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ESG and carbon reporting · September 2026 Edition

Sweep vs Novisto

Six of twelve models named Sweep first on the direct prompt; five named Novisto. Sweep was named by eleven of the twelve models and Novisto by twelve and Sweep carries 37 labels and Novisto 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Sweep

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Novisto

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share25%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3727A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Sweep reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sweep vs Greenly · Greenly 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.
SweepFirst choices, of twelve modelsNovisto
Direct65
Paraphrase50
Comparative00
Budget-constrained101 against Novisto
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against Sweep · 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 Sweep and Novisto stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Llama 4 MaverickEcoOnline ESG, Novisto, Sweep

Sweep first, Novisto an alternative

5 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
Grok 4.1 FastSweep alternatives: Coolset, Novisto
Mistral SmallSweep alternatives: Coolset, EcoOnline ESG
DeepSeek V4 FlashSweep alternatives: Coolset, Greenly, Plan A, Tanso
MiniMax M2.5EcoOnline ESG, Sweep alternatives: Coolset, Normative, Novisto, Plan A

Novisto first, Sweep an alternative

4 of 12 modelsSweep was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarNovisto alternatives: EcoOnline ESG, Greenly, Novata, 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

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5EcoOnline ESG alternatives: Greenstone, Normative, Sphera, Sweep
GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: IBM Envizi, Novisto, Sphera

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Sweep0%#8 of 13
Novisto0%#9 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Sweep leads by fifteen points.
Sweep25%#1 of 15
Novisto10%#3 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Sweep leads by six points.
Sweep6%#4 of 12
Novisto0%#9 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Sweep

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

“some unproven mid-market carbon tools like Sweep, Plan A... lack robust data governance” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Sweep offers the strongest balance of supply chain support, framework coverage, and mid-market-appropriate pricing.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Sweep or Plan A are excellent choices... If you are in Europe and require CSRD alignment, Sweep is highly recommended.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Sweep and EcoOnline appear to be the most consistently recommended options tailored to your size and needs” MiniMax M2.5 · 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
Sweep vs GreenlyGreenly vs NovistoThe full ESG and carbon reporting standing

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.