# Workforce planning for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "workforce planning software" and as "headcount planning tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/workforce-planning/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/workforce-planning/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Anaplan leads with 43% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Anaplan](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/anaplan/index.md) | 43% | 10% | 68 |
| 2 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 29% | 5% | 60 |
| 3 | [ChartHop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/charthop/index.md) | 7% | 21% | 19 |
| 4 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 18 |
| 5 | [Workday](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday/index.md) | 4% | 17% | 12 |
| 11 | [SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/sap-successfactors-workforce-planning/index.md) | 0% | 24% | 34 |
| 12 | [Orgvue](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/orgvue/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 13 | [Visier Workforce Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/visier-workforce-planning/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 29 |
| 14 | [UKG Pro Workforce Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ukg-pro-workforce-management/index.md) | 0% | 11% | 18 |
| 15 | [Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/oracle-fusion-cloud-hcm/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 14 |
| 58 | [Rippling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/rippling/index.md) | 0% | 38% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 80 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: Anaplan; alternatives Board, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GPT-5.4 mini: Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Workforce Planning; alternatives Anaplan, Nakisa Workforce Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Anaplan, Pigment; alternatives ChartHop, Orgvue, TeamOhana, Visier Workforce Planning
- Perplexity Sonar: Anaplan; alternatives ADP Workforce Now, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Grok 4.20: Anaplan; alternatives Dayforce, Oracle Workforce Modeling, Orgvue, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning
- Mistral Small: Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Rippling, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Visier Workforce Planning
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Workforce Modeling, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives Provia, Replicon, UKG Pro Workforce Management, Workday
- Kimi K2: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Workforce Modeling, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- MiniMax M2.5: Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Pigment, Planful, Visier Workforce Planning
- GPT-6 Luna: Anaplan; alternatives Workday Adaptive Planning
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday HCM; alternatives Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Pigment, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, UKG Pro Workforce Management

## Sources the answers cite

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

- guideflow.com: 51 answers, 63 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 40 answers, 49 citations
- intervue.io: 28 answers, 29 citations
- worldmetrics.org: 26 answers, 39 citations
- resources.rework.com: 25 answers, 27 citations
- checkthat.ai: 21 answers, 29 citations
- happeo.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- g2.com: 20 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/workforce-planning-software (49 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-workforce-planning-software (35 answers)
- https://intervue.io/blog/best-workforce-planning-software (27 answers)
- https://resources.rework.com/tools/workforce-management/best-workforce-planning-software-2026 (23 answers)
- https://happeo.com/blog/workforce-planning-software (21 answers)
- https://articsledge.com/post/workforce-planning-software (19 answers)
- https://checkthat.ai/answers/what-are-the-best-workforce-planning-software-solutions (19 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/workforce-planning (17 answers)
- https://skillpanel.com/blog/workforce-planning-software-2 (17 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-workforce-planning-software (16 answers)

## Warned against

- SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning: 8 of 34 labels negative. "suitable for large companies seeking a centralized HR platform, but the results here do not show clearer cost predictability than Workday" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt)
- Visier Workforce Planning: 6 of 29 labels negative. "more analytics-focused than transformation-focused... Pricing is on the higher end with one- to three-year commitments" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- BambooHR: 5 of 6 labels negative. "isn't built for advanced workforce analytics. There's no predictive modeling" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- Rippling: 5 of 13 labels negative. "no dedicated workforce planning or scenario modeling tools" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Anaplan at 40%.

- Anaplan: 47% to 40%, −7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 66, unchanged.
- Oracle Workforce Modeling: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 16 of 66.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 29% to 32%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 of 66, unchanged.
- ChartHop: 7% to 9%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 of 66, unchanged.
- Pigment: 4% to 6%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 of 66, unchanged.
- Visier Workforce Planning: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 10 of 66.
- Workday: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 6 → 5 of 66.
- Orgvue: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 of 66, unchanged.
- SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 9 → 12 of 66.
- UKG Pro Workforce Management: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 12 → 13 of 66.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 10 → 14 of 66.
- Rippling: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 20 → 42 of 66.

## Record

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