Paylocity vs ADP Workforce Now
Five of fourteen models named Paylocity first on the direct prompt; four named ADP Workforce Now. Paylocity was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and ADP Workforce Now by thirteen and Paylocity carries 22 labels and ADP Workforce Now 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twenty categories this edition.
Named in nineteen 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 time and attendance page.
By framing
PaylocityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsADP Workforce Now
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Paylocity and ADP Workforce Now were named in the same answer 127 times, of the 282 answers naming Paylocity and the 616 naming ADP Workforce Now. In those answers ADP Workforce Now took the first choice thirty times and Paylocity eight.
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 | | | |
Paylocity ADP Workforce Now first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Paylocity on the left and ADP Workforce Now on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Paylocity first, ADP Workforce Now an alternative
4 of 14 modelsADP Workforce Now was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.ADP Workforce Now first, Paylocity an alternative
3 of 14 modelsPaylocity was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 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
Paylocity0%#– of 12ADP Workforce Now0%#– of 12Paylocity12%#2 of 15ADP Workforce Now10%#3 of 15ADP Workforce Now14%#2 of 13Paylocity0%#– of 13What the models said about Paylocity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Paylocity is a strong fit for small and mid-sized businesses... If you need comprehensive HR integration with payroll, Paylocity is ideal” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Paylocity or ADP Workforce Now typically offer the best balance of features, integration, and scalability” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about ADP Workforce Now
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.