Rippling vs LeaveBoard
Five of twelve models named Rippling first on the direct prompt; zero named LeaveBoard. Rippling was named by eleven of the twelve models and LeaveBoard by eleven and Rippling carries 27 labels and LeaveBoard 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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 leave and absence management page.
By framing
RipplingFirst choices, of twelve modelsLeaveBoard
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Rippling LeaveBoard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Rippling on the left and LeaveBoard on the right.The direct prompt
Rippling first, LeaveBoard not the choice
5 of 12 modelsLeaveBoard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
LeaveBoard13%#3 of 11Rippling0%#11 of 11Rippling13%#3 of 13LeaveBoard11%#4 of 13What the models said about Rippling
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Multiple reviews strongly caution against it for non-US / India-based teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
What the models said about LeaveBoard
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Start with LeaveBoard. It allows you to manage leave professionally at zero cost while your company is small.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“LeaveBoard is the safest recommendation for a small company that needs a low-cost, straightforward system” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, I'd recommend starting with LeaveBoard” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
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.