Benefits administration for small business buyers
Asked as “benefits administration platform”, and as “benefits enrollment software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
64%
Clear leader
64Gusto Benefits12Employee Navigator05BambooHR18others
64% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+2Since October 2026: 62% → 64%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Gusto Benefits held the lead, +2 points on 62%, inside the 13-point 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 Benefits64%Clear leader▲+2Since October 2026: 62% → 64%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-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.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.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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Gusto Benefits64%13%75endorsed leader▲+2Since October 2026: 62% → 64%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.62% → 64%
02Employee Navigator12%5%40accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 6% → 12%, +6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 12%
Employee Navigator12%5%40accepted challenger▲+6Since October 2026: 6% → 12%, +6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 12%03
BambooHR5%10%52accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%
BambooHR5%10%52accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%04
Rippling4%23%62accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 13% → 4%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.13% → 4%
Rippling4%23%62accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 13% → 4%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.13% → 4%05
Justworks2%19%37accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Justworks2%19%37accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%06
PeopleKeep2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
PeopleKeep2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%07
TriNet Zenefits2%28%18criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
TriNet Zenefits2%28%18criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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ADP Workforce Now0%63%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
ADP Workforce Now0%63%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Paychex Flex0%58%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Paychex Flex0%58%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
TriNet0%20%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
TriNet0%20%25accepted 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 small business.
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
One product takes 64% of first choices here, so the chart would put nine markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Three products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, 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 Now63%
12 of 19 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Terrible and inconsistent customer service... Better suited for larger enterprises; small businesses often feel neglected” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Rippling23%
14 of 62 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Rippling consistently scores lower than many competitors in comparison lists and faces specific criticism regarding support and usability.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Gusto Benefits
13%
10 of 75 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“small businesses should be cautious about or avoid the following benefits administration platforms... Gusto - Major Issue: Consistently poor customer support” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Paychex Flex58%
7 of 12 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Customer service is hit or miss—some users experience long wait times... the system can feel cumbersome for small businesses.” Mistral Small, 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. 829 links across 172 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 Group44 answers · 52 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G242 answers · 66 citations · 12 models
34 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
32 answers · 69 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Gusto31 answers · 48 citations · 13 models
24 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Guideflow16 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Rippling14 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
vendor site · HiBob11 answers · 14 citations · 6 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
35 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 models
21 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gusto gusto.com Gusto Benefits 64% | 64% | 116 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 company | 118 | ||
| Employee Navigator employeenavigator.com | 12% | 121 | 110,000 | 389 | 123,160 | |||
| BambooHR bamboohr.com | 5% | 1074 | 90,500 | 551 | 1,055,247 | $44,698 | 106 | 4 |
| Rippling rippling.com | 4% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | 2 |
| Justworks justworks.com | 2% | 279 | 60,500 | 452 | 236,868 | $2,424 | 120 | |
| PeopleKeep peoplekeep.com | 2% | 36 | ||||||
| OnPay onpay.com | 2% | 114 | 22,200 | 200 | 1,180,466 | $89 | 48 | |
| GoCo goco.io | 2% | 33 | 14,800 | 102 | 40,283 | |||
| TriNet trinet.com TriNet Zenefits 2%, TriNet 0% | 2% | 250 | 74,000 | 909 | 232,419 | $533 | 30 | |
| Maxwell Health maxwell.app | 2% | 7 |
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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which benefits enrollment software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top benefits administration platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best benefits administration platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a benefits administration platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which benefits administration platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Gusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsHeldGusto BenefitsGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, PlanSource, Rippling, TriNet, bswift
Four alternatives
GoCo, Justworks, Paychex Flex, TriNet ZenefitsTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, JustworksFour alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, OnPay, TriNet ZenefitsThree alternatives
BambooHR, Ease, OnPayGPT-5.4 miniGusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsHeldGusto Benefitsagainst: ADP Workforce NowGusto Benefitsagainst: Ripplingno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, Alight Solutions, Benefitfocus, BerniePortal, Empyrean, Paychex Flex, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM, bswift
Three alternatives
Justworks, Rippling, TriNetFour alternatives
Employee Navigator, Justworks, Rippling, TriNetThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingOne alternative
OnPayGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingGusto BenefitsChangedGusto BenefitsOnPayagainst: Empyrean, PlanSourceno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Ease, Employee Navigator, Justworks, Paychex Flex, Paycom, Paylocity, Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors, TriNet Zenefits, UKG Pro, Workday HCM
Three alternatives
GoCo, Gusto Benefits, JustworksThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, Rippling, TriNet ZenefitsThree alternatives
Gusto Benefits, Justworks, TriNet ZenefitsPerplexity SonarGusto Benefitsagainst: Justworks, Rippling, TriNetEmployee Navigator, Gusto BenefitsChangedGusto Benefitsagainst: ADP Workforce NowGusto Benefitsagainst: Justworksno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, Benefitfocus, Businessolver Benefitsolver, Justworks, PlanSource, TriNet, bswift
Three alternatives
Ease, Employee Navigator, PeopleKeepThree alternatives
Justworks, OnPay, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, GoCo, Justworks, RipplingTwo alternatives
GoCo, OnPayGrok 4.20Gusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsHeldGusto BenefitsGusto Benefitsagainst: ADP RUN, Justworks, Paychex Flex, Rippling, TriNet ZenefitsBambooHRagainst: Benefitfocus, Rippling, Workday HCMagainst: Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Paycor, Rippling, TriNet, TriNet Zenefits
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Justworks, RipplingOne alternative
BambooHRFour alternatives
Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Paycor, PaylocityMistral SmallGusto Benefits, RipplingGusto BenefitsChangedBambooHRGusto Benefits, Maxwell Healthno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, Paychex Flex, Rippling
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, Maxwell HealthThree alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingFive alternatives
Deel, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Maxwell Health, RipplingThree alternatives
EverythingBenefits, OnPay, PeopleKeepDeepSeek V4 FlashGusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsHeldGusto Benefitsagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Paychex Flex, TriNet ZenefitsGusto Benefitsagainst: Employee NavigatorGusto Benefits, Justworksagainst: Ripplingagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Benefitfocus, Gusto Benefits, Paycor, Paylocity, TriNet
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, RipplingThree alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, RipplingFive alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Justworks, Rippling, TriNetThree alternatives
BambooHR, PeopleKeep, RipplingOne alternative
Employee NavigatorLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choicePeopleKeepno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Maxwell Health, RipplingQwen 3.7 FlashGusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsHeldGusto BenefitsGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: BambooHR, Gusto Benefitsagainst: ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Basecamp add-ons, Blue Yonder, Excel-based tracking, Gusto Benefits, Kronos, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Paychex Flex, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday HCM
Four alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, Rippling, ThatchFour alternatives
BambooHR, BenefitHub, OpenWork, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Rippling, TriNetThree alternatives
BambooHR, PeopleKeep, TriNet ZenefitsTwo alternatives
Benefit Hub, EnrollmentsKimi K2Gusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsHeldagainst: RipplingGusto BenefitsGusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, Paychex Flex, Paylocity, TriNet Zenefits
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, RipplingTwo alternatives
BambooHR, Employee NavigatorFive alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Justworks, OnPay, RipplingThree alternatives
PeopleKeep, Take Command, TriNet ZenefitsSix alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, Rippling, TriNetGLM 4.7 FlashXBambooHR, Gusto Benefits, TriNet ZenefitsGusto BenefitsChangedagainst: ADP Workforce NowGusto BenefitsGusto Benefits, Workzoomagainst: BambooHREmployee Navigator, Gusto Benefitsagainst: BambooHR, Guideline, Gusto Benefits, HiBob, Remote, Rippling
Four alternatives
Employee Navigator, Justworks, Rippling, TriNetFour alternatives
BambooHR, Namely, Rippling, TriNet ZenefitsFour alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Rippling, ThatchOne alternative
PeopleKeepTwo alternatives
BambooHR, RipplingMiniMax M2.5Employee Navigator, Gusto BenefitsGusto BenefitsChangedagainst: BenefitfocusGusto Benefitsagainst: RipplingBambooHR, Gusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: Businessolver Benefitsolver, Gusto Benefits, Rippling
Two alternatives
BambooHR, RipplingFour alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Rippling, TriNet ZenefitsTwo alternatives
BambooHR, Employee NavigatorTwo alternatives
Employee Navigator, PeopleKeepGPT-6 LunaGusto BenefitsEmployee NavigatorChangedGusto BenefitsEase, Employee Navigatorno first choiceagainst: ADP RUN, ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Gusto Benefits, Rippling
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Justworks, RipplingTwo alternatives
Gusto Benefits, RipplingFour alternatives
Employee Navigator, Justworks, Rippling, TriNetOne alternative
Gusto BenefitsMuse Glimmer 30BEmployee NavigatorEmployee Navigator, Gusto BenefitsChangedGusto BenefitsGoCo, Gusto Benefitsno first choiceagainst: ADP TotalSource, ADP Workforce Now, Alight Solutions, BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, Justworks, PlanSource
Three alternatives
BambooHR, Gusto Benefits, RipplingTwo alternatives
BambooHR, RipplingSix alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Justworks, Rippling, TriNet, TriNet ZenefitsFour alternatives
BambooHR, Employee Navigator, Rippling, 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 | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:01 | 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 09:11 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:19 | yes | 12 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 18 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:44 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:59 | yes | 13 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 12 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 14 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 2 | 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 09:38 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:32 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:50 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 13 | 96 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 5 | 125 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:52 | yes | 3 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:37 | yes | 4 | 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 10:06 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:02 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 8 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:33 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 12 | 75 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 10 | 57 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 24 | 131 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 1 | 4 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 08:50 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:50 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 22 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 15 | 69 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 18 | 62 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 12 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:13 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:48 | no | 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 09:55 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:27 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:56 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:48 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 19 | 72 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 13 | 61 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:44 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:54 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 5 | 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 12:30 | yes | 7 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:51 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:08 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:50 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 23 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 24 | 111 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 23 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
ADP read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (especially ADP Workforce Now / RUN) read as ADP Workforce Now
Alight read as Alight Solutions
Benefitsolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Businessolver read as Businessolver Benefitsolver
Gusto read as Gusto Benefits
Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Paychex read as Paychex Flex
Workday read as Workday HCM
Zenefits read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (TriNet Zenefits) read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (now TriNet HR Plus) read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (now TriNet Zenefits) read as TriNet Zenefits
Zenefits (now part of TriNet) read as TriNet Zenefits
Unresolved, counted raw
AgencyBloc Quote+
Basecamp add-ons
Benefit Hub
Benely
Enrollments
Excel-based tracking
Heartland
OpenWork
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.