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ESG and carbon reporting · October 2026 Edition

Sweep vs Novisto

Six of fourteen models named Sweep first on the direct prompt; one named Novisto. Sweep was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Novisto by eleven and Sweep carries 23 labels and Novisto 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Sweep

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Novisto

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2314A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sweep reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Novata was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Greenly vs Sweep · Greenly vs Novisto · Sweep vs Coolset

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.
SweepFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNovisto
Direct61
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Sweep
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, Sweep and Novisto were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 64 answers naming Sweep and the 37 naming Novisto. In those answers Novisto took the first choice zero times and Sweep one.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Muse Glimmer 30BNovisto, Sweep alternatives: Coolset, Novata

Sweep first, Novisto an alternative

5 of 14 modelsNovisto was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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

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.
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
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

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: Credibl ESG, IBM Envizi, Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Qwen 3.7 FlashWatershed alternatives: Carbon Cloud, Enablon, Persefoni, PlanA, Sphera

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Sweep0%#7 of 12
Novisto0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Sweep leads by seven points.
Sweep10%#2 of 13
Novisto3%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Sweep2%#5 of 11
Novisto2%#6 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Sweep

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

“up to enterprise quotes for Sweep, IBM Envizi, and Workiva” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“Sweep is frequently highlighted as the best ESG reporting software for mid-market B2B companies” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Sweep or Greenly edge out for pure mid-market B2B value based on these sources.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Sweep — Best for mid-market companies building a carbon management programme” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct 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.