Workforce planning · September 2026 Edition
Abacum vs Visier
Zero of twelve models named Abacum first on the direct prompt; one named Visier. Abacum was named by eight of the twelve models and Visier by eleven and Abacum carries 11 labels and Visier 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%22%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1127A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Abacum reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Workday Adaptive Planning was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. ChartHop vs Abacum · ChartHop vs Visier · Homebase vs Abacum
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 workforce planning page.
By framing
How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AbacumFirst choices, of twelve modelsVisier
Direct011 against Visier
Paraphrase201 against Visier
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Visier
Scale-constrained001 against Visier
Negative002 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.
Every model, every framing
The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Abacum and Visier stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Abacum Visier first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Abacum on the left and Visier on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Abacum and Visier stood in it.
Visier first, Abacum not the choice
1 of 12 modelsAbacum was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.MiniMax M2.5Dayforce, Visier alternatives: Workday
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.Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: Abacum, Mosaic, Pigment, Rippling, TeamOhana
Perplexity SonarWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Abacum, HiBob, Paylocity, Visier
Mistral SmallWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, HiBob, Paylocity, Planful, Visier
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful, Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, ChartHop, Paylocity, Pigment, Visier
Llama 4 MaverickWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Abacum, HiBob, Paylocity, Planful, Visier
Qwen 3.7 FlashPlanful alternatives: Abacum, Orgvue, Paylocity, Visier, Workday Adaptive Planning
GLM 4.7 FlashXHiBob alternatives: Planful, Visier
Neither was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5ChartHop alternatives: Deel, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment
GPT-5.4 miniHiBob alternatives: Anaplan, Rippling, Workday Adaptive Planning
Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
Kimi K2Rippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
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
Abacum is not named for this buyer.
Abacum—not namedVisier0%#– of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: Visier leads at enterprise.
Visier2%#6 of 9Abacum0%#– of 9What the models said about Abacum
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Abacum — Best for scaling mid-market businesses that need HR and Finance to plan from a single source of truth with integrated financial modeling.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest ChartHop if your Head of People/HR wants to drive the process, or Abacum if your CFO/Finance team wants to lead.” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“mid-market teams may benefit from lighter tools like Abacum or Planful before investing in a dedicated workforce planning suite” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · alternative
What the models said about Visier
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
ChartHop vs AbacumChartHop vs VisierHomebase vs AbacumHomebase vs VisierRippling vs AbacumRippling vs VisierWorkday Adaptive Planning vs AbacumWorkday Adaptive Planning vs VisierPlanful vs AbacumPlanful vs VisierHiBob vs AbacumHiBob vs VisierAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full workforce planning standing
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.