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ESG and carbon reporting · October 2026 Edition

Persefoni vs Novisto

Zero of fourteen models named Persefoni first on the direct prompt; one named Novisto. Persefoni was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Novisto by eleven and Persefoni carries 30 labels and Novisto 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Persefoni

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Novisto

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3014A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Persefoni reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sweep was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Greenly vs Persefoni · Greenly vs Novisto · Sweep vs Persefoni

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 ESG and carbon reporting page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PersefoniFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNovisto
Direct01
Paraphrase201 against Persefoni
Comparative10
Budget-constrained10
Scale-constrained01
Negative001 against Novisto
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, Persefoni and Novisto were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 79 answers naming Persefoni and the 37 naming Novisto. In those answers Novisto took the first choice two times and Persefoni three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Persefoni and Novisto 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
Persefoni Novisto first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Persefoni on the left and Novisto on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Persefoni and Novisto stood in it.

Novisto first, Persefoni not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPersefoni was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BNovisto, Sweep alternatives: Coolset, Novata

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarGreenly alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata, Novisto, Sweep
DeepSeek V4 FlashSweep alternatives: Coolset, Greenly, Novisto
Qwen 3.7 FlashWatershed alternatives: Carbon Cloud, Enablon, Persefoni, PlanA, Sphera
Kimi K2Novata, Position Green alternatives: Greenly, Novisto, Workiva
GLM 4.7 FlashXWorkiva alternatives: Greenly, Measurabl, Novisto, Persefoni, Position Green
GPT-6 LunaGreenly alternatives: Novisto, Workiva

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5EcoOnline ESG alternatives: Coolset, Novata, Sweep
GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: Credibl ESG, IBM Envizi, Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Gemini 3.5 FlashCoolset, Greenly alternatives: Gravity, KEY ESG, Novata, Sweep
Grok 4.1 FastGreenly, Sweep alternatives: Horizon ESG, cubemos
Mistral SmallSweep alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata
Llama 4 MaverickSweep alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata
MiniMax M2.5Plan A, Sweep alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata

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
Persefoni leads by four points.
Persefoni4%#3 of 12
Novisto0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Persefoni leads by two points.
Persefoni5%#4 of 13
Novisto3%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Persefoni leads by four points.
Persefoni6%#4 of 11
Novisto2%#6 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Persefoni

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

“good for complex organizations, but may be overkill for mid-sized” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Choose Watershed or Persefoni if: Your primary immediate pain point is calculating Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions accurately” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Start for free with carbon + basic reporting: Persefoni Pro.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Best overall for a mid-sized B2B company: Persefoni” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Novisto

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

“Data import issues, "finicky" Power BI, complex setup/navigation.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest focusing on vendors like Greenly, Novisto, Tracera, or Watershed - they're scaled for your stage” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
“Novisto — Best for mid-market and large companies doing ESG reporting” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose IBM Envizi or Novisto if: ... need a centralized "system of record" to manage data quality and governance” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
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.