# Leapsome: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 136 judge labels across 12 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/leapsome/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee engagement surveys | 12% | 3 | 6% | 17 |
| 360 feedback | 11% | 3 | 0% | 42 |
| Performance management | 5% | 5 | 0% | 36 |
| Succession planning | 4% | 8 | 19% | 16 |
| Workforce planning | 4% | 11 | 0% | 4 |
| Goals and OKRs | 0% | 18 | 22% | 9 |
| People analytics | 0% | 36 | 25% | 4 |
| Coaching platforms | 0% | 41 | 0% | 3 |
| Leave and absence management | 0% | 37 | 0% | 2 |
| Candidate assessment | 0% | 71 | 0% | 1 |
| Compensation management | 0% | 56 | 0% | 1 |
| Employee onboarding | 0% | 69 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "1. Leapsome - Surveys, performance reviews, learning, goal management for growing companies seeking an all-in-one people platform." (Llama 4 Maverick, Employee engagement surv)
- "Offers flexible pricing starting at $3 per user per month, making it a viable option for scaling teams with limited budgets." (Llama 4 Maverick, Workforce planning)
- "Choose Lattice for a highly polished, US-centric market leader, or Leapsome if you have a global/European footprint" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Employee engagement surv)
- "For the absolute lowest budget, Effy AI, Zoho People, Teamflect, or Leapsome's free plans are excellent starting points." (Mistral Small, Performance management)

## And against it

- "Avoid platforms like Culture Amp, Leapsome, or Qualtrics" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Employee engagement surv)
- "Tools like Lattice, Leapsome, Betterworks... often fall short when strategy or operations teams need a leadership cockpit." (MiniMax M2.5, Goals and OKRs)
- "Lattice and Leapsome reach succession through performance tiers carrying $4,000 and $6,000 annual minimums." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Succession planning)
- "The UI can feel unclear and time-consuming when trying to find specific data, goal updates are more manual" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Goals and OKRs)

## 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 engagement surveys: 0% to 12%, +13. Cleared the floor by 0 points · rank 13 → 3 of 58.
- 360 feedback: 0% to 11%, +11. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 16 → 3 of 73.
- Goals and OKRs: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 18 of 68.
- Workforce planning: 0% to 4%, +4. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 11 of 98.
- Succession planning: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 21 → 8 of 93.
- Performance management: 2% to 5%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 5 of 85.
- People analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 27 → 36 of 114.
- Coaching platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 72 → 41 of 128.
- Leave and absence management: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 31 → 37 of 95.
- Candidate assessment: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 71 of 118.
- Compensation management: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 56 of 140.
- Employee onboarding: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 40 → 69 of 87.

## In its own words

What Leapsome's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: AI-powered HR software and people platform (https://leapsome.com/)
- For: For lean people teams with outsized business impact. (https://leapsome.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Book Free Demo Now (https://www.leapsome.com/product/integrations)
- Integrations claimed: 100 (https://leapsome.com/)
- Certifications: ISO 27001, SOC II, ISO 27001 certified, SOC 2 certified, GDPR, EU AI Act, 27001:2022
- Customers named: Beat81, Mark43, TicketSwap, JINA, Personio, Orbis, MKC, DrFirst

## What it publishes

Every page leapsome.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 11339 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 938 pages, 82 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- case study: 122 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 24 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 115 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- report or ebook: 63 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 54 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- template or tool: 46 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- glossary or explainer: 22 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- podcast or video: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 10 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Areas of improvement performance review examples https://site.leapsome.com/blog/areas-of-improvement-performance-review-examples
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: One on one meeting template https://site.leapsome.com/blog/one-on-one-meeting-template
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Performance review questions https://site.leapsome.com/blog/performance-review-questions
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Workplace goals examples https://site.leapsome.com/blog/workplace-goals-examples
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Career development questions https://site.leapsome.com/blog/career-development-questions
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Payroll preparation https://site.leapsome.com/blog/payroll-preparation

## 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.