Homebase vs Zoho People
Zero of twelve models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho People. Homebase was named by eleven of the twelve models and Zoho People by ten and Homebase carries 17 labels and Zoho People 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in thirteen 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 modelsZoho People
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Homebase and Zoho People were named in the same answer sixty-five times, of the 370 answers naming Homebase and the 221 naming Zoho People. In those answers Zoho People took the first choice fifteen times and Homebase twenty-three.
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 Zoho People first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Zoho People on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was named
12 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
Homebase16%#2 of 9Zoho People10%#5 of 9Homebase15%#3 of 16Zoho People11%#4 of 16Homebase0%#– of 11Zoho People0%#– 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 Zoho People
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Zoho People / BambooHR — lighter options if your needs are simpler” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“The best workforce management software for a company with a limited budget is Zoho People, which starts at $1.50 per user per month.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“start with Zoho People or When I Work. Zoho People offers the lowest cost per user with solid features” MiniMax M2.5 · 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.