When I Work vs Homebase
Six of fourteen models named When I Work first on the direct prompt; zero named Homebase. Both were named by all fourteen models and When I Work carries 43 labels and Homebase 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in twelve 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 workforce scheduling page.
By framing
When I WorkFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHomebase
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, When I Work and Homebase were named in the same answer 201 times, of the 302 answers naming When I Work and the 382 naming Homebase. In those answers Homebase took the first choice sixty-five times and When I Work twenty-two.
Every model, every framing
| 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 Homebase first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, When I Work on the left and Homebase on the right.The direct prompt
When I Work first, Homebase not the choice
6 of 14 modelsHomebase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Homebase24%#2 of 8When I Work17%#4 of 8When I Work24%#3 of 11Homebase10%#4 of 11When I Work2%#10 of 13Homebase0%#– of 13What the models said about When I Work
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“recurring complaints include: sync delays between app and website, bugs that cause misunderstandings about payroll, and limited mass-editing capabilities” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Deputy or When I Work - both offer the right balance of enterprise features, scalability, and ease of use” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“When I Work is consistently ranked as the best overall employee scheduling software for mid-market B2B companies.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Homebase
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.