experiences... However, experiences vary significantly by institution and use case.” MiniMax M2.5 · Learning management syst · negative prompt · soft negative
“User reviews highlight persistent usability and architecture complaints” Muse Glimmer 30B · Learning management syst · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious with D2L if you have a small staff” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Learning management syst · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as D2L Brightspace, over the 41 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and D2L Brightspace was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as D2L Brightspace, over the 41 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and D2L Brightspace was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named D2L Brightspace. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 37 of the 41 answers that named D2L Brightspace and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
d2l.com21
docebo.com15
ispring.com14
cypherlearning.com13
forbes.com13
talentlms.com13
g2.com11
goskills.com11
capterra.com10
peoplemanagingpeople.com10
No domain is on file for D2L Brightspace, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where D2L Brightspace stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where D2L Brightspace stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 33,100 a month (“d2l brightspace”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 186 a month
- Its own site
- No site of its own on file, so no site figures
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
0%
rank 14 of 61 in learning management syst
Segment leader
51%
TalentLMS
- First choices
- 0 across its categories
- Named in
- 41 answers
- Its own site cited
- No site on file to match
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as D2L Brightspace
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as D2L Brightspace; a claim can dispute any of them.
Brightspace (D2L) 1Brightspace / D2L 1Brightspace by D2L 1D2L for Business 1
Follow D2L Brightspace
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
Is this your product?
Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when D2L Brightspace's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as D2L Brightspace, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for D2L Brightspace by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where D2L Brightspace is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name D2L Brightspace, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.