Workforce management suites · November 2026 Edition
When I Work vs Workforce.com
Zero of fourteen models named When I Work first on the direct prompt; zero named Workforce.com. When I Work was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Workforce.com by ten and When I Work carries 37 labels and Workforce.com 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share9%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3712A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, When I Work reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rippling was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Homebase vs When I Work · Homebase vs Workforce.com · Deputy vs When I Work
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 workforce management suites page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
When I WorkFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkforce.com
Direct00
Paraphrase04
Comparative001 against When I Work · 1 against Workforce.com
Budget-constrained40
Scale-constrained10
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where When I Work and Workforce.com stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
When I Work Workforce.com first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, When I Work on the left and Workforce.com on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where When I Work and Workforce.com stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Grok 4.20UKG Pro Workforce Management alternatives: Rippling, When I Work
Llama 4 MaverickHiBob alternatives: Clockify, Dayforce, Deputy, HiveDesk, Hubstaff, NICE CXone, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors WFM, When I Work, Zoho People
GLM 4.7 FlashXDayforce, Rippling alternatives: Deputy, UKG Pro Workforce Management, When I Work, Workday Workforce Management
Muse Glimmer 30BDayforce, Deputy, UKG Pro Workforce Management alternatives: HiBob, Paycom, Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors WFM, When I Work, Workday Workforce Management
Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5ADP Workforce Now alternatives: Paylocity, Rippling, UKG Ready
GPT-5.4 miniRippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Connecteam, Paylocity, UKG Ready
Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Paycor, Paylocity, UKG Ready
Perplexity SonarHiBob alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Deputy, Rippling, UKG Pro Workforce Management
Mistral SmallDeputy, HiBob alternatives: Dayforce, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors WFM
DeepSeek V4 FlashHiBob, Rippling alternatives: Dayforce, Paylocity, UKG Ready
Qwen 3.7 FlashRippling alternatives: ConnectWise Manage, Deel, Monday.com, UKG Ready
Kimi K2Rippling, UKG Pro Workforce Management alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Paycom, Workday Workforce Management
MiniMax M2.5Rippling alternatives: BambooHR, Dayforce, UKG Pro Workforce Management
GPT-6 LunaUKG Ready alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Rippling
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
When I Work leads by eight points.
When I Work12%#4 of 12Workforce.com4%#– of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
When I Work leads by two points.
When I Work9%#4 of 15Workforce.com7%#7 of 15Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
When I Work0%#– of 9Workforce.com0%#– of 9What the models said about When I Work
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“For a company on a tight budget, When I Work (from $2.50/user/month) or Homebase ... are your best bets.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Workforce.com
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“not designed to replace the HR department for salaried employee benefits” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Workforce.com is the top recommendation due to its all-in-one design, strong automation, and focus on hourly labor management” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Workforce.com is my top recommendation for a mid-sized B2B company managing an hourly workforce.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the recommended WFM platform for an hourly workforce for a mid-sized B2B company is Workforce.com” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Homebase vs When I WorkHomebase vs Workforce.comDeputy vs When I WorkDeputy vs Workforce.comRippling vs When I WorkRippling vs Workforce.comWhen I Work vs ConnecteamWhen I Work vs UKG Pro Workforce ManagementWhen I Work vs UKG ReadyConnecteam vs Workforce.comUKG Pro Workforce Management vs Workforce.comWorkforce.com vs UKG ReadyAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full workforce management sui 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.