Zero of fourteen models named Zoho People first on the direct prompt; one named BambooHR. Zoho People was named by twelve of the fourteen models and BambooHR by thirteen and Zoho People carries 12 labels and BambooHR 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in fifteen categories this edition.
Named in twenty-five categories this edition.
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the HR compliance and policy management page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Zoho People and BambooHR were named in the same answer 211 times, of the 324 answers naming Zoho People and the 1234 naming BambooHR. In those answers BambooHR took the first choice forty-five times and Zoho People thirty-nine.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“such as Deel HR and Zoho People, are specifically designed for small businesses or global workforces, making them a good fit for companies with limited budgets” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget - BambooHR – Excellent but starts at ~$10/employee/month” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.