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People analytics · November 2026 Edition

Crunchr vs BambooHR

Six of fourteen models named Crunchr first on the direct prompt; zero named BambooHR. Crunchr was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and BambooHR by twelve and Crunchr carries 39 labels and BambooHR 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Crunchr

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

BambooHR

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-five categories this edition.

First-choice share18%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3931A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Crunchr reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.ChartHop was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. ChartHop vs Crunchr · ChartHop vs BambooHR · Crunchr vs HiBob

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the people analytics page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CrunchrFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBambooHR
Direct60
Paraphrase31
Comparative10
Budget-constrained022 against Crunchr
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against Crunchr · 2 against BambooHR
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Crunchr and BambooHR stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Muse Glimmer 30B
Crunchr BambooHR first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Crunchr on the left and BambooHR on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Crunchr and BambooHR stood in it.

Crunchr first, BambooHR an alternative

6 of 14 modelsBambooHR was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarCrunchr alternatives: ChartHop, Culture Amp, Lattice
Mistral SmallChartHop, Crunchr alternatives: HiBob
Kimi K2ChartHop, Crunchr
GLM 4.7 FlashXCrunchr alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop
MiniMax M2.5Crunchr alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, HiBob
Muse Glimmer 30BCrunchr alternatives: BambooHR, ChartHop, HiBob, Knoetic, PeoplePilot, ThriveSparrow

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5PeoplePilot alternatives: Crunchr, HiBob People Analytics, Lattice, Orgnostic
GPT-5.4 miniHiBob alternatives: Crunchr, Orgvue, Perceptyx
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop alternatives: Crunchr, Culture Amp, HiBob, One Model
Llama 4 MaverickHiBob alternatives: 15Five, BambooHR, ChartHop, Crunchr, Culture Amp, Rippling
Qwen 3.7 FlashHiBob alternatives: ChartHop, Crunchr

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop, Visier alternatives: HiBob, Lattice, Leapsome, Rippling
Grok 4.20ChartHop alternatives: HiBob, Lattice
GPT-6 LunaChartHop alternatives: One Model, Visier

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
BambooHR leads by forty-five points.
BambooHR46%#1 of 17
Crunchr2%#11 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Crunchr leads at mid-market.
Crunchr18%#2 of 13
BambooHR5%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Crunchr leads by eight points.
Crunchr8%#2 of 12
BambooHR0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Crunchr

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“Need deep, self-serve analytics and benchmarking with minimal IT lift → Crunchr or ChartHop. Both are cited specifically for mid-market teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the best default recommendation is Crunchr if you need dedicated, cross-system people analytics” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Crunchr is frequently cited as a top first choice for mid-market B2B companies” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about BambooHR

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“BambooHR or Zoho People gives you analytics inside your HRIS for ~$10/emp/mo or ~$1.25/emp/mo with no extra integration” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.