3 categories · RankedPatriot Software
Patriot Software is accounting software for small businesses in the U.S · patriotsoftware.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Patriot Software Basic at $17/month + $4/contractor is the best value full-service payroll.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“QuickBooks and Patriot offer predictable monthly costs regardless of payment frequency.”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Offers a budget-friendly plan at $37/month plus $5 per worker”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Budget-Friendly Alternative: Patriot Software”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“more SMB‑oriented; may lack the API and global reach you need at 500+ employees”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Patriot Software, over the 18 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | View → | |
| 9 | 4 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 5 | 4 | View → | |
| 5 | 4 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Patriot Software's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Employers
- Price stated
- no additional cost
- Free plan or trial
- no additional cost
- Also from Patriot
- Patriot Payroll
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 18 of the 18 answers that named Patriot Software and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-five of the fifty-nine domain citations in answers naming Patriot Software came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |