ADP Workforce Now vs Gusto
Three of fourteen models named ADP Workforce Now first on the direct prompt; zero named Gusto. ADP Workforce Now was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Gusto by fourteen and ADP Workforce Now carries 26 labels and Gusto 49, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nineteen categories this edition.
Named in twenty-four categories this edition.
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the payroll software page.
By framing
ADP Workforce NowFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGusto
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, ADP Workforce Now and Gusto were named in the same answer 131 times, of the 616 answers naming ADP Workforce Now and the 926 naming Gusto. In those answers Gusto took the first choice twenty-two times and ADP Workforce Now fourteen.
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 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
ADP Workforce Now Gusto first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ADP Workforce Now on the left and Gusto on the right.The direct prompt
ADP Workforce Now first, Gusto an alternative
3 of 14 modelsGusto was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 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
Gusto49%#1 of 11ADP Workforce Now0%#– of 11ADP Workforce Now19%#2 of 14Gusto6%#6 of 14ADP Workforce Now13%#3 of 14Gusto0%#14 of 14What the models said about ADP Workforce Now
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“ADP Workforce Now, Paycom, and Paycor are often top recommendations due to their scalability, comprehensive features, and strong support.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Gusto
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Small US business with <500 employees, no HR department: Start with Gusto for simplicity and transparency.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative 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.