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Contingent workforce management · September 2026 Edition

Deel vs Worksome

Zero of twelve models named Deel first on the direct prompt; zero named Worksome. Deel was named by twelve of the twelve models and Worksome by eleven and Deel carries 25 labels and Worksome 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Deel

accepted challenger

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

Worksome

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%4%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#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels2519A 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 Worksome · 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 modelsWorksome
Direct00
Paraphrase42
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 Worksome 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 Worksome first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deel on the left and Worksome on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSAP Fieldglass alternatives: Beeline, Worksome
Gemini 3.5 FlashConexis VMS alternatives: Deel, Rippling, SimpleVMS, VectorVMS, Worksuite
Qwen 3.7 FlashSimpleVMS, Worksuite alternatives: Deel, Rippling

Neither was named

9 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Mistral SmallSimpleVMS, Worksuite
DeepSeek V4 FlashSimpleVMS alternatives: Beeline, VectorVMS, Worksuite
Llama 4 MaverickConexis VMS, Gatekeeper, Procurify, SimpleVMS, Worksuite
Kimi K2Conexis VMS alternatives: SimpleVMS, Workday VNDLY, 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 eight points.
Deel12%#2 of 13
Worksome4%#7 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Deel leads by four points.
Deel9%#3 of 16
Worksome4%#6 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Deel2%#10 of 12
Worksome2%#– 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 Worksome

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 generally recommend Worksome if your main need is managing contractors end-to-end” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Worksome as the best overall fit” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Worksome is heavily geared toward companies that scale up and scale down project teams quickly” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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.