Zoho People vs Deputy
Zero of twelve models named Zoho People first on the direct prompt; zero named Deputy. Zoho People was named by ten of the twelve models and Deputy by eleven and Zoho People carries 13 labels and Deputy 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in thirteen 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
Zoho PeopleFirst choices, of twelve modelsDeputy
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 | |
Zoho People Deputy first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zoho People 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
Zoho People10%#5 of 9Deputy8%#6 of 9Zoho People11%#4 of 16Deputy6%#5 of 16Deputy2%#– of 11Zoho People0%#– of 11What 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
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.