# Workday Skills Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 462 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Workday Skills Cloud holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/workday-skills-cloud/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Eightfold AI: 71
- Skills Base: 40
- Pin: 29
- Gem: 11
- Loxo: 10
- iMocha: 10

## Skills intelligence

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud.

- Skills Base: first choice in 30 of those 84
- GoSkills: first choice in 7 of those 84
- SkillPanel: first choice in 6 of those 84
- MuchSkills: first choice in 4 of those 84
- TalentLMS: first choice in 4 of those 84
- iMocha: first choice in 4 of those 84
- ESCO: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Eightfold AI: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #10 of 16 at 2%).

- Skills Base: first choice in 10 of those 77
- TalentGuard: first choice in 6 of those 77
- iMocha: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Coursera: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Eightfold AI: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Degreed: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Gloat: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 3 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #4 of 14 at 6%).

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 11 of those 60
- Degreed: first choice in 6 of those 60
- TechWolf: first choice in 3 of those 60
- Cornerstone OnDemand: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Docebo: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Gloat: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Skillsoft Percipio: first choice in 2 of those 60
- 365Talents: first choice in 1 of those 60

## Talent intelligence

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud.

- Pin: first choice in 16 of those 84
- Loxo: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Metaview: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Gem: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Manatal: first choice in 3 of those 84
- SeekOut: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Workable: first choice in 3 of those 84
- hireEZ: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- Pin: first choice in 13 of those 82
- Eightfold AI: first choice in 10 of those 82
- Gem: first choice in 7 of those 82
- hireEZ: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Fuel50: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Manatal: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Phenom: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Metaview: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #8 of 15 at 2%).

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 44 of those 75
- Beamery: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Gloat: first choice in 2 of those 75
- SeekOut: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Brightfield: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Bryq: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Findem: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Phenom: first choice in 1 of those 75

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