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Contract lifecycle management and e-signature · October 2026 Edition

Concord vs Zoho Contracts

Three of fourteen models named Concord first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Contracts. Concord was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Zoho Contracts by ten and Concord carries 35 labels and Zoho Contracts 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Concord

accepted challenger

Austin, founded 2014. Named in one category this edition.

Zoho Contracts

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share19%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3512A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Concord reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ironclad was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. PandaDoc vs Concord · PandaDoc vs Zoho Contracts · Concord vs Juro

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 contract lifecycle management and e-signature page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ConcordFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho Contracts
Direct30
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained64
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Concord · 1 against Zoho Contracts
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Concord and Zoho Contracts were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 90 answers naming Concord and the 26 naming Zoho Contracts. In those answers Zoho Contracts took the first choice five times and Concord six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Concord and Zoho Contracts stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Concord Zoho Contracts first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Concord on the left and Zoho Contracts on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Concord and Zoho Contracts stood in it.

Concord first, Zoho Contracts not the choice

3 of 14 modelsZoho Contracts was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Concord alternatives: Ironclad, LinkSquares
Mistral SmallConcord alternatives: Conga CLM, Ironclad
MiniMax M2.5Concord, Ironclad, Juro alternatives: DocuSign CLM, PandaDoc

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastIronclad alternatives: Concord, Juro
DeepSeek V4 FlashJuro alternatives: Concord, DocuSign CLM, LinkSquares, PandaDoc
Kimi K2DocuSign CLM alternatives: Concord, Ironclad, LinkSquares
GLM 4.7 FlashXJuro alternatives: Concord, PandaDoc
Muse Glimmer 30BIronclad alternatives: Agiloft, Concord

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniIronclad alternatives: Conga CLM, DocuSign CLM
Gemini 3.5 FlashIronclad alternatives: Gatekeeper, Juro, LinkSquares
Perplexity SonarJuro alternatives: Ironclad, Oneflow
Llama 4 MaverickJuro alternatives: Conga CLM, Oneflow
Qwen 3.7 FlashJuro alternatives: Ironclad, PandaDoc
GPT-6 LunaJuro alternatives: Ironclad, LinkSquares, SpotDraft

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Concord leads by eighteen points.
Concord25%#2 of 14
Zoho Contracts7%#3 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Concord leads by twelve points.
Concord19%#2 of 15
Zoho Contracts8%#5 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Concord leads by two points.
Concord2%#10 of 14
Zoho Contracts0%#– of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Concord

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“"The very small team (~22 employees) raises questions about support and migration capacity"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best contract lifecycle management platform for a company with a limited budget is Concord, which has an entry tier priced at $499.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“If you have 3–5 people and want simplicity: Concord ($499/month flat) is hard to beat for predictable costs and true CLM features.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a balance of affordability, ease of use, and mid-market focus, Concord is often the top recommendation.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zoho Contracts

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Adoption issues — counterparties reportedly prefer negotiating outside the platform” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Zoho Contracts offers the most affordable entry point at $30 per user per month with native e-signatures included” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a genuinely limited budget, I'd start with Zoho Contracts.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“Zoho Contracts — Best Overall Budget Option” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.