# Workday alternatives: what AI models name instead, September 2026 HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. 1,696 of the 1,944 answers in the 9 categories where Workday holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/workday/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Gusto: 117 - BambooHR: 104 - Lattice: 59 - Rippling: 56 - Pave: 48 - Gloat: 43 ## Compensation management **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - Pave: first choice in 28 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 14 of those 72 - Comprehensive: first choice in 11 of those 72 - Gusto: first choice in 11 of those 72 - Compease: first choice in 9 of those 72 - QuotaPath: first choice in 9 of those 72 - Ravio: first choice in 7 of those 72 - Salary.com: first choice in 5 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 68 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #29 of 29 at 0%). - Pave: first choice in 20 of those 68 - Comprehensive: first choice in 14 of those 68 - Aeqium: first choice in 6 of those 68 - CompLogix: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Payscale Ascent: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Ravio: first choice in 5 of those 68 - HiBob: first choice in 4 of those 68 - QuotaPath: first choice in 4 of those 68 **Enterprise**: 56 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #3 of 22 at 8%). - beqom: first choice in 18 of those 56 - Workday Compensation: first choice in 15 of those 56 - Workday Compensation Management: first choice in 7 of those 56 - Workday Advanced Compensation: first choice in 4 of those 56 - CompLogix: first choice in 3 of those 56 - Compport: first choice in 3 of those 56 - Varicent: first choice in 3 of those 56 - CaptivateIQ: first choice in 2 of those 56 ## Performance management **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - Effy AI: first choice in 14 of those 72 - Lattice: first choice in 13 of those 72 - 15Five: first choice in 8 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 8 of those 72 - ThriveSparrow: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Small Improvements: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Zoho People: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Leapsome: first choice in 4 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 68 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #13 of 14 at 0%). - Lattice: first choice in 22 of those 68 - Effy AI: first choice in 5 of those 68 - PerformYard: first choice in 4 of those 68 - 15Five: first choice in 3 of those 68 - HiBob: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Small Improvements: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Betterworks: first choice in 2 of those 68 - AssessTEAM: first choice in 1 of those 68 **Enterprise**: 34 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #1 of 9 at 32%). - Betterworks: first choice in 5 of those 34 - Lattice: first choice in 2 of those 34 - OneStream: first choice in 2 of those 34 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 34 - SAP SuccessFactors: first choice in 2 of those 34 - Cornerstone OnDemand: first choice in 1 of those 34 - Dayforce: first choice in 1 of those 34 - Leapsome: first choice in 1 of those 34 ## Succession planning **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #8 of 9 at 0%). - Paycor: first choice in 13 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 12 of those 72 - SuccessionNow: first choice in 11 of those 72 - Teamflect: first choice in 7 of those 72 - Lattice: first choice in 6 of those 72 - PerformYard: first choice in 4 of those 72 - ChartHop: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Empxtrack: first choice in 2 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 67 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #13 of 13 at 0%). - Lattice: first choice in 15 of those 67 - Engagedly: first choice in 9 of those 67 - Empxtrack: first choice in 4 of those 67 - Teamflect: first choice in 3 of those 67 - BambooHR: first choice in 2 of those 67 - Paycor: first choice in 2 of those 67 - SuccessionNow: first choice in 2 of those 67 - SuccessionStack: first choice in 2 of those 67 **Enterprise**: 54 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #2 of 11 at 14%). - SAP SuccessFactors: first choice in 6 of those 54 - Workday Human Capital Management: first choice in 5 of those 54 - SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development: first choice in 4 of those 54 - Workday HCM: first choice in 4 of those 54 - TalentGuard: first choice in 2 of those 54 - ChartHop: first choice in 1 of those 54 - Cornerstone OnDemand: first choice in 1 of those 54 - Lattice: first choice in 1 of those 54 ## Employee onboarding **Small business**: 71 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - BambooHR: first choice in 23 of those 71 - Gusto: first choice in 21 of those 71 - Zoho People: first choice in 6 of those 71 - Rippling: first choice in 4 of those 71 - FirstHR: first choice in 3 of those 71 - Dock: first choice in 2 of those 71 - Arrows: first choice in 1 of those 71 - Connecteam: first choice in 1 of those 71 **Mid-market**: 65 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #9 of 9 at 0%). - BambooHR: first choice in 14 of those 65 - Rippling: first choice in 13 of those 65 - Zoho People: first choice in 8 of those 65 - Gusto: first choice in 3 of those 65 - HiBob: first choice in 3 of those 65 - Connecteam: first choice in 1 of those 65 - ExactHire: first choice in 1 of those 65 - FirstHR: first choice in 1 of those 65 **Enterprise**: 29 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #1 of 12 at 49%). - Rippling: first choice in 3 of those 29 - WalkMe: first choice in 3 of those 29 - BambooHR: first choice in 2 of those 29 - Apty: first choice in 1 of those 29 - Doozy: first choice in 1 of those 29 - GUIDEcx: first choice in 1 of those 29 - Pendo: first choice in 1 of those 29 - Whatfix: first choice in 1 of those 29 ## HR AI assistants **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #10 of 10 at 0%). - Gusto: first choice in 18 of those 72 - MeBeBot: first choice in 11 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 7 of those 72 - Leena AI: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Playroll Orbit: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Workativ Assistant: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Windmill: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Ask BambooHR: first choice in 1 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 69 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #11 of 11 at 0%). - Leena AI: first choice in 6 of those 69 - Workativ Assistant: first choice in 6 of those 69 - ChatGPT: first choice in 5 of those 69 - MeBeBot: first choice in 5 of those 69 - Moveworks: first choice in 4 of those 69 - Claude: first choice in 3 of those 69 - Gusto: first choice in 3 of those 69 - HiBob: first choice in 3 of those 69 **Enterprise**: 70 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #4 of 6 at 2%). - Leena AI: first choice in 19 of those 70 - Moveworks: first choice in 13 of those 70 - Workativ Assistant: first choice in 3 of those 70 - MeBeBot: first choice in 2 of those 70 - Coworker AI: first choice in 1 of those 70 - IBM watsonx Orchestrate: first choice in 1 of those 70 - Kinfolk: first choice in 1 of those 70 - Microsoft 365 Copilot: first choice in 1 of those 70 ## Leave and absence management **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - Vacation Tracker: first choice in 20 of those 72 - Timetastic: first choice in 19 of those 72 - LeaveBoard: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Day Off: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Gusto: first choice in 4 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 3 of those 72 - PurelyHR: first choice in 3 of those 72 - AttendanceBot: first choice in 2 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 70 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #13 of 13 at 0%). - BambooHR: first choice in 14 of those 70 - Vacation Tracker: first choice in 11 of those 70 - Rippling: first choice in 6 of those 70 - Timetastic: first choice in 6 of those 70 - LeaveBoard: first choice in 5 of those 70 - Connecteam: first choice in 3 of those 70 - AbsenceSoft: first choice in 1 of those 70 - Day Off: first choice in 1 of those 70 **Enterprise**: 32 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #1 of 9 at 37%). - Rippling: first choice in 3 of those 32 - Dayforce: first choice in 2 of those 32 - Stiira: first choice in 2 of those 32 - AbsenceSoft: first choice in 1 of those 32 - BambooHR: first choice in 1 of those 32 - Cocoon: first choice in 1 of those 32 - Day Off: first choice in 1 of those 32 - Deel: first choice in 1 of those 32 ## Payroll software **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - Gusto: first choice in 38 of those 72 - Patriot Payroll: first choice in 13 of those 72 - OnPay: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Rippling: first choice in 4 of those 72 - ADP RUN: first choice in 1 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 1 of those 72 - BrightPay: first choice in 1 of those 72 - Payroll4Free: first choice in 1 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 69 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #13 of 13 at 0%). - Gusto: first choice in 13 of those 69 - Patriot Payroll: first choice in 12 of those 69 - Rippling: first choice in 12 of those 69 - ADP: first choice in 6 of those 69 - Paylocity: first choice in 6 of those 69 - Paycom: first choice in 3 of those 69 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Paycor: first choice in 1 of those 69 **Enterprise**: 36 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #4 of 13 at 10%). - Rippling: first choice in 4 of those 36 - ADP: first choice in 3 of those 36 - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 3 of those 36 - Dayforce: first choice in 3 of those 36 - Paycom: first choice in 2 of those 36 - Deel: first choice in 1 of those 36 - Papaya Global: first choice in 1 of those 36 - UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) Pro & Ready: first choice in 1 of those 36 ## Workforce management suites **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - Deputy: first choice in 16 of those 72 - When I Work: first choice in 16 of those 72 - Homebase: first choice in 14 of those 72 - Connecteam: first choice in 10 of those 72 - Gusto: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Zoho People: first choice in 5 of those 72 - BambooHR: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Rippling: first choice in 3 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 68 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #14 of 16 at 0%). - ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 9 of those 68 - Homebase: first choice in 7 of those 68 - UKG Ready: first choice in 7 of those 68 - Zoho People: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Deputy: first choice in 4 of those 68 - Rippling: first choice in 4 of those 68 - Connecteam: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Dayforce: first choice in 3 of those 68 **Enterprise**: 60 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #5 of 11 at 4%). - UKG Pro: first choice in 19 of those 60 - Dayforce: first choice in 6 of those 60 - UKG Pro Workforce Management: first choice in 6 of those 60 - Workday Workforce Management: first choice in 3 of those 60 - Connecteam: first choice in 1 of those 60 - Deputy: first choice in 1 of those 60 - NICE: first choice in 1 of those 60 - Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM: first choice in 1 of those 60 ## Internal talent marketplace **Small business**: 70 of 72 answers did not name Workday. - TalentGuard: first choice in 11 of those 70 - Toptal: first choice in 6 of those 70 - Upwork: first choice in 6 of those 70 - Airtable: first choice in 5 of those 70 - Fuel50: first choice in 4 of those 70 - Fiverr: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Gloat: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Notion: first choice in 3 of those 70 **Mid-market**: 70 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #10 of 12 at 0%). - Fuel50: first choice in 11 of those 70 - Gloat: first choice in 8 of those 70 - 365Talents: first choice in 7 of those 70 - Engagedly: first choice in 4 of those 70 - Toptal: first choice in 4 of those 70 - Upwork: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Nestor: first choice in 2 of those 70 - TalentGuard: first choice in 2 of those 70 **Enterprise**: 66 of 72 answers did not name Workday (Workday is #4 of 9 at 4%). - Gloat: first choice in 32 of those 66 - Fuel50: first choice in 11 of those 66 - Workday Talent Marketplace: first choice in 3 of those 66 - Docebo: first choice in 2 of those 66 - 365Talents: first choice in 1 of those 66 - Eightfold AI: first choice in 1 of those 66 - JobCannon: first choice in 1 of those 66 - MentorcliQ: first choice in 1 of those 66 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.