Homebase vs Deputy
Zero of twelve models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named Deputy. Homebase was named by eleven of the twelve models and Deputy by eleven and Homebase carries 17 labels and Deputy 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in eight 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
HomebaseFirst choices, of twelve modelsDeputy
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Homebase and Deputy were named in the same answer 144 times, of the 370 answers naming Homebase and the 273 naming Deputy. In those answers Deputy took the first choice twenty-one times and Homebase thirty-one.
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 | |
Homebase Deputy first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Deputy 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
Deputy2%#– of 11Homebase0%#– of 11What the models said about Homebase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“can be easier, but they're often more SMB-oriented than mid-market suites” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Homebase offers an affordable workforce management solution for small businesses ... with a free plan making it especially attractive” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What 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
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.