# Global payroll and employer of record for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "employer of record" and as "global payroll provider", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/core/global-payroll-and-employer-of-record/enterprise

**Standing:** Deel leads with 25% of first choices; verdict contested. 52 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Deel](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/deel/index.md) | 25% | 19% | 62 |
| 2 | [Papaya Global](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/papaya-global/index.md) | 13% | 21% | 53 |
| 3 | [G-P](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/g-p/index.md) | 12% | 11% | 38 |
| 4 | [ADP GlobalView Payroll](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/adp-globalview-payroll/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 10 |
| 5 | [Remote](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/remote/index.md) | 10% | 12% | 49 |
| 6 | [Velocity Global](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/velocity-global/index.md) | 8% | 11% | 27 |
| 7 | [ADP](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/adp/index.md) | 8% | 15% | 13 |
| 8 | [Rippling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/rippling/index.md) | 6% | 10% | 41 |
| 9 | [Atlas HXM](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/atlas-hxm/index.md) | 2% | 6% | 16 |
| 10 | [Multiplier](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/multiplier/index.md) | 2% | 17% | 18 |
| 13 | [Dayforce](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/dayforce/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |
| 15 | [Safeguard Global](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/safeguard-global/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 62 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Deel; alternatives G-P, Remote, Rippling
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Deel, G-P; alternatives Atlas HXM, Papaya Global, Rippling
- Perplexity Sonar: G-P; alternatives Deel, Remote, Rippling
- Grok 4.20: Deel; alternatives G-P, Remote, Velocity Global
- Mistral Small: Deel; alternatives G-P, Papaya Global, Remote, Velocity Global
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Deel; alternatives G-P, Papaya Global, Remote, Rippling
- Llama 4 Maverick: Deel; alternatives G-P, Remote, Velocity Global
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Deel; alternatives Oyster, Papaya Global, Remote
- Kimi K2: Papaya Global, Rippling; alternatives Deel, Remote
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: G-P, Velocity Global; alternatives Deel, Papaya Global, Remote
- MiniMax M2.5: Remote; alternatives Deel, G-P, Papaya Global
- GPT-6 Luna: Remote; alternatives Deel, G-P
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Deel; alternatives G-P, Papaya Global, Pebl formerly Velocity Global, Remote

## Sources the answers cite

72 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- whichpayroll.com: 29 answers, 39 citations
- topsourceworldwide.com: 25 answers, 33 citations
- teamed.global: 24 answers, 29 citations
- deel.com: 23 answers, 29 citations
- hr.software: 22 answers, 32 citations
- leadchangegroup.com: 21 answers, 30 citations
- eorhq.com: 21 answers, 29 citations
- wisemonk.io: 19 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://eoroverview.com/best/best-employer-of-record-enterprise (14 answers)
- https://whichpayroll.com/best-eor-for-enterprise (14 answers)
- https://leadchangegroup.com/employer-of-record/enterprise (12 answers)
- https://eorhq.com/guides/global-payroll-providers (11 answers)
- https://hr.software/best-eor/for-enterprise (11 answers)
- https://wisemonk.io/blogs/best-eor-for-enterprise (11 answers)
- https://remote.com/blog/payroll/best-global-payroll-providers (9 answers)
- https://leadchangegroup.com/employer-of-record (8 answers)
- https://topsourceworldwide.com/insights/best-employer-of-record-providers (8 answers)
- https://topsourceworldwide.com/insights/top-eor-providers-for-secure-global-payroll (8 answers)

## Warned against

- Deel: 12 of 62 labels negative. "When to avoid: If your footprint includes regulated markets (e.g., EU, LATAM, APAC with strict labor laws) or requires ironclad owned-entity liability." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Papaya Global: 11 of 53 labels negative. "Variable pricing models and payroll-first architecture can introduce complexity when forecasting total employment costs." (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Oyster: 7 of 19 labels negative. "criticized for scalability issues in high-volume, multi-country payroll" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Remote: 6 of 49 labels negative. "reports of a marked decline in service quality, including changes to termination policies that have led to financial losses" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: G-P (23%) to Deel (25%). Margin 13 points, beyond the floor.

- Deel: 9% to 25%, +16. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 5 → 1 of 62.
- G-P: 23% to 12%, −11. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 1 → 3 of 62.
- Velocity Global: 2% to 8%, +6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 10 → 6 of 62.
- Rippling: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 of 62, unchanged.
- ADP: 11% to 8%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 → 7 of 62.
- Papaya Global: 15% to 13%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 2 of 62, unchanged.
- Remote: 8% to 10%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 5 of 62.
- Atlas HXM: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 21 → 9 of 62.
- Safeguard Global: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 15 of 62.
- ADP GlobalView Payroll: 11% to 12%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 4 of 62, unchanged.
- Multiplier: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 → 10 of 62.
- Dayforce: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 18 → 13 of 62.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.