# People analytics: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "people analytics platform" and as "HR analytics software", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/people-analytics/2026-11

**Standing:** ChartHop leads with 23% of first choices; verdict contested. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ChartHop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/charthop/index.md) | 23% | 2% | 45 |
| 2 | [Crunchr](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/crunchr/index.md) | 18% | 8% | 39 |
| 3 | [HiBob](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hibob/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 28 |
| 4 | [Visier](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/visier/index.md) | 9% | 36% | 47 |
| 5 | [BambooHR](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/bamboohr/index.md) | 5% | 6% | 31 |
| 6 | [Leapsome](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/leapsome/index.md) | 4% | 7% | 15 |
| 7 | [Rippling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/rippling/index.md) | 4% | 6% | 16 |
| 20 | [Culture Amp](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/culture-amp/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 22 |
| 21 | [Lattice](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lattice/index.md) | 0% | 13% | 23 |
| 22 | [One Model](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/one-model/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 21 |
| 23 | [Workday People Analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-people-analytics/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 28 |
| 35 | [Tableau](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/tableau/index.md) | 0% | 33% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 126 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: PeoplePilot; alternatives Crunchr, HiBob People Analytics, Lattice, Orgnostic
- GPT-5.4 mini: HiBob; alternatives Crunchr, Orgvue, Perceptyx
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: ChartHop, Visier; alternatives HiBob, Lattice, Leapsome, Rippling
- Perplexity Sonar: Crunchr; alternatives ChartHop, Culture Amp, Lattice
- Grok 4.20: ChartHop; alternatives HiBob, Lattice
- Mistral Small: ChartHop, Crunchr; alternatives HiBob
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: ChartHop; alternatives Crunchr, Culture Amp, HiBob, One Model
- Llama 4 Maverick: HiBob; alternatives 15Five, BambooHR, ChartHop, Crunchr
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: HiBob; alternatives ChartHop, Crunchr
- Kimi K2: ChartHop, Crunchr
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Crunchr; alternatives BambooHR, ChartHop
- MiniMax M2.5: Crunchr; alternatives BambooHR, ChartHop, HiBob
- GPT-6 Luna: ChartHop; alternatives One Model, Visier
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Crunchr; alternatives BambooHR, ChartHop, HiBob, Knoetic

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- g2.com: 19 answers, 24 citations
- thrivesparrow.com: 19 answers, 19 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 18 answers, 22 citations
- leapsome.com: 18 answers, 19 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 18 answers, 18 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 17 answers, 21 citations
- hibob.com: 16 answers, 18 citations
- resources.rework.com: 14 answers, 16 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://thrivesparrow.com/blog/best-people-analytics-software (19 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/analytics-tools (18 answers)
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-workplace-people-analytics-tools-features-pros-cons-comparison (14 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/bi/hr-analytics-comparison (14 answers)
- https://resources.rework.com/tools/workforce-management/best-visier-alternatives (13 answers)
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-hr-analytics-software (12 answers)
- https://techrepublic.com/article/hr-analytics-software (12 answers)
- https://leapsome.com/comparisons/people-analytics-tools (11 answers)
- https://lister.ai/software/hr/people-analytics-software/best-people-analytics-software (11 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-people-analytics-software (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Visier: 17 of 47 labels negative. "Options to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Visier and Crunchr (enterprise tier)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Workday People Analytics: 8 of 28 labels negative. "Avoid Visier, Workday, or other enterprise platforms" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt)
- SAP SuccessFactors: 7 of 11 labels negative. "Avoid enterprise-heavy tools (e.g., full SAP SuccessFactors) unless you plan rapid growth—they can be overkill and expensive." (Grok 4.20, scale prompt)
- ActivTrak: 3 of 4 labels negative. "keystroke logging and screenshot capture tools ... several have faced legal challenges in the EU under GDPR" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Crunchr (22%) to ChartHop (23%). Margin 5 points, within noise.

- Visier: 0% to 9%, +9. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 21 → 4 of 126.
- HiBob: 19% to 12%, −7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 of 126, unchanged.
- Crunchr: 22% to 18%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 1 → 2 of 126.
- BambooHR: 9% to 5%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 5 of 126.
- Leapsome: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 36 → 6 of 126.
- Orgnostic: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 → 29 of 126.
- ChartHop: 21% to 23%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 2 → 1 of 126.
- Rippling: 3% to 4%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 5 → 7 of 126.
- Culture Amp: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 19 → 20 of 126.
- Lattice: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 20 → 21 of 126.
- One Model: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 22 of 126, unchanged.
- Workday People Analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 101 → 23 of 126.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.