HRIS and HCM platforms for small business buyers
Asked as “HRIS”, and as “human capital management platform”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
32%
Contested · BambooHR 29%
32Gusto29BambooHR19Zoho People20others
32% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▼−9Since September 2026: 42% → 33%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Gusto held the lead, −9 points on 42%, 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
Gusto32%Contested▼−9Since September 2026: 42% → 33%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageMid-market
Rippling26%Contested▲+5Since September 2026: 22% → 28%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Enterprise
Workday HCM73%Clear leader▲+6Since September 2026: 70% → 76%, +6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Gusto32%Contested▼−9Since September 2026: 42% → 33%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageMid-marketRippling26%Contested▲+5Since September 2026: 22% → 28%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseWorkday HCM73%Clear leader▲+6Since September 2026: 70% → 76%, +6 points. 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Gusto32%3%69endorsed leader▼−9Since September 2026: 42% → 33%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.42% → 33%
Gusto32%3%69endorsed leader▼−9Since September 2026: 42% → 33%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.42% → 33%02
BambooHR29%4%68accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 35% → 29%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.35% → 29%
BambooHR29%4%68accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 35% → 29%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.35% → 29%03
Zoho People19%4%23accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 16% → 17%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 17%
Zoho People19%4%23accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 16% → 17%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 17%04Rippling14%16%57accepted challenger▲+9Since September 2026: 5% → 13%, +9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 13%
Rippling14%16%57accepted challenger▲+9Since September 2026: 5% → 13%, +9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 13%05
Deel2%10%10accepted 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%10%10accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10Workday HCM0%100%13criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Workday HCM0%100%13criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
ADP Workforce Now0%50%12criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
ADP Workforce Now0%50%12criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08
ADP RUN0%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%
ADP RUN0%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%06
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%07
HiBob0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
HiBob0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 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 PaylocityRippling vs GustoRippling vs UKG ProZoho People vs HiBobZoho People vs BambooHRZoho People vs ADP Workforce NowZoho People vs PaylocityZoho People vs GustoZoho People vs UKG ProHiBob vs BambooHRHiBob vs ADP Workforce NowHiBob vs PaylocityHiBob vs GustoHiBob vs UKG ProBambooHR vs ADP Workforce NowBambooHR vs PaylocityBambooHR vs GustoBambooHR vs UKG ProADP Workforce Now vs PaylocityADP Workforce Now vs GustoADP Workforce Now vs UKG ProPaylocity vs GustoPaylocity vs UKG ProGusto vs UKG Pro
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 →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Gusto32%
Gusto32%02BambooHR29%
BambooHR29%03Zoho People19%
Zoho People19%04Rippling14%
Rippling14%05Deel2%
Deel2%06Justworks0%
Justworks0%07HiBob0%
HiBob0%08ADP RUN0%
ADP RUN0%09ADP Workforce Now0%
ADP Workforce Now0%10Workday HCM0%
Workday HCM0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
Workday HCM100%
13 of 13 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 9 hard negative
“large, enterprise-grade HRIS platforms (like Workday, Dayforce, or ADP Workforce Now) would be expensive, overly complex, and a nightmare to implement” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt
Rippling16%
9 of 57 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“**Rippling** is powerful, but the cited small-business pricing ... can be less budget-friendly than leaner alternatives” Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt
ADP Workforce Now50%
6 of 12 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Not ideal for small businesses... smaller businesses will likely pay enterprise prices for features they won't use” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Enterprise-Level Systems (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, UKG Pro)” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative 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
75 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. 950 links across 180 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 9 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.
42 answers · 43 citations · 12 models
39 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
34 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
vendor site · HiBob32 answers · 48 citations · 12 models
29 answers · 35 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Lattice26 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Rippling23 answers · 42 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gusto23 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ADP22 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Paycor18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Paychex16 answers · 17 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
33 answers · 11 models
30 answers · 12 models
21 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 6 models
15 answers · 7 models
14 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 hris”, “hris”, “hris platforms”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto 32%, Gusto Simple 0% | 32% | 870 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 | 118 | ||
| BambooHR bamboohr.com | 29% | 1082 | 90,500 | 551 | 1,055,247 | $44,698 | 106 | |
| Zoho parent site Zoho People 19% | 19% | 277 | 6,600 | 50 | ||||
| Rippling rippling.com | 14% | 1260 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | |
| TalentHR talenthr.io | 3% | 47 | 480 | 1 | 89,831 | 32 | ||
| Deel deel.com | 2% | 526 | 40,500 | 1,210 | 307,175 | $330,608 | 118 | |
| Factorial factorialhr.com | 2% | 123 | 27,100 | 304,748 | 141,409 | 1 | ||
| Justworks justworks.com | 0% | 282 | 60,500 | 452 | 236,868 | $2,424 | 120 | |
| HiBob hibob.com | 0% | 337 | 14,800 | 154 | 266,143 | $54 | 120 | 6 |
| Personio personio.com | 0% | 106 | 2,400 | 37 | 224,863 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (adp.com, forbes.com, hibob.com, paychex.com, paycor.com). The first result for “best hris” 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 HRIS for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which human capital management platform would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top HRIS platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best HRIS for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a HRIS. What should we look at?”Negative“Which HRIS platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5GustoBambooHR, GustoChangedBambooHR, GustoZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Gusto, Rippling, UKG Ready, Workday HCM, Zoho People
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Rippling, Zoho PeopleThree alternatives
Eddy, Justworks, RipplingThree alternatives
Deel, HiBob, RipplingThree alternatives
Gusto, Justworks, TriNetGPT-5.4 miniBambooHRBambooHRHeldagainst: SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCMGustoZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM
Three alternatives
Gusto, HiBob, RipplingThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Gusto, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Gusto, NotionGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingRipplingHeldGustoDeel, TalentHRBambooHR, Gusto, Ripplingagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Workday HCMagainst: ADP, Dayforce, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Paylocity, QuickBooks Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM
Four alternatives
BambooHR, Deel, Gusto, JustworksTwo alternatives
BambooHR, GustoThree alternatives
BambooHR, Deel, RipplingThree alternatives
Gusto, Homebase, Zoho PeopleOne alternative
JustworksPerplexity SonarGustoBambooHRChangedGustoagainst: RipplingZoho Peopleagainst: Ripplingno first choiceagainst: BambooHR, Deel, GoCo, Oyster, Rippling, Workable
Two alternatives
ADP, BambooHRThree alternatives
Gusto, Paycor, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, HiBob, Justworks, Paychex FlexTwo alternatives
Gusto, OnPayGrok 4.1 FastGustoBambooHRChangedBambooHR, GustoZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP RUN, Gusto, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paychex Flex, Paylocity, Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG Pro, Workday HCM
Two alternatives
BambooHR, RipplingTwo alternatives
Gusto, RipplingThree alternatives
ADP RUN, Paychex Flex, RipplingTwo alternatives
Gusto, RipplingMistral SmallBambooHR, GustoBambooHRChangedno first choiceGusto, Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: Workday HCMagainst: Namely, Paychex Flex
Two alternatives
Gusto, PaycorDeepSeek V4 FlashBambooHR, GustoRipplingChangedagainst: ADP Workforce Now, PaycorGustoFactorial, Zoho PeopleBambooHR, Gustoagainst: Workday HCMagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paycom, Paylocity, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM
One alternative
RipplingTwo alternatives
BambooHR, GustoThree alternatives
BambooHR, Rippling, ZenefitsThree alternatives
ADP RUN, BambooHR, RipplingFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Factorial, Rippling, Zoho PeopleLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceno first choiceBambooHR, Gustonothing named
Two alternatives
Gusto, RipplingQwen 3.7 FlashGustoRipplingChangedagainst: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactorsBambooHR, GustoGustono first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM
Two alternatives
BambooHR, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Gusto, JustworksTwo alternatives
Rippling, Zoho PeopleThree alternatives
BambooHR, Rippling, Zoho PeopleKimi K2GustoRipplingChangedFactorial, GustoZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP, BambooHR, Paychex Flex, Rippling
Two alternatives
BambooHR, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Gusto, JustworksThree alternatives
ADP RUN, BambooHR, RipplingTwo alternatives
BambooHR, GustoGLM 4.7 FlashXBambooHR, GustoRipplingChangedBambooHR, GustoZoho Peopleagainst: RipplingBambooHR, Gustoagainst: Lattice HRIS
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, HiBob, RipplingTwo alternatives
BambooHR, GustoFive alternatives
ADP RUN, Namely, Rippling, Sage HR, Zoho PeopleThree alternatives
FirstHR, GoCo, GustoMiniMax M2.5BambooHR, GustoBambooHR, GustoHeldBambooHRTalentHR, Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP, Paycor, Workday HCM
One alternative
ADPThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Paycom, Sage HRFive alternatives
Gusto, HiBob, OnPay, Personio, RipplingOne alternative
BambooHRGPT-6 LunaGustoGustoHeldBambooHR, GustoZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP RUN, BambooHR, Rippling, UKG Pro, Workday HCM
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Deel, RipplingOne alternative
BambooHRFour alternatives
Deel, Justworks, Rippling, Zoho PeopleTwo alternatives
Connecteam, Gusto SimpleMuse Glimmer 30BBambooHR, RipplingBambooHRChangedBambooHR, GustoZoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP RUN, ADP Workforce Now, Namely, Paychex Flex, Paycor, QuickBooks Payroll, Workday HCM
Two alternatives
Gusto, Zoho PeopleTwo alternatives
Gusto, RipplingOne alternative
RipplingThree alternatives
ADP RUN, BambooHR, GustoThree alternatives
BambooHR, Gusto, RipplingBold 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 08:01 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:00 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 19 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 17 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:03 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:49 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 4 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 12 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:23 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:48 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:17 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 25 | 60 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 2 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:11 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 16 | 62 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:45 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 20 | 107 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:14 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 6 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:33 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:54 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 13 | 50 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:43 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:48 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:05 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 24 | 73 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:20 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:51 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:07 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:45 | yes | 11 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:26 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 16 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:24 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:04 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 17 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:27 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:57 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:41 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:49 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 19 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:16 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:25 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 24 | 95 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:40 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:06 | yes | 4 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:32 | yes | 21 | 44 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Ceridian (Dayforce) read as Dayforce
Deel HR read as Deel
Oracle read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle HCM Cloud read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
Paychex (Flex) read as Paychex Flex
RUN Powered by ADP read as ADP RUN
Run Powered by ADP read as ADP RUN
SAP read as SAP SuccessFactors
Workday read as Workday HCM
Unresolved, counted raw
KrispCall
Lattice HRIS
Workday mid-size
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.