Six of twelve models named Rippling first on the direct prompt; two named HiBob. Both were named by all twelve models and Rippling carries 41 labels and HiBob 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.
Named in sixteen 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 employee onboarding page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Rippling and HiBob were named in the same answer 143 times, of the 1168 answers naming Rippling and the 261 naming HiBob. In those answers HiBob took the first choice fifteen times and Rippling thirty-eight.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“I'd recommend starting with BambooHR if your priority is simplicity and fast deployment, or Rippling if you also want to automate IT provisioning” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Rippling stands out because it doesn’t just handle paperwork—it automatically creates user accounts, assigns laptops, and enrolls employees in benefits.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“HiBob – Best for modern mid-market HR teams... HiBob and BambooHR are often highlighted for their modern, user-friendly approaches” Mistral Small · direct 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.