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Workforce planning · September 2026 Edition
Homebase vs Workday Adaptive Planning
Zero of twelve models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; four named Workday Adaptive Planning. Homebase was named by ten of the twelve models and Workday Adaptive Planning by twelve and Homebase carries 11 labels and Workday Adaptive Planning 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share17%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%21%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1139A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Homebase reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Paylocity was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. ChartHop vs Homebase · ChartHop vs Workday Adaptive Planning · 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.
HomebaseFirst choices, of twelve modelsWorkday Adaptive Planning
Direct041 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Paraphrase004 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Comparative01
Budget-constrained901 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Scale-constrained001 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Negative001 against Workday Adaptive Planning
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 Homebase and Workday Adaptive Planning 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 | | |
Homebase Workday Adaptive Planning first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Workday Adaptive Planning on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Homebase and Workday Adaptive Planning stood in it.
Workday Adaptive Planning first, Homebase not the choice
4 of 12 modelsHomebase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 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
Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
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
4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5ChartHop alternatives: Deel, HiBob, Paylocity, Pigment
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop alternatives: Abacum, Mosaic, Pigment, Rippling, TeamOhana
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
Homebase leads by twenty-two points.
Homebase22%#1 of 12Workday Adaptive Planning0%#11 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Homebase leads by ten points.
Homebase17%#2 of 13Workday Adaptive Planning8%#4 of 13Enterprise
Homebase is not named for this buyer.
Workday Adaptive Planning29%#2 of 9Homebase—not namedWhat the models said about Homebase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“The best workforce planning software for a company with a limited budget is Homebase, which is free for up to 10 employees.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Workday Adaptive Planning
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“you do not need the extreme complexity, high licensing costs, and long implementation times of enterprise legacy tools like Anaplan or Workday Adaptive Planning” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“without the extreme cost and complexity of enterprise tools (like Anaplan or Workday Adaptive Planning)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“avoid the heavy implementation overhead of enterprise tools like Workday Adaptive Planning or Anaplan” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Best for: Finance-led headcount planning... making it the best option for aligning recruiting plans directly with the CFO's budget.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Workday Adaptive Planning if you need serious headcount, scenario, and budget planning” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Ideal if you're already using Workday HCM and want seamless integration for workforce planning alongside financial planning.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
ChartHop vs HomebaseChartHop vs Workday Adaptive PlanningHomebase vs RipplingHomebase vs PlanfulHomebase vs HiBobHomebase vs AbacumHomebase vs VisierRippling vs Workday Adaptive PlanningWorkday Adaptive Planning vs PlanfulWorkday Adaptive Planning vs HiBobWorkday Adaptive Planning vs AbacumWorkday Adaptive Planning 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.