AI Indexes
HR AI Index
Index › Core HR and payroll › Workforce scheduling › Deputy vs Rippling
Workforce scheduling · October 2026 Edition

Deputy vs Rippling

Ten of fourteen models named Deputy first on the direct prompt; two named Rippling. Deputy was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Rippling by seven and Deputy carries 36 labels and Rippling 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Deputy

endorsed leader

Named in ten categories this edition.

Rippling

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-nine categories this edition.

First-choice share37%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3610A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Deputy reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Deputy vs Sling · Deputy vs Connecteam · Deputy vs When I Work

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.
DeputyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRippling
Direct102
Paraphrase90
Comparative20
Budget-constrained001 against Deputy
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Deputy · 2 against Rippling
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 Deputy and Rippling 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
Deputy Rippling first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deputy on the left and Rippling on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Deputy and Rippling stood in it.

Deputy first, Rippling an alternative

10 of 14 modelsRippling was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniDeputy alternatives: Connecteam, Homebase, Rippling
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
Kimi K2Deputy, When I Work alternatives: Homebase, ZoomShift
GLM 4.7 FlashXDeputy alternatives: Connecteam, Planday, Workforce.com
MiniMax M2.5Deputy alternatives: Connecteam, Quinyx, TimeTrex, Workforce.com
GPT-6 LunaDeputy alternatives: UKG Pro Workforce Management, UKG Ready, Workday Resource Scheduling
Muse Glimmer 30BDeputy, Workforce.com alternatives: Shiftboard, When I Work

Rippling first, Deputy an alternative

2 of 14 modelsDeputy was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Rippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Deputy, Paychex Flex, UKG Pro, When I Work, Workforce.com
Qwen 3.7 FlashRippling alternatives: Deputy, Workforce.com

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashFloat alternatives: Assembled, Connecteam, Deputy, Kantata, Runn

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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
Deputy leads by two points.
Deputy2%#5 of 9
Rippling0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Deputy leads by thirty-three points.
Deputy37%#1 of 11
Rippling4%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Deputy leads by two points.
Deputy7%#6 of 11
Rippling5%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Deputy

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

“I'd pick Deputy for a mid-market B2B company because it appears most often as the strongest general-purpose mid-market scheduling platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Recommendation: Start with a demo for Deputy. It generally offers the highest ceiling for growth” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Deputy - Great for mid-market companies, offers flexible scheduling and compliance tools” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Rippling

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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.