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

Gane Index, November 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/enterprise

**Standing:** Anaplan leads with 43% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 49 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% | 15% | 73 |
| 2 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 24% | 11% | 64 |
| 3 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 6% | 14% | 37 |
| 4 | [Dayforce](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/dayforce/index.md) | 6% | 9% | 11 |
| 5 | [Visier Workforce Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/visier-workforce-planning/index.md) | 4% | 17% | 53 |
| 6 | [ChartHop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/charthop/index.md) | 4% | 13% | 31 |
| 7 | [TeamOhana](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/teamohana/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 14 |
| 13 | [SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/sap-successfactors-workforce-planning/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 34 |
| 14 | [Orgvue](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/orgvue/index.md) | 0% | 19% | 32 |
| 15 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/planful/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 16 |
| 16 | [Board](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/board/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 17 | [UKG Pro Workforce Management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ukg-pro-workforce-management/index.md) | 0% | 13% | 15 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 95 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 Rippling, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GPT-5.4 mini: Anaplan; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Orgvue, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Perplexity Sonar: Anaplan; alternatives Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Grok 4.20: Anaplan; alternatives SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Mistral Small: Anaplan, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Orgvue, Planful, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Anaplan, OneStream; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Fusion Cloud Workforce Management, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Llama 4 Maverick: Anaplan; alternatives Disprz, Orgvue, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives ONES.com, Planful, Runn, Visier Workforce Planning
- Kimi K2: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, Nakisa, Visier Workforce Planning
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Visier Workforce Planning
- MiniMax M2.5: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, Oracle Workforce Planning, SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning, Visier Workforce Planning
- GPT-6 Luna: Anaplan; alternatives Orgvue, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Anaplan; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Orgvue, Pigment

## Sources the answers cite

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

- disprz.ai: 33 answers, 33 citations
- g2.com: 26 answers, 35 citations
- resources.rework.com: 25 answers, 25 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 23 answers, 23 citations
- workday.com: 21 answers, 40 citations
- culturro.com: 20 answers, 40 citations
- guideflow.com: 20 answers, 24 citations
- research.isg-one.com: 19 answers, 25 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://disprz.ai/blog/workforce-planning-software (33 answers)
- https://resources.rework.com/tools/workforce-management/best-workforce-planning-software-2026 (24 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/workforce-planning-software (23 answers)
- https://culturro.com/hr-software/strategic-workforce-planning/for-enterprise (19 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/workforce-planning-software (19 answers)
- https://walkme.com/blog/workforce-planning-tools (17 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-workforce-planning-software (15 answers)
- https://research.isg-one.com/market-perspectives/isg-buyers-guide-for-workforce-planning-classifies-and-rates-software-providers (15 answers)
- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/best-workforce-planning-software (12 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/workforce-planning (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Anaplan: 11 of 73 labels negative. "avoid enterprise options like Anaplan ($50K+/yr) that overkill for your scale" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Visier Workforce Planning: 9 of 53 labels negative. "You do not want to buy Visier People Essentials as well as Visier Workforce Planning." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 7 of 64 labels negative. "if the business case assumes it's all included or automatically native... Get the full license, integration, implementation, and ongoing-administration scope in writing." (GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt)
- Orgvue: 6 of 32 labels negative. "Require heavy custom build‑out (Anaplan, Pigment, Orgvue) unless you have dedicated modeling resources." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Anaplan at 43%.

- Dayforce: 0% to 6%, +6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 16 → 4 of 95.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 29% to 24%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 2 of 95, unchanged.
- Visier Workforce Planning: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 5 of 95.
- ChartHop: 7% to 4%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 → 6 of 95.
- TeamOhana: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 7 of 95.
- Workday: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 9 of 95.
- Planful: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 15 of 95.
- Pigment: 5% to 6%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 4 → 3 of 95.
- Anaplan: 43% to 43%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 1 of 95, unchanged.
- SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 → 13 of 95.
- Orgvue: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 12 → 14 of 95.
- Board: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 20 → 16 of 95.

## 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.