Categories covered

The 58 categories this area covers, the phrase each is asked by, and where it sits in other taxonomies.

The taxonomy is the index's own: 58 categories in 7 verticals, each named the way a buyer asks for it.

CategoryBuyer phraseVertical
Benefits administrationbenefits administration platformCore HR and payroll
Global payroll and employer of recordemployer of recordCore HR and payroll
HR compliance and policy managementHR compliance softwareCore HR and payroll
HRIS and HCM platformsHRISCore HR and payroll
Leave and absence managementleave management softwareCore HR and payroll
Payroll softwarepayroll softwareCore HR and payroll
PEO providersPEOCore HR and payroll
Time and attendancetime and attendance systemCore HR and payroll
Whistleblowing and investigationswhistleblowing and investigation platformCore HR and payroll
Workforce management suitesworkforce management softwareCore HR and payroll
Workforce schedulingemployee scheduling softwareCore HR and payroll
AI recruiting assistantsAI recruiterTalent acquisition
Applicant tracking systemsapplicant tracking systemTalent acquisition
Background screeningbackground check providerTalent acquisition
Candidate assessmentpre-employment assessment platformTalent acquisition
Interview schedulinginterview scheduling softwareTalent acquisition
Job advertising and distributionprogrammatic job advertising platformTalent acquisition
Recruiting CRM and sourcingcandidate sourcing toolTalent acquisition
Recruitment marketing and career sitesrecruitment marketing platformTalent acquisition
Staffing agency platformsstaffing agency platformTalent acquisition
Technical hiring assessmentscoding assessment platformTalent acquisition
Video interviewingvideo interviewing platformTalent acquisition
Employee engagement surveysemployee engagement survey platformOnboarding and employee experience
Employee giving and volunteeringemployee giving and volunteering platformOnboarding and employee experience
Employee onboardingemployee onboarding softwareOnboarding and employee experience
Employee wellbeing and mental healthemployee wellbeing platformOnboarding and employee experience
Frontline employee appsfrontline employee communication appOnboarding and employee experience
HR AI assistantsAI assistant for HR teamsOnboarding and employee experience
HR help desk and case managementHR help desk softwareOnboarding and employee experience
Internal communications and intranetemployee intranetOnboarding and employee experience
Recognition and rewardsemployee recognition platformOnboarding and employee experience
360 feedback360-degree feedback toolPerformance and talent management
Goals and OKRsOKR softwarePerformance and talent management
Internal talent marketplaceinternal talent marketplacePerformance and talent management
Performance managementperformance management softwarePerformance and talent management
Skills intelligenceskills intelligence platformPerformance and talent management
Succession planningsuccession planning softwarePerformance and talent management
Talent intelligencetalent intelligence platformPerformance and talent management
Coaching platformsemployee coaching platformLearning and development
Compliance trainingcompliance training platformLearning and development
Course authoring toolselearning authoring toolLearning and development
Learning experience platformslearning experience platformLearning and development
Learning management systemsLMS for employee trainingLearning and development
Mentoring softwarementoring program softwareLearning and development
Online course librariesonline course library for employeesLearning and development
401(k) providers401(k) providerCompensation and total rewards
Compensation benchmarking datasalary benchmarking data providerCompensation and total rewards
Compensation managementcompensation management softwareCompensation and total rewards
Earned wage accessearned wage access providerCompensation and total rewards
Financial wellness platformsfinancial wellness platformCompensation and total rewards
Flexible benefits and lifestyle spending accountslifestyle spending account platformCompensation and total rewards
HSA and FSA administratorsHSA and FSA administratorCompensation and total rewards
Pay equitypay equity analysis softwareCompensation and total rewards
Contingent workforce managementvendor management system for contingent workersWorkforce planning and analytics
Employee monitoringemployee monitoring toolWorkforce planning and analytics
Org charts and org designorg chart softwareWorkforce planning and analytics
People analyticspeople analytics platformWorkforce planning and analytics
Workforce planningworkforce planning softwareWorkforce planning and analytics