Index › HR › Workforce planning and analytics › Contingent workforce man › Small business · November 2026 Edition
Contingent workforce management for small business buyers
Asked as “vendor management system for contingent workers”, and as “freelancer management platform”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
28%
Contested · Conexis VMS 13%
28SimpleVMS13Conexis VMS11Upwork47others
28% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: SimpleVMS (28%) replaces VectorVMS (26% then, 0% now), 28 points clear, past the 13-point floor.SimpleVMS leads at 28%, replacing VectorVMS, which led at 26% and stands at 0% now: 28 points clear, past the floor.
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
SimpleVMS28%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: SimpleVMS (28%) replaces VectorVMS (26% then, 0% now), 28 points clear, past the 13-point floor.This pageMid-market
Worksome15%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Worksome (15%) replaces VectorVMS (16% then, 11% now), 4 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →Enterprise
SAP Fieldglass36%Contested▼−6Since October 2026: 42% → 36%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →
SimpleVMS28%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: SimpleVMS (28%) replaces VectorVMS (26% then, 0% now), 28 points clear, past the 13-point floor.This pageMid-marketWorksome15%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Worksome (15%) replaces VectorVMS (16% then, 11% now), 4 points clear, inside the 13-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseSAP Fieldglass36%Contested▼−6Since October 2026: 42% → 36%, −6 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
01SimpleVMS28%5%22accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 17% → 28%, +11 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.17% → 28%
SimpleVMS28%5%22accepted challenger▲+11Since October 2026: 17% → 28%, +11 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.17% → 28%02
Conexis VMS13%10%21accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 9% → 13%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.9% → 13%
Conexis VMS13%10%21accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 9% → 13%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.9% → 13%03Worksome11%0%25accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 2% → 11%, +9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 11%
Worksome11%0%25accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 2% → 11%, +9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 11%04
Upwork11%33%36criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 11% → 11%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.11% → 11%
Upwork11%33%36criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 11% → 11%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.11% → 11%05
TalentDesk.io6%0%21accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 6% → 6%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 6%
TalentDesk.io6%0%21accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 6% → 6%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.6% → 6%06Deel Contractor4%0%29accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 4%
07
Rippling4%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Rippling4%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%08
Remote4%0%12accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Remote4%0%12accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%09
Worksuite2%4%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Worksuite2%4%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
15SAP Fieldglass0%97%34criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
SAP Fieldglass0%97%34criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%14Beeline Extended Workforce Platform0%91%35criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Magnit0%75%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Magnit0%75%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Workday VNDLY0%71%14criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Workday VNDLY0%71%14criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
Fiverr0%43%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Fiverr0%43%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
VectorVMS0%10%10accepted challenger▼−26Since October 2026: 26% → 0%, −26 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.26% → 0%
VectorVMS0%10%10accepted challenger▼−26Since October 2026: 26% → 0%, −26 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.26% → 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.
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
Worksome vs WorksuiteWorksome vs Conexis VMSWorksome vs Deel ContractorWorksome vs TalentDesk.ioSimpleVMS vs SimplifyVMSSimpleVMS vs VectorVMSSimpleVMS vs WorksuiteSimpleVMS vs Conexis VMSSimpleVMS vs Deel ContractorSimpleVMS vs TalentDesk.ioSimplifyVMS vs VectorVMSSimplifyVMS vs WorksuiteSimplifyVMS vs Conexis VMSSimplifyVMS vs Deel ContractorSimplifyVMS vs TalentDesk.ioVectorVMS vs WorksuiteVectorVMS vs Conexis VMSVectorVMS vs Deel ContractorVectorVMS vs TalentDesk.ioWorksuite vs Conexis VMSWorksuite vs Deel ContractorWorksuite vs TalentDesk.ioConexis VMS vs Deel ContractorConexis VMS vs TalentDesk.ioDeel Contractor vs TalentDesk.io
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 →
0102030405D06
07080910111213B14
15Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01SimpleVMS28%
SimpleVMS28%02Conexis VMS13%
Conexis VMS13%03Worksome11%
Worksome11%04Upwork11%
Upwork11%05TalentDesk.io6%
TalentDesk.io6%06Deel Contractor4%
07Rippling4%
Rippling4%08Remote4%
Remote4%09Worksuite2%
Worksuite2%10VectorVMS0%
VectorVMS0%11Fiverr0%
Fiverr0%12Workday VNDLY0%
Workday VNDLY0%13Magnit0%
Magnit0%14Beeline Extended Workforce Platform0%
15SAP Fieldglass0%
SAP Fieldglass0%What they warned about
Zero 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, GPT-6 Luna 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.
SAP Fieldglass97%
33 of 34 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 11 hard negative
“Enterprise solutions like SAP Fieldglass and Beeline are built for large-scale operations and would be too costly and complex for small businesses” Claude Haiku 4.5, direct prompt
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
91%
32 of 35 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“Enterprise solutions like SAP Fieldglass and Beeline are built for large-scale operations and would be too costly and complex for small businesses” Claude Haiku 4.5, direct prompt
Upwork33%
12 of 36 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“What to Avoid (or Use Selectively): Upwork / Fiverr: ... they are not true "management platforms."” Qwen 3.7 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Fiverr43%
12 of 28 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Platforms to Be Cautious About ... Fiverr ... Quality inconsistency ... Best for: Simple, low-stakes tasks only—not complex business-critical projects” Kimi K2, 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
73 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. 861 links across 255 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 9 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.
34 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G230 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 50 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Venn18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
vendor site · SimpleVMS17 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Worksuite17 answers · 17 citations · 10 models
vendor site · TalentDesk15 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Upwork14 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Connecteam14 answers · 15 citations · 10 models
13 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
vendor site · TestGorilla13 answers · 13 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.
34 answers · 12 models
21 answers · 11 models
18 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 10 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 5 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 “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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleVMS simplevms.com | 28% | 36 | 2,900 | 0 | 3,199 | 0 | 2 | |
| Conexis conexisvmssoftware.com Conexis VMS 13% | 13% | 44 | 50 | 0 | 1,153 company | 0 | 2 | |
| Worksome worksome.com | 11% | 58 | 880 | 7 | 1,226 | 24 | ||
| Upwork upwork.com | 11% | 143 | 368,000 | 4,878 | 2,719,519 | $456 | 114 | |
| TalentDesk.io talentdesk.io | 6% | 43 | 20 | 0 | 2,384 | 40 | ||
| Deel deel.com Deel Contractor 4%, Deel HR 0%, Deel Hire 0% | 4% | 71 | 40,500 | 1,210 | 307,175 company | $330,608 | 118 | |
| Rippling rippling.com | 4% | 1438 | 301,000 | 17,886 | 712,399 | $42,013 | 115 | |
| Remote remote.com | 4% | 249 | 110,000 | 426,655 | 766,598 | $15,858 | 88 | |
| Connecteam connecteam.com | 4% | 693 | 49,500 | 288 | 312,449 | $13,504 | 120 | |
| Worksuite worksuite.com | 2% | 67 | 880 | 5 | 8,941 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (conexisvmssoftware.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com, simplevms.com, venn.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.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 vendor management system for contingent workers for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which freelancer management platform would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top contingent workforce platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best vendor management system for contingent workers for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a vendor management system for contingent workers. What should we look at?”Negative“Which contingent workforce platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5VendorJotagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassTalentDesk.io, WorksuiteChangedFiverr, Upworkagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce PlatformSimpleVMSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Mechanical Turk, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Upwork
Four alternatives
Connecteam, QuickBooks Online, Shortlist, Workday VNDLYThree alternatives
Hubstaff, Worksome, YunoJunoOne alternative
Recruit CRMThree alternatives
Connecteam, QuickBooks Online, SlingGPT-5.4 miniWorksomeUpworkChangedWorksome, Worksuiteagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassQuickBooks Online, SimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglassno first choiceagainst: Agency Workforce Management, Conexis VMS, TempWorks Software, VectorVMS, Worksuite
Three alternatives
SAP Fieldglass, SimpleVMS, WorksuiteThree alternatives
Deel Contractor, TalentDesk.io, WorksuiteOne alternative
SimpleVMSOne alternative
RampGemini 3.5 FlashRipplingagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLYDeel Contractor, TalentDesk.ioChangedDeel Contractoragainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassDeel Contractor, Remoteagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLYno first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglassagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce Management, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Guru, PayPal, QuickBooks Online, SAP Fieldglass, Upwork, Wise, Workday VNDLY
Five alternatives
Conexis VMS, Deel Contractor, Fiverr, WorkMarket, WorksuiteTwo alternatives
Plane, RipplingSix alternatives
Fiverr, Gusto, Remote, Rippling, Upwork, WorksuiteFive alternatives
Conexis VMS, Rippling, SimpleVMS, TalentDesk.io, WorksuiteEight alternatives
Deel Contractor, Gusto, Oyster, Remote, Rippling, Stoke Talent, WorkMarket, WorksuitePerplexity SonarSimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassUpworkChangedDeel Contractor, Ripplingagainst: Avature VMS, Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, SAP Fieldglass, SimpleVMSSimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLYno first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass, TaskRabbit, Upwork, Workday VNDLY
Two alternatives
TalentDesk.io, WorksuiteFour alternatives
Deel Contractor, Hubstaff, Remote, WorksomeFour alternatives
TalentDesk.io, Upwork, Worksome, WorksuiteThree alternatives
Precoro, TalentDesk.io, WorksuiteGrok 4.20Conexis VMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP FieldglassWorksomeChangedagainst: FiverrDeel Contractoragainst: Avature VMS, Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Coupa Contingent Workforce, Fiverr, Gusto, Homebase, SAP Fieldglass, UpworkSimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP FieldglassSimpleVMSagainst: SAP Fieldglassagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Fiverr, Guru, PeoplePerHour, SAP Fieldglass, Toptal, Upwork, Workday
Two alternatives
Deel Contractor, SimpleVMSFive alternatives
Deel Contractor, TalentDesk.io, Upwork, Worksuite, YunoJunoFour alternatives
Rippling, TalentDesk.io, Worksome, WorksuiteFour alternatives
Conexis VMS, Deel Contractor, Worksome, WorksuiteTwo alternatives
Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Workday VNDLYMistral SmallTalentDesk.iono first choiceChangedDeel Contractor, GigSmart, Wonoloagainst: Magnit, SimplifyVMS, Workday VNDLYConexis VMS, Precoroagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassUpworkagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, IQNagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP Fieldglass
Three alternatives
Conexis VMS, VectorVMS, WorksuiteTwo alternatives
Fiverr, WorksomeOne alternative
GatekeeperFive alternatives
Coupa VMS, JobAdder, Magnit, Scion VMS, WorkMarketDeepSeek V4 FlashConexis VMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, SimplifyVMSUpworkChangedagainst: Bonsai, Fiverr, ToptalUpworkagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLYSimpleVMSagainst: PrecoroConexis VMS, FoxHireagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, Workday VNDLYagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Upwork
Three alternatives
Rippling, SourceNow VMS, WorksuiteThree alternatives
Fiverr, TalentDesk.io, WorksomeSix alternatives
Deel Contractor, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Gusto, Rippling, ToptalTwo alternatives
Conexis VMS, QuickBooks OnlineOne alternative
SimpliVMSLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceUpworkChangedno first choiceConnecteamno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Deel Hire, Fiverr, TalentDesk.io, WorksomeTwo alternatives
Precoro, TalentDesk.ioQwen 3.7 FlashConexis VMSagainst: SAP FieldglassWorksomeChangedagainst: Asana, Fiverr, Trello, UpworkDeel Contractoragainst: Oracle, SAP FieldglassAuraVMSno first choiceagainst: GEP, SAP Fieldglassagainst: Fiverr, Oracle Procurement Cloud, SAP Ariba, Upwork, Vincere Evo, Workday
Three alternatives
SimpleVMS, VectorVMS, WorksuiteTwo alternatives
Deel Hire, TalentDesk.ioFour alternatives
Field Nation, Rippling, Upwork, WorksomeThree alternatives
Precoro, TalentDesk.io, WorksuiteKimi K2SimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassBonsaiChangedLemon.io, ToptalSimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, SimplifyVMSno first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Magnit, Upwork
Three alternatives
Conexis VMS, SimplifyVMS, VectorVMSFour alternatives
Deel Contractor, HoneyBook, Remote, UpworkSix alternatives
Arc.dev, Deel Contractor, Fiverr, Rippling, Upwork, WorksomeOne alternative
Conexis VMSGLM 4.7 FlashXSimpleVMSagainst: SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLYWorksome, YunoJunoChangedDeel HR, UpworkSimpleVMSagainst: Precorono first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Thumbtack, Upwork
Two alternatives
Conexis VMS, Deel HRTwo alternatives
Deel Hire, UpworkFour alternatives
Fiverr, Worksome, Worksuite, YunoJunoTwo alternatives
Conexis VMS, VectorVMSMiniMax M2.5Conexis VMS, Ripplingagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, SAP FieldglassUpworkChangedConnecteam, Deel HRConnecteam, SimpleVMSno first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Toptal, Upwork
One alternative
VectorVMSFour alternatives
Deel Contractor, Field Nation, Fiverr, WorksomeTwo alternatives
Rippling, WorksuiteThree alternatives
AuraVMS, Conexis VMS, PrecoroThree alternatives
BambooHR, Sapling, WorksuiteGPT-6 LunaWorksomeagainst: SAP FieldglassRemoteChangedUpworkagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce PlatformSimpleVMSagainst: Conexis VMSno first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Care.com, SAP Fieldglass, Upwork, WorkWhile
One alternative
VectorVMSOne alternative
UpworkFour alternatives
Deel Contractor, Justworks, Remote, WorksomeOne alternative
Beeline Extended Workforce PlatformMuse Glimmer 30BConexis VMS, SimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP FieldglassWorksomeChangedDeel HRSimpleVMSagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, SimplifyVMSno first choiceagainst: Beeline Extended Workforce Platform, Magnit, SAP Fieldglass, Workday VNDLY
Three alternatives
Deel Hire, TalentDesk.io, UpworkEight alternatives
Fiverr, Gusto, Rippling, TalentDesk.io, Toptal, Upwork, Worksome, WorksuiteThree alternatives
Conexis VMS, Shortlist, VectorVMSBold 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 08:46 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 2 | 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 12:48 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:16 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:24 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 21 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 18 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:30 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:33 | yes | 2 | 5 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 09:58 | yes | 9 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:14 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:40 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:22 | yes | 21 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:48 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:15 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:49 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:51 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:42 | 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 08:59 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:09 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:48 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 18 | 51 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:33 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 20 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 6 | 54 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:04 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 3 | 6 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 11:26 | yes | 6 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:02 | yes | 16 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:07 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 24 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 16 | 68 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:26 | yes | 23 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 9 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 11 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:34 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:27 | no | 0 | 6 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 09:03 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 8 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:48 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 18 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:03 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:47 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:15 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:57 | yes | 1 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:40 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:27 | yes | 27 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 5 | 5 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 09:35 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:28 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:27 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:12 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 24 | 168 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:34 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
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Avature read as Avature VMS
Beeline read as Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Beeline Professional read as Beeline Extended Workforce Platform
Conexis read as Conexis VMS
Coupa read as Coupa Contingent Workforce
Deel read as Deel Contractor
Freelancer read as Freelancer.com
QuickBooks read as QuickBooks Online
TalentDesk read as TalentDesk.io
Unresolved, counted raw
Agency Workforce Management
Bill.com
Concur
Coupa Contingent Workforce Management
FoxHire
Good
HireFire
IQN
Oracle Procurement Cloud
Scion VMS
Spendesk
Stoke Talent (Fiverr Enterprise)
Surefire
Vincere Evo
Wingspan
Zuperworks
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.