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Workforce planning · September 2026 Edition

ChartHop vs Rippling

Two of twelve models named ChartHop first on the direct prompt; two named Rippling. ChartHop was named by eleven of the twelve models and Rippling by eleven and ChartHop carries 37 labels and Rippling 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ChartHop

endorsed leader

Named in seven categories this edition.

Rippling

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.

First-choice share31%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3726A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ChartHop 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 Homebase · Homebase vs Rippling

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.
ChartHopFirst choices, of twelve modelsRippling
Direct22
Paraphrase91
Comparative00
Budget-constrained121 against ChartHop
Scale-constrained40
Negative112 against Rippling
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 ChartHop and Rippling stood in it.

ChartHop first, Rippling an alternative

2 of 12 modelsRippling was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5ChartHop alternatives: Deel, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: Abacum, Mosaic, Pigment, Rippling, TeamOhana

Rippling first, ChartHop an alternative

2 of 12 modelsChartHop was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
Kimi K2Rippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning

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 miniHiBob alternatives: Anaplan, Rippling, Workday Adaptive Planning
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful, Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, ChartHop, Paylocity, Pigment, Visier

Neither was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Abacum, HiBob, Paylocity, Visier
Mistral SmallWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, HiBob, Paylocity, Planful, 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
MiniMax M2.5Dayforce, Visier alternatives: Workday

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
Rippling leads by four points.
Rippling18%#2 of 12
ChartHop13%#3 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: ChartHop leads at mid-market.
ChartHop31%#1 of 13
Rippling10%#3 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ChartHop leads by seven points.
ChartHop7%#3 of 9
Rippling0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ChartHop

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

“ChartHop is known for its ease of use and strong visualization capabilities, particularly for mid-market organizations seeking greater organizational visibility” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“ChartHop: Highly visual, built around interactive org charts with excellent "what-if" scenario planning and strong mid-market integrations.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose ChartHop if you want a visual, collaborative, and HR-friendly tool... (This is the most common crowd-pleaser for mid-sized teams)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Rippling

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
ChartHop vs HomebaseHomebase vs RipplingThe full workforce planning standing

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.