Benefits administration for enterprise buyers
Asked as “benefits administration platform”, and as “benefits enrollment software”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
20%
Contested · bswift 16%
20Workday HCM16bswift14Benefitfocus50others
20% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗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.Workday HCM leads at 20%, replacing ADP Workforce Now, which led at 30% and stands at 12% 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.Standing →Enterprise
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.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseWorkday 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.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Workday HCM20%12%52accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 26% → 20%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.26% → 20%
Workday HCM20%12%52accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 26% → 20%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.26% → 20%02
bswift16%6%34accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 9% → 16%, +7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.9% → 16%
bswift16%6%34accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 9% → 16%, +7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.9% → 16%03
Benefitfocus14%13%47accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 11% → 14%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.11% → 14%
Benefitfocus14%13%47accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 11% → 14%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.11% → 14%04
ADP Workforce Now12%17%53accepted challenger▼−18Since October 2026: 30% → 12%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.30% → 12%
ADP Workforce Now12%17%53accepted challenger▼−18Since October 2026: 30% → 12%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.30% → 12%05Businessolver Benefitsolver9%0%25accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 4% → 9%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 9%
06
Alight Solutions7%14%28accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 4% → 7%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 7%
Alight Solutions7%14%28accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 4% → 7%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 7%07
PlanSource5%13%31accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 4% → 5%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 5%
PlanSource5%13%31accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 4% → 5%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 5%08
Rippling4%15%33accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
Rippling4%15%33accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%09Employee Navigator4%24%21accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%
Employee Navigator4%24%21accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%10Gusto Benefits4%33%15criticized challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
11
Dayforce2%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Dayforce2%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
15
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%27%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%27%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
SAP SuccessFactors0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
SAP SuccessFactors0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
UKG Pro0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
UKG Pro0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13
Empyrean0%10%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Empyrean0%10%10accepted 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.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
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 →
01020304B05
06070809G10
1112131415
16Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Workday HCM20%
Workday HCM20%02bswift16%
bswift16%03Benefitfocus14%
Benefitfocus14%04ADP Workforce Now12%
ADP Workforce Now12%05Businessolver Benefitsolver9%
06Alight Solutions7%
Alight Solutions7%07PlanSource5%
PlanSource5%08Rippling4%
Rippling4%09Employee Navigator4%
Employee Navigator4%10Gusto Benefits4%
11Dayforce2%
Dayforce2%12UKG Pro0%
UKG Pro0%13Empyrean0%
Empyrean0%14SAP SuccessFactors0%
SAP SuccessFactors0%15Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%16Paycom0%
Paycom0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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.
ADP Workforce Now17%
9 of 53 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Widely criticized for tax processing errors, poor customer support, and outdated technology... " ADP is the worst"” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Workday HCM12%
6 of 52 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“many enterprise HCM platforms (like Workday or ADP) are industry standards, they typically require custom quotes that can be difficult to predict” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt
Gusto Benefits
33%
5 of 15 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Built for SMBs; lacks complexity handling for multi-state, union, or global workforces” Kimi K2, negative prompt
BambooHR62%
5 of 8 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“BambooHR — *Avoid for large enterprises*” DeepSeek V4 Flash, 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
76 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. 925 links across 222 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 · G236 answers · 61 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Guideflow31 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Lead Change Group30 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
28 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
vendor site · ADP20 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Paylocity16 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
vendor site · bswift14 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
vendor site · HiBob14 answers · 14 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.
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 12 models
21 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 5 models
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workday parent site Workday HCM 20% | 20% | 211 | 1,220,000 | 23,848 | ||||
| bswift bswift.com | 16% | 69 | 18,100 | 358 | 187,252 | 8 | ||
| Benefitfocus benefitfocus.com | 14% | 109 | 4,400 | 142 | 32,082 | 3 | 2 | |
| ADP parent site ADP Workforce Now 12%, ADP Vantage HCM 2% | 14% | 508 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 | ||||
| Businessolver Benefitsolver businessolver.com | 9% | 44 | 31,252 | 0 | ||||
| Alight alight.com Alight Solutions 7% | 7% | 69 | 9,900 | 236 | 530,477 company | $1,663 | 20 | |
| PlanSource plansource.com | 5% | 77 | 12,100 | 221 | 63,439 | 5 | 7 | |
| Rippling rippling.com | 4% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | 2 |
| Employee Navigator employeenavigator.com | 4% | 121 | 110,000 | 389 | 123,160 | |||
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto Benefits 4% | 4% | 116 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 company | 118 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (adp.com, g2.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which benefits enrollment software would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade benefits administration platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best benefits administration platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a benefits administration platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which benefits administration platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceBenefitfocusChangedADP Workforce Now, BenefitfocusBenefitfocusno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Workday HCM
Two alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, bswiftThree alternatives
Alight Solutions, PlanSource, bswiftThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, bswiftGPT-5.4 miniADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMbswiftChangedno first choiceWorkday HCMagainst: Ripplingno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Benepass, Forma, RipplingTwo alternatives
Empyrean, PlanSourceNine alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Deel, Empyrean, PlanSource, UKG Pro Benefits Hub / UKG benefits services, Workday HCM, bswiftOne alternative
ADP Workforce NowGemini 3.5 FlashBusinessolver Benefitsolver, bswiftBusinessolver Benefitsolver, Workday HCMChangedAlight Solutions, Businessolver BenefitsolverBusinessolver Benefitsolverno first choicenothing named
Seven alternatives
Benefitfocus, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PlanSource, Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors, Sequoia Consulting / Sequoia People Platform, Workday Benefits AdministrationFive alternatives
ADP Vantage HCM, Benefitfocus, PlanSource, Rippling, UKG ProSix alternatives
ADP Vantage HCM, Benefitfocus, Empyrean, PlanSource, Workday HCM, bswiftThree alternatives
PlanSource, Workday HCM, bswiftPerplexity SonarADP Workforce Nowagainst: RipplingADP Workforce NowHeldADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMBenefitfocusagainst: Alight Solutions, Employee Navigatorno first choiceagainst: BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, HiBob, Justworks, Paycor, Rippling, TriNet Zenefits
Five alternatives
Deel, Empyrean, PlanSource, Workday HCM, bswiftFour alternatives
Benefitfocus, Dayforce, Employee Navigator, bswiftSix alternatives
Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, PlanSource, Rippling, bswiftTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, bswiftGrok 4.20Workday HCMbswiftChangedADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMagainst: BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, RipplingAlight Solutionsagainst: Benefitfocus, PlanSourceEmployee Navigator, PlanSourceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Rippling, UKG Pro, Workday HCMagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, Mercer, Paycom, TriNet, UKG Pro, Willis Towers Watson
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, Paycom, RipplingFive alternatives
Alight Solutions, Businessolver Benefitsolver, PlanSource, UKG Pro, Workday HCMThree alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, bswiftThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, bswiftTwo alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver BenefitsolverMistral SmallADP Workforce Now, RipplingBenefitfocusChangedADP Workforce NowWorkday HCMno first choiceagainst: Benefitfocus, PlanSource, bswift
Three alternatives
Benefitfocus, Employee Navigator, FormaFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, UKG Pro, Workday HCMSeven alternatives
Benefitfocus, Benepass, Ease, Forma, Gusto Benefits, Rippling, Workday HCMTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Alight SolutionsDeepSeek V4 FlashBenefitfocusbswiftChangedagainst: Employee NavigatorADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMPlanSourceno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Paylocity, SurePayroll, TriNet Zenefits, Workday HCM
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Rippling, Workday HCM, bswiftFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Workday HCMFive alternatives
Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Benify, Businessolver Benefitsolver, bswiftTwo alternatives
Benefitfocus, bswiftFive alternatives
Benepass, Forma, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PlanSource, Workday HCMLlama 4 MaverickGusto Benefitsno first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Ease, RipplingQwen 3.7 FlashEmployee Navigator, Workday HCMbswiftChangedBenefitfocus, Sequoia OneDayforceagainst: Alight Solutions, Oracle Fusion, Workday HCMno first choiceagainst: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCMagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Benepass, Empyrean, Justworks, Namely, Paycom, SAP SuccessFactors, TriNet, Workday HCM Benefits Module
Four alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Deel, Remote, RipplingFive alternatives
Alight Solutions, Employee Navigator, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PlanSource, Workday HCMFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Thatch, UKG Pro, Workday HCMTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, RipplingKimi K2Alight Solutions, Businessolver Benefitsolveragainst: bswiftBenefitfocus, bswiftChangedno first choiceBusinessolver BenefitsolverAlight Solutionsagainst: Namely, PlanSourceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Namely, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PlanSource, SAP SuccessFactors, TriNet Zenefits, Workday HCM
Three alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Workday HCMTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, PlanSourceTwo alternatives
Alight Solutions, bswiftThree alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Workday HCMGLM 4.7 FlashXADP Workforce NowbswiftChangedWorkday HCMBenefitfocusagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, TriNet, TriNet Zenefits
Seven alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, Paycor, Rippling, UKG Pro, Workday HCMFour alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Dayforce, PlanSourceNine alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Ceridian, Gusto Benefits, Namely, Paychex Flex, Paycor, SAP SuccessFactors, TriNetOne alternative
RipplingMiniMax M2.5ADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMBenefitfocus, bswiftChangedADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMagainst: Employee NavigatorWorkday HCMno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Paylocity
Three alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, RipplingThree alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Workday HCMThree alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, SAP SuccessFactorsFive alternatives
ADP TotalSource, Dayforce, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paychex PEO, RipplingGPT-6 LunaWorkday HCMbswift UnlimitedChangedWorkday HCMPlanSourceno first choiceagainst: Healthcare Interactive / HCIactive, Navia Benefit Solutions
Three alternatives
Businessolver Benefitsolver, Mercer's Darwin platform, bswiftFour alternatives
Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Workday HCMNine alternatives
ADP Lyric HCM, Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Oracle Cloud HCM Benefits, PlanSource, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG Pro Benefits Administration, bswiftOne alternative
bswiftMuse Glimmer 30BADP Vantage HCM, ADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMAlight Solutions, Workday HCM, bswiftChangedADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMagainst: BambooHRGusto Benefits, Ripplingagainst: Benefitfocusno first choiceagainst: Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus
Four alternatives
Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Employee Navigator, RipplingTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, BenefitfocusNine alternatives
Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Dayforce, Deel, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paycom, Rippling, UKG ProTwo alternatives
ADP Workforce Now, Workday HCMBold 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 12:41 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 3 | 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 08:37 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:55 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:48 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 14 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 5 | 72 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:07 | 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 08:46 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 9 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 21 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:47 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 25 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:57 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:55 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:02 | yes | 9 | 9 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 10:49 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:45 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:57 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 25 | 40 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:14 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 13 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:17 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:08 | yes | 4 | 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 10:21 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 18 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:24 | yes | 22 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:46 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 23 | 236 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:01 | yes | 8 | 68 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 0 | 5 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 10:03 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:31 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 24 | 69 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:09 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:26 | yes | 25 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:41 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 4 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:29 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 4 | 6 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 10:53 | yes | 11 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:29 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:42 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 25 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 23 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 14 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 2 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
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ADP read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (ADP Workforce Now Benefits / Vantage HCM) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (Workforce Now / Lyric) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (Workforce Now / RUN Enterprise) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP Enterprise read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP Vantage read as ADP Vantage HCM
Alight read as Alight Solutions
Alight (formerly part of Hewitt) read as Alight Solutions
Benefitsolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver (Benefitsolver) read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Empyrean Benefit Solutions read as Empyrean
Gusto read as Gusto Benefits
Oracle read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
SAP SuccessFactors HCM read as SAP SuccessFactors
Workday read as Workday HCM
Workday Benefits read as Workday HCM
Workday HCM 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 (TriNet) read as TriNet Zenefits
isolved People Cloud read as isolved
Unresolved, counted raw
Bennie
Guidance Software
Healthcare Interactive / HCIactive
Jellyvision/ALEX
Oracle Cloud HCM Benefits
Sequoia Consulting / Sequoia People Platform
TheraCare
UKG Pro Benefits Administration
UKG Pro Benefits Hub / UKG benefits services
Verisys
Workday Benefits Administration
Workday HCM Benefits Module
Workterra
bswift Unlimited
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.