# Donut: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/donut/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee onboarding | 0% | 31 | 0% | 3 |

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Employee onboarding: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 17 → 31 of 87.

## In its own words

What Donut's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: An employee experience platform that helps you automate and scale people programs, right in Slack (https://donut.com/)
- For: teams and companies (https://donut.com/)
- Price stated: Free $0/mo; Standard Starts at $74/mo* billed annually $89/mo billed monthly; Premium Starts at $119/mo* billed annually $149/mo billed monthly; Enterprise Let’s talk (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 74 (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try for Free – Slack; Try for Free – Teams; Get Started for Free (https://donut.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 50 (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: United States
- Customers named: Ontra, Buffer, Vineskills, Airalo, Huntress, Flatiron Health, AppDirect, Axios

## What it publishes

Every page donut.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 190 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 105 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- case study: 2 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-12
- webinar or virtual event: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 26 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Type of donut quiz https://www.donut.com/blog/type-of-donut-quiz
- Recent: 2026-08-12 case study: Airalo remote team connection case study https://www.donut.com/blog/airalo-remote-team-connection-case-study
- Recent: 2026-04-27 blog: Best employee onboarding tools 2026 https://www.donut.com/blog/best-employee-onboarding-tools-2026
- Recent: 2026-03-27 blog: Best employee recognition platforms 2026 https://www.donut.com/blog/best-employee-recognition-platforms-2026
- Recent: 2026-03-05 case study: Buffer remote team connection donut case study https://www.donut.com/blog/buffer-remote-team-connection-donut-case-study
- Recent: 2025-09-16 blog: Agentic ai and the future of onboarding https://www.donut.com/blog/agentic-ai-and-the-future-of-onboarding

## 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.