Homebase vs When I Work
Zero of twelve models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named When I Work. Homebase was named by eleven of the twelve models and When I Work by twelve and Homebase carries 17 labels and When I Work 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in five 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 modelsWhen I Work
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Homebase and When I Work were named in the same answer 164 times, of the 370 answers naming Homebase and the 222 naming When I Work. In those answers When I Work took the first choice fifteen times and Homebase forty-nine.
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 When I Work first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and When I Work on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
11 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
When I Work18%#1 of 9Homebase16%#2 of 9Homebase15%#3 of 16When I Work6%#7 of 16Homebase0%#– of 11When I Work0%#– 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 When I Work
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“you've outgrown basic SMB tools like When I Work's free tier” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“start with Zoho People or When I Work... When I Work excels if your primary need is shift scheduling” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For the absolute lowest cost, When I Work and Homebase are the most budget-friendly” Mistral Small · 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.