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Supplier management · September 2026 Edition

Gatekeeper vs Kodiak Hub

One of twelve models named Gatekeeper first on the direct prompt; zero named Kodiak Hub. Gatekeeper was named by eleven of the twelve models and Kodiak Hub by ten and Gatekeeper carries 19 labels and Kodiak Hub 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gatekeeper

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Kodiak Hub

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels1921A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gatekeeper reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Procurify was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Procurify vs Gatekeeper · Procurify vs Kodiak Hub · Precoro vs Gatekeeper

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 supplier management page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GatekeeperFirst choices, of twelve modelsKodiak Hub
Direct10
Paraphrase21
Comparative001 against Gatekeeper
Budget-constrained001 against Gatekeeper
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Gatekeeper and Kodiak Hub were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 53 answers naming Gatekeeper and the 37 naming Kodiak Hub. In those answers Kodiak Hub took the first choice zero times and Gatekeeper zero.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Gatekeeper and Kodiak Hub 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
Gatekeeper Kodiak Hub first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gatekeeper on the left and Kodiak Hub on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Gatekeeper and Kodiak Hub stood in it.

Gatekeeper first, Kodiak Hub not the choice

1 of 12 modelsKodiak Hub was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Gatekeeper alternatives: Ivalua, Payhawk, Precoro

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashZip alternatives: Gatekeeper, Graphite Connect, Kodiak Hub, Procurify, Tipalti
Perplexity SonarProcurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro
Grok 4.1 FastPrecoro, Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub
Mistral SmallProcurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro
DeepSeek V4 FlashPrecoro, Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub
Qwen 3.7 FlashProcurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro
Kimi K2Precoro, Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub
GLM 4.7 FlashXProcurify alternatives: Coupa, Gatekeeper, Precoro, SAP Ariba
MiniMax M2.5Precoro, Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Zip

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniProcurify alternatives: SAP Ariba
Llama 4 MaverickPrecoro

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
Kodiak Hub leads by two points.
Kodiak Hub2%#– of 10
Gatekeeper0%#6 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Gatekeeper leads at mid-market.
Gatekeeper6%#3 of 10
Kodiak Hub2%#5 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Gatekeeper leads by five points.
Gatekeeper5%#5 of 7
Kodiak Hub0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Gatekeeper

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

“Smaller/mid-market alternatives like Gatekeeper (contract-focused, ~$875/mo) ... exist but lack the full SRM depth.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · soft negative
“~$1,245/month | Contract lifecycle management | Mid-market businesses needing contract management” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative
“Gatekeeper has emerged as the industry standard for organisations that demand a unified, risk-first approach to supplier management” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Start with Gatekeeper if vendor contracts, compliance, and governance are central to your needs” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Gatekeeper ... this is the strongest choice for the mid-market.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Kodiak Hub

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

“Best Overall: Kodiak Hub ... Start with a demo of Kodiak Hub” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the newer, more user-friendly platforms (like Kodiak Hub, Zapro, and others rated 4.6\u20134.7) may serve you better” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“look at agile, modern, and modular platforms (like *Kodiak Hub*, *Zip*, *Procurify*, or *Stampli*)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
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.