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Professional services automation · October 2026 Edition

Kantata vs Teamwork.com

Ten of fourteen models named Kantata first on the direct prompt; zero named Teamwork.com. Kantata was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Teamwork.com by nine and Kantata carries 52 labels and Teamwork.com 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Kantata

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Teamwork.com

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share25%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels5212A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Kantata reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Scoro was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. BigTime vs Kantata · BigTime vs Teamwork.com · Kantata vs Productive

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 professional services automation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
KantataFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTeamwork.com
Direct100
Paraphrase201 against Kantata
Comparative60
Budget-constrained031 against Kantata
Scale-constrained10
Negative105 against Kantata
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Kantata and Teamwork.com were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 150 answers naming Kantata and the 35 naming Teamwork.com. In those answers Teamwork.com took the first choice four times and Kantata two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Kantata and Teamwork.com stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Kantata Teamwork.com first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Kantata on the left and Teamwork.com on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Kantata and Teamwork.com stood in it.

Kantata first, Teamwork.com not the choice

10 of 14 modelsTeamwork.com was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Kantata alternatives: Accelo, BigTime, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Scoro
GPT-5.4 miniKantata alternatives: Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Productive, Scoro
Perplexity SonarKantata alternatives: Accelo, Birdview, Rocketlane, Ruddr
Mistral SmallKantata, Rocketlane alternatives: SAP S/4HANA
Llama 4 MaverickKantata alternatives: Scoro
Qwen 3.7 FlashKantata alternatives: Accelo, Scoro
Kimi K2BigTime, Kantata alternatives: Accelo, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Scoro
GLM 4.7 FlashXKantata alternatives: BigTime, Scoro
MiniMax M2.5Kantata alternatives: Avaza, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Rocketlane, Upland PSA
Muse Glimmer 30BKantata alternatives: Birdview, Deltek Vantagepoint, Scoro

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashRocketlane alternatives: Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Kantata, Scoro
Grok 4.1 FastBigTime alternatives: Accelo, Autotask, Kantata, Scoro
DeepSeek V4 FlashBigTime alternatives: Accelo, Certinia PS Cloud, Kantata, Scoro

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-6 LunaKantata OX alternatives: BigTime, Certinia Professional Services Cloud, Rocketlane

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.
Kantata2%#9 of 11
Teamwork.com2%#6 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Kantata leads by nineteen points.
Kantata25%#2 of 10
Teamwork.com6%#5 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Kantata leads by forty-four points.
Kantata44%#1 of 11
Teamwork.com0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Kantata

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

“if your use case is not services-delivery-heavy, because these are positioned as specialized PSA platforms ... may be overbuilt for simpler needs” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Legacy PSA leaders often struggle with their history... the transition to newer clouds ... has been rocky.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Kantata if you need a very simple, low-admin tool... user reviews report a learning curve and complexity” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Positioned as best for mid-market and enterprise services orgs. Guideflow lists "Best for mid-market and enterprise services orgs: Kantata"” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Kantata if: You're a large consulting firm that treats resource forecasting as a core discipline and need deep project financials.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“1. Kantata (formerly Mavenlink + Kimble) - Best for: Large enterprises with complex, multi-departmental projects” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Teamwork.com

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

“If you need the cheapest viable PSA with time tracking + invoicing, Teamwork.com from ~$9.99/user/mo and BigTime Essentials from ~$20/user/mo are the most frequently cited budget-friendly options” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Productive (starting at $9/user/month) or Teamwork.com ... offer the best overall value” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Productive or Teamwork are the top picks” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
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.