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Index › HR › Workforce planning and analytics › Contingent workforce man › Enterprise · September 2026 Edition

Contingent workforce management for enterprise buyers

Asked as “vendor management system for contingent workers”, and as “freelancer management platform”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
39%
Contested · Beeline Extended Workforce Platform 18%
39SAP Fieldglass18Beeline Extended Workforce Platform07WorkMarket36others

39% of first choices, contested.

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.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01SAP Fieldglass39%17%48endorsed leader
02Beeline Extended Workforce Platform18%14%42accepted challenger
03Workday VNDLY7%3%34accepted challenger
04Worksuite7%0%11accepted challenger
05WorkMarket7%0%10accepted challenger
06Upwork5%24%21accepted challenger
07SimplifyVMS4%11%18accepted challenger
08Magnit2%6%31accepted challenger
09TalentDesk.io2%10%10accepted challenger
10Deel Contractor2%20%10accepted challenger
11Fiverr2%31%13criticized challenger
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12Coupa Contingent Workforce0%0%14accepted challenger
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.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each

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%.

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01SAP Fieldglass39%
02Beeline Extended Workforce Platform18%
03Workday VNDLY7%
04Worksuite7%
05WorkMarket7%
06Upwork5%
07SimplifyVMS4%
08Magnit2%
09TalentDesk.io2%
10Deel Contractor2%
11Fiverr2%
12Coupa Contingent Workforce0%

What they warned about

Zero of twelve 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 and MiniMax M2.5 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.
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
14%
6 of 42 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“If non-global or Workday-native, avoid SAP/Beeline-heavy options” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
SAP Fieldglass
17%
8 of 48 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Best for SAP-centric ecosystems; avoid if you prioritize speed-to-value or mid-market agility.” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Upwork
24%
5 of 21 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid Entirely for Enterprise Use ... Upwork, Fiverr, Toptal (for core enterprise workforce needs)” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Fiverr
31%
4 of 13 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Fiverr especially is built for quick fixed-price gigs with heavy IP transfer and security gaps.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

What they cite

Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.

Sites the answers cite

68 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. 1073 links across 268 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · TalentDesk45 answers · 62 citations · 11 models
38 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 31 citations · 9 models
25 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
24 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G223 answers · 41 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 42 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Beeline19 answers · 37 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 32 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
16 answers · 22 citations · 7 models
15 answers · 17 citations · 9 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.

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 “best vendor management system for contingent workers”, “contingent workforce platforms”, “vendor management system for contingent workers”. 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 productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
SAP parent site
SAP Fieldglass 39%
39%141135,00074,309
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform beeline.com18%12719,910$5354
Workday parent site
Workday VNDLY 7%
7%761,220,00023,848
Worksuite worksuite.com7%6788058,941
WorkMarket workmarket.com7%1712,10015411,877
Upwork upwork.com5%143368,0004,8782,719,519$456114
SimplifyVMS simplifyvms.com4%5121069955
Magnit magnitglobal.com2%799,90082713,89301
TalentDesk.io talentdesk.io2%432002,38440
Deel deel.com
Deel Contractor 2%
2%5940,5001,210307,175 company$330,608118

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (conexisvmssoftware.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com). The first result for “best vendor management system for contingent workers” is magnitglobal.com.

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.
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ModelDirect“What is the best vendor management system for contingent workers for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which freelancer management platform would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade contingent workforce platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best vendor management system for contingent workers for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a vendor management system for contingent workers. What should we look at?”Negative“Which contingent workforce platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesTalentDesk.io, Workday VNDLY
Guru, UpworkChanged
Two alternativesFiverr, PeoplePerHour
no first choice
Six alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Deel Contractor, Remote, SAP Fieldglass, Worksome, Worksuite
SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesMagnit, Workday VNDLY
against: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniSAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Workday VNDLY
WorksomeChanged
Five alternativesDeel Contractor, Fiverr, Lifted, Upwork, YunoJuno
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesIvalua, Workday VNDLY, Worksuite, YunoJuno
SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit
against: symplr Contingent Talent Management
no first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Legion Workforce Management Platform
Gemini 3.5 FlashBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLY
Two alternativesMagnit, SimplifyVMS
Upwork, WorksuiteChanged
Three alternativesDeel HR, Fiverr, WorkMarket
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesMagnit, Workday VNDLY, Worksome, Worksuite
Workday VNDLY
Three alternativesConexis VMS, VectorVMS, Worksome
against: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
no first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Upwork
Perplexity SonarSAP Fieldglass
Three alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, Workday VNDLY
against: TalentDesk.io
WorkMarketChanged
Four alternativesTalentDesk.io, Upwork, Worksome, Worksuite
SAP Fieldglass
Five alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLY
SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Workday VNDLY
against: Magnit, SimplifyVMS
no first choiceagainst: SimpleVMS, VectorVMS
Grok 4.20SAP Fieldglass
Three alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SimplifyVMS
WorkMarketChanged
Three alternativesFiverr, Upwork, Worksuite
no first choice
Six alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLY
against: Upwork
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
One alternativeWorkday VNDLY
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesCoupa Contingent Workforce, Upwork
against: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Matrix Workforce, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLY, Worksome
Mistral SmallSAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, TalentDesk.io
WorksuiteChanged
Three alternativesFiverr, Upwork, WorkMarket
SAP Fieldglass
Five alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, Flextrack, TalentDesk.io, Upwork
SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLYagainst: Magnit, SimplifyVMSno first choicenothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Three alternativesCoupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, Workday VNDLY
UpworkChanged
Four alternativesDeel Contractor, Fiverr, Papaya Global, WorkMarket
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesCoupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLY
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
One alternativeSAP Fieldglass
no first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Paidwork, Toptal, Upwork
Llama 4 MaverickSAP FieldglassWorkMarket, WorksuiteChangedno first choiceSAP Fieldglass
Three alternativesMagnit, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLY
no first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Qwen 3.7 FlashSAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesMagnit, Workday VNDLY
WorkMarketChanged
Three alternativesDeel Contractor, Multiplier, Upwork
SAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, WorkMarket
SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesSimpleVMS, Workday VNDLY
no first choiceagainst: BambooHR, Gusto, Rippling, SAP Fieldglass
Kimi K2SAP Fieldglass
Three alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, Workday VNDLY
YunoJunoChanged
Two alternativesTalentDesk.io, Worksome
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesMagnit, Workday VNDLY
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
One alternativeWorkday VNDLY
against: SAP Fieldglass
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SimplifyVMS
One alternativeMagnit
against: SAP Fieldglass
against: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, CXC Global, Deel Contractor, Fiverr, Gusto, KellyOCG, Papaya Global, SAP Fieldglass, Toptal, Upwork
GLM 4.7 FlashXSAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLY
against: Deel Contractor, Remote
Deel ContractorChanged
Six alternativesFiverr, Remote, SAP Fieldglass, Upwork, WorkMarket, Worksuite
SAP Fieldglass
Three alternativesBeeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, WorkMarket
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Three alternativesMagnit, SimplifyVMS, TalentDesk.io
against: SAP Fieldglass
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5SAP Fieldglass, SimplifyVMS
Three alternativesMagnit, TalentDesk.io, Workday VNDLY
Fiverr, TalentDesk.io, WorksuiteChanged
Two alternativesUpwork, Workday
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Four alternativesCoupa Contingent Workforce, Magnit, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLY
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Two alternativesVectorVMS, Workday VNDLY
Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLY
One alternativeProlegion
against: Fiverr, Upwork, Worksome
Bold 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.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:24yes1811 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 17:59yes47 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:27yes2124 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:28yes209 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 21:44yes3017 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:42yes67 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:02yes1418 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:45yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:43yes1754 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:06yes1031 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:50yes14135 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:18yes530 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:38no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:12yes36 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:34yes1619 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:15yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 21:29yes3819 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:36yes53 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:03yes2118 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:02yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:44yes1634 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:09yes1353 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:11yes1324 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:02yes522 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:10yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:27yes711 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:33yes1227 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:49yes2012 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 18:26yes1713 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:12yes1213 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 19:39yes2777 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:36yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:01yes1029 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:47yes2446 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:52yes2759 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:50yes1030 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:34yes1711 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:05yes36 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:58yes2043 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:19yes2010 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 18:12yes2619 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:57yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:09yes1722 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:15yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:01yes1048 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:35yes1928 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:57yes25106 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:01yes1856 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:32yes2515 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:38no010 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:23yes926 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:30yes2013 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 21:42yes1212 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:54no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 18:49yes3033 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:01yes54 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:11no045 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:33yes2247 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:12yes2470 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:44yes1538 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:16yes2614 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 17:53yes77 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 20:06yes1930 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 17:59yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 18:46yes2513 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:40yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:40yes2829 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:27yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:40yes1451 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:31yes2940 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:30yes2790 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:42yes2252 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Beeline read as Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Beeline (Enterprise) read as Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Beeline (formerly Procom) read as Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Beeline Enterprise read as Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Conexis read as Conexis VMS
Coupa read as Coupa Contingent Workforce
Coupa (Contingent Workforce) read as Coupa Contingent Workforce
Deel read as Deel Contractor
TalentDesk read as TalentDesk.io
symplr read as symplr Contingent Talent Management
Unresolved, counted raw
Legion Workforce Management Platform
Paidwork
Prolegion
Spectraforce
Vevor
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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