HR AI assistants · September 2026 Edition
Moveworks vs Rippling
Two of twelve models named Moveworks first on the direct prompt; one named Rippling. Moveworks was named by ten of the twelve models and Rippling by nine and Moveworks carries 21 labels and Rippling 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate29%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2114A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Moveworks reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Workativ Assistant vs Moveworks · Workativ Assistant vs Rippling · ChatGPT vs Moveworks
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 HR AI assistants page.
By framing
How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MoveworksFirst choices, of twelve modelsRippling
Direct213 against Moveworks · 1 against Rippling
Paraphrase001 against Moveworks
Comparative30
Budget-constrained001 against Moveworks
Scale-constrained001 against Moveworks
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.
Every model, every framing
The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Moveworks and Rippling stood in it.
| 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 | |
Moveworks Rippling first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Moveworks on the left and Rippling on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Moveworks and Rippling stood in it.
Moveworks first, Rippling not the choice
2 of 12 modelsRippling was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Moveworks alternatives: Leapsome, Leena AI, Paycor
Perplexity SonarMoveworks alternatives: Lattice, Leena AI, Workativ Assistant
Rippling first, Moveworks not the choice
1 of 12 modelsMoveworks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: BambooHR, Lattice
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashWorkativ Assistant alternatives: BambooHR / Bamboo AI, Juicebox, Leena AI, MeBeBot, Paradox, PeopleGPT, Rippling
DeepSeek V4 FlashHiBob alternatives: Lattice, Leena AI, Paradox, Rippling
Neither was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniBambooHR with Bamboo AI / Ask BambooHR alternatives: Workday
Mistral SmallLeena AI, Workativ Assistant alternatives: HiBob, Lattice, Paycor
Llama 4 MaverickLattice alternatives: HiBob, Leena AI, Paycor, Windmill
Qwen 3.7 FlashHiBob alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Lattice
Kimi K2MeBeBot alternatives: Lattice, Paradox
GLM 4.7 FlashXLattice alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse AI, Humand, Leena AI, Workativ Assistant
MiniMax M2.5HiBob, Lattice alternatives: HelpJet, Monday.com AI Agents, Paycor
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
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Moveworks0%#9 of 10Rippling0%#7 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
Moveworks leads by twenty-four points.
Moveworks24%#2 of 6Rippling0%#– of 6What the models said about Moveworks
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Enterprise-focused with six-figure annual contracts; overkill for mid-sized companies” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise platforms (Moveworks, Leena AI, ServiceNow, etc.) — $50K+/yr, usually overkill” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“cost-effective compared to enterprise solutions like Moveworks or Workday Assistant” Mistral Small · direct prompt · soft negative
“If you want to stop spending 80% of your time answering repetitive questions: Choose Leena AI or Moveworks.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Moveworks (for heavy, complex integrations)... Unmatched enterprise-grade security and actionability.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Moveworks leads for mid-market organizations and plugs into Workday, ServiceNow, and Slack” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Rippling
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
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.