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Three categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to SAP SuccessFactors, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 575 of the 648 answers collected in the three categories where SAP SuccessFactors 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
First choices in the 575 answers that did not name SAP SuccessFactors, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Succession planning

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when SAP SuccessFactors is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessSAP SuccessFactors is #9 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 13 labels.

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

Paycor13 of 72
BambooHR12 of 72
Teamflect7 of 72
Lattice6 of 72
ChartHop2 of 72
Empxtrack2 of 72
10 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketSAP SuccessFactors is #12 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 23 labels.

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

Lattice14 of 66
Engagedly8 of 66
Empxtrack4 of 66
Teamflect3 of 66
BambooHR2 of 66
Paycor2 of 66
13 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseSAP SuccessFactors is #1 of 11 here at 24% of first choices, 43 labels.

Forty of the seventy-two answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors; it was the first choice in seventeen. The first choices in those forty answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

3 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Performance management

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when SAP SuccessFactors is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessSAP SuccessFactors holds 4 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

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

Effy AI14 of 72
Lattice13 of 72
15Five8 of 72
BambooHR8 of 72
Leapsome4 of 72
9 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketSAP SuccessFactors is #14 of 14 here at 0% of first choices, 12 labels.

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

Lattice24 of 70
Effy AI5 of 70
15Five3 of 70
HiBob3 of 70
AssessTEAM1 of 70
7 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseSAP SuccessFactors is #4 of 9 here at 11% of first choices, 35 labels.

Forty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors; it was the first choice in six. The first choices in those forty-eight answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

3 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Workforce management suites

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when SAP SuccessFactors is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessSAP SuccessFactors holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

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

Deputy16 of 72
When I Work16 of 72
Homebase14 of 72
Connecteam10 of 72
Gusto6 of 72
BambooHR3 of 72
Rippling3 of 72
7 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketSAP SuccessFactors is #15 of 16 here at 0% of first choices, 11 labels.

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

Homebase7 of 70
UKG Ready7 of 70
Deputy4 of 70
Rippling4 of 70
Connecteam3 of 70
Dayforce3 of 70
10 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseSAP SuccessFactors is #7 of 11 here at 2% of first choices, 14 labels.

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

9 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 SAP SuccessFactors 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 SAP SuccessFactors 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 SAP SuccessFactors'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 SAP SuccessFactors was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.