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People analytics · September 2026 Edition

Crunchr vs Visier

Six of twelve models named Crunchr first on the direct prompt; three named Visier. Crunchr was named by eleven of the twelve models and Visier by twelve and Crunchr carries 29 labels and Visier 48, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Crunchr

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Visier

criticized challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share13%11%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%44%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2948A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Crunchr reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ChartHop was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. HiBob vs Crunchr · HiBob vs Visier · Crunchr vs BambooHR

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.
CrunchrFirst choices, of twelve modelsVisier
Direct636 against Visier
Paraphrase12
Comparative09
Budget-constrained004 against Visier
Scale-constrained013 against Visier
Negative101 against Crunchr · 8 against Visier
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Crunchr and Visier were named in the same answer sixty-six times, of the 75 answers naming Crunchr and the 255 naming Visier. In those answers Visier took the first choice twenty-four times and Crunchr seven.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Crunchr and Visier 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
Crunchr Visier first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Crunchr on the left and Visier on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Crunchr first, Visier an alternative

6 of 12 modelsVisier was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarCrunchr, HiBob alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp
Grok 4.1 FastCrunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Lattice
Mistral SmallCrunchr alternatives: HiBob, Lattice
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop, Crunchr alternatives: Culture Amp, Lattice, Leapsome, Orgnostic
Kimi K2Crunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Visier
GLM 4.7 FlashXCrunchr alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, Personio

Visier first, Crunchr an alternative

3 of 12 modelsCrunchr was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniVisier alternatives: ChartHop, Crunchr, Workday Peakon
Qwen 3.7 FlashVisier alternatives: Culture Amp, HiBob, Looker, Tableau
MiniMax M2.5Visier alternatives: Lattice, Workday HCM

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5HiBob alternatives: Rippling, UKG People Analytics
Gemini 3.5 FlashKnoetic alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Illoominus, Paradox
Llama 4 MaverickChartHop

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Crunchr0%#14 of 16
Visier0%#16 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Crunchr leads by two points.
Crunchr13%#2 of 12
Visier11%#4 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Visier leads at enterprise.
Visier65%#1 of 9
Crunchr0%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Crunchr

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

“avoid it if you are outside Europe and do not need CSRD-style compliance reporting” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“I'd lean toward Rippling if you need an integrated HR platform, or Crunchr if you already have an HRIS” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Crunchr is the top choice due to its focus on mid-market needs, quick setup, and GDPR compliance.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“the best *default* choice is usually Crunchr if you want a dedicated people analytics platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Visier

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

“Enterprise platforms like Visier offer custom enterprise pricing and implementation complexity that make them a poor fit for small to mid-market organizations.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid in the Mid-Market ... Visier or One Model ... generally poor fits for the mid-market” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools. Visier, Workday, and Eightfold AI typically require 500\u20131,000+ employees” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“The category standard. Pre-built people-data model, deep metric library, 30M+ employee benchmarks, strong forecasting. Very powerful but complex.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“| 1 | Visier | Large enterprises with complex, multi‑source workforce data | Deep workforce analytics, AI‑powered insights” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Market leader in people analytics, known for workforce planning, talent acquisition, and employee engagement.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
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.