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Contingent workforce management · September 2026 Edition

Deel vs Conexis VMS

Zero of twelve models named Deel first on the direct prompt; three named Conexis VMS. Deel was named by twelve of the twelve models and Conexis VMS by eight and Deel carries 25 labels and Conexis VMS 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Deel

accepted challenger

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

Conexis VMS

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2511A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Deel reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Worksuite was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. SimpleVMS vs Deel · SimpleVMS vs Conexis VMS · Worksuite vs Deel

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 contingent workforce management page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
DeelFirst choices, of twelve modelsConexis VMS
Direct03
Paraphrase40
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Deel
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 Deel and Conexis VMS stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Deel Conexis VMS first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deel on the left and Conexis VMS on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Deel and Conexis VMS stood in it.

Conexis VMS first, Deel an alternative

3 of 12 modelsDeel was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashConexis VMS alternatives: Deel, Rippling, SimpleVMS, VectorVMS, Worksuite
Llama 4 MaverickConexis VMS, Gatekeeper, Procurify, SimpleVMS, Worksuite
Kimi K2Conexis VMS alternatives: SimpleVMS, Workday VNDLY, Worksuite

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5SimplifyVMS alternatives: Conexis VMS, FlentisPRO, VectorVMS, Worksuite
Perplexity SonarMagnit alternatives: Conexis VMS, Workday VNDLY, Worksuite
Grok 4.1 FastSimpleVMS alternatives: Conexis VMS, VectorVMS, Worksuite
Qwen 3.7 FlashSimpleVMS, Worksuite alternatives: Deel, Rippling

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSAP Fieldglass alternatives: Beeline, Worksome
Mistral SmallSimpleVMS, Worksuite
DeepSeek V4 FlashSimpleVMS alternatives: Beeline, VectorVMS, Worksuite
GLM 4.7 FlashXBridge VMS alternatives: SimpleVMS, Workday VNDLY, Worksuite
MiniMax M2.5SimpleVMS, Worksuite

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
Deel leads by six points.
Deel12%#2 of 13
Conexis VMS6%#4 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Deel leads by two points.
Deel9%#3 of 16
Conexis VMS7%#5 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Deel leads by two points.
Deel2%#10 of 12
Conexis VMS0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Deel

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Deel is widely considered the gold standard... Start with a trial of Deel if compliance/global payment is your biggest headache.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Conexis VMS

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“I'd recommend starting your evaluation with Conexis VMS due to its purpose-built mid-market focus” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“is SimpleVMS, Worksuite, Conexis VMS, Gatekeeper, or Procurify” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Staffing Agency Management: Conexis VMS” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.