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Onboarding and employee experience

The employee side of HR: onboarding, engagement, recognition, communication, the HR help desk, wellbeing, frontline apps and AI assistants. 8 of 10 categories scored, 2 planned.

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Standing in onboarding and employee experience

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all twelve models, for the eight onboarding and employee experience categories scored in the September 2026 Edition.
Onboarding and employee experience
Frontline employee apps
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
ConnecteamClear leader
SMB
85%
Mid-market
56%
StaffbaseContested
Enterprise
31%
Onboarding and employee experience
Employee engagement surveys
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Workleap OfficevibeContested
SMB
40%
Culture AmpClear leader
Mid-market
40%
Enterprise
30%
Onboarding and employee experience
Employee wellbeing and mental health
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
WellableContested
SMB
29%
Mid-market
30%
Personify HealthContested
Enterprise
27%
Onboarding and employee experience
Employee onboarding
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
BambooHRContested
SMB
38%
Mid-market
29%
WorkdayClear leader
Enterprise
49%
Onboarding and employee experience
HR help desk and case management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Zoho DeskContested
SMB
27%
Mid-market
26%
ServiceNow HR Service DeliveryClear leader
Enterprise
53%
Onboarding and employee experience
Recognition and rewards
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Bonusly tiedClear leader
SMB
60%
Mid-market
22%
AchieversContested
Enterprise
38%
Onboarding and employee experience
Internal communications and intranet
A different leader in every segment
Microsoft SharePoint tiedContested
SMB
24%
Happeo tiedContested
Mid-market
16%
SimpplrContested
Enterprise
24%
Onboarding and employee experience
HR AI assistants
A different leader in every segment
GustoContested
SMB
29%
Workativ AssistantContested
Mid-market
12%
Leena AIContested
Enterprise
36%

Next in onboarding and employee experience

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.
Diversity, equity and inclusion analytics plannedOffboarding and exit planned
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