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Earned wage access · October 2026 Edition

Rain vs EarnIn

Two of fourteen models named Rain first on the direct prompt; zero named EarnIn. Rain was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and EarnIn by fourteen and Rain carries 27 labels and EarnIn 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Rain

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

EarnIn

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%35%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2731A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Rain reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ZayZoon was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Tapcheck vs Rain · Tapcheck vs EarnIn · ZayZoon vs Rain

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; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the earned wage access page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
RainFirst choices, of fourteen modelsEarnIn
Direct20
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against EarnIn
Budget-constrained02
Scale-constrained00
Negative0010 against EarnIn
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Rain and EarnIn were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 85 answers naming Rain and the 89 naming EarnIn. In those answers EarnIn took the first choice one time and Rain one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Rain and EarnIn 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Rain EarnIn first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Rain on the left and EarnIn on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Rain first, EarnIn not the choice

2 of 14 modelsEarnIn was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickRain alternatives: DailyPay, Payactiv, ZayZoon
Qwen 3.7 FlashRain, ZayZoon alternatives: Payactiv

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Tapcheck alternatives: Immediate, Payactiv, Rain
GPT-5.4 miniDailyPay alternatives: Payactiv, Rain, Wisely, ZayZoon
Perplexity SonarZayZoon alternatives: Rain
Kimi K2Tapcheck alternatives: Rain, ZayZoon
MiniMax M2.5Tapcheck alternatives: Payactiv, Rain

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashZayZoon alternatives: DailyPay, Payactiv, Tapcheck
Grok 4.1 FastPayactiv, Tapcheck alternatives: ZayZoon
Mistral SmallDailyPay alternatives: Tapcheck, ZayZoon
DeepSeek V4 FlashDailyPay, Tapcheck alternatives: Branch, Payactiv, ZayZoon
GLM 4.7 FlashXTapcheck alternatives: DailyPay, Gusto Wallet, Payactiv, ZayZoon
GPT-6 LunaTapcheck alternatives: DailyPay, Payactiv
Muse Glimmer 30BTapcheck alternatives: DailyPay, ZayZoon

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
EarnIn leads by four points.
EarnIn4%#4 of 7
Rain0%#6 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Rain4%#5 of 10
EarnIn4%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Rain leads at enterprise.
Rain2%#5 of 9
EarnIn0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Rain

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

“Rain - provides a payroll-integrated earned wage access solution designed for mid-market and enterprise employers.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“ZayZoon and Rain are widely considered the top choices for mid-market B2B companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Rain and Immediate use employer-pays models ... which is the cleanest from a regulatory and employee-relations standpoint” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative

What the models said about EarnIn

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

“Weiser v. Activehours, Inc. d/b/a EarnIn is a Colorado state enforcement action alleging that EarnIn's "Cash Out" product is an unlawful, app-based payday loan” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Providers to avoid or use only with extreme caution ... EarnIn (ActiveHours, Inc.) | • Alleged 300 %+ APR” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“the primary provider to be cautious about—and arguably avoid if possible—is Earnin” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“EarnIn is the strongest budget-oriented choice because it says it has no cost or risk to the business” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Earnin is the best budget option” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Another option is Earnin, which allows employees to download the app and link it to their personal bank account without any employer involvement” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
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.