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People analytics · September 2026 Edition

ChartHop vs Rippling

Two of twelve models named ChartHop first on the direct prompt; zero named Rippling. ChartHop was named by nine of the twelve models and Rippling by nine and ChartHop carries 29 labels and Rippling 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ChartHop

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Rippling

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.

First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2917A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ChartHop reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Crunchr was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. HiBob vs ChartHop · HiBob vs Rippling · Crunchr vs ChartHop

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 people analytics page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ChartHopFirst choices, of twelve modelsRippling
Direct20
Paraphrase12
Comparative001 against Rippling
Budget-constrained002 against ChartHop
Scale-constrained10
Negative101 against ChartHop
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 ChartHop and Rippling 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
ChartHop Rippling first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ChartHop on the left and Rippling on the right.

The direct prompt

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

ChartHop first, Rippling not the choice

2 of 12 modelsRippling was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop, Crunchr alternatives: Culture Amp, Lattice, Leapsome, Orgnostic
Llama 4 MaverickChartHop

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5HiBob alternatives: Rippling, UKG People Analytics
GPT-5.4 miniVisier alternatives: ChartHop, Crunchr, Workday Peakon
Gemini 3.5 FlashKnoetic alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Illoominus, Paradox
Perplexity SonarCrunchr, HiBob alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp
Grok 4.1 FastCrunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Lattice
Kimi K2Crunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Visier
GLM 4.7 FlashXCrunchr alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, Personio

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallCrunchr alternatives: HiBob, Lattice
Qwen 3.7 FlashVisier alternatives: Culture Amp, HiBob, Looker, Tableau
MiniMax M2.5Visier alternatives: Lattice, Workday HCM

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
Rippling leads by eight points.
Rippling10%#2 of 16
ChartHop2%#10 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: ChartHop leads at mid-market.
ChartHop8%#5 of 12
Rippling4%#7 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ChartHop leads by nine points.
ChartHop9%#3 of 9
Rippling0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ChartHop

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

“avoid it if your main goal is engagement analytics, sentiment analysis, or performance management” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“*Warning:* While the entry cost is low, ChartHop is highly modular... which can quickly drive up the price.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative

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.