HR compliance and policy management
Asked as “HR compliance software”, and as “employee handbook and policy management tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
19%
Contested · Gusto 13%
19Rippling13Gusto13Zoho People56others
19% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▲+5Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Rippling held the lead, +5 points on 16%, inside the 13-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Gusto21%Contested▼−2Since September 2026: 25% → 24%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Rippling19%Contested▲+5Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterprise
Workday23%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Gusto21%Contested▼−2Since September 2026: 25% → 24%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketRippling19%Contested▲+5Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseWorkday23%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Rippling19%12%33accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 21%
Rippling19%12%33accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 16% → 21%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 21%02Gusto13%0%26accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 12% → 15%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 15%
Gusto13%0%26accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 12% → 15%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 15%03
Trainual11%0%10accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 8% → 13%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 13%
Trainual11%0%10accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 8% → 13%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 13%04
Mitratech Mineral7%0%12accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
Mitratech Mineral7%0%12accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%05
ADP Workforce Now6%5%21accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
ADP Workforce Now6%5%21accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%06
BambooHR4%17%36accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
BambooHR4%17%36accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%07
Paycor4%5%19accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%
Paycor4%5%19accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 4%08
Deel2%9%23accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Deel2%9%23accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%09
SixFifty2%0%19accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
SixFifty2%0%19accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12Workday0%30%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Workday0%30%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
Justworks0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Justworks0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%11
Paylocity0%0%13accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 8% → 0%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 0%
Paylocity0%0%13accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 8% → 0%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 0%The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Rippling vs ADP Workforce NowRippling vs BambooHRRippling vs PaycorRippling vs DeelGusto vs TrainualGusto vs Mitratech MineralGusto vs ADP Workforce NowGusto vs BambooHRGusto vs PaycorGusto vs DeelTrainual vs Mitratech MineralTrainual vs ADP Workforce NowTrainual vs BambooHRTrainual vs PaycorTrainual vs DeelMitratech Mineral vs ADP Workforce NowMitratech Mineral vs BambooHRMitratech Mineral vs PaycorMitratech Mineral vs DeelADP Workforce Now vs BambooHRADP Workforce Now vs PaycorADP Workforce Now vs DeelBambooHR vs PaycorBambooHR vs DeelPaycor vs Deel
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Rippling19%
Rippling19%02Gusto13%
Gusto13%03Trainual11%
Trainual11%04Mitratech Mineral7%
Mitratech Mineral7%05ADP Workforce Now6%
ADP Workforce Now6%06BambooHR4%
BambooHR4%07Paycor4%
Paycor4%08Deel2%
Deel2%09SixFifty2%
SixFifty2%10Justworks0%
Justworks0%11Paylocity0%
Paylocity0%12Workday0%
Workday0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
BambooHR17%
6 of 36 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“**Limitation:** Payroll is US-only, compliance tooling is more limited\u2014less suitable for complex multi-state or international requirements.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
Rippling12%
4 of 33 labels negative · 4 of 14 models
“Rippling sued competitor Deel in federal district court ... it underscores why contracts, data access controls and vendor security practices matter” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Workday30%
3 of 10 labels negative · 3 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“A high-profile class action against Workday alleges its AI-driven hiring tools systematically discriminated against Black applicants, older workers and people with disabilities.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Notion100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 14 models
“flexible, low-cost homes for policy docs... though they lack native e-signature and role-based distribution features” Claude Haiku 4.5, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1020 links across 245 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 4 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Guideflow42 answers · 42 citations · 11 models
40 answers · 75 citations · 13 models
vendor site · G232 answers · 60 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Paycor31 answers · 34 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Gusto25 answers · 42 citations · 14 models
23 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Rippling21 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
vendor site · FirstHR19 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
vendor site · ADP16 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Brightmine13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
36 answers · 11 models
31 answers · 13 models
24 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 12 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best hr compliance software”, “hr compliance software”, “hr compliance tools”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rippling rippling.com | 19% | 1260 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | 3 |
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto 13%, Gusto Simple 2% | 15% | 870 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 | 118 | ||
| Zoho parent site Zoho People 13% | 13% | 277 | 6,600 | 50 | ||||
| Trainual trainual.com | 11% | 93 | 22,200 | 94 | 40,498 | 10 | ||
| Mitratech mitratech.com Mitratech Mineral 7% | 7% | 34 | 3,600 | 159 | 46,305 company | $10,768 | 106 | 4 |
| ADP parent site ADP Workforce Now 6%, ADP SmartCompliance 0% | 6% | 592 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 | ||||
| Blissbook blissbook.com | 6% | 24 | 590 | 0 | 2,182 | 7 | ||
| BambooHR bamboohr.com | 4% | 1082 | 90,500 | 551 | 1,055,247 | $44,698 | 106 | |
| Paycor paycor.com | 4% | 228 | 673,000 | 1,818 | 1,002,900 | 120 | ||
| Deel deel.com | 2% | 526 | 40,500 | 1,210 | 307,175 | $330,608 | 118 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 24 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (adp.com, brightmine.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com, rippling.com). The first result for “best hr compliance software” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best HR compliance software for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employee handbook and policy management tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top HR compliance tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best HR compliance software for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a HR compliance software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which HR compliance tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Paycor, RipplingTrainualChangedagainst: Confluence, Notionno first choiceMitratech Mineral, Zenefitsno first choiceagainst: Rippling, Workday
Four alternatives
ADP SmartCompliance, ADP Workforce Now, Justworks, PaylocityTwo alternatives
AirMason, BambooHRFour alternatives
Deel, Paychex Flex, Paylocity, WorkMotionThree alternatives
Deel, OnPay, Patriot SoftwareGPT-5.4 miniRipplingMitratech MineralChangedADP Workforce Now, Gustoagainst: BambooHRGustono first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
ADP SmartCompliance®, Mitratech Mineral, SixFiftyThree alternatives
Blissbook, NAVEX PolicyTech, PowerDMSFive alternatives
Deel, Justworks, Paycor, Remote, RipplingOne alternative
RipplingGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingSixFiftyChangedno first choiceGustono first choiceagainst: Eightfold AI, Workday
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Deel, PaylocityThree alternatives
AirMason, Blissbook, TrainualFour alternatives
BambooHR, Homebase, OnPay, Zoho PeoplePerplexity SonarRipplingagainst: BambooHRTrainualChangedRipplingGustono first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Deel, PaylocityThree alternatives
Blissbook, Document Locator, MitratechTwo alternatives
Deel, JustworksThree alternatives
BambooHR, RUN Powered, Zoho PeopleGrok 4.1 FastRipplingTrainualChangedRipplingDeel, Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: First Advantage Form I-9 Compliance, Tyler Technologies, UKG Pro
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, PaycorFour alternatives
AirMason, Blissbook, ComplianceBridge, GuideflowSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Deel, Gusto, Paycor, SixFiftyOne alternative
GustoMistral SmallADP Workforce NowBlissbook, TrainualChangedno first choiceZoho Peopleno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
BambooHR, PaylocityTwo alternatives
BambooHR, GustoDeepSeek V4 FlashRipplingagainst: BambooHRBlissbookChangedGusto, Ripplingagainst: BambooHRZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, SAP SuccessFactors, Workdayagainst: Deel, HireVue, Pymetrics, UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) – Kronos Private Cloud, UKG Pro, Zenefits
Two alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, PaycorThree alternatives
Deel, NAVEX PolicyTech, PowerDMSSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, ComplyRight, HR Acuity, Justworks, Paycom, UKG ReadyTwo alternatives
BambooHR, GustoFive alternatives
HR Cloud, Justworks, Mitratech, Mitratech Mineral, PaycorLlama 4 MaverickADP Workforce Nowno first choiceChangedHR AcuitySentrientno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Justworks, ZenefitsThree alternatives
BambooHR, Deel, SixFiftyQwen 3.7 FlashRipplingHandbookHubChangedagainst: NotionDeelGusto, SHPxBambooHR, Gusto, Personio, Ripplingagainst: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactorsagainst: Dropbox, Google Drive
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Justworks, PaycomThree alternatives
BambooHR, Lattice, PerceptyxFour alternatives
Gusto, Justworks, Rippling, ZenefitsTwo alternatives
BambooHR, TribeOSThree alternatives
Gerson Lehrman, Hartney Pruett, Velocity AdvisoryKimi K2RipplingTrainualChangedagainst: BambooHR, Confluence, NAVEX PolicyTech, Notion, Rippling, WorkivaDeel, RipplingGusto, Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: Oracle PeopleSoft, UKG Pro
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Paycor, PaylocityThree alternatives
Blissbook, Handbooks.io, SixFiftyFour alternatives
ADP SmartCompliance, BambooHR, Gusto, SixFiftyThree alternatives
BambooHR, Homebase, OnPayGLM 4.7 FlashXBambooHR, RipplingBlissbookChangedno first choiceZoho Peopleagainst: Ripplingno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Gusto, PaylocityThree alternatives
Handbooks.io, SixFifty, TrainualThree alternatives
BambooHR, Deel, GustoMiniMax M2.5PaycorTrainualChangedno first choiceGusto, Zoho Peopleno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
ADP, BambooHR, Paylocity, PersonioThree alternatives
AirMason, DocTract, SixFifty Employee Handbook CreatorOne alternative
OnPayGPT-6 LunaMitratech MineralMitratech MineralHeldMitratech MineralGusto Simpleagainst: BambooHRno first choicenothing named
One alternative
SixFiftyOne alternative
TrainualThree alternatives
BLR HR Hero, ComplianceHR, SixFiftyTwo alternatives
Gusto, HR for HealthMuse Glimmer 30BADP Workforce NowSixFifty Employee Handbook CreatorChangedDeel, RipplingHomebase, Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP, Deel, Paychex Flex, Paycor, Rippling
Five alternatives
Ascentis, HR Cloud, Paycor, Paylocity, RipplingFive alternatives
BambooHR, ConvergePoint, Gusto, PowerDMS, RipplingNine alternatives
ADP SmartCompliance, ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, HR Acuity, Justworks, Oyster, Paycor, Remote, SixFiftyOne alternative
SixFiftyBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 18 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 22 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:52 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 14 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:36 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:59 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 16 | 64 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 38 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:34 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:29 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:24 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 23 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:52 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:10 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 20 | 61 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:52 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:39 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:21 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:36 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:53 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:02 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 12 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:32 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:08 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 18 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:03 | yes | 21 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:04 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:45 | yes | 18 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:11 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:56 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:14 | yes | 22 | 63 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:00 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:20 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:53 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:03 | yes | 15 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:17 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:10 | yes | 17 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:56 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 20 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:58 | no | 0 | 84 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:07 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 11 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 25 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:42 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:35 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:07 | no | 0 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:25 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:59 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
Normalization in this category
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Deel HR read as Deel
Mineral read as Mitratech Mineral
Mitratech Mineral Elite read as Mitratech Mineral
NAVEX One read as NAVEX PolicyTech
Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oyster HR read as Oyster
Patriot Payroll read as Patriot Software
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
SAP read as SAP SuccessFactors
Workday HCM read as Workday
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ADP SmartCompliance®
ADP compliance services
ComplySci
DocTract
Document Locator
EMP Trust
Eddy's Starter
Gerson Lehrman
HR for Health
HandbookHub
Hartney Pruett
SHPx
SHRM Multistate Laws Comparison Tool
SecuraHR
Sentrient
TribeOS
UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) – Kronos Private Cloud
Velocity Advisory
VirgilHR
WorkWise
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.