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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to ADP, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 175 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where ADP holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 175 answers that did not name ADP, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Payroll software

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when ADP is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessADP is #9 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 18 labels.

Sixty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, eight products in all:

The full small business standing →
Mid-marketADP is #4 of 13 here at 11% of first choices, 28 labels.

Fifty-seven of the seventy-two answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in six. The first choices in those fifty-seven answers, eight products in all:

The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseADP is #1 of 13 here at 30% of first choices, 30 labels.

Fifty of the seventy-two answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in eighteen. The first choices in those fifty answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

4 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled ADP neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named ADP only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from ADP's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of ADP was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.