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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to QuickBooks Payroll, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 179 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where QuickBooks Payroll 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

Rippling25

ADP24

Gusto22

Patriot Payroll20

ADP Workforce Now13

Paylocity8

First choices in the 179 answers that did not name QuickBooks Payroll, 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 QuickBooks Payroll is not its first choice or an alternative in it.

Small businessQuickBooks Payroll is #6 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 39 labels.

Forty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name QuickBooks Payroll; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those forty-six answers, eight products in all:

Gusto16 of 46

Patriot Payroll10 of 46

Rippling4 of 46

OnPay3 of 46

ADP RUN1 of 46

BambooHR1 of 46

BrightPay1 of 46

Payroll4Free1 of 46

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketQuickBooks Payroll is #11 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 16 labels.

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

Rippling13 of 61

Patriot Payroll10 of 61

Paylocity8 of 61

ADP6 of 61

Gusto6 of 61

Paycom3 of 61

ADP Workforce Now2 of 61

Paycor2 of 61

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

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

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

ADP18 of 72

ADP Workforce Now11 of 72

Rippling8 of 72

Workday6 of 72

Dayforce5 of 72

Paycom3 of 72

SAP SuccessFactors2 of 72

ADP Enterprise / ADP Workforce Now or ADP Lyric HCM1 of 72

6 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 QuickBooks Payroll 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 QuickBooks Payroll 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 QuickBooks Payroll'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 QuickBooks Payroll was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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