Benefits administration
Asked as “benefits administration platform”, and as “benefits enrollment software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
23%
Contested · Employee Navigator 20%
23PlanSource20Employee Navigator20Rippling36others
23% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
PlanSource vs EasePlanSource vs ADP Workforce NowPlanSource vs PaycorPlanSource vs BenefitfocusEmployee Navigator vs RipplingEmployee Navigator vs Gusto BenefitsEmployee Navigator vs EaseEmployee Navigator vs ADP Workforce NowEmployee Navigator vs PaycorEmployee Navigator vs BenefitfocusRippling vs Gusto BenefitsRippling vs EaseRippling vs ADP Workforce NowRippling vs PaycorRippling vs BenefitfocusGusto Benefits vs EaseGusto Benefits vs ADP Workforce NowGusto Benefits vs PaycorGusto Benefits vs BenefitfocusEase vs ADP Workforce NowEase vs PaycorEase vs BenefitfocusADP Workforce Now vs PaycorADP Workforce Now vs BenefitfocusPaycor vs Benefitfocus
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01PlanSource23%
PlanSource23%02Employee Navigator20%
Employee Navigator20%03Rippling20%
Rippling20%04Gusto Benefits18%
05Ease5%
Ease5%06ADP Workforce Now2%
ADP Workforce Now2%07Paycor2%
Paycor2%08Benefitfocus2%
Benefitfocus2%09bswift0%
bswift0%10Paylocity0%
Paylocity0%11BambooHR0%
BambooHR0%12TriNet Zenefits0%
TriNet Zenefits0%13Justworks0%
Justworks0%14Workday HCM0%
Workday HCM0%What they warned about
Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
ADP Workforce Now19%
7 of 36 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“here are benefits administration platforms you should approach with caution or potentially avoid... ### ADP ... Poor customer service” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Gusto Benefits
16%
6 of 37 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“Best for small businesses running payroll and benefits together, but not ideal for larger enterprises.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
TriNet44%
4 of 9 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“acquired by TriNet and rebranded as TriNet HR Plus ... heavily criticized TriNet/Zenefits for a steep decline in customer support quality” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Benefitfocus13%
3 of 23 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“"Worst support EVER" – very poor responsiveness after open enrollment” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
62 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 915 links across 215 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Guideflow34 answers · 49 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G229 answers · 77 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Testlify25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
23 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 33 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Rippling20 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Gartner20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · ADP18 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gusto17 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
29 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 11 models
18 answers · 11 models
17 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “benefits administration platform”, “benefits administration platforms”, “best benefits administration platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| PlanSource plansource.com | 23% | 77 | 12,100 | 221 | 63,439 | 5 | 7 | |
| Employee Navigator employeenavigator.com | 20% | 121 | 110,000 | 389 | 123,160 | |||
| Rippling rippling.com | 20% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | 2 |
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto Benefits 18% | 18% | 116 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 company | 118 | ||
| Ease ease.com | 5% | 34 | 49,500 | 13,601 | 43,527 | |||
| ADP parent site ADP Workforce Now 2% | 2% | 508 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 | ||||
| Paycor paycor.com | 2% | 178 | 673,000 | 1,818 | 1,002,900 | 120 | ||
| Benefitfocus benefitfocus.com | 2% | 109 | 4,400 | 142 | 32,082 | 3 | 2 | |
| OnPay onpay.com | 2% | 114 | 22,200 | 200 | 1,180,466 | $89 | 48 | |
| GoCo goco.io | 2% | 33 | 14,800 | 102 | 40,283 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (adp.com, g2.com, gartner.com, rippling.com). The first result for “benefits administration platform” is myshortlister.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best benefits administration platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which benefits enrollment software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top benefits administration platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best benefits administration platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a benefits administration platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which benefits administration platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldGusto BenefitsGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: Gusto Benefits, PeopleKeep
Five alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Namely, Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSourceSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Deel Benefits Administration, Indeed One, TriNet Zenefits, UKG ProTwo alternatives
Justworks, OnPayGPT-5.4 miniRipplingEmployee NavigatorChangedADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMGusto Benefitsagainst: Ripplingno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Paycom, Paylocity, TriNet
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Justworks, PaylocityFour alternatives
Paycor, Paylocity, Rippling, WEX BenefitsSix alternatives
Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Justworks, Rippling, UKG Pro, bswiftOne alternative
JustworksGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingagainst: Gusto Benefits, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCMEmployee Navigator, RipplingChangedRipplingEmployee NavigatorEmployee Navigator, Ripplingagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefits Management Group, Inc., Educators Benefit Consultants, Gusto Benefits, Paylocity, Paylogix, Rippling, TriNet, TriNet Zenefits
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, PlanSourceThree alternatives
Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSourceFive alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Forma, Gusto Benefits, bswiftThree alternatives
Gusto Benefits, Justworks, OnPaySix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSource, bswiftPerplexity SonarPlanSource, RipplingPaycorChangedno first choiceGusto Benefits, OnPayno first choiceagainst: Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Paycor, PlanSource, UKG Pro, bswift
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, PaylocityThree alternatives
Employee Navigator, Rippling, bswiftTwo alternatives
Ease, Employee NavigatorGrok 4.20ADP Workforce NowEmployee NavigatorChangedRipplingagainst: PaycorGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, BenefitElect, Benefits Management Group, NationsBenefits, Paychex Flex, Paycor, Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services, TriNet
Two alternatives
Paycor, RipplingThree alternatives
Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSourceFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, Paylocity, Workday HCMFour alternatives
BambooHR, Ease, Employee Navigator, TriNet ZenefitsMistral SmallRipplingPlanSourceChangedRipplingGusto Benefitsno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, PlanSourceTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, bswiftFive alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, TriNet Zenefits, Workday HCM, isolvedDeepSeek V4 FlashPlanSourceRipplingChangedagainst: BambooHRADP Workforce Now, RipplingEase, Employee Navigatorno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Dayforce, Namely, isolved
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, RipplingSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSource, bswiftSeven alternatives
BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, Workday HCM, bswiftFour alternatives
BambooHR, GoCo, Gusto Benefits, TriNet ZenefitsNine alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Paychex Flex, Paycor, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftLlama 4 MaverickPlanSourcePlanSourceHeldPlanSourceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: Benepass, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Paylocity, Rippling
Three alternatives
Employee Navigator, Paycor, RipplingFour alternatives
Benefitfocus, Dayforce, Employee Navigator, PaycorThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Gusto BenefitsFour alternatives
Ease, Employee Navigator, Namely, RipplingQwen 3.7 FlashPlanSourceRipplingChangedagainst: PeopleSoft, Workday HCMno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Workday HCM
Five alternatives
Employee Navigator, Namely, Paycor, Paylocity, UKG ProFour alternatives
BambooHR, Centivo, Gusto Benefits, NuvodaEight alternatives
Alight Solutions, Gusto Benefits, Paylocity, Rippling, TriNet, UKG Pro, Workday HCM, bswiftThree alternatives
HREnabled, SimpleBenefits, TriNet ZenefitsKimi K2PlanSourcePlanSourceHeldADP Workforce NowEmployee Navigator, Gusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Namely, Workday HCM
Two alternatives
Employee Navigator, RipplingTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, RipplingEight alternatives
BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, Rippling, Workday HCM, bswiftThree alternatives
GoCo, OnPay, TriNet ZenefitsGLM 4.7 FlashXPlanSourceBenefitfocusChangedGusto BenefitsEmployee Navigatorno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, BerniePortal, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Coverflex, Gusto Benefits
Nine alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Ease, Employee Navigator, Paycor, Paylocity, Rippling, bswiftSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, PlanSource, UKG Pro, bswiftSeven alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Paychex Flex, Paycor, Rippling, UKG Pro, Workday HCMTwo alternatives
Gusto Benefits, TriNet ZenefitsMiniMax M2.5NamelyPlanSource, RipplingChangedagainst: TriNetADP Workforce NowEase, Employee Navigator, GoCono first choiceagainst: Namely, PlanSource
Five alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Rippling, Workday HCMTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee NavigatorSeven alternatives
Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Paycor, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftTwo alternatives
Gusto Benefits, TriNet ZenefitsBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:45 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:28 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:03 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:06 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:04 | yes | 33 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:27 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:46 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:54 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:13 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:03 | yes | 10 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:03 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:21 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:26 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:05 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:22 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 21:28 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:52 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:11 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:48 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:00 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:29 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:30 | yes | 16 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:33 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:56 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:17 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:35 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:36 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 21:09 | yes | 32 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:49 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 18:27 | yes | 26 | 79 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:47 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:01 | yes | 15 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:41 | yes | 18 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:23 | yes | 29 | 54 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:53 | yes | 13 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:05 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:38 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:44 | yes | 16 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:55 | yes | 19 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:43 | yes | 34 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:20 | yes | 6 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:16 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:33 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:44 | yes | 27 | 77 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:21 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:00 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:10 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:05 | yes | 13 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:17 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:12 | yes | 11 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:13 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 17:58 | yes | 17 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:58 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:41 | yes | 8 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:06 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:34 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:57 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:26 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:10 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:23 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:42 | yes | 46 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:18 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 21:42 | yes | 20 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:21 | yes | 19 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:47 | yes | 30 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:53 | yes | 25 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:31 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
Noise floor in this category
Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.
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Claude Haiku 4.5
3 of 4 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
2 of 4 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
2 of 5 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
1 of 3 flipped
Grok 4.20
2 of 5 flipped
Mistral Small
3 of 4 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
5 of 5 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
4 of 5 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
2 of 4 flipped
Kimi K2
3 of 4 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
4 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
5 of 5 flipped
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
ADP read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (Workforce Now / RUN) read as ADP Workforce Now
Alight read as Alight Solutions
BenefitSolver (Businessolver) read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Gusto read as Gusto Benefits
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
SAP read as SAP SuccessFactors
WEX read as WEX Benefits
Workday read as Workday HCM
Workday Benefits read as Workday HCM
Workday HCM/Benefits read as Workday HCM
Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) read as Workday HCM
Zenefits read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (Now TriNet HR Plus) read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (TriNet Zenefits) read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (TriNet) read as TriNet Zenefits
isolved People Cloud read as isolved
Unresolved, counted raw
Benefits Management Group (BMG)
Benefits Management Group, Inc. (BMGI)
Benefits.com
Centivo
Deel Benefits Administration
Educators Benefit Consultants (Aviben)
Embroker
HREnabled
Indeed One
Konekt
Nuvoda
Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services (incl. Sequoia One)
SimpleBenefits
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.