ESG and carbon reporting · October 2026 Edition
Persefoni vs Workiva
Zero of fourteen models named Persefoni first on the direct prompt; two named Workiva. Persefoni was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Workiva by thirteen and both carry 30 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
First-choice share5%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%40%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3030Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
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 Workiva · 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 modelsWorkiva
Direct023 against Workiva
Paraphrase201 against Persefoni
Comparative19
Budget-constrained104 against Workiva
Scale-constrained001 against Workiva
Negative004 against Workiva
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Persefoni and Workiva stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Workiva first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Persefoni on the left and Workiva on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Persefoni and Workiva stood in it.
Workiva first, Persefoni an alternative
2 of 14 modelsPersefoni was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: Credibl ESG, IBM Envizi, Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
GLM 4.7 FlashXWorkiva alternatives: Greenly, Measurabl, Novisto, Persefoni, Position Green
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Qwen 3.7 FlashWatershed alternatives: Carbon Cloud, Enablon, Persefoni, PlanA, Sphera
Kimi K2Novata, Position Green alternatives: Greenly, Novisto, Workiva
GPT-6 LunaGreenly alternatives: Novisto, Workiva
Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5EcoOnline ESG alternatives: Coolset, Novata, Sweep
Gemini 3.5 FlashCoolset, Greenly alternatives: Gravity, KEY ESG, Novata, Sweep
Perplexity SonarGreenly alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata, Novisto, Sweep
Grok 4.1 FastGreenly, Sweep alternatives: Horizon ESG, cubemos
Mistral SmallSweep alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata
DeepSeek V4 FlashSweep alternatives: Coolset, Greenly, Novisto
Llama 4 MaverickSweep alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata
MiniMax M2.5Plan A, Sweep alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Novata
Muse Glimmer 30BNovisto, Sweep alternatives: Coolset, 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 two points.
Persefoni4%#3 of 12Workiva2%#6 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: Workiva leads at enterprise.
Workiva37%#1 of 11Persefoni6%#4 of 11What 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 Workiva
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid paying for enterprise platforms like Workiva unless you have complex disclosure, assurance, or multi-framework requirements” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Workiva unless you're already a public company or have a dedicated compliance team with a six-figure software budget.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“ISG's 2025 Buyers Guide named Workiva, Salesforce, and Oracle the overall leaders... A strong candidate for public companies and assurance-focused teams.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared
Greenly vs PersefoniGreenly vs WorkivaSweep vs PersefoniSweep vs WorkivaCoolset vs PersefoniCoolset vs WorkivaPersefoni vs WatershedPersefoni vs NovistoPersefoni vs Plan AWatershed vs WorkivaNovisto vs WorkivaPlan A vs WorkivaAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full ESG and carbon reporting standing
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.