Benefits administration
Asked as “benefits administration platform”, and as “benefits enrollment software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
20%
Contested · ADP Workforce Now 18%
20Gusto Benefits18ADP Workforce Now14Employee Navigator49others
20% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ADP Workforce Now (21%) replaces PlanSource (23% then, 5% now), 16 points clear, past the 13-point floor.ADP Workforce Now leads at 21%, replacing PlanSource, which led at 23% and stands at 5% now: 16 points clear, past the floor.
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.
Small businessGusto Benefits62%Clear leader▼−7Since September 2026: 68% → 61%, −7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketGusto Benefits20%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ADP Workforce Now (21%) replaces PlanSource (23% then, 5% now), 16 points clear, past the 13-point floor.This pageEnterprise
ADP Workforce Now30%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ADP Workforce Now (28%) replaces Workday HCM (29% then, 26% now), 2 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →
ADP Workforce Now30%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: ADP Workforce Now (28%) replaces Workday HCM (29% then, 26% now), 2 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Gusto Benefits20%24%45accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 18% → 19%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 19%
02ADP Workforce Now18%14%50accepted challenger▲+19Since September 2026: 2% → 21%, +19 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 21%
ADP Workforce Now18%14%50accepted challenger▲+19Since September 2026: 2% → 21%, +19 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 21%03
Employee Navigator14%0%32accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 20% → 12%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 12%
Employee Navigator14%0%32accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 20% → 12%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 12%04
Rippling14%17%42accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 20% → 14%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 14%
Rippling14%17%42accepted challenger▼−6Since September 2026: 20% → 14%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.20% → 14%05
PlanSource6%16%31accepted challenger▼−18Since September 2026: 23% → 5%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.23% → 5%
PlanSource6%16%31accepted challenger▼−18Since September 2026: 23% → 5%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.23% → 5%06
Namely6%21%14accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%
Namely6%21%14accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%07
Paylocity2%5%19accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Paylocity2%5%19accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%08
BambooHR2%19%27accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
BambooHR2%19%27accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%09
Paycor2%10%20accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Paycor2%10%20accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Benefitfocus0%32%22criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
Benefitfocus0%32%22criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%11
Workday HCM0%23%22accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Workday HCM0%23%22accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%12
bswift0%22%18accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
bswift0%22%18accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10Businessolver Benefitsolver0%13%15accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
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.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Gusto Benefits vs PlanSourceGusto Benefits vs NamelyGusto Benefits vs PaylocityGusto Benefits vs BambooHRADP Workforce Now vs Employee NavigatorADP Workforce Now vs RipplingADP Workforce Now vs PlanSourceADP Workforce Now vs NamelyADP Workforce Now vs PaylocityADP Workforce Now vs BambooHREmployee Navigator vs RipplingEmployee Navigator vs PlanSourceEmployee Navigator vs NamelyEmployee Navigator vs PaylocityEmployee Navigator vs BambooHRRippling vs PlanSourceRippling vs NamelyRippling vs PaylocityRippling vs BambooHRPlanSource vs NamelyPlanSource vs PaylocityPlanSource vs BambooHRNamely vs PaylocityNamely vs BambooHRPaylocity vs BambooHR
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 →
G01
0203040506070809B10
111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Gusto Benefits20%
02ADP Workforce Now18%
ADP Workforce Now18%03Employee Navigator14%
Employee Navigator14%04Rippling14%
Rippling14%05PlanSource6%
PlanSource6%06Namely6%
Namely6%07Paylocity2%
Paylocity2%08BambooHR2%
BambooHR2%09Paycor2%
Paycor2%10Businessolver Benefitsolver0%
11Workday HCM0%
Workday HCM0%12bswift0%
bswift0%13Benefitfocus0%
Benefitfocus0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B 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.
Gusto Benefits
24%
11 of 45 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Poor Customer Support: Limited communication options and difficulty reaching representatives” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Benefitfocus32%
7 of 22 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Platforms with Documented Red Flags ... 1. Benefitfocus ... Primary Concern: Poor post-sales support.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
ADP Workforce Now14%
7 of 50 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“ADP has a long-standing reputation for: Frustrating support” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Rippling17%
7 of 42 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“I wouldn't make it my default *standalone* enrollment add-on if you plan to keep a different HRIS, since Rippling says its benefits product does not work with other HR systems” GPT-6 Luna, paraphrase prompt
What they cite
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.
Sites the answers cite
80 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1083 links across 211 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 19 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Guideflow57 answers · 96 citations · 12 models
vendor site · HiBob40 answers · 42 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G234 answers · 66 citations · 13 models
33 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Rippling29 answers · 42 citations · 11 models
29 answers · 30 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Gusto26 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
26 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ADP25 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
25 answers · 27 citations · 12 models
vendor site · FirstHR21 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Testlify19 answers · 19 citations · 10 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.
41 answers · 12 models
40 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 9 models
26 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto Benefits 20% | 20% | 116 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 company | 118 | ||
| ADP parent site ADP Workforce Now 18% | 18% | 508 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 | ||||
| Employee Navigator employeenavigator.com | 14% | 121 | 110,000 | 389 | 123,160 | |||
| Rippling rippling.com | 14% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | 2 |
| OnPay onpay.com | 8% | 114 | 22,200 | 200 | 1,180,466 | $89 | 48 | |
| PlanSource plansource.com | 6% | 77 | 12,100 | 221 | 63,439 | 5 | 7 | |
| Namely namely.com | 6% | 44 | 8,100 | 4,616,131 | 42,113 | 0 | ||
| Ease ease.com | 4% | 34 | 49,500 | 13,601 | 43,527 | |||
| Paylocity paylocity.com | 2% | 250 | 1,220,000 | 2,380 | 1,682,033 | $8,493 | 79 | |
| BambooHR bamboohr.com | 2% | 1074 | 90,500 | 551 | 1,055,247 | $44,698 | 106 | 4 |
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, peoplemanagingpeople.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 choiceDayforceChangedADP Workforce NowGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Lumity, bswift
Three alternatives
Employee Navigator, Paycom, PaycorSix alternatives
BambooHR, Deel, Gusto Benefits, Rippling, TriNet, isolvedThree alternatives
Ease, GoCo, OnPayGPT-5.4 miniEase, Employee NavigatorADP Workforce Now, Employee NavigatorChangedno first choiceGusto Benefitsagainst: BambooHR, Ripplingno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Forma, Rippling, TriNet, WEX Benefits
Two alternatives
PlanSource, bswiftOne alternative
PaylocityThirteen alternatives
ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Paycom, Paylocity, PlanSource, Remote, Rippling, UKG Pro Benefits Hub, Workday HCM, bswiftOne alternative
JustworksGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingagainst: Gusto Benefits, Workday HCM, bswiftRipplingHeldagainst: Gusto Benefits, TriNetno first choiceEmployee Navigator, OnPayno first choiceagainst: BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Gusto Benefits, Paychex Flex, TriNet Zenefits
Five alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSourceFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, HiBob, PaylocitySix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, RipplingFour alternatives
BerniePortal, Gusto Benefits, Take Command, ThatchPerplexity SonarADP Workforce NowADP Workforce NowHeldno first choiceOnPayagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Justworks, Paycor, Paylocityno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Forma, Paycor, Paylocity, RipplingFour alternatives
Employee Navigator, Namely, Paychex Flex, PaycorOne alternative
Gusto BenefitsGrok 4.20ADP Workforce Nowagainst: Gusto BenefitsADP Workforce NowHeldagainst: Gusto Benefits, Workday HCMno first choiceGusto Benefitsagainst: BambooHR, GoBenefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, NationsBenefits, Paycom, PlanSource, TriNet, VensureHR, bswift
Three alternatives
Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSourceFour alternatives
Employee Navigator, Paycor, Paylocity, RipplingThree alternatives
OnPay, Rippling, TriNet ZenefitsMistral SmallADP Workforce Now, PaycorADP Workforce Now, RipplingChangedADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMGusto Benefits, TriNet Zenefitsno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Gusto BenefitsThree alternatives
Gusto Benefits, Namely, PaylocityFour alternatives
Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, WTWTwo alternatives
FirstHR, OnPayDeepSeek V4 FlashRipplingagainst: NamelyEmployee NavigatorChangedADP Vantage HCM, ADP Workforce NowGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Paycom, UKG Pro
Two alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, PlanSourceThree alternatives
Ease, PlanSource, RipplingEleven alternatives
Alight Solutions, BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, Rippling, TriNet Zenefits, Workday HCM, bswiftTwo alternatives
BerniePortal, GoCoEight alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, GoCo, Namely, Paycor, PlanSourceLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceOnPayno first choicenothing named
One alternative
FirstHRQwen 3.7 FlashPaylocityagainst: Gusto BenefitsEmployee Navigator, RipplingChangedagainst: Personio, Workday HCMno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: Benefitfocus, EaseCentral, Namely, PlanSource
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, RipplingTwo alternatives
BenefitHarbor, PaycomTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, RipplingKimi K2RipplingNamelyChangedno first choiceOnPayagainst: Justworksno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Namely, PlanSource, Rippling, Workday HCM
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Gusto BenefitsThree alternatives
BambooHR, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Gusto BenefitsTwo alternatives
Gusto Benefits, TriNet ZenefitsGLM 4.7 FlashXPlanSourcePlanSourceHeldno first choiceagainst: BambooHRBerniePortalno first choiceagainst: Gusto Benefits, Paycor, PlanSource, Rippling
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, RipplingFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, RipplingFour alternatives
Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, RemoFirst, TriNet ZenefitsMiniMax M2.5ADP Workforce Now, BambooHRADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, NamelyChangedno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: Workday HCMagainst: Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, Rippling
One alternative
Businessolver BenefitsolverTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, TriNetGPT-6 LunaEmployee Navigator, RipplingEmployee NavigatorChangedagainst: Ripplingno first choiceEaseno first choiceagainst: Benefitfocus, bswift
Two alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, PlanSourceThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Paylocity, PlanSourceSeven alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, Rippling, Workday HCM, bswiftTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, Gusto BenefitsMuse Glimmer 30BPlanSourceGusto Benefits, NamelyChangedADP Workforce NowGusto Benefitsagainst: Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Justworks, Navia Benefit Solutions, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Paylogix, LLC, Rippling
Nine alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Justworks, Namely, Paycor, Paylocity, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, PlanSource, bswiftTen alternatives
Alight Solutions, BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Gusto Benefits, Paycom, PlanSource, Rippling, Workday HCM, bswiftThree alternatives
Employee Navigator, GoCo, 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.
Eighty-four 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 | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 16 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:03 | yes | 2 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 26 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:01 | yes | 19 | 4 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) | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 22 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:43 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:53 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:01 | yes | 4 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 12 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:37 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 18 | 3 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) | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:02 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 19 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:01 | yes | 7 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 17 | 47 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:59 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 20 | 4 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) | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 21 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:21 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:33 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:49 | yes | 25 | 167 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 20 | 4 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) | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:57 | yes | 6 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:37 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 20 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:08 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:05 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:02 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 12 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 17 | 4 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) | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:56 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:02 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:12 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:44 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:56 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:33 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:38 | yes | 19 | 4 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) | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:31 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 9 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 24 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 2 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 23 | 34 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
2 of 3 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
3 of 4 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
2 of 4 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
4 of 4 flipped
Grok 4.20
3 of 5 flipped
Mistral Small
4 of 4 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
4 of 5 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
3 of 3 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
2 of 4 flipped
Kimi K2
3 of 3 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
4 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
2 of 3 flipped
GPT-6 Luna
2 of 3 flipped
Muse Glimmer 30B
3 of 4 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) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (specifically Workforce Now) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP Workforce Now Benefits Administration read as ADP Workforce Now
Alight read as Alight Solutions
Benefitsolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver (Benefitsolver) read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver (WORKTERRA BenAdmin) read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Gusto read as Gusto Benefits
Oracle read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle HCM Cloud read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
SAP read as SAP SuccessFactors
SAP SuccessFactors HCM read as SAP SuccessFactors
Workday read as Workday HCM
Workday Benefits read as Workday HCM
Zenefits read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (TriNet) read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (now TriNet HR Plus) read as TriNet Zenefits
Unresolved, counted raw
BeneTrac (by Paychex)
BenefitHarbor
Benelogic
EaseCentral (Ease)
Flexible Benefit Service
GoBenefits
Jellyvision's ALEX
Lumity
Paylogix, LLC
StretchDollar
UKG Pro Benefits Hub
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.