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Alternatives to Discourse, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 136 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Discourse holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 136 answers that did not name Discourse, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Community platforms

Customer. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Discourse is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessDiscourse is #3 of 13 here at 18% of first choices, 41 labels.

Thirty-four of the seventy-two answers did not name Discourse; it was the first choice in fourteen. The first choices in those thirty-four answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketDiscourse is #4 of 14 here at 13% of first choices, 37 labels.

Forty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Discourse; it was the first choice in eight. The first choices in those forty-eight answers, eight products in all:

The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseDiscourse is #5 of 9 here at 6% of first choices, 25 labels.

Fifty-four of the seventy-two answers did not name Discourse; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those fifty-four answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Discourse neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Discourse only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Discourse's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Discourse was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.