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Digital employee experience · October 2026 Edition

1inch vs Curve

Zero of fourteen models named 1inch first on the direct prompt; zero named Curve. 1inch was named by ten of the fourteen models and Curve by ten and 1inch carries 17 labels and Curve 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

1inch

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Curve

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1715A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, 1inch reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ControlUp vs 1inch · ControlUp vs Curve · PancakeSwap vs 1inch

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 digital employee experience page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
1inchFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCurve
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained21
Scale-constrained00
Negative10
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, 1inch and Curve were named in the same answer fifteen times, of the 42 answers naming 1inch and the 34 naming Curve. In those answers Curve took the first choice two times and 1inch three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where 1inch and Curve 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
1inch Curve first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, 1inch on the left and Curve on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where 1inch and Curve stood in it.

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Uniswap alternatives: dYdX
GPT-5.4 miniNexthink Infinity alternatives: HappySignals, TeamViewer DEX
Gemini 3.5 FlashControlUp alternatives: 1E, 1inch Network, Bebop, Kentico, Liferay DXP, Optimizely, TeamViewer DEX
Perplexity SonarControlUp
Grok 4.1 FastCitrix ShareFile alternatives: Box for Business, Firmex, iDeals Virtual Data Room
Mistral Small1inch Network, Uniswap alternatives: LetsExchange
DeepSeek V4 Flash1inch Network alternatives: CoW Swap, Jupiter, Matcha, ParaSwap, Uniswap
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashCorcentric, Nautical Commerce alternatives: BigCommerce, Boomi, Shopify
Kimi K2ControlUp alternatives: 1E, Lakeside SysTrack, Nexthink Infinity, Riverbed Aternity
GLM 4.7 FlashXControlUp, TeamViewer DEX alternatives: 1E, Lakeside Software, Nexthink Infinity
MiniMax M2.5ControlUp, Nexthink Infinity
GPT-6 LunaControlUp alternatives: Lakeside SysTrack, Nexthink Infinity
Muse Glimmer 30BMagnolia, Progress Sitefinity alternatives: Contentful, HubSpot Content Hub, Optimizely, Sitecore Digital Experience Platform, XM Cloud

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
1inch leads by two points.
1inch4%#3 of 9
Curve2%#7 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
1inch leads by two points.
1inch4%#5 of 12
Curve2%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
1inch0%#– of 7
Curve0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about 1inch

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

“For the most budget-conscious company, 1inch is the best platform to use because it charges no protocol fee” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Stick to well-established platforms like Uniswap, PancakeSwap, or 1inch for everyday trading.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“1inch – regularly highlighted as best for low fees.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Curve

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

“For pure cost efficiency on stablecoins → Curve (especially on an L2).” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Curve remains a top choice for traders moving between assets that are meant to trade close to the same value” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
“0.04–0.4% maker/taker fee, with a stablecoin focus for low-cost stablecoin swaps” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget 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.