Four of fourteen models named Hudu first on the direct prompt; one named Notion. Hudu was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Notion by thirteen and Hudu carries 32 labels and Notion 50, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
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 IT documentation page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Hudu and Notion were named in the same answer fifty-eight times, of the 88 answers naming Hudu and the 171 naming Notion. In those answers Notion took the first choice four times and Hudu twenty-six.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Hudu self-hosted if you don’t want to own backup operations... it’s a real operational responsibility—not “set and forget.”” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“lacks some security controls found in competitors” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Hudu has gained immense popularity in the IT community specifically because it has friendly pricing, flexible contracts, self-hosted or cloud options, and rapid development” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend Hudu if you want the best balance of IT knowledge base + asset documentation + cost control” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Hudu as the best balance of: Purpose-built IT documentation features - Reasonable pricing” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid for enterprise IT due to potential sprawl and compliance gaps.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“They lack the rigorous version control, strict IT governance, and relational asset linking needed for technical infrastructure” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Avoid or proceed cautiously for: Large enterprises, strict compliance environments, mission-critical IT docs” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Best All-Rounder (Free Tier): Notion ... widely considered the best choice for startups and small teams.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The best IT documentation platform for a company with a limited budget is likely to be Notion” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Document360 and Notion are frequently cited as the best choices” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
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.