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Time and attendance for small business buyers

Asked as “time and attendance system”, and as “employee time tracking software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 43 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Homebase
Contested
21% 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 businessHomebase21%ContestedThis pageMid-marketUKG Ready15%ContestedStanding →EnterpriseUKG 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Homebase21%3%36accepted challenger
02Harvest14%8%12accepted challenger
03Jibble12%0%16accepted challenger
04Clockify9%5%39accepted challenger
05Connecteam9%3%30accepted challenger
06Toggl Track9%0%17accepted challenger
07QuickBooks Time5%16%32accepted challenger
08TimeCamp5%0%11accepted challenger
09Deputy2%5%20accepted challenger
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12When I Work0%8%13accepted challenger
10Buddy Punch0%0%11accepted challenger
11OnTheClock0%0%11accepted 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 ClockifyUKG Ready vs RipplingClockify 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%.

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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
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01Homebase21%
02Harvest14%
03Jibble12%
04Clockify9%
05Connecteam9%
06Toggl Track9%
07QuickBooks Time5%
08TimeCamp5%
09Deputy2%
10Buddy Punch0%
11OnTheClock0%
12When I Work0%

02What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, 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.
QuickBooks Time
16%
5 of 32 labels negative · 4 of 12 models
“QuickBooks Time: A native integration with QuickBooks payroll, but may not be suitable for businesses that do not use QuickBooks.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Eddy
100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Reviewers have noted issues with **TCP TimeClock Plus**, **Eddy**, **greytHR**, and **Keka** regarding slow customer service” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Keka
100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Reviewers have noted issues with ... **Keka** regarding slow customer service and unresolved technical problems.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
TimeClock Plus
33%
3 of 9 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Reviewers have noted issues with **TCP TimeClock Plus**, **Eddy**, **greytHR**, and **Keka** regarding slow customer service and unresolved technical problems.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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

64 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. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 791 links across 163 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

forbes.com
41 answers · 65 citations · 9 models
selectsoftwarereviews.com
vendor site · Select Software Reviews31 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
techrepublic.com
27 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
joinhomebase.com
24 answers · 41 citations · 10 models
timetrex.com
vendor site · TimeTrex21 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
business.com
21 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
uschamber.com
20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
fitsmallbusiness.com
19 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com
vendor site · People Managing People19 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
gartner.com
vendor site · Gartner18 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
capterra.com
17 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
trackingtime.co
vendor site · TrackingTime17 answers · 17 citations · 9 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.

forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-time-attendance-software
34 answers · 9 models
selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/time-and-attendance-software
30 answers · 9 models
techrepublic.com/article/best-time-and-attendance-software
27 answers · 9 models
business.com/categories/time-and-attendance-software
20 answers · 8 models
uschamber.com/co/run/human-resources/time-and-attendance-software
20 answers · 10 models
joinhomebase.com/blog/time-and-attendance-software
19 answers · 10 models
gartner.com/reviews/market/time-and-attendance-software
18 answers · 7 models
forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-time-tracking-software
16 answers · 8 models
trackingtime.co/time-attendance-software/best-time-attendance-software.html
16 answers · 9 models
fitsmallbusiness.com/best-time-and-attendance-software
15 answers · 6 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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employee time tracking software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top time and attendance systems for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best time and attendance system for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a time and attendance system. What should we look at?”Negative“Which time and attendance systems should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceHarvestChanged
Three alternativesBeeBole, Clockify, QuickBooks Time
no first choice
Four alternativesBuddy Punch, Clockify, Connecteam, OnTheClock
no first choice
Four alternativesDeputy, Guidepoint, Homebase, When I Work
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniHomebase
Three alternativesADP RUN, AttendanceBot, Gusto
QuickBooks TimeChanged
Two alternativesOnTheClock, Toggl Track
QuickBooks Time
Four alternativesClockify, Gusto, OnPay Time Tracking, Paychex Time & Attendance
Homebase
Three alternativesClockify, OnTheClock, When I Work
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashHarvest
Five alternativesClockify, Gusto, Memtime, Rippling, Toggl Track
HarvestHeld
Four alternativesClockify, Everhour, Productive, Toggl Track
Homebase
Four alternativesBuddy Punch, Clockify, Connecteam, Jibble
against: QuickBooks TimeJibble
Three alternativesClockify, Connecteam, Homebase
Gusto
Eight alternativesBambooHR, Clockify, Connecteam, Deputy, Homebase, Jibble, QuickBooks Time, Rippling
against: UKG Pro, Workdayagainst: ADP RUN, Paychex Time & Attendance, QuickBooks Time, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG Pro, Workday
Perplexity SonarHomebase
Three alternativesConnecteam, Rippling, TrackingTime
Clockify, QuickBooks TimeChanged
Two alternativesBuddy Punch, Toggl Track
Homebase
Five alternativesBuddy Punch, Clockify, Connecteam, Deputy, QuickBooks Time
Jibble
Three alternativesClockify, Homebase, TimeCamp
against: Connecteamno first choicenothing named
Grok 4.1 FastToggl Track
Four alternativesClockify, Connecteam, Harvest, Hubstaff
against: HomebaseHarvestChanged
Three alternativesClockify, Hubstaff, Toggl Track
Clockify, Jibble
Four alternativesConnecteam, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track, When I Work
against: HubstaffJibble
Three alternativesClockify, Connecteam, Homebase
Connecteam
Four alternativesDeputy, Homebase, OnTheClock, TimeTrex
against: ADP Workforce Now, TimeWorksPlus, UKG Pro, UKG Pro/Ready
Mistral SmallConnecteam, Homebase
Two alternativesRippling, StratusTime
Toggl TrackChanged
One alternativePaymo
Homebase
Four alternativesCalamari, Clockify, TimeClock Plus, TrackingTime
Deputy, TimeCamp
One alternativeHomebase
no first choice
Twelve alternativesBambooHR, Clockify, Deputy, Homebase, Humanity, Paymo, QuickBooks Time, Rippling, TimeCamp, When I Work, Workday, Zoho People
against: Advanced Time and Attendance, Eddy, Keka, TimeClock Plus, greytHR
DeepSeek V4 FlashConnecteam, TimeTrex
Five alternativesClockify, Deputy, QuickBooks Time, TimeCamp, Toggl Track
Toggl TrackChanged
Three alternativesClockify, Harvest, QuickBooks Time
Buddy Punch, Homebase
Four alternativesConnecteam, Deputy, Jibble, When I Work
against: ClockifyClockify, Jibble
Four alternativesConnecteam, Homebase, My Hours, OnTheClock
against: QuickBooks Time, When I Workno first choicenothing named
Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldTimeClock Plus
Five alternativesCalamari, Clockify, Connecteam, Homebase, TrackingTime
no first choice
Three alternativesClockify, Homebase, TimeCamp
no first choice
One alternativeQuickBooks Time
against: Deputy, QuickBooks Time, RotaCloud
Qwen 3.7 FlashHomebase
Three alternativesHubstaff, QuickBooks Time, When I Work
HarvestChanged
Three alternativesMonday.com, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track
against: HubstaffGusto
Four alternativesClockify, Deputy, QuickBooks Time, When I Work
Jibble
Three alternativesClockify, Toggl Track, When I Work
no first choice
Five alternativesConnecteam, Deputy, Gusto, Rippling, TimeClock Plus
against: Oracle, SAP, Trello, Workday
Kimi K2Homebase
Five alternativesBuddy Punch, Clockify, Gusto, QuickBooks Time, When I Work
HarvestChanged
Three alternativesClockify, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track
Deputy, Homebase
Five alternativesClockify, Connecteam, Jibble, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track
Clockify, Homebase
Two alternativesConnecteam, TimeCamp
no first choiceagainst: ADP Time & Attendance, Harvest, Paychex, Paycom, QuickBooks Time
GLM 4.7 FlashXConnecteam, Homebase
Four alternativesClockify, Harvest, QuickBooks Time, TimeCamp
MinuteDockChanged
Two alternativesHarvest, QuickBooks Time
Clockify, Jibble
Five alternativesBuddy Punch, Connecteam, Deputy, Homebase, QuickBooks Time
Clockify, TimeClock Plus
Five alternativesBuddy Punch, Connecteam, HiveDesk, Homebase, TimeCamp
no first choiceagainst: Clockify, Eddy, Keka, TimeClock Plus, greytHR
MiniMax M2.5Rippling
Four alternativesClockify, Hubstaff, TimeTrex, Toggl Track
Hubstaff, Toggl TrackChanged
Two alternativesClockify, QuickBooks Time
Deputy
Seven alternativesClockShark, Clockify, Connecteam, Homebase, OnTheClock, QuickBooks Time, When I Work
Homebase, TimeCamp
Two alternativesConnecteam, OnTheClock
no first choiceagainst: ADP Time & Attendance, Eddy, Keka, TimeClock Plus, Workday, greytHR
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.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:02no05 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:12yes36 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 20:00yes1123 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:41yes207 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:09yes3518 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:09yes109 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 17:59yes2228 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:37yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:02yes527 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:17yes2035 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:40yes2178 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:30yes525 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:20yes97 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:30yes35 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:26yes1021 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:41yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:26yes2915 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:46yes119 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 19:20yes913 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:56yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:19no026 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:38yes1421 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:07yes2470 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:56yes938 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:08yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:53yes68 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 20:11yes1422 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:46yes1911 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:52yes2716 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:58yes56 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 18:39yes3043 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:13yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:24no033 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:50yes1066 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:10yes20107 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:16yes913 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:12no05 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:30yes25 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:35yes1623 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:28yes206 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 21:28yes2914 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:16yes53 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:43yes1011 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:13yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:05no024 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:04yes1429 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:21yes1438 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:56yes511 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:03no06 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 17:54no06 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:57yes1043 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:29yes209 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:07yes1310 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:25no06 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 19:47yes916 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 17:58yes54 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:57yes827 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:11yes919 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 17:59yes1031 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:43yes524 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:39yes95 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:22yes67 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:51yes2421 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:01yes2010 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:51yes3620 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:07yes139 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:40yes1916 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:33yes54 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:10yes527 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:15yes3078 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:26yes2675 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:13yes2037 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
Paychex Flex Time read as Paychex Time & Attendance
QuickBooks Workforce read as QuickBooks Time
RUN Powered by ADP read as ADP RUN
Toggl read as Toggl Track
Unresolved, counted raw
Advanced Time and Attendance (by ADP or other providers)
Memtime
MinuteDock
Monitask
OnPay Time Tracking
RotaCloud
TimeWorksPlus (WorkforceHub)
Timeero
ezClocker
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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