Deputy vs When I Work
Five of twelve models named Deputy first on the direct prompt; zero named When I Work. Deputy was named by eleven of the twelve models and When I Work by eleven and Deputy carries 26 labels and When I Work 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight 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 scheduling page.
By framing
DeputyFirst choices, of twelve modelsWhen I Work
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Deputy and When I Work were named in the same answer 158 times, of the 273 answers naming Deputy and the 222 naming When I Work. In those answers When I Work took the first choice sixteen times and Deputy 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 | | |
Deputy When I Work first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deputy on the left and When I Work on the right.The direct prompt
Deputy first, When I Work an alternative
5 of 12 modelsWhen I Work was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 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 Work7%#4 of 7Deputy0%#5 of 7Deputy26%#1 of 9When I Work6%#5 of 9What 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.
“1. Deputy (Best Overall Balance) ... Deputy strikes the best balance between sophisticated feature sets (like AI forecasting) and user-friendly design.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Deputy if you have multiple locations or compliance needs, or Connecteam if you have deskless/field workers” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Look at Homebase, Deputy, or When I Work\u2014these are entirely different tools from the booking apps above.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative 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. Four of four in this category shown.
“Employee Scheduling Tools (7shifts, HotSchedules, When I Work)... caution is about your own operational hygiene.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“does not appear to offer the same free-plan value as Connecteam” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with When I Work if budget is a concern and you need something that's easy to implement” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, When I Work or Homebase are excellent starting points” Mistral Small · 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.