# Abacum vs TeamOhana: which do AI models recommend for workforce planning, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Workforce planning. Two of fourteen models named Abacum first on the direct prompt; one named TeamOhana. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/workforce-planning/abacum-vs-teamohana/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abacum | 9% | #3 of 15 | 8% | 12 | 8 of 14 |
| TeamOhana | 5% | #5 of 15 | 0% | 13 | 8 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- DeepSeek V4 Flash: abacum first (first choices: Abacum, Planful) (alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: abacum first (first choices: Abacum, Planful) (alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Vena, Visier, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- GPT-6 Luna: teamohana first (first choices: TeamOhana) (alternatives: Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Aleph, Cube, Lative, Mosaic, Pigment, Runn, TeamOhana)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Abacum, Paylocity, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: ChartHop, HiBob) (alternatives: Paylocity, Planful, Visier)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Workday Adaptive Planning) (alternatives: Anaplan, HiBob, Rippling)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Paylocity) (alternatives: ChartHop, Drivetrain, HiBob, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: HiBob, Rippling) (alternatives: ChartHop)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Anaplan, Paylocity, Visier)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Planful, Rippling, Visier)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Anaplan, Paylocity, Visier, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: HiBob) (alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Rippling)

## What the models said about Abacum

- "avoid Abacum/Rippling for large enterprises" (Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "If you need Finance and HR to plan in the same model with scenario what-ifs and budget alignment, start with Abacum." (Muse Glimmer 30B, paraphrase prompt, first choice)
- "I'd recommend Abacum as the top pick if you need cross-functional planning with solid finance integration" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt, first choice)
- "Planful or Abacum will deliver the strongest value without enterprise-level costs and complexity." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about TeamOhana

- "I'd start with TeamOhana. It's purpose-built to connect Finance, HR, and Talent around a shared hiring plan" (GPT-6 Luna, direct prompt, first choice)
- "My default recommendation: TeamOhana" (GPT-6 Luna, paraphrase prompt, first choice)
- "## Top Recommendation: TeamOhana" (MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase 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.