# ChartHop vs BambooHR: which do AI models recommend for people analytics, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, People analytics. Six of fourteen models named ChartHop first on the direct prompt; zero named BambooHR. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/people-analytics/charthop-vs-bamboohr/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChartHop | 21% | #2 of 11 | 12% | 43 | 14 of 14 |
| BambooHR | 9% | #4 of 11 | 16% | 32 | 13 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Grok 4.1 Fast: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: BambooHR, Culture Amp, Eletive, Lattice, Visier)
- Mistral Small: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop, Crunchr) (alternatives: BambooHR, Eletive)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: HiBob, Lattice, One Model, Visier)
- Kimi K2: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: HiBob, Lattice)
- GPT-6 Luna: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: HiBob, Lattice, Visier)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop, Crunchr)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Knoetic) (alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Visier)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Crunchr, Orgnostic) (alternatives: ChartHop, HiBob, Worklytics)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Workday People Analytics, Workhuman iQ)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: HiBob) (alternatives: Rippling, Visier)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: HiBob) (alternatives: Crunchr, PeopleInsight)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: HiBob) (alternatives: Crunchr)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: Ordio, Workhuman iQ)

## What the models said about ChartHop

- "avoid enterprise-focused tools like ... ChartHop ... ChartHop ($2–$8/employee/month) or Lattice may lack the enterprise depth needed for thousands of users." (Mistral Small, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "skip if very tight budget ... $9,000/year minimum contract – a deal-breaker for small teams" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt, soft negative)

## What the models said about BambooHR

- "Strategic Tip: If you are on a strict budget, start with BambooHR... Best balance of ease-of-use and affordable reporting features." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt, first choice)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.