Benefits administration
Asked as “benefits administration platform”, and as “benefits enrollment software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
31%
Contested · Rippling 27%
31Employee Navigator27Rippling23Gusto Benefits19others
31% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Employee Navigator (31%) replaces Gusto Benefits (20% then, 23% now), 8 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Employee Navigator leads at 31%, replacing Gusto Benefits, which led at 20% and stands at 23% now: 8 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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 Benefits64%Clear leader▲+2Since October 2026: 62% → 64%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-market
Employee Navigator31%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Employee Navigator (31%) replaces Gusto Benefits (20% then, 23% now), 8 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.This pageEnterprise
Workday HCM20%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Workday HCM (20%) replaces ADP Workforce Now (30% then, 12% now), 8 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →
Employee Navigator31%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Employee Navigator (31%) replaces Gusto Benefits (20% then, 23% now), 8 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.This pageEnterpriseWorkday HCM20%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Workday HCM (20%) replaces ADP Workforce Now (30% then, 12% now), 8 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 October 2026
01Employee Navigator31%8%49endorsed leader▲+17Since October 2026: 14% → 31%, +17 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.14% → 31%
Employee Navigator31%8%49endorsed leader▲+17Since October 2026: 14% → 31%, +17 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.14% → 31%02
Rippling27%9%56accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 14% → 27%, +13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.14% → 27%
Rippling27%9%56accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 14% → 27%, +13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.14% → 27%03Gusto Benefits23%16%37accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 20% → 23%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.20% → 23%
04
PlanSource4%0%30accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
PlanSource4%0%30accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%05
Paycor4%31%13criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Paycor4%31%13criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%06
BambooHR2%6%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
BambooHR2%6%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%07
Ease2%17%18accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Ease2%17%18accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%08
TriNet Zenefits2%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
TriNet Zenefits2%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the eight products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Benefitfocus0%21%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Benefitfocus0%21%34accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
ADP Workforce Now0%20%45accepted challenger▼−18Since October 2026: 18% → 0%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.18% → 0%
ADP Workforce Now0%20%45accepted challenger▼−18Since October 2026: 18% → 0%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.18% → 0%16
TriNet0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
TriNet0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%15
bswift0%18%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
bswift0%18%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
Justworks0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Justworks0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13Businessolver Benefitsolver0%10%20accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Paylocity0%9%22accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Paylocity0%9%22accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%12Workday HCM0%0%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Workday HCM0%0%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.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. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. 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
Employee Navigator vs PaycorEmployee Navigator vs BambooHREmployee Navigator vs EaseEmployee Navigator vs TriNet ZenefitsRippling vs Gusto BenefitsRippling vs PlanSourceRippling vs PaycorRippling vs BambooHRRippling vs EaseRippling vs TriNet ZenefitsGusto Benefits vs PlanSourceGusto Benefits vs PaycorGusto Benefits vs BambooHRGusto Benefits vs EaseGusto Benefits vs TriNet ZenefitsPlanSource vs PaycorPlanSource vs BambooHRPlanSource vs EasePlanSource vs TriNet ZenefitsPaycor vs BambooHRPaycor vs EasePaycor vs TriNet ZenefitsBambooHR vs EaseBambooHR vs TriNet ZenefitsEase vs TriNet Zenefits
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 →
0102G03
040506070809101112B13
141516Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Employee Navigator31%
Employee Navigator31%02Rippling27%
Rippling27%03Gusto Benefits23%
04PlanSource4%
PlanSource4%05Paycor4%
Paycor4%06BambooHR2%
BambooHR2%07Ease2%
Ease2%08TriNet Zenefits2%
TriNet Zenefits2%09ADP Workforce Now0%
ADP Workforce Now0%10Benefitfocus0%
Benefitfocus0%11Paylocity0%
Paylocity0%12Workday HCM0%
Workday HCM0%13Businessolver Benefitsolver0%
14Justworks0%
Justworks0%15bswift0%
bswift0%16TriNet0%
TriNet0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna 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 Now20%
9 of 45 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Platforms to Approach with Caution or Potentially Avoid - ADP ... frequent data entry errors ... aggressive sales tactics, poor customer support” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Benefitfocus21%
7 of 34 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“We previously used Benefitfocus before switching to Businessolver, and our experience with Benefitfocus was quite negative.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Gusto Benefits
16%
6 of 37 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Fails on edge cases (multi-state complexity, custom benefits, manual deductions, hourly worker ACA compliance). Customer support drops off significantly” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Rippling9%
5 of 56 labels negative · 5 of 14 models
“Rippling for a benefits-only purchase. ... implementation cost may not justify adopting it solely for benefits administration” Perplexity Sonar, negative 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
74 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. 846 links across 198 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 1 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 · Lead Change Group39 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
34 answers · 48 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G233 answers · 68 citations · 14 models
30 answers · 53 citations · 9 models
25 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Guideflow24 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Rippling17 answers · 26 citations · 7 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 10 models
vendor site · HiBob13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 9 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.
23 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee Navigator employeenavigator.com | 31% | 121 | 110,000 | 389 | 123,160 | |||
| Rippling rippling.com | 27% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | 2 |
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto Benefits 23% | 23% | 116 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 company | 118 | ||
| PlanSource plansource.com | 4% | 77 | 12,100 | 221 | 63,439 | 5 | 7 | |
| GoCo goco.io | 4% | 33 | 14,800 | 102 | 40,283 | |||
| Paycor paycor.com | 4% | 178 | 673,000 | 1,818 | 1,002,900 | 120 | ||
| BambooHR bamboohr.com | 2% | 1074 | 90,500 | 551 | 1,055,247 | $44,698 | 106 | 4 |
| Ease ease.com | 2% | 34 | 49,500 | 13,601 | 43,527 | |||
| TriNet trinet.com TriNet Zenefits 2%, TriNet 0% | 2% | 250 | 74,000 | 909 | 232,419 | $533 | 30 | |
| ADP parent site ADP Workforce Now 0% | 0% | 508 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, rippling.com, spotsaas.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 choicePaycorChangedno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Deel, Gusto Benefits, Paychex Flex
Six alternatives
Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSource, RipplingThree alternatives
Dayforce, Employee Navigator, PlanSourceSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Deel, Empyrean, Gusto Benefits, JustworksFour alternatives
Ease, GoCo, OnPay, TriNetGPT-5.4 miniRipplingRipplingHeldno first choiceGusto Benefitsagainst: Justworks, TriNetno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BerniePortal, Forma, VensureHR, WEX Benefits
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, PaylocityThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, Workday HCMTen alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, ALEX Decision Support, Benefitfocus, Dayforce, Forma, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Rippling, WEX Benefits, Workday HCMOne alternative
RipplingGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingRipplingHeldno first choiceEmployee Navigatorno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Insperity, Justworks, Paycom, Paycor, Paylocity, Rippling, TriNet, TriNet Zenefits, bswift
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paylocity, PlanSourceFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Employee Navigator, PaylocitySix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, Rippling, Workday HCMFour alternatives
Gusto Benefits, Justworks, OnPay, TriNet ZenefitsPerplexity SonarRipplingPlanSourceChangedagainst: BenefitfocusADP Workforce Now, PaylocityGusto Benefitsagainst: BambooHRno first choiceagainst: Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Namely, Rippling
Five alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Dayforce, Employee Navigator, NamelyFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paycor, PaylocitySeven alternatives
Benefitfocus, Deel, Employee Navigator, Empyrean, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, bswiftTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, OnPayGrok 4.20Employee NavigatorRipplingChangedADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: bswiftagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BenefitElect, Benefitfocus, Paycor, Paylocity, Paylogix, Ultimate Software / UKG, VensureHR
Seven alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftSix alternatives
BambooHR, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Paycor, PlanSource, bswiftSix alternatives
BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, BerniePortal, PeopleKeep, RipplingFive alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, PlanSource, RipplingMistral SmallPaycorEmployee Navigator, RipplingChangedno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator
Four alternatives
Benefitfocus, HiBob, Paylocity, PlanSourceOne alternative
PlanSourceThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, PeopleKeepDeepSeek V4 FlashEmployee Navigatoragainst: EaseRipplingChangedEmployee Navigator, RipplingGoCo, Gusto Benefitsagainst: Employee Navigator, TriNet Zenefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Paycor, UKG Pro
Two alternatives
PlanSource, RipplingTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, PlanSourceFive alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, PlanSource, UKG ProTwo alternatives
BambooHR, PeopleKeepSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paylocity, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceRipplingChangedno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, PlanSource, bswiftThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingQwen 3.7 FlashEmployee NavigatorRipplingChangedno first choiceGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Paychex Flex, WEX Benefits
Three alternatives
Benefitfocus, Ease, RipplingThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BerniePortal, Employee NavigatorSix alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Rippling, Workday HCMThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingKimi K2Employee Navigator, PlanSourceRipplingChangedagainst: Gusto BenefitsADP Workforce Now, RipplingGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, BenefitElect, Businessolver Benefitsolver, NationsBenefits, Paycor, UKG Pro
Two alternatives
Paycor, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, PlanSourceSeven alternatives
BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Gusto Benefits, Paycom, Paylocity, Workday HCMThree alternatives
PeopleKeep, TriNet Zenefits, Zoho PeopleGLM 4.7 FlashXEmployee NavigatorEmployee NavigatorHeldADP Workforce NowGusto Benefitsagainst: BenefitX, ForUsAll, Forma, HealthKey, Upwardsno first choiceagainst: Ease, Rippling, bswift
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, PlanSource, RipplingTwo alternatives
PlanSource, RipplingFive alternatives
BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Rippling, Workday HCMFour alternatives
BambooHR, PeopleKeep, Rippling, TriNet ZenefitsMiniMax M2.5Employee NavigatorEmployee Navigator, RipplingChangedno first choiceBambooHR, Gusto Benefitsno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Paycor, Paylocity, PlanSource, RipplingTwo alternatives
Benefitfocus, PlanSourceEleven alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Paylocity, PlanSource, Rippling, Workday HCM, isolvedTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, PeopleKeepGPT-6 LunaEmployee Navigator, RipplingEmployee NavigatorChangedagainst: Easeno first choiceEase, Employee Navigatorno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BerniePortal, Rippling
Two alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, UKG ReadyTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, RipplingEight alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Ease, Employee Navigator, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftTwo alternatives
Gusto Benefits, OnPayMuse Glimmer 30BEmployee NavigatorEmployee NavigatorHeldno first choiceGoCo, TriNet Zenefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Dayforce, Gusto Benefits, Rippling, UKG Pro, UKG Ready
Seven alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Ease, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftTwo alternatives
PlanSource, RipplingFourteen alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Dayforce, Deel, Employee Navigator, Forma, Gusto Benefits, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paycom, Rippling, UKG Pro, Workday HCMTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, Gusto BenefitsBold 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 | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:24 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:26 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 9 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:43 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:45 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:51 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:28 | yes | 22 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:23 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 21 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 12 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:46 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:05 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 25 | 93 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 25 | 105 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 20 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 1 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:56 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 8 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:57 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:20 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 13 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:49 | yes | 23 | 47 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:46 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:42 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:33 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:35 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:08 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:31 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:15 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:11 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 7 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:16 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:55 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:52 | yes | 25 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 23 | 73 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:56 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
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
ADP (including ADP Workforce Now) read as ADP Workforce Now
Alight read as Alight Solutions
Benefitsolver (Businessolver) read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver (Benefitsolver) read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Gusto read as Gusto Benefits
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
WEX read as WEX Benefits
Workday read as Workday HCM
Workday Benefits read as Workday HCM
Workday Human Capital Management read as Workday HCM
Zenefits read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (now TriNet HR Plus) read as TriNet Zenefits
isolved People Cloud read as isolved
Unresolved, counted raw
ALEX Decision Support
BenefitX
BenefitsCO
Bentek
Employee Benefits Management (EBM)
FormFire
SimpleNexus
Thrivance
Ultimate Software / UKG (formerly UltiPro)
Upwards
Zoï Computing
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.