8 categories · RankedDeputy
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workforce scheduling | Core HR and payroll | 26% | 1 of 94 | 0% | 26 | accepted challenger |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 6% | 5 of 95 | 3% | 31 | accepted challenger |
| Time and attendance | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 17 of 90 | 5% | 19 | accepted challenger |
| Frontline employee apps | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 12 of 97 | 0% | 15 | accepted challenger |
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 22 of 89 | 0% | 6 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 28% |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 24 of 89 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 31% |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 77 of 119 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Workativ Assistant at 12% |
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 0% | 73 of 99 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 31% |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“1. Deputy (Best Overall Balance) ... Deputy strikes the best balance between sophisticated feature sets (like AI forecasting) and user-friendly design.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Workforce scheduling · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Deputy if you have multiple locations or compliance needs, or Connecteam if you have deskless/field workers” Kimi K2 · Workforce scheduling · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with Deputy for the best mix of hourly-workforce features, ease of deployment, compliance, and cost at mid-size scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Workforce management sui · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Look at Homebase, Deputy, or When I Work\u2014these are entirely different tools from the booking apps above.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Workforce scheduling · comparative 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.
“including *Hubstaff, Deputy, Apploye, and Time Doctor*) and found that they systematically shared worker data\u2014such as names and emails\u2014with third-party trackers” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Time and attendance · negative prompt · soft negative
“Deputy (~$5/user/mo, strong for compliance/shifts but higher min.)” Grok 4.1 Fast · Workforce management sui · budget prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 225 of the 273 answers that named Deputy and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
720 of the 720 domain citations in answers naming Deputy came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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