SAP · 23 categories · RankedSAP SuccessFactors
618Judge labels
33First choices
199Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
23Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.1, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
24% in Succession planning for enterprise buyers
Rank 37 of 99 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 35% of its 23 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentStrongest at enterprise.
Small business100 of 100
0%13 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market37 of 99
0%23 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise1 of 92
24%43 labels
accepted challenger
In succession planning · 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 SAP SuccessFactors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 0% | 37 of 99 | 35% | 23 | criticized challenger |
| Performance management | Performance and talent management | 0% | 60 of 60 | 67% | 12 | criticized challenger |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 71 of 95 | 36% | 11 | criticized challenger |
| HR help desk and case management | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 16 of 93 | 11% | 9 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Desk at 26% |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 44 of 46 | 67% | 9 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 22% |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 94 of 104 | 43% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 29% |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 53 of 99 | 29% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by HiBob at 15% |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 67 of 89 | 43% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 31% |
| Internal communications and intranet | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 47 of 80 | 33% | 6 | under 10 labels · led by Happeo at 16% |
| Compensation management | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 186 of 189 | 80% | 5 | under 10 labels · led by Pave at 18% |
| Payroll software | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 36 of 43 | 40% | 5 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 28% |
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 65 of 89 | 25% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 28% |
| Internal talent marketplace | Performance and talent management | 0% | 92 of 129 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Fuel50 at 26% |
| Org charts and org design | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 64 of 81 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 27% |
| 360 feedback | Performance and talent management | 0% | 76 of 77 | 100% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 40% |
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 41 of 54 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by PlanSource at 23% |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 40 of 119 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Workativ Assistant at 12% |
| Interview scheduling | Talent acquisition | 0% | 57 of 72 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Calendly at 21% |
| Skills intelligence | Performance and talent management | 0% | 156 of 162 | 100% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by TalentGuard at 19% |
| Talent intelligence | Performance and talent management | 0% | 39 of 77 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Pin at 17% |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 75 of 84 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 16% |
| Learning experience platforms | Learning and development | 0% | 65 of 80 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Learn Amp at 28% |
| Time and attendance | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 41 of 90 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by UKG Ready at 15% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for SAP SuccessFactors 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 SAP SuccessFactors 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 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 26 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
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
Direct88 labels11
Paraphrase86 labels7
Comparative163 labels15not counted in share
Budget-constrained74 labels11
Scale-constrained58 labels4
Negative149 labels2not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative618 labels in all, every segment counted; 33 of the 50 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.
“SAP SuccessFactors offers the deepest succession-specific features but requires full suite commitment” Kimi K2 · Succession planning · comparative prompt · first choice
“SAP SuccessFactors (market leader ~12-13% share)” Grok 4.1 Fast · Succession planning · comparative prompt · first choice
“Workday or SAP SuccessFactors provide the depth, security, and reporting needed for large-scale operations.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Employee onboarding · comparative prompt · alternative
“For those needing robust HR and employee lifecycle management, SAP SuccessFactors HCM is a strong contender.” Mistral Small · Internal communications · direct prompt · alternative
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.
“you generally want to avoid dedicated enterprise-suite software (like SAP SuccessFactors or Oracle) which can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Succession planning · budget prompt · hard negative
“Steep learning curve, poor UI, rigid customization | Non-technical HR teams. Avoid unless you have consultants on retainer.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Performance management · negative prompt · hard negative
“avoid purchasing them solely for succession, as they are too complex and expensive for a 500-person environment” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Succession planning · scale prompt · hard negative
“Implementation complexity ranks as the top concern, requiring significant consulting resources” Claude Haiku 4.5 · HRIS and HCM platforms · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as SAP SuccessFactors, over the 608 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and SAP SuccessFactors 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 SAP SuccessFactors. 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 486 of the 608 answers that named SAP SuccessFactors and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
peoplemanagingpeople.com187
guideflow.com177
gartner.com173
g2.com137
worldmetrics.org115
forbes.com105
learn.g2.com94
darwinbox.com93
cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com82
gitnux.org82
1,245 of the 1,245 domain citations in answers naming SAP SuccessFactors came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as SAP SuccessFactors
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as SAP SuccessFactors; a claim can dispute any of them.
SAP 10SAP SuccessFactors HCM 3SuccessFactors 3SAP SuccessFactors Performance & Goals 1Workday HCM / SAP SuccessFactors / Oracle HCM 1
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