17 categories · RankedConnecteam
512Judge labels
127First choices
22Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
17Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.1, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
85% in Frontline employee apps for small business buyers
Rank 1 of 97 in the mid-market standingendorsed leader
5 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 2% of its 48 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentStrongest at small business.
Small business1 of 72
85%57 labels
endorsed leader
Mid-market1 of 97
56%48 labels
endorsed leader
Enterprise6 of 101
4%36 labels
accepted challenger
In frontline employee apps · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Connecteam for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontline employee apps | Onboarding and employee experience | 56% | 1 of 97 | 2% | 48 | endorsed leader |
| Workforce scheduling | Core HR and payroll | 9% | 4 of 94 | 4% | 25 | accepted challenger |
| Time and attendance | Core HR and payroll | 8% | 6 of 90 | 5% | 21 | accepted challenger |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 8% | 6 of 89 | 0% | 9 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 31% |
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 7% | 5 of 89 | 0% | 16 | accepted challenger |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 6% | 8 of 95 | 7% | 14 | accepted challenger |
| Internal communications and intranet | Onboarding and employee experience | 6% | 7 of 80 | 0% | 14 | accepted challenger |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 2% | 8 of 104 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 29% |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 2% | 13 of 84 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 16% |
| Contingent workforce management | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 61 of 97 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by SimpleVMS at 35% |
| Employee engagement surveys | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 23 of 77 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Culture Amp at 40% |
| Recognition and rewards | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 21 of 55 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Bonusly at 22% |
| 360 feedback | Performance and talent management | 0% | 47 of 77 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 40% |
| Compliance training | Learning and development | 0% | 33 of 80 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Traliant at 22% |
| HR help desk and case management | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 65 of 93 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Desk at 26% |
| Learning management systems | Learning and development | 0% | 63 of 74 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by TalentLMS at 48% |
| Org charts and org design | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 28 of 81 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 27% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Connecteam yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.
By model
How each model treated Connecteam across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 22 |
| Mistral Small | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct80 labels31
Paraphrase75 labels31
Comparative121 labels30not counted in share
Budget-constrained161 labels57
Scale-constrained38 labels8
Negative37 labels8not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative512 labels in all, every segment counted; 127 of the 165 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Connecteam is widely considered the best option for small businesses on a strict budget because it offers one of the most robust free plans available.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Workforce management sui · budget prompt · first choice
“or Connecteam if you have deskless/field workers and want an all-in-one solution. Both are specifically rated highly for mid-market companies” Kimi K2 · Workforce scheduling · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most companies with a limited budget and a frontline workforce, Connecteam is the strongest all‑in‑one choice (free up to 10 users).” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Frontline employee apps · budget prompt · first choice
“Connecteam is highly recommended for small teams, offering free access to time tracking and workforce tools for up to 10 employees” Mistral Small · Time and attendance · budget prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“strongest for deskless, field, or mobile-heavy teams, but it may be more than you need if your workforce is not frontline-heavy” Perplexity Sonar · Workforce scheduling · direct prompt · soft negative
“but it's not a dedicated LMS and can outgrow you if you need SCORM, complex certifications, or deep analytics” GPT-5.4 mini · Learning management syst · budget prompt · soft negative
“No phone support, disappointing integration list (only 4 options), API access locked behind premium plans.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Time and attendance · negative prompt · soft negative
“more general workforce management—better for deskless/field teams than pure VMS contingent staffing” Grok 4.1 Fast · Contingent workforce man · budget prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Connecteam, over the 512 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Connecteam was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Connecteam. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 457 of the 512 answers that named Connecteam and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
peoplemanagingpeople.com234
guideflow.com164
connecteam.comYour site162
forbes.com143
learn.g2.com120
g2.com118
capterra.com113
mangoapps.com103
joinhomebase.com101
firsthr.app89
1,185 of the 1,347 domain citations in answers naming Connecteam came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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