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Digital employee experience · October 2026 Edition

ControlUp vs Raydium

Six of fourteen models named ControlUp first on the direct prompt; zero named Raydium. ControlUp was named by nine of the fourteen models and Raydium by ten and ControlUp carries 13 labels and Raydium 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ControlUp

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Raydium

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1314A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ControlUp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ControlUp vs PancakeSwap · ControlUp vs Nexthink Infinity · ControlUp vs Uniswap

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.
ControlUpFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRaydium
Direct60
Paraphrase101 against ControlUp
Comparative00
Budget-constrained011 against Raydium
Scale-constrained00
Negative013 against Raydium
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 ControlUp and Raydium stood in it.
ModelDirectRAParaphraseRAComparativeRABudget-constrainedRAScale-constrainedRANegativeRA
Claude Haiku 4.5RA
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashRA
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 FastRARA
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 FlashRA
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashRARA
Kimi K2RA
GLM 4.7 FlashXRA
MiniMax M2.5RA
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
ControlUpRA Raydium first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ControlUp on the left and Raydium on the right.

The direct prompt

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

ControlUp first, Raydium not the choice

6 of 14 modelsRaydium was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashControlUp alternatives: 1E, 1inch Network, Bebop, Kentico, Liferay DXP, Optimizely, TeamViewer DEX
Perplexity SonarControlUp
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

Neither was named

8 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
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
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
ControlUp leads by four points.
ControlUp4%#5 of 9
Raydium0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
ControlUp leads by twelve points.
ControlUp13%#1 of 12
Raydium2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
ControlUp0%#4 of 7
Raydium0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ControlUp

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

“if your employees use standard laptops with SaaS apps, it's less relevant” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“the strongest fit from the results is ControlUp because it is explicitly described as best for mid-market fleets (50–5,000 devices)” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“For mid-market specifically, ControlUp and Nexthink are often recommended due to their scalability and comprehensive feature sets.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Mid-Market: ControlUp ... widely considered the strongest DEX platform for mid-market IT teams” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Raydium

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

“Raydium: ~93% of liquidity pools exhibit rug pull patterns” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“up to 93% of its ~388,000 analyzed liquidity pools were flagged as suspected rug pulls” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Ultra‑cheap, but development environment is different (Rust) & tooling less EVM‑like” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Best for Ultra-Low Fees & Speed: Solana Ecosystem ... Platform: Raydium (for liquidity pools) or Jupiter (for swapping/execution).” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Stick to well-established, heavily used DEXs like Uniswap, PancakeSwap, Jupiter, or Raydium” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Raydium offers fast execution and low transaction costs of fractions of a cent on Solana, combined with deep liquidity.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · 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.