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Workforce planning · September 2026 Edition

HiBob vs Visier

Two of twelve models named HiBob first on the direct prompt; one named Visier. HiBob was named by nine of the twelve models and Visier by eleven and HiBob carries 14 labels and Visier 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

HiBob

accepted challenger

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Visier

accepted challenger

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 rate7%22%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1427A 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.Workday Adaptive Planning was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. ChartHop vs HiBob · ChartHop vs Visier · Homebase vs HiBob

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.
HiBobFirst choices, of twelve modelsVisier
Direct211 against Visier
Paraphrase001 against Visier
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Visier
Scale-constrained001 against Visier
Negative001 against HiBob · 2 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 HiBob and Visier stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
HiBob Visier first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, HiBob on the left and Visier on the right.

The direct prompt

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

HiBob first, Visier an alternative

2 of 12 modelsVisier was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniHiBob alternatives: Anaplan, Rippling, Workday Adaptive Planning
GLM 4.7 FlashXHiBob alternatives: Planful, Visier

Visier first, HiBob not the choice

1 of 12 modelsHiBob 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.
Claude Haiku 4.5ChartHop alternatives: Deel, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment
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
Kimi K2Rippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: Abacum, Mosaic, Pigment, Rippling, TeamOhana
Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Planful, 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
Level: the same share of first choices.
HiBob0%#– of 12
Visier0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
HiBob leads by two points.
HiBob4%#6 of 13
Visier2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Visier leads at enterprise.
Visier2%#6 of 9
HiBob0%#– 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.

“Easy to use and intuitive, but customization limits and reporting depth are common complaints.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative

What the models said about Visier

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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.