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Time and attendance · September 2026 Edition

Homebase vs Connecteam

Zero of twelve models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named Connecteam. Both were named by all twelve models and Homebase carries 18 labels and Connecteam 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Homebase

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Connecteam

accepted challenger

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

First-choice share10%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1821A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Homebase reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rippling was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. UKG Ready vs Homebase · UKG Ready vs Connecteam · Clockify vs Homebase

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 time and attendance page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HomebaseFirst choices, of twelve modelsConnecteam
Direct00
Paraphrase01
Comparative01
Budget-constrained531 against Homebase
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Connecteam
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Homebase and Connecteam were named in the same answer 208 times, of the 370 answers naming Homebase and the 512 naming Connecteam. In those answers Connecteam took the first choice fifty-seven times and Homebase forty-five.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Homebase and Connecteam 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
Homebase Connecteam first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Connecteam on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniRippling alternatives: ADP, Connecteam, Deel, Deputy, UKG Ready
DeepSeek V4 FlashRippling, UKG Ready alternatives: BambooHR, Connecteam, Deputy, Paylocity

Neither was named

10 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, BigTime, ClickTime, Deputy, Paycor
Perplexity SonarUKG Ready alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Rippling
Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: Paylocity, UKG Ready
Mistral SmallUKG Ready alternatives: BambooHR, Rippling
Llama 4 MaverickUKG Ready
Qwen 3.7 FlashPaylocity alternatives: Gusto, Harvest, Jibble, Replicon, Rippling
Kimi K2Rippling alternatives: BambooHR, UKG Ready
GLM 4.7 FlashXRippling, UKG Ready alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Dayforce
MiniMax M2.5Paycor alternatives: Factorial

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
Homebase leads by twelve points.
Homebase21%#1 of 12
Connecteam9%#5 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Homebase leads by two points.
Homebase10%#4 of 15
Connecteam8%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Homebase leads by two points.
Homebase2%#– of 10
Connecteam0%#10 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Homebase

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

“Limitation: Free version lacks real-time attendance monitoring and time-off tracking” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative

What the models said about Connecteam

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

“No phone support, disappointing integration list (only 4 options), API access locked behind premium plans.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Connecteam is highly recommended for small teams, offering free access to time tracking and workforce tools for up to 10 employees” Mistral Small · budget 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.