54% of first choices, clear leader.
“Kronos WFC end-of-life (on-prem support ends March 2027)... an urgent reason to evaluate alternatives.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
“Suites to avoid: Older on-premises versions of Verint, NICE, or Alvaria (formerly Aspect)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
“support and release-quality concerns; that doesn't mean avoid it outright, but it does justify extra diligence” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
“Caution: Implementation costs can be 1.0\u20131.5x first-year license fees, making TCO less predictable initially” Kimi K2, budget prompt
67 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1046 links across 278 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
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.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKG Pro / UKG Ready ukg.com UKG Pro Workforce Management 54%, UKG Pro / UKG Ready 2%, UKG Pro / Dimensions 0% | 56% | 267 | 720 | 4 | 310,168 | $11,996 | 120 | |
| Ceridian dayforce.com Dayforce 12% | 12% | 339 | 450,000 | 2,983 | 208,252 | 38 | ||
| Workday parent site Workday Workforce Management 12% | 12% | 118 | 1,220,000 | 23,848 | ||||
| Oracle parent site Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM 4%, Oracle Workforce Management 0% | 4% | 310 | 450,000 | 66,611 | ||||
| SAP parent site SAP SuccessFactors WFM 2% | 2% | 53 | 135,000 | 74,309 | ||||
| ADP parent site ADP WorkForce Suite 2%, ADP Workforce Now 0% | 2% | 508 | 2,740,000 | 23,897 | ||||
| Rippling rippling.com | 2% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | |
| Workforce.com workforce.com Workforce.com 2%, WorkForce Software 0% | 2% | 50 | 1,000 | 10 | 349,603 | 0 | 3 | |
| Planday | 2% | 1,000 | 17 | |||||
| Connecteam connecteam.com | 2% | 693 | 49,500 | 288 | 312,449 | $13,504 | 120 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 26 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, gartner.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com). The first result for “best workforce management software” is amplifai.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:26 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:21 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:03 | yes | 11 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:08 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:59 | yes | 32 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:22 | yes | 23 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 20:30 | yes | 22 | 50 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:21 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:09 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:02 | yes | 18 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 17:57 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:27 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:00 | yes | 13 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:07 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 30 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:55 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:09 | yes | 17 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:48 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:46 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:31 | yes | 28 | 266 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:23 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:47 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:18 | yes | 4 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:49 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:07 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:08 | yes | 33 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:45 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:46 | yes | 26 | 65 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:04 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 17:53 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:16 | yes | 10 | 80 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:30 | yes | 28 | 44 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:48 | yes | 14 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:37 | yes | 16 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:00 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:06 | yes | 18 | 60 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:13 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:08 | yes | 17 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:39 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:14 | yes | 27 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:37 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:45 | yes | 10 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:15 | yes | 20 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:43 | yes | 30 | 104 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:00 | yes | 21 | 57 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:27 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:14 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:20 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:05 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:35 | yes | 18 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:50 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 19:23 | yes | 19 | 65 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:15 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:42 | yes | 24 | 75 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:27 | yes | 14 | 84 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:22 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:53 | yes | 31 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 17:55 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:07 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:05 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 21:08 | yes | 24 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:06 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:12 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:28 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:39 | yes | 26 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:50 | yes | 33 | 188 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:25 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
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