Payroll software for small business buyers
Asked as “payroll software”, and as “payroll provider”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
49%
Clear leader
49Gusto22Patriot Payroll10QuickBooks Payroll20others
49% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▼−7Since September 2026: 57% → 50%, −7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Gusto held the lead, −7 points on 57%, 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
Gusto49%Clear leader▼−7Since September 2026: 57% → 50%, −7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageMid-market
Rippling20%Contested▼−5Since September 2026: 28% → 23%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Enterprise
ADP31%Contested▲+3Since September 2026: 32% → 35%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Gusto49%Clear leader▼−7Since September 2026: 57% → 50%, −7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageMid-marketRippling20%Contested▼−5Since September 2026: 28% → 23%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseADP31%Contested▲+3Since September 2026: 32% → 35%, +3 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
01Gusto49%13%71endorsed leader▼−7Since September 2026: 57% → 50%, −7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.57% → 50%
Gusto49%13%71endorsed leader▼−7Since September 2026: 57% → 50%, −7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.57% → 50%02
Patriot Payroll22%6%33accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 29% → 20%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 20%
Patriot Payroll22%6%33accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 29% → 20%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 20%03QuickBooks Payroll10%15%39accepted challenger▲+9Since September 2026: 0% → 9%, +9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 9%
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OnPay6%5%43accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%
OnPay6%5%43accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%05Rippling2%16%32accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 2%
Rippling2%16%32accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 2%06
Square Payroll2%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Square Payroll2%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%07ADP2%57%21criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
ADP2%57%21criticized 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 four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Paychex Flex0%36%36criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Paychex Flex0%36%36criticized 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
Deel0%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%
Deel0%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
Wave Payroll0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Wave Payroll0%20%10accepted 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%18%28accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
ADP RUN0%18%28accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 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 PaycomRippling vs GustoRippling vs PaylocityRippling vs Paychex FlexADP Workforce Now vs Patriot PayrollADP Workforce Now vs ADPADP Workforce Now vs PaycomADP Workforce Now vs GustoADP Workforce Now vs PaylocityADP Workforce Now vs Paychex FlexPatriot Payroll vs ADPPatriot Payroll vs PaycomPatriot Payroll vs GustoPatriot Payroll vs PaylocityPatriot Payroll vs Paychex FlexADP vs PaycomADP vs GustoADP vs PaylocityADP vs Paychex FlexPaycom vs GustoPaycom vs PaylocityPaycom vs Paychex FlexGusto vs PaylocityGusto vs Paychex FlexPaylocity vs Paychex Flex
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 →
0102Q03
0405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Gusto49%
Gusto49%02Patriot Payroll22%
Patriot Payroll22%03QuickBooks Payroll10%
04OnPay6%
OnPay6%05Rippling2%
Rippling2%06Square Payroll2%
Square Payroll2%07ADP2%
ADP2%08ADP RUN0%
ADP RUN0%09Paychex Flex0%
Paychex Flex0%10Wave Payroll0%
Wave Payroll0%11Deel0%
Deel0%What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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.
ADP57%
12 of 21 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“small businesses are most frequently cautioned about the larger, legacy payroll providers... "terrible customer support, long delays"” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Paychex Flex36%
13 of 36 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Low Trustpilot rating (1.7/5 ...) cites unresponsive support, payroll/tax processing mistakes, billing errors, and delays” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Gusto13%
9 of 71 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“Gusto is excellent for basic, single-state payroll. However, if your business is scaling rapidly... proceed with caution.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
QuickBooks Payroll
15%
6 of 39 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“"a general caution against the bigger, older platforms like QuickBooks Payroll and Paychex/ADP due to notoriously poor customer support and hidden fees."” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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
76 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. 967 links across 179 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 1 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.
46 answers · 70 citations · 11 models
vendor site · OnPay41 answers · 43 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Gusto39 answers · 72 citations · 12 models
vendor site · ADP32 answers · 49 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Workforce.com21 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 10 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.
41 answers · 11 models
36 answers · 11 models
29 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 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 payroll software”, “payroll platforms”, “payroll software”. 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 49%, Gusto Simple 0% | 49% | 870 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 | 118 | 1 | |
| Patriot patriotsoftware.com Patriot Payroll 22% | 22% | 56 | 8,100 | 115 | 1,375,182 company | 41 | 2 | |
| QuickBooks Payroll | 10% | 1,000,000 | 54,681 | |||||
| OnPay onpay.com | 6% | 108 | 22,200 | 200 | 1,180,466 | $89 | 48 | 4 |
| Payroll4Free payroll.org | 4% | 16 | 1,300 | 49 | 77,060 | 8 | ||
| Rippling rippling.com | 2% | 1260 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | |
| Square Payroll squareup.com | 2% | 23 | 9,900 | 190 | 3,658,565 | $9 | 99 | 6 |
| QuickBooks intuit.com QuickBooks Workforce 2% | 2% | 12 | 1,000,000 | 54,681 | 17,049,232 | $37,178 | 109 | 5 |
| SurePayroll surepayroll.com | 2% | 17 | 49,500 | 170 | 501,595 | $13,481 | 104 | |
| ADP adp.com | 2% | 187 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 | 13,578,070 | $62,421 | 108 | 2 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (adp.com, equalpaytoday.org, forbes.com, gusto.com, joinhomebase.com, onpay.com). The first result for “best payroll software” is gusto.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 payroll software for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which payroll provider would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top payroll platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best payroll software for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a payroll software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which payroll platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5GustoGustoHeldGustoagainst: Patriot PayrollPatriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: ADP, ADP RUN, Deel, Gusto, Paychex Flex
Four alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, Patriot Payroll, QuickBooks PayrollThree alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, Paychex FlexFour alternatives
ADP RUN, Homebase Payroll, OnPay, QuickBooks PayrollFour alternatives
Homebase, OnPay, Payroll4Free, Wave PayrollGPT-5.4 miniGustoGustoHeldGustoSquare Payrollagainst: QuickBooks Payrollno first choiceagainst: Paychex Flex, Paycor, Paylocity, PaymentEvolution, Payroll4Free, Rippling, SurePayroll
Three alternatives
ADP RUN, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingThree alternatives
ADP RUN, Paychex Flex, RipplingSix alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingOne alternative
GustoGemini 3.5 FlashGustoGustoHeldagainst: QuickBooks PayrollGustoagainst: ADP RUN, Paychex FlexPatriot Payrollagainst: GustoGustoagainst: ADP, Gusto, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Paylocity, QuickBooks Payroll
Four alternatives
Deel, QuickBooks Workforce, Remote, RipplingTwo alternatives
Deel, RipplingFour alternatives
OnPay, Patriot Payroll, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingFour alternatives
OnPay, Roll by ADP, SurePayroll, Wave PayrollThree alternatives
Justworks, OnPay, RipplingPerplexity SonarGustoGustoHeldGustoOnPay, Patriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: ADP, Justworks, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Rippling, Venmo, Zelle
Four alternatives
ADP RUN, Patriot Payroll, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingThree alternatives
OnPay, Paychex Flex, Wave PayrollSix alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingOne alternative
Wave PayrollGrok 4.1 FastGustoGustoHeldGustoagainst: RipplingPatriot Payrollagainst: GustoGusto, QuickBooks Payrollagainst: ADP, Gusto, Paychex Flex, Paylocity, Rippling, Wagepoint
Six alternatives
ADP RUN, Deel, OnPay, Papaya Global, Patriot Payroll, QuickBooks PayrollThree alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, QuickBooks PayrollThree alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, QuickBooks PayrollFour alternatives
OnPay, Payroll4Free, Square Payroll, Wave PayrollThree alternatives
ADP, Patriot Payroll, Paychex FlexMistral SmallRipplingno first choiceChangedGustoGustono first choiceagainst: Deel
Three alternatives
Gusto, OnPay, QuickBooks WorkforceSeven alternatives
ADP RUN, Deel, Justworks, OnPay, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll CoreTwo alternatives
Payroll4Free, Square PayrollDeepSeek V4 FlashGusto, QuickBooks Workforceagainst: ADPQuickBooks PayrollChangedagainst: ADP RUNGustoPatriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: ADP, Deel, Intuit Payroll, Paycor
Two alternatives
Paychex Flex, Xero PayrollOne alternative
GustoFive alternatives
ADP, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingThree alternatives
Gusto, OnPay, SurePayrollLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choicePatriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: 1st Money, ADP, Gusto, OnPay
Qwen 3.7 FlashGustoGustoHeldGustoPatriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: ADP, Excel, Google Sheets, Paychex Flex, Square Payroll, Wave Payroll
Three alternatives
ADP RUN, Deel, QuickBooks PayrollTwo alternatives
QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingThree alternatives
ADP, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingOne alternative
GustoKimi K2Gusto, OnPayGustoChangedGusto, OnPayPayroll4Free, SurePayrollno first choiceagainst: ADP, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Workforce, Remote, Wagepoint
Three alternatives
ADP RUN, Patriot Payroll, QuickBooks PayrollTwo alternatives
ADP RUN, Square PayrollThree alternatives
ADP RUN, Justworks, QuickBooks PayrollTwo alternatives
Gusto, OnPayGLM 4.7 FlashXGustoQuickBooks PayrollChangedGustoPatriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: ADP, Paychex Flexagainst: Complete Payroll Solutions, Dayforce, Intuit Payroll, OnPay, Paychex Flex, Paycom Payroll, Payroll4Free, SD Worx, SSCL, Zellis
Three alternatives
OnPay, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks PayrollTwo alternatives
Gusto, RipplingFive alternatives
OnPay, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingThree alternatives
Gusto, SurePayroll, Wave PayrollMiniMax M2.5Gusto, QuickBooks PayrollADP, GustoChangedGusto, QuickBooks WorkforcePatriot Payroll, Payroll4FreeGustoagainst: ADP, Gusto, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, Wave Payroll
Two alternatives
ADP RUN, PaylocityOne alternative
Paychex FlexFour alternatives
ADP RUN, OnPay, Paychex Flex, RipplingTwo alternatives
Gusto, Zoho PeopleTwo alternatives
Paychex Flex, QuickBooks PayrollGPT-6 LunaGustoOnPayChangedGusto, OnPayagainst: ADP RUN, RipplingPatriot Payrollno first choiceagainst: ADP RUN, Gusto, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll
Three alternatives
OnPay, QuickBooks Workforce, RipplingTwo alternatives
Gusto, QuickBooks PayrollTwo alternatives
Patriot Payroll, Square PayrollTwo alternatives
Gusto Simple, Square PayrollMuse Glimmer 30BGustoGusto, QuickBooks PayrollChangedGusto, OnPayPatriot Payrollagainst: Gustono first choiceagainst: ADP, Intuit Payroll, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, SurePayroll, TriNet
Five alternatives
ADP RUN, ADP Workforce Now, OnPay, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks PayrollOne alternative
ADPEight alternatives
ADP RUN, ADP Workforce Now, Deel, Homebase, Patriot Payroll, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Payroll, RipplingTwo alternatives
Payroll4Free, Zoho PayrollBold 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 08:33 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:55 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 24 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 15 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:08 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 14 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 13 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:14 | yes | 12 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:37 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:53 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:42 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:52 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:24 | yes | 24 | 89 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:25 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:39 | yes | 13 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:27 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:47 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:54 | yes | 21 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:43 | yes | 25 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:00 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:10 | yes | 22 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 10 | 64 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:53 | yes | 7 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 13 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:18 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 21 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:15 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:11 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:06 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:00 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 20 | 122 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:51 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:45 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:08 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:01 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:43 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 21 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:06 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:28 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 18 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:02 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:31 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:49 | yes | 9 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 10 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 9 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:03 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:16 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:44 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:32 | yes | 7 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:38 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:08 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:51 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:00 | no | 0 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 4 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:13 | yes | 15 | 27 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 read as Dayforce
Deel Payroll read as Deel
Patriot read as Patriot Payroll
Patriot Software read as Patriot Payroll
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
Paychex (Flex) read as Paychex Flex
QuickBooks Online Payroll read as QuickBooks Payroll
RUN Powered by ADP read as ADP RUN
Wave read as Wave Payroll
Unresolved, counted raw
1st Money
Check / Rippling
PaymentEvolution
QuickBooks Payroll Core
Roll by ADP
SSCL
Toast
Venmo
Zelle
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.