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ESG and carbon reporting · September 2026 Edition

Greenly vs Novisto

One of twelve models named Greenly first on the direct prompt; five named Novisto. Both were named by all twelve models and Greenly carries 26 labels and Novisto 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Greenly

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Novisto

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share13%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2627A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Greenly reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sweep was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Sweep vs Greenly · Sweep vs Novisto

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 ESG and carbon reporting page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GreenlyFirst choices, of twelve modelsNovisto
Direct15
Paraphrase50
Comparative00
Budget-constrained101 against Novisto
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Greenly · 1 against Novisto
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

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

Greenly first, Novisto not the choice

1 of 12 modelsNovisto was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGreenly, Sweep alternatives: Coolset, Novata

Novisto first, Greenly an alternative

5 of 12 modelsGreenly was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarNovisto alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Greenly, Novata, Sweep
Llama 4 MaverickEcoOnline ESG, Novisto, Sweep
Qwen 3.7 FlashNovisto alternatives: Gravity, LogicGate, Sweep
Kimi K2Novisto alternatives: Coolset, Sustain.Life, Sweep, Workiva
GLM 4.7 FlashXNovisto alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Greenly, Sustain.Life, Sweep

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: IBM Envizi, Novisto, Sphera
Grok 4.1 FastSweep alternatives: Coolset, Novisto
DeepSeek V4 FlashSweep alternatives: Coolset, Greenly, Plan A, Tanso
MiniMax M2.5EcoOnline ESG, Sweep alternatives: Coolset, Normative, Novisto, Plan A

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5EcoOnline ESG alternatives: Greenstone, Normative, Sphera, Sweep
Mistral SmallSweep alternatives: Coolset, EcoOnline ESG

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
Greenly leads by forty-one points.
Greenly41%#1 of 13
Novisto0%#9 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Greenly leads by four points.
Greenly13%#2 of 15
Novisto10%#3 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Greenly0%#– of 12
Novisto0%#9 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Greenly

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

“Examples of this category: Generic SaaS carbon footprints (e.g., early versions of Greenly, Normative, or basic carbon calculators). ... Why to be cautious” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“users have flagged data accuracy issues” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Greenly is an intuitive, all-in-one sustainability platform designed to make carbon accounting simple and accessible, particularly for small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and mid-market companies.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd usually recommend Greenly if you want the best balance of usability, automated carbon accounting, and fit for a mid-market team” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Greenly shines here because it is built around accessible carbon accounting, has a fast deployment time” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Novisto

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

“Beware the enterprise tools (Novisto, Sphera, Workiva's full suite) \u2014 these are custom-quoted” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“users have reported complex setup processes and difficulties with data imports” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most mid‑market B2B companies, Novisto offers the best combination of multi‑framework support, audit readiness, and mid‑market pricing.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Novisto is designed for mid-market organizations and private-market firms that need a structured, professional ESG reporting platform” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is Novisto if your main goal is structured ESG reporting” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.