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PEO providers · October 2026 Edition

Justworks vs Insperity

Zero of fourteen models named Justworks first on the direct prompt; two named Insperity. Justworks was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Insperity by twelve and Justworks carries 38 labels and Insperity 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Justworks

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Insperity

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share24%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3835A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Justworks reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ADP TotalSource was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Justworks vs ADP TotalSource · Justworks vs TriNet · Justworks vs Paychex PEO

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 PEO providers page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
JustworksFirst choices, of fourteen modelsInsperity
Direct021 against Justworks
Paraphrase111 against Insperity
Comparative201 against Insperity
Budget-constrained100
Scale-constrained10
Negative002 against Justworks · 3 against Insperity
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Justworks and Insperity were named in the same answer sixty times, of the 295 answers naming Justworks and the 105 naming Insperity. In those answers Insperity took the first choice two times and Justworks twenty-three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Justworks and Insperity stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Justworks Insperity first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Justworks on the left and Insperity on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Justworks and Insperity stood in it.

Insperity first, Justworks an alternative

2 of 14 modelsJustworks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarInsperity, Paychex alternatives: ADP TotalSource, Deel, Rippling
Grok 4.1 FastInsperity alternatives: ADP TotalSource, Justworks, Paychex PEO, TriNet

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniADP TotalSource alternatives: Insperity, TriNet
Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling alternatives: ADP TotalSource, Insperity, TriNet
DeepSeek V4 FlashADP TotalSource, Rippling alternatives: Insperity, Justworks, TriNet
Kimi K2ADP TotalSource, TriNet alternatives: Insperity, Justworks, Paychex PEO/Oasis
GLM 4.7 FlashXADP TotalSource alternatives: G&A Partners, Justworks, Paychex PEO, Rippling, TriNet
GPT-6 LunaADP TotalSource alternatives: Insperity, TriNet
Muse Glimmer 30BADP TotalSource alternatives: Engage PEO, Insperity, Paychex PEO, TriNet

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Mistral SmallADP TotalSource, Paychex PEO alternatives: Deel Hire
Llama 4 MaverickPaychex PEO alternatives: Deel, Guideflow
Qwen 3.7 FlashCoAdvantage alternatives: Deel, Paychex PEO, TriNet
MiniMax M2.5Paychex PEO alternatives: CoAdvantage, Deel Hire

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Justworks leads by sixty-eight points.
Justworks70%#1 of 8
Insperity2%#6 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Justworks leads by eighteen points.
Justworks24%#1 of 9
Insperity6%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Justworks leads by two points.
Justworks2%#6 of 8
Insperity0%#7 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Justworks

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“though it may be a better fit for smaller or less complex teams than a traditional mid-market operation” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · soft negative
“While big names (like TriNet, JustWorks, ADP) get complaints due to their size” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Justworks is usually the best first PEO to look at because it's widely cited as a low-friction option with transparent per-employee pricing” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“For pure budget (under $100/employee) + full PEO: Start with Justworks Basic. It's frequently ranked #1 for small businesses” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“Justworks and the provider highlighted by EORHQ (at $59/employee/month) are the top choices due to their affordability” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Insperity

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid or approach with extreme caution: Any PEO without ESAC accreditation or IRS CPEO certification” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Insperity: Frustrations with slow support, unauthorized deductions, billing disputes, withholding records—mixed but recurring in DesignRush/BBB.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Insperity is more expensive on the administrative side, with an average price of around $220 per employee per month” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“the most practical default choice is often Insperity if you want strategic HR support” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Peometrics/PEO Consulting: Insperity for mid-market HR; ADP for scale.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Insperity” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.