Workforce planning · November 2026 Edition
Homebase vs Planful
Zero of fourteen models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named Planful. Homebase was named by ten of the fourteen models and Planful by thirteen and Homebase carries 10 labels and Planful 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twelve categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share11%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 20; printed, not drawn.
Labels1031A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Homebase 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 Homebase · ChartHop vs Planful · Pigment vs Homebase
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 workforce planning page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HomebaseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPlanful
Direct00
Paraphrase02
Comparative00
Budget-constrained60
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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 Homebase and Planful stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | |
Homebase Planful first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Planful on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Homebase and Planful stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5ChartHop, Paylocity alternatives: HiBob, Planful, Rippling, Vena, Visier Workforce Planning
Gemini 3.5 FlashChartHop, Pigment, TeamOhana alternatives: Cube, Planful, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Perplexity SonarChartHop alternatives: HiBob, Planful, Runn, Saviom, TeamOhana
Mistral SmallDisprz alternatives: ChartHop, Orgvue, Planful
DeepSeek V4 FlashChartHop alternatives: Pigment, Planful, TeamOhana, Workday Adaptive Planning
Qwen 3.7 FlashChartHop alternatives: 4PLAN HR, Abacum, Deel Workforce Planning, Monday.com, Planful, Rotageek, Visier Workforce Planning, Workday Adaptive Planning
Kimi K2ChartHop alternatives: 4PLAN HR, Abacum, Dayforce, Planful, TeamOhana, UKG Pro Workforce Management
MiniMax M2.5Disprz alternatives: ChartHop, HiBob, Orgvue, Planful, TeamOhana
GPT-6 LunaPigment alternatives: Adaptive from Workday, Planful, TeamOhana
Muse Glimmer 30BChartHop alternatives: 4PLAN HR, Centage, Disprz, Orgvue, Planful, Prophix, Vena
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Anaplan, HiBob, Rippling
Grok 4.20ChartHop alternatives: Anaplan, Rippling, Visier Workforce Planning
Llama 4 MaverickChartHop alternatives: Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXChartHop alternatives: 4PLAN HR, Dayforce, UKG Pro Workforce Management, Visier Workforce Planning
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
Homebase leads by eleven points.
Homebase11%#4 of 15Planful0%#– of 15Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Homebase0%#– of 14Planful0%#10 of 14What the models said about Homebase
No label in this category carried a quote.
What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Planful, Abacum, or ChartHop are the best starting points” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a typical growing B2B company, Planful is usually the strongest choice.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“A strong alternative if you want workforce planning as part of a more finance-led budgeting and forecasting suite” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared
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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.