Five of twelve models named Freshservice first on the direct prompt; zero named HR Acuity. Freshservice was named by eleven of the twelve models and HR Acuity by nine and Freshservice carries 27 labels and HR Acuity 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two 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 HR help desk and case management page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Freshservice and HR Acuity were named in the same answer seven times, of the 53 answers naming Freshservice and the 35 naming HR Acuity. In those answers HR Acuity took the first choice one time and Freshservice two.
| 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 |
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. Five of six in this category shown.
“Generic IT ticketing systems (Jira, Zendesk, Freshservice) without deep HR customization.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“strong automation, but no free tier and priced higher” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Look at Freshservice. It is highly customizable, keeps HR and IT queues strictly separated for privacy, and is incredibly popular in the mid-market.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Freshservice HR Service Delivery is a highly recommended choice due to its balance of usability, automation, and integration capabilities” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“My top pick: Freshservice offers the best balance of mid-market fit, HR-specific capabilities, reasonable pricing” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Best Overall for Mid-Market B2B: HR Acuity – Excellent for employee relations case management with defensible investigations and risk analytics.” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the consensus leader for mid-market to enterprise ER casework ... this is the top call” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“### 1. HR Acuity (Best for case management focus)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase 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.