Deputy vs Connecteam
Zero of twelve models named Deputy first on the direct prompt; zero named Connecteam. Deputy was named by eleven of the twelve models and Connecteam by nine and Deputy carries 31 labels and Connecteam 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in seventeen categories this edition.
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 workforce management suites page.
By framing
DeputyFirst choices, of twelve modelsConnecteam
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Deputy and Connecteam were named in the same answer 139 times, of the 273 answers naming Deputy and the 512 naming Connecteam. In those answers Connecteam took the first choice forty-one times and Deputy nineteen.
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 | |
Deputy Connecteam first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deputy on the left and Connecteam on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 12 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
Connecteam14%#3 of 9Deputy8%#6 of 9Deputy6%#5 of 16Connecteam6%#8 of 16Deputy2%#– of 11Connecteam2%#– of 11What the models said about Deputy
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Deputy (~$5/user/mo, strong for compliance/shifts but higher min.)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“Start with Deputy for the best mix of hourly-workforce features, ease of deployment, compliance, and cost at mid-size scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Connecteam
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Connecteam is widely considered the best option for small businesses on a strict budget because it offers one of the most robust free plans available.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
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.