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Time and attendance · November 2026 Edition

Homebase vs Connecteam

Zero of fourteen models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named Connecteam. Both were named by all fourteen models and Homebase carries 23 labels and Connecteam 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Homebase

accepted challenger

Named in twelve categories this edition.

Connecteam

accepted challenger

Named in eighteen categories this edition.

First-choice share12%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels2340A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Homebase reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rippling was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Rippling vs Homebase · Rippling vs Connecteam · Clockify vs Homebase

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 time and attendance page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HomebaseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsConnecteam
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative101 against Homebase
Budget-constrained611 against Homebase
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Homebase and Connecteam were named in the same answer 248 times, of the 382 answers naming Homebase and the 718 naming Connecteam. In those answers Connecteam took the first choice fifty-six times and Homebase sixty-seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Homebase and Connecteam stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Homebase Connecteam first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Connecteam on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Homebase and Connecteam stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Paycom alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Connecteam, Paylocity, Rippling
GPT-5.4 miniUKG Ready alternatives: Connecteam, Gusto, QuickBooks Time, Rippling
Perplexity SonarRippling alternatives: BambooHR Time Tracking, Connecteam, Deputy, Paycor, Synerion, UKG Ready
DeepSeek V4 FlashTCP Humanity alternatives: Buddy Punch, Connecteam, Deputy, Rippling, UKG Ready
GLM 4.7 FlashXDeputy, Rippling alternatives: Connecteam, QuickBooks Time, Synerion, TimeCamp
MiniMax M2.5Deputy, Rippling alternatives: Connecteam, Paylocity, UKG Ready
Muse Glimmer 30BDeputy, Synerion alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Connecteam, TimeClock Plus, UKG Pro Workforce Management

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, ClickTime, Paylocity, Replicon, UKG Ready
Grok 4.20Rippling alternatives: Paycom, UKG Ready
Mistral SmallSynerion alternatives: Factorial, Microsoft Teams, isolved Time
Llama 4 MaverickSynerion alternatives: Factorial, Microsoft Teams, isolved Time
Qwen 3.7 FlashDeputy alternatives: OnTheClock, QuickBooks Time, Synerion
Kimi K2Rippling alternatives: Paylocity, Synerion, UKG Ready
GPT-6 LunaRippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, UKG Ready

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Homebase leads by twenty points.
Homebase22%#1 of 17
Connecteam2%#12 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Homebase leads by ten points.
Homebase12%#3 of 17
Connecteam2%#8 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Connecteam leads at enterprise.
Connecteam2%#10 of 13
Homebase0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Homebase

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“I'm not citing this one because the best current comparison would depend on the specific package you're evaluating” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Homebase also has a free option, but it is limited to one location and up to 10 employees.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · soft negative
“For the tightest budgets, Homebase (free tier) or Clockify (free up to 5 users) are excellent starting points.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Connecteam

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
Rippling vs HomebaseRippling vs ConnecteamClockify vs HomebaseClockify vs ConnecteamHomebase vs Toggl TrackHomebase vs DeputyHomebase vs JibbleHomebase vs TimeCampToggl Track vs ConnecteamDeputy vs ConnecteamJibble vs ConnecteamTimeCamp vs ConnecteamAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full time and attendance standing

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.