The Starr ConspiracyAI-Era Leaderboard
Workforce Intelligence & Employee Performance Platforms

Workforce Intelligence & Employee Performance Platforms

Who's winning in the AI Era? Using millions of data points, we've analyzed 24 vendors across two dimensions: AI Product Leadership and AI GTM Leadership.

24

Vendors Tracked

3,400

AI Citations

4.2

Vertical AI Readiness

Struggling

Who's Winning

The leaders across GTM, product, and overall AI-Era performance

GTM Leader

Lattice

AI GTM Leader
GTM Score89.8
Citation Share10.1%
Rank#1
Engine BalanceDual-engine

Product Leader

Phenom

AI-Era Leader
Product Score95.9
AI TierAI-Native
AI DepthPlatform-level AI
AI Features12 detected

AI-Era Leader

Lattice

AI GTM Leader
Overall Score89.9
GTM Score89.8
Product Score90.0
Last AI Ship2026-03

AI-Era Position Matrix

24 vendors plotted by AI GTM Leadership and AI Product Leadership.

AI-Era LeadersAI Product LeadersAI GTM LeadersCatching UpAI GTM Leadership →AI Product Leadership →LatticeworkstepPhenomActivTrakEightfold AIVisierPerformYardBeameryTalentGuardWorklytics

GTM Leaderboard

Who's winning the go-to-market game in the AI Era

#VendorGTM ScoreCitation ShareCoveragePerplexityAI Overviews
1Lattice89.810.1%0.9%90%11%
2Insightful84.69.1%0.9%77%23%
3Teramind*83.59.3%0.8%73%27%
4workstep80.417.9%0.5%100%0%
5Phenom80.37.7%0.7%79%21%
6ActivTrak75.37.3%0.6%90%10%
7Eightfold AI74.49.2%0.3%90%10%
8Visier71.77.5%0.5%97%3%
9PerformYard68.64.3%0.4%97%3%
10Beamery60.22.9%0.3%78%22%

AEO Leaderboard

Pure citation performance across AI answer engines

#VendorCitation ShareCoveragePerplexityAI OverviewsAEO Score
1workstep17.9%0.5%100%0%84.7
2Lattice10.1%0.9%90%11%90.7
3Teramind*9.3%0.8%73%27%88.4
4Eightfold AI9.2%0.3%90%10%79.9
5Insightful9.1%0.9%77%23%85.4
6Phenom7.7%0.7%79%21%81.1
7Visier7.5%0.5%97%3%75.6
8ActivTrak7.3%0.6%90%10%75.5
9PerformYard4.3%0.4%97%3%68.6
10Beamery2.9%0.3%78%22%64.2

Product Leaderboard

AI product capabilities — who's building real AI vs. marketing it

#VendorProduct ScoreAI TierDepthFeaturesLast ShipConfidence
1Phenom95.9NativePlatform122026-01-14high
2findarbor94.6NativePlatform92026-02high
3Lattice90.0AugmentedPlatform112026-03high
4fordi86.5NativePlatform42026-03-11high
5Beamery84.7NativePlatform72025-07-29high
6Eightfold AI84.4NativePlatform62025-10-08high
7Visier83.9AugmentedPlatform92025-11-22high
8TalentGuard81.0AugmentedPlatform102025-05high
9Fuel5079.5AugmentedPlatform82025-09-02high
10Sapience Analytics77.0AugmentedPlatform62025-10-28high

Citation Share Universe

How AI answer engines distribute citations across this vertical

Vendor vs. Vendor

How citation share is distributed among tracked vendors

Lattice10.1%Insightful9.1%Teramind9.3%workstep17.9%Eightfold AI9.2%

AI Product Intelligence

How each vendor stacks up on real AI capabilities vs. marketing claims

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Messaging vs. Reality

Are vendors walking the talk? Product reality vs. marketing claims.

5 Aligned18 Overstating0 Underselling
0255075100
Knoetic
Overstating
PerformYard
Overstating
Insightful
Overstating
workstep
Overstating
Worklytics
Overstating
Nakisa
Overstating
Sapience Analytics
Overstating
Skillscope
Overstating
blyndspot
Overstating
Aura
Overstating
Product ScoreMarketing MessagingGap (line color = severity)