# Lattice vs Rippling: which do AI models recommend for people analytics, September 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, People analytics. Zero of twelve models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; zero named Rippling. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/people-analytics/lattice-vs-rippling/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lattice | 4% | #6 of 12 | 9% | 22 | 11 of 12 |
| Rippling | 4% | #7 of 12 | 6% | 17 | 9 of 12 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: HiBob) (alternatives: Rippling, UKG People Analytics)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: ChartHop, Lattice)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: HiBob, Lattice)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: ChartHop, Crunchr) (alternatives: Culture Amp, Lattice, Leapsome, Orgnostic)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Visier) (alternatives: Lattice, Workday HCM)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Visier) (alternatives: ChartHop, Crunchr, Workday Peakon)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Knoetic) (alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Illoominus, Paradox)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Crunchr, HiBob) (alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: ChartHop)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Visier) (alternatives: Culture Amp, HiBob, Looker, Tableau)
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: ChartHop, Visier)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Crunchr) (alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, Personio)

## What the models said about Lattice

- "Best Dedicated People Analytics Platform ... Lattice is widely considered one of the most accessible people ops platforms for growing companies." (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 twelve 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.