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Alternatives to Calamari, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 198 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Calamari 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

Workday25

First choices in the 198 answers that did not name Calamari, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Leave and absence management

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Calamari is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessCalamari is #8 of 11 here at 2% of first choices, 20 labels.

Sixty-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Calamari; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-two answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

Timetastic15 of 62

Vacation Tracker15 of 62

LeaveBoard8 of 62

Day Off5 of 62

Gusto4 of 62

PurelyHR3 of 62

AttendanceBot2 of 62

BambooHR2 of 62

10 more in the record.The full small business standing →

Mid-marketCalamari is #8 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 15 labels.

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

BambooHR13 of 64

Vacation Tracker7 of 64

LeaveBoard5 of 64

Rippling5 of 64

Timetastic4 of 64

Connecteam2 of 64

AbsenceSoft1 of 64

Day Off1 of 64

9 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →

EnterpriseCalamari holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Calamari; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, twenty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Workday25 of 72

UKG Pro9 of 72

AbsenceSoft6 of 72

Rippling6 of 72

Dayforce4 of 72

SAP SuccessFactors3 of 72

Stiira3 of 72

Time Off Manager 3652 of 72

15 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 Calamari 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 Calamari 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 Calamari'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 Calamari was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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