One of twelve models named UserGuiding first on the direct prompt; zero named Apty. UserGuiding was named by twelve of the twelve models and Apty by eleven and UserGuiding carries 38 labels and Apty 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 digital adoption and onboarding page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, UserGuiding and Apty were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 141 answers naming UserGuiding and the 68 naming Apty. In those answers Apty took the first choice zero times and UserGuiding twelve.
| 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 |
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. Five of six in this category shown.
“entry-level tools (like UserGuiding) can feel too basic and struggle with the non-linear, multi-tenant nature of B2B software” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“often flagged in user reviews for having glitchy or buggy interfaces” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Budget < $300/mo? UserGuiding (fastest value, G2 badges for mid-market results/implementation).” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“lighter, more affordable platforms like UserGuiding, Userpilot, or Tango will provide better ROI” Mistral Small · negative prompt · first choice
“The best digital adoption platform for a company with a limited budget is UserGuiding” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.
“not realistic for limited budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“be cautious with these common pain points across enterprise-focused DAPs (e.g., WalkMe, Whatfix, Pendo, Apty)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“don't use an enterprise DAP (WalkMe, Whatfix, Apty) for customer onboarding of a modern SaaS product” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Whatfix, Userlane, or Apty frequently offer the best balance” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Best For: Organizations where data quality and compliance are the primary issues.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Apty — Compliance & Process Focus ... Regulated industry, compliance critical” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · alternative
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.