Two of fourteen models named Talkdesk first on the direct prompt; one named Genesys Cloud CX. Both were named by all fourteen models and Talkdesk carries 46 labels and Genesys Cloud CX 45, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
By Genesys, Daly City, United States, founded 1990. Named in six 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 contact center platforms page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Talkdesk and Genesys Cloud CX were named in the same answer 114 times, of the 195 answers naming Talkdesk and the 228 naming Genesys Cloud CX. In those answers Genesys Cloud CX took the first choice thirty-nine times and Talkdesk four.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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. Three of four in this category shown.
“Start with Talkdesk or Aircall for most mid-market B2B—Talkdesk if you need enterprise-grade AI/routing” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Dialpad and Talkdesk are the top contenders” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Talkdesk is widely considered the leader in "ease of use" among CCaaS platforms.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“avoiding the high-ticket enterprise suites like NICE CXone or Genesys” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Genesys is powerful but notoriously expensive, leading to frustration regarding its value proposition for small-to-medium businesses.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“very capable platform, but recent user reviews mention support frustration and a difficult experience” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Genesys ranked either #1 or #2 across every evaluated use case... Genesys is recognized as a Leader this year for its Genesys Cloud CX platform.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“My practical pick for most mid-market B2B firms: Genesys Cloud CX first, Five9 second” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“If you need complex omnichannel enterprise routing → Genesys is the incumbent leader.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative 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.