Index › HR › Onboarding and employee experience › HR AI assistants › Small business · November 2026 Edition
HR AI assistants for small business buyers
Asked as “AI assistant for HR teams”, and as “HR chatbot for employee questions”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
17%
Contested · Rippling 15%
17MeBeBot15Rippling14Ask BambooHR54others
17% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: MeBeBot (17%) replaces Ask BambooHR (32% then, 14% now), 3 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.MeBeBot leads at 17%, replacing Ask BambooHR, which led at 32% and stands at 14% now: 3 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
MeBeBot17%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: MeBeBot (17%) replaces Ask BambooHR (32% then, 14% now), 3 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.This pageMid-marketMeBeBot21%Contested=heldSince October 2026: 21% → 21%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Moveworks35%Contested▲+8Since October 2026: 27% → 35%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →
MeBeBot17%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: MeBeBot (17%) replaces Ask BambooHR (32% then, 14% now), 3 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.This pageMid-marketMeBeBot21%Contested=heldSince October 2026: 21% → 21%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseMoveworks35%Contested▲+8Since October 2026: 27% → 35%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01MeBeBot17%0%16accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 20% → 17%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.20% → 17%
MeBeBot17%0%16accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 20% → 17%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.20% → 17%02
Rippling15%11%28accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 2% → 15%, +13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 15%
Rippling15%11%28accepted challenger▲+13Since October 2026: 2% → 15%, +13 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 15%03
Ask BambooHR14%2%41accepted challenger▼−18Since October 2026: 32% → 14%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.32% → 14%
Ask BambooHR14%2%41accepted challenger▼−18Since October 2026: 32% → 14%, −18 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.32% → 14%04ChatGPT Lab in the set14%18%17accepted challenger▲+8Since October 2026: 6% → 14%, +8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 14%
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Gusto8%4%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 8% → 8%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.8% → 8%
Gusto8%4%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 8% → 8%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.8% → 8%06
Claude Lab in the set8%23%13accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 6% → 8%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 8%
Claude Lab in the set8%23%13accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 6% → 8%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 8%07
Workativ Assistant3%0%13accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 6% → 3%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 3%
Workativ Assistant3%0%13accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 6% → 3%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 3%08
Leena AI2%42%24criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Leena AI2%42%24criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11Moveworks0%91%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Moveworks0%91%11criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Workday Illuminate0%86%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Workday Illuminate0%86%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Paradox0%42%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Paradox0%42%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Lattice0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Lattice0%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
ChatGPT is made by OpenAI, whose model GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-6 Luna is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice one time of 8; the other twelve models seven times of 48. Claude is made by Anthropic, whose model Claude Haiku 4.5 is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice one time of 4; the other thirteen models four times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
MeBeBot vs ClaudeMeBeBot vs Ask BambooHRMeBeBot vs RipplingMeBeBot vs Workativ AssistantLeena AI vs HiBobLeena AI vs ChatGPTLeena AI vs ClaudeLeena AI vs Ask BambooHRLeena AI vs RipplingLeena AI vs Workativ AssistantHiBob vs ChatGPTHiBob vs ClaudeHiBob vs Ask BambooHRHiBob vs RipplingHiBob vs Workativ AssistantChatGPT vs ClaudeChatGPT vs Ask BambooHRChatGPT vs RipplingChatGPT vs Workativ AssistantClaude vs Ask BambooHRClaude vs RipplingClaude vs Workativ AssistantAsk BambooHR vs RipplingAsk BambooHR vs Workativ AssistantRippling vs Workativ Assistant
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203C04
0506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01MeBeBot17%
MeBeBot17%02Rippling15%
Rippling15%03Ask BambooHR14%
Ask BambooHR14%04ChatGPT14%
05Gusto8%
Gusto8%06Claude8%
Claude8%07Workativ Assistant3%
Workativ Assistant3%08Leena AI2%
Leena AI2%09Lattice0%
Lattice0%10Paradox0%
Paradox0%11Moveworks0%
Moveworks0%12Workday Illuminate0%
Workday Illuminate0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Workday Illuminate86%
12 of 14 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“job applicants allege that Workday's AI-based applicant-screening tools discriminated on the basis of race, age and disability” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Moveworks91%
10 of 11 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Enterprise-Grade HR AI Platforms (Leena AI, Moveworks) - Why avoid: These are designed for large enterprises” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Eightfold AI100%
7 of 7 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Eightfold AI – Exercise extreme caution. The company is facing a class action lawsuit” Kimi K2, negative prompt
HireVue78%
7 of 9 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“HireVue is cited as a cautionary example in the literature. In 2020 its AI-powered video interview system "came under sustained criticism for analysing candidates' facial expressions and body language as proxies for job-relevant traits."” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 855 links across 309 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 37 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · FirstHR26 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · TalentHR24 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Workativ18 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Miniloop13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
vendor site · BambooHR11 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Paycor11 answers · 12 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Gusto10 answers · 11 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Wonderchat10 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
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.
20 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “ai assistant for hr teams”, “best ai assistant for hr teams”, “hr ai assistants”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeBeBot mebebot.com | 17% | 35 | 70 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Rippling rippling.com | 15% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | |
| Ask BambooHR bamboohr.com Ask BambooHR 14%, BambooHR with Bamboo AI 2% | 15% | 61 | 10 | 0 | 1,055,247 | $44,698 | 106 | 6 |
| ChatGPT | 14% | 124,000,000 | 218,639 | |||||
| Gusto gusto.com | 8% | 742 | 673,000 | 10,560 | 1,629,483 | 118 | ||
| Claude claude.com | 8% | 41 | 5,000,000 | 53,240 | 3,090,945 | $1,889 | 120 | |
| TalentHR talenthr.io | 5% | 89 | 480 | 1 | 89,831 | 32 | ||
| Workativ workativ.com Workativ Assistant 3% | 3% | 48 | 70 | 2 | 1,110 company | |||
| Zoho parent site Zoho People 3% | 3% | 309 | 6,600 | 50 | ||||
| DianaHR | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (bamboohr.com). The first result for “ai assistant for hr teams” is shrm.org.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best AI assistant for HR teams for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which HR chatbot for employee questions would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top HR AI assistants for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best AI assistant for HR teams for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an AI assistant for HR teams. What should we look at?”Negative“Which HR AI assistants should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5GustoMeBeBotChangedagainst: Moveworks, Workday AssistantAsk BambooHRChatGPT, Claudeno first choiceagainst: Eightfold AI, Workday Illuminate
Five alternatives
ChatGPT, Claude, Leena AI, PeopleHR, WorkableThree alternatives
Ask BambooHR, HelpJet, Workativ AssistantFour alternatives
Gusto, Leena AI, Rippling, WorkableFive alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Gusto, PeopleHR, Playroll Orbit, Zoho PeopleGPT-5.4 miniBambooHR with Bamboo AIAsk BambooHRChangedHiBob, Ripplingagainst: Workday HCMGusto, Zoho Peopleno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Workday's HR AI agents / Self-Service AgentTwo alternatives
MeBeBot, ZendeskFive alternatives
100Hires, Deel HR, HeyMilo, Paycom, RecruiterflowOne alternative
Ask BambooHRGemini 3.5 FlashGusto, Ripplingagainst: Leena AI, MoveworksMeBeBotChangedagainst: Moveworks, ParadoxGustoagainst: Moveworks, Workday IlluminateChatGPT, Claudeagainst: Eightfold AI, HireVue, Leena AI, Moveworksno first choiceagainst: SAP SuccessFactors, Workday Illuminate
Five alternatives
Custom GPTs, Metaview, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Notion AI, Slite AI Knowledge BaseThree alternatives
Capacity, Guru, Rippling HelpdeskSix alternatives
Lattice, Leapsome, Metaview, Rippling, Siit, Workativ AssistantSix alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Breezy HR, Gusto, Manatal, Notion AI, TalentHRFour alternatives
Ask BambooHR, ChatGPT, Claude for Work, RipplingPerplexity SonarRipplingWorkativ AssistantChangedagainst: Leena AIAsk BambooHR, Gusto, Ripplingagainst: Leena AIChatGPT, Gustoagainst: Copilotno first choiceagainst: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Leena AI, Moveworks, Paradox, Workday Illuminate
Three alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Gusto, TalentHRTwo alternatives
Chatling, MeBeBotFive alternatives
ChatGPT, Claude, Factorial, Personio, SiitOne alternative
TalentHRGrok 4.20MeBeBotagainst: ChatGPT, Claude, Gusto AILeena AIChangedagainst: Espressive Barista, Workday IlluminateLeena AI, Personioagainst: Espressive Barista, Moveworks, Paradox, Rippling, Workday Illuminate, XORChatGPT, Claudeagainst: Ask BambooHR, Gusto, HireVue, Paradox, Phenomno first choiceagainst: ChatGPT, Claude, Eightfold AI, Gemini, HireVue, Microsoft Copilot, Paradox, Phenom AI
Three alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Leena AI, Workativ AssistantThree alternatives
ChatBot, MeBeBot, Workativ AssistantFour alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Factorial, Gusto, MeBeBotOne alternative
Workativ AssistantThree alternatives
Deel HR, Employment Hero, HiBobMistral SmallRippling, TalentHRMeBeBot, Workativ AssistantChangedAsk BambooHR, GustoRipplingno first choicenothing named
Five alternatives
Ask BambooHR, HRStak, Lattice, Workable, Zoho RecruitFour alternatives
Lattice, Paradox, Paycor AI Analytics Assistant, Totara LearnTwo alternatives
Ask BambooHR, DianaHRDeepSeek V4 FlashAsk BambooHRMeBeBotChangedWonderchat Internal AI Agent, iTacit AI HR Assistantagainst: Leena AI, RipplingChatGPT, Claudeagainst: HireVue, Oracle Fusion HCM AI Agents, Paradox, ServiceNow HR Service Delivery, Workday IlluminateAsk BambooHRagainst: Leena AI, Moveworks, ServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Four alternatives
Gusto, MeBeBot, Paradox, Workativ AssistantTwo alternatives
Wonderchat Internal AI Agent, Workativ AssistantThree alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Gusto, ParadoxTwo alternatives
Ask BambooHR, RipplingThree alternatives
HiBob, Personio, RipplingLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceMeBeBotChangedno first choiceGustono first choiceagainst: Leena AI, Moveworks
Four alternatives
BambooHR AI Assistant, ChatBot, Matram, WotNotTwo alternatives
Ask BambooHR, HomebaseQwen 3.7 FlashRipplingHumi, RipplingChangedLeena AIChatGPTno first choiceagainst: 15Five, Culture Amp, Eightfold AI, HireVue, Lattice, Oracle Fusion HCM AI Agents, Paradox, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday Illuminate
Two alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Deel HROne alternative
BotpressThree alternatives
Paradox, Personio, RipplingFour alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Claude, Paradox, RipplingKimi K2Ask BambooHRMeBeBotChangedagainst: Leena AI, MoveworksFirstHR, MeBeBotChatGPT, Claude, Renlyno first choiceagainst: Eightfold AI, HireVue, Paradox, Workday Illuminate
Two alternatives
Gusto, Leena AIThree alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Guru, WonderchatThree alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Lindy, WotNotTwo alternatives
Ask BambooHR, GustoSix alternatives
Ask BambooHR, ChatGPT, Glean, Lattice, Microsoft Copilot, PersonioGLM 4.7 FlashXDenser, eesel AIMeBeBotChangedno first choiceAsk BambooHR, Ripplingno first choicenothing named
Six alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Paradox, Personio, Talla, Workable, Workativ AssistantTwo alternatives
BotPenguin, HelpJetTen alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Gravity AI Agents, Gusto, Lattice AI Agent, Leena AI, Paradox, Personio Assistant, Rippling Assistant, SignHR, Workativ AssistantFour alternatives
ClickUp, Leena AI, Playroll Orbit, Zoho PeopleMiniMax M2.5DianaHR, TalentHRagainst: LatticeMeBeBotChangedTestlifyAsk BambooHR, Ripplingno first choiceagainst: Eightfold AI, Workday Illuminate, iCIMS
Two alternatives
Botsify, ParadoxThree alternatives
Ask BambooHR, HelpJet, HeyyEight alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Bryq, Factorial, FirstHR, Gusto, Leena AI, Rippling, Workativ AssistantThree alternatives
ChatGPT, Claude, LatticeGPT-6 LunaAsk BambooHRagainst: RipplingAsk BambooHRHeldagainst: GusGusto — Gus / CofounderChatGPTno first choiceagainst: Eightfold AI, Workday Illuminate
Two alternatives
Gusto Gus, TriNet AssistantOne alternative
TriNet AssistantFour alternatives
BambooHR — Ask BambooHR / Bamboo AI, Deel HR, Rippling, Zoho People — ZiaOne alternative
HR FLAREMuse Glimmer 30BRipplingMeBeBotChangedAsk BambooHR, Ripplingagainst: Leena AITalentHR, Zoho Peopleno first choiceagainst: HireVue, Workday Illuminate
Three alternatives
Leena AI, Paradox, TestlifyTwo alternatives
Wonderchat's Internal AI Agent, Workativ AssistantFour alternatives
Gravity, KollabHR, Paradox – Olivia, TestlifyTwo alternatives
Ask BambooHR, Playroll Orbit HR-GPTBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:07 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 23 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 19 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:12 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 21 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:27 | yes | 7 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:04 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:30 | yes | 5 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:21 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 5 | 59 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:55 | yes | 15 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:26 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:03 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 9 | 46 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 24 | 48 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:56 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 18 | 47 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:12 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:17 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:39 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 9 | 59 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:48 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:17 | yes | 2 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:10 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:07 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:25 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:37 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:29 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:41 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 15 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:33 | no | 0 | 68 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:49 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 18 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:39 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:26 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:26 | yes | 20 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 23 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 24 | 103 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 20 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:58 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 22 | 29 s |
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ADP read as ADP Assist
BambooHR read as Ask BambooHR
BambooHR (Ask BambooHR) read as Ask BambooHR
BambooHR (with Ask BambooHR) read as Ask BambooHR
BambooHR AI read as Ask BambooHR
BambooHR with Ask BambooHR read as Ask BambooHR
BambooHR with Ask BambooHR (AI) read as Ask BambooHR
Deel read as Deel HR
Deel AI read as Deel HR
Eightfold read as Eightfold AI
Espressive read as Espressive Barista
Oracle Fusion HCM read as Oracle Fusion HCM AI Agents
Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion HCM AI Agents
ServiceNow read as ServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Workativ read as Workativ Assistant
Workday read as Workday Illuminate
Unresolved, counted raw
Bamboo AI assistant
BambooHR — Ask BambooHR / Bamboo AI
BotPenguin
Chatling
Claude Projects
Denser
Gravity
Gravity AI Agents
Gus
Gusto Gus
Gusto — Gus / Cofounder
Humi
Lattice AI Agent
Paradox – Olivia
Personio Assistant
Playroll Orbit HR-GPT
Renly
Rippling Assistant
Rippling Helpdesk
Serviceaide
SignHR (Agentic HR)
Slite AI Knowledge Base
VeltoHR
Workday's HR AI agents / Self-Service Agent
Worknice
Zoho People — Zia
iTacit AI HR Assistant
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.