Index › Core HR and payroll › September 2026 Edition

Time and attendance

Asked as “time and attendance system”, and as “employee time tracking software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

UKG Ready

Contested

15% of first choices, contested.

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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

Homebase21%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

UKG Ready15%ContestedThis page Enterprise

UKG Pro29%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

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. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

UKG Ready6%16accepted challenger

Clockify0%22accepted challenger

Rippling0%15accepted challenger

Homebase6%18accepted challenger

Toggl Track0%10accepted challenger

Connecteam5%21accepted challenger

Jibble0%12accepted challenger

TimeCamp0%10accepted challenger

Paylocity0%11accepted challenger

QuickBooks Time6%17accepted challenger

Buddy Punch14%14accepted challenger

Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

UKG Pro18%11accepted challenger

ADP Workforce Now8%12accepted challenger

BambooHR8%12accepted challenger

Deputy5%19accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

UKG Ready vs Clockify UKG Ready vs Rippling Clockify vs Rippling

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 →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%

Key

UKG Ready15%

Clockify12%

Rippling12%

Homebase10%

Toggl Track10%

Connecteam8%

Jibble6%

TimeCamp6%

Paylocity6%

QuickBooks Time4%

Buddy Punch2%

Deputy0%

ADP Workforce Now0%

BambooHR0%

UKG Pro0%

02What they warned about

Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and MiniMax M2.5 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.

Buddy Punch

14%

2 of 14 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Be cautious of vendors with poor support, no integration, or hidden fees (Kronos, TimeForce, Buddy Punch, etc.)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt

Kronos

67%

2 of 3 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“"I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy." Users report: minimal development effort, escalating support fees, outdated systems, and poor customer support.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt

TimeClock Plus

67%

2 of 3 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Targeted in 2019 class actions for fingerprint scans.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

UKG Pro

18%

2 of 11 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Multiple ransomware attacks ... slow support, buggy mobile clock-ins, logouts, outdated UI, high implementation costs, integration issues. Past BIPA suits add risk.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

60 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 818 links across 252 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

selectsoftwarereviews.com

vendor site · Select Software Reviews32 answers · 33 citations · 10 models

forbes.com

30 answers · 38 citations · 9 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com

vendor site · People Managing People28 answers · 30 citations · 10 models

gartner.com

vendor site · Gartner22 answers · 26 citations · 9 models

learn.g2.com

20 answers · 28 citations · 8 models

techrepublic.com

16 answers · 17 citations · 9 models

g2.com

15 answers · 25 citations · 7 models

worldmetrics.org

15 answers · 20 citations · 9 models

business.com

13 answers · 14 citations · 7 models

softwareadvice.com

12 answers · 13 citations · 8 models

paylocity.com

vendor site · Paylocity12 answers · 12 citations · 7 models

rippling.com

vendor site · Rippling12 answers · 12 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.

selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/time-and-attendance-software

32 answers · 10 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-time-and-attendance-software

23 answers · 10 models

forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-time-attendance-software

21 answers · 9 models

gartner.com/reviews/market/time-and-attendance-software

21 answers · 9 models

techrepublic.com/article/best-time-and-attendance-software

16 answers · 9 models

business.com/categories/time-and-attendance-software

13 answers · 7 models

learn.g2.com/best-time-and-attendance-software

13 answers · 8 models

trackingtime.co/time-attendance-software/best-time-attendance-software.html

12 answers · 6 models

forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-time-tracking-software

11 answers · 6 models

paylocity.com/why-paylocity/compare/lists/attendance-software

11 answers · 7 models

04How 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.

ModelDirect“What is the best time and attendance system for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employee time tracking software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top time and attendance systems and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best time and attendance system for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a time and attendance system. What should we look at?”Negative“Which time and attendance systems should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceConnecteamChanged

Two alternatives

Apploye, Factorial

no first choiceClockify, Open Time Clock

Two alternatives

Deputy, Workstatus

no first choicenothing named

GPT-5.4 miniRippling

Five alternatives

ADP, Connecteam, Deel, Deputy, UKG Ready

Toggl TrackChanged

Two alternatives

Clockify, Hubstaff

no first choiceHomebase

Two alternatives

Clockify, When I Work

against: QuickBooks Timeno first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling

Five alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, BigTime, ClickTime, Deputy, Paycor

HarvestChanged

Four alternatives

BigTime, Clockify, Timely, Toggl Track

against: Hubstaff, Time DoctorConnecteam

Six alternatives

Buddy Punch, ClockShark, Deputy, Homebase, Jibble, Rippling

Clockify, Jibble

Five alternatives

Buddy Punch, Connecteam, Homebase, Kimai, OnTheClock

no first choice

Five alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Paylocity, Rippling, UKG Ready

against: ADP, Apploye, Deputy, EasyWorkforce, Hubstaff, Kronos, Time Doctor

Perplexity SonarUKG Ready

Three alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Rippling

QuickBooks TimeChanged

Three alternatives

Apploye, Hubstaff, Replicon

no first choiceHomebase, Jibble

Two alternatives

Clockify, TimeCamp

no first choicenothing named

Grok 4.1 FastRippling

Two alternatives

Paylocity, UKG Ready

Toggl TrackChanged

Three alternatives

Clockify, Harvest, QuickBooks Time

UKG Pro

Six alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Connecteam, Dayforce, Rippling, Workday Time Tracking

Clockify

Four alternatives

Connecteam, Homebase, Jibble, TimeCamp

Paycom, Paylocity, UKG Ready

Two alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, Deputy

against: ADP Workforce Now, Accu-Time Systems, Citadel Time Clock, HandPunch, Kronos/UKG biometric clocks, TIMECO Systems, TimeClock Plus, UKG Pro

Mistral SmallUKG Ready

Two alternatives

BambooHR, Rippling

ClickTime, UKG ReadyChanged

Two alternatives

Celoxis, QuickBooks Time

UKG Pro

Four alternatives

ADP, Dayforce, Deputy, Workday

against: Buddy PunchConnecteam

Two alternatives

Homebase, TimeCamp

no first choicenothing named

DeepSeek V4 FlashRippling, UKG Ready

Four alternatives

BambooHR, Connecteam, Deputy, Paylocity

Toggl TrackChanged

Two alternatives

ClickTime, Clockify

against: UKG ReadyDeputy

Seven alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Connecteam, Homebase, OnTheClock, UKG Pro, When I Work

Clockify

Three alternatives

Connecteam, Homebase, Jibble

no first choiceagainst: ADP Time & Attendance, Paychex Time & Attendance, Qqest / iSolved TimeForce, UKG Pro, Wasp Time

Llama 4 MaverickUKG ReadyBuddy Punch, Paylocity, UKG ReadyChangedDeputy

Four alternatives

Connecteam, Homebase, OnTheClock, QuickBooks Time

Connecteam, Homebase, TimeCampno first choiceagainst: Excel, paper timesheets

Qwen 3.7 FlashPaylocity

Five alternatives

Gusto, Harvest, Jibble, Replicon, Rippling

against: Kronos/UKGToggl TrackChanged

Three alternatives

Clockify, Harvest, Hubstaff

UKG Pro

Six alternatives

Buddy Punch, Connecteam, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, TimeTrex, When I Work

Homebase

Three alternatives

Buddy Punch, Clockify, TimeCamp

no first choicenothing named

Kimi K2Rippling

Two alternatives

BambooHR, UKG Ready

ClockifyChanged

Three alternatives

Harvest, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track

no first choice

Seven alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Buddy Punch, Clockify, Connecteam, Homebase, UKG Pro

Connecteam, Jibble

Two alternatives

Clockify, TimeCamp

against: Homebaseno first choiceagainst: ADP Time & Attendance, UKG/Kronos

GLM 4.7 FlashXRippling, UKG Ready

Three alternatives

ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Dayforce

ClickTime, QuickBooks TimeChanged

Three alternatives

DATABASICS Time, Monday.com, UKG Ready

no first choice

Ten alternatives

Agendrix, Buddy Punch, Connecteam, Deputy, Factorial, Homebase, Paycom, SAP SuccessFactors Time Management, UKG Pro / Workforce Central, Workday Time Tracking

Clockify, TimeCamp

Two alternatives

Connecteam, Timesheets.com

no first choiceagainst: BambooHR, Buddy Punch, Connecteam, Keka, Kronos, Monday.com, TimeClock Plus, TimeForce → iSolved HCM, greytHR

MiniMax M2.5Paycor

One alternative

Factorial

against: WorkdayToggl TrackChanged

Four alternatives

Hubstaff, QuickBooks Time, Time Doctor, Wrike

no first choiceHomebase, TimeCamp

One alternative

Connecteam

no first choiceagainst: UKG/Kronos, uAttend

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The 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

Seventy-two 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`	2026-09-17 21:18	no	0	4 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:45	yes	3	5 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 17:55	yes	17	24 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:44	yes	20	7 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:09	yes	30	18 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:25	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 21:03	yes	16	16 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:38	yes	5	5 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:27	no	0	34 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:14	yes	13	24 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:44	yes	26	113 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:19	yes	5	19 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:39	yes	9	8 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:40	yes	3	6 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:03	yes	8	46 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:56	yes	36	15 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 17:56	yes	11	9 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 18:50	yes	29	52 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:27	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:36	no	0	28 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:11	yes	14	24 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:06	yes	19	28 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:39	yes	11	24 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:30	yes	16	9 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:02	yes	7	13 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 17:58	yes	15	22 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:07	yes	20	9 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:35	yes	28	16 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:33	yes	5	6 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 21:28	yes	17	17 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:28	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:04	yes	15	55 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:04	yes	19	34 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:26	yes	29	39 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:26	yes	10	21 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:21	yes	9	9 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:34	no	0	4 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 17:54	yes	15	20 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:38	yes	20	5 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:41	yes	35	19 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:07	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:54	yes	10	14 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:32	yes	5	3 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:34	yes	5	16 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:26	yes	7	18 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:19	yes	10	26 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:52	yes	5	21 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:48	no	0	8 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:03	no	0	10 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:04	no	0	39 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:33	yes	20	10 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:21	yes	11	10 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 21:04	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:08	yes	11	19 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:39	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:55	no	0	26 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	15	26 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:39	yes	29	183 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:23	no	0	62 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:26	no	0	3 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:34	no	0	4 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:23	yes	18	25 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:30	yes	20	7 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:29	yes	39	17 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:37	yes	5	5 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	26	33 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:57	yes	5	2 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:18	yes	7	121 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:19	yes	30	38 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:20	yes	15	101 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:00	yes	18	36 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

Kronos Workforce Central read as UKG Workforce Central

Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

QuickBooks Workforce read as QuickBooks Time

monday Work Management read as Monday.com

Unresolved, counted raw

Accu-Time Systems

Citadel Time Clock

DATABASICS Time

EasyWorkforce (formerly WorkEasy)

HandPunch (Recognition Systems/Ingersoll Rand)

Kimai

Kronos/UKG biometric clocks

Qqest / iSolved TimeForce

SalaryBox

TIMECO Systems

TimeClock Plus / Humanity Time

TimeForce → iSolved HCM

Timesheets.com

Trackabi

UKG Pro / Workforce Central

UKG Ready / UKG time & attendance

Wasp Time (Wasp Barcode Technologies)

WhenUptime (by ComplyTrak)

Workstatus

paper timesheets

uAttend

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Time and attendance

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

Also in core hr and payroll