Athennian vs Discern
Ten of fourteen models named Athennian first on the direct prompt; zero named Discern. Athennian was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Discern by seven and Athennian carries 57 labels and Discern 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category 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 entity management page.
By framing
AthennianFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDiscern
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Athennian and Discern were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 151 answers naming Athennian and the 28 naming Discern. In those answers Discern took the first choice one time and Athennian three.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | |
Athennian Discern first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Athennian on the left and Discern on the right.The direct prompt
Athennian first, Discern an alternative
10 of 14 modelsDiscern was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Athennian41%#1 of 11Discern2%#8 of 11Athennian18%#2 of 9Discern0%#– of 9What the models said about Athennian
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 Enterprise Tools: Athennian, Diligent Entities, etc., start at $15K+/year—overkill and too pricey"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms (Athennian ~$25K+/yr, Diligent from ~$10K/yr)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“noted as an enterprise\u2011tier tool with pricing that can reach $15,000\u2013$50,000 per year\u2014potentially overkill for smaller organizations” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Athennian — Strong for complex corporate structures, transactional entity work, AI-assisted data management, SOC 2 certified, published pricing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Athennian is noted for rapid implementation timelines and its ability to use AI to surface insights and automate routine compliance tasks” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Athennian or MinuteBox if you are an in-house legal operations team or law firm looking to modernise workflows” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Discern
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 most companies with a limited budget, Discern offers the most cost-effective entry point” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Diligent Entities and Discern are also excellent choices, especially for companies with more complex compliance needs” Mistral Small · direct prompt · alternative
“Discern and CoverPin offer excellent value for money with transparent pricing and robust functionality.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
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.