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Workforce scheduling · October 2026 Edition

Connecteam vs Workforce.com

Zero of fourteen models named Connecteam first on the direct prompt; one named Workforce.com. Connecteam was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Workforce.com by ten and Connecteam carries 27 labels and Workforce.com 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Connecteam

accepted challenger

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

Workforce.com

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2715A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Connecteam reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Deputy was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Deputy vs Connecteam · Deputy vs Workforce.com · Sling vs Connecteam

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 scheduling page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ConnecteamFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkforce.com
Direct011 against Connecteam
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Connecteam and Workforce.com stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Connecteam Workforce.com first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Connecteam on the left and Workforce.com on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Connecteam and Workforce.com stood in it.

Workforce.com first, Connecteam not the choice

1 of 14 modelsConnecteam was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BDeputy, Workforce.com alternatives: Shiftboard, When I Work

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Rippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Deputy, Paychex Flex, UKG Pro, When I Work, Workforce.com
GPT-5.4 miniDeputy alternatives: Connecteam, Homebase, Rippling
Gemini 3.5 FlashFloat alternatives: Assembled, Connecteam, Deputy, Kantata, Runn
Perplexity SonarDeputy alternatives: Connecteam, TimeTrex, When I Work, Workforce.com
Grok 4.1 FastDeputy alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Connecteam, When I Work
Mistral SmallDayforce, Deputy, Legion WFM, UKG Pro Workforce Management alternatives: Connecteam, Homebase, When I Work
DeepSeek V4 FlashDeputy alternatives: Rippling, When I Work, Workforce.com
Qwen 3.7 FlashRippling alternatives: Deputy, Workforce.com
GLM 4.7 FlashXDeputy alternatives: Connecteam, Planday, Workforce.com
MiniMax M2.5Deputy alternatives: Connecteam, Quinyx, TimeTrex, Workforce.com

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Deputy, When I Work alternatives: Homebase, ZoomShift
GPT-6 LunaDeputy alternatives: UKG Pro Workforce Management, UKG Ready, Workday Resource Scheduling

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Workforce.com is not named for this buyer.
Connecteam18%#4 of 9
Workforce.com—not named
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Connecteam leads by eight points.
Connecteam10%#3 of 11
Workforce.com2%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Workforce.com leads at enterprise.
Workforce.com2%#– of 11
Connecteam0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

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.

“lacks the analytical depth B2B service firms often need” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative

What the models said about Workforce.com

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Deputy and Workforce.com are the two platforms most reviewers put at the top” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
Deputy vs ConnecteamDeputy vs Workforce.comSling vs ConnecteamSling vs Workforce.comConnecteam vs When I WorkConnecteam vs HomebaseConnecteam vs RipplingWhen I Work vs Workforce.comHomebase vs Workforce.comRippling vs Workforce.comAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full workforce scheduling standing

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.