When I Work vs Homebase
One of fourteen models named When I Work first on the direct prompt; zero named Homebase. Both were named by all fourteen models and When I Work carries 38 labels and Homebase 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight 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
When I WorkFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHomebase
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, When I Work and Homebase were named in the same answer 175 times, of the 258 answers naming When I Work and the 412 naming Homebase. In those answers Homebase took the first choice seventy-two times and When I Work fourteen.
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 | | | |
When I Work Homebase first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, When I Work on the left and Homebase on the right.The direct prompt
When I Work first, Homebase an alternative
1 of 14 modelsHomebase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 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
Homebase26%#1 of 9When I Work19%#3 of 9When I Work6%#4 of 11Homebase6%#5 of 11Homebase4%#– of 11When I Work0%#11 of 11What the models said about When I Work
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“or When I Work if you want excellent value with solid forecasting capabilities” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Why I'd lean toward When I Work if you can afford a small monthly spend” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“or When I Work which tends to have better small-business support” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative 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.