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People analytics · September 2026 Edition

HiBob vs Crunchr

Two of twelve models named HiBob first on the direct prompt; six named Crunchr. HiBob was named by twelve of the twelve models and Crunchr by eleven and HiBob carries 22 labels and Crunchr 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

HiBob

accepted challenger

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Crunchr

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share15%13%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2229A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, HiBob 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 BambooHR · 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.
HiBobFirst choices, of twelve modelsCrunchr
Direct26
Paraphrase61
Comparative001 against HiBob
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative011 against Crunchr
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.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Perplexity SonarCrunchr, HiBob alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp

HiBob first, Crunchr not the choice

1 of 12 modelsCrunchr was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5HiBob alternatives: Rippling, UKG People Analytics

Crunchr first, HiBob an alternative

5 of 12 modelsHiBob was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniVisier alternatives: ChartHop, Crunchr, Workday Peakon
Qwen 3.7 FlashVisier alternatives: Culture Amp, HiBob, Looker, Tableau

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashKnoetic alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Illoominus, Paradox
Llama 4 MaverickChartHop
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
HiBob leads by two points.
HiBob2%#9 of 16
Crunchr0%#14 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
HiBob leads by two points.
HiBob15%#1 of 12
Crunchr13%#2 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
HiBob0%#– of 9
Crunchr0%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about HiBob

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

“HiBob is designed for fast-growing mid-market companies (typically 50–2,000 employees) that want an all-in-one HRIS with embedded people analytics” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

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
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.