Sling vs Homebase
Zero of fourteen models named Sling first on the direct prompt; zero named Homebase. Both were named by all fourteen models and Sling carries 19 labels and Homebase 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in eighteen categories this edition.
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
SlingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHomebase
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Sling and Homebase were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 84 answers naming Sling and the 412 naming Homebase. In those answers Homebase took the first choice twenty times and Sling seventeen.
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 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Sling Homebase first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sling on the left and Homebase on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
11 of 14 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
Sling24%#2 of 11Homebase6%#5 of 11Homebase4%#– of 11Sling0%#– of 11What the models said about Sling
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Sling – best small-budget free tier for scheduling … The author's preference is Sling "because it lets you create schedules for up to 30 users."” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“The best employee scheduling software for a company with a limited budget is Sling, which is free and has below-average costs on paid plans.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Sling is the strongest overall pick because it is repeatedly identified as the best for small budgets” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Homebase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Homebase – Too small and US-centric for mid-market B2B.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
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.