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Earned wage access for enterprise buyers

Asked as “earned wage access provider”, and as “on-demand pay benefit”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
81%
Consensus
81DailyPay12Payactiv02Chime Workplace04others

81% of first choices, consensus.

Since October 2026▲+14Since October 2026: 67% → 81%, +14 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.DailyPay held the lead, +14 points on 67%, past the floor.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01DailyPay81%7%67endorsed leader▲+14Since October 2026: 67% → 81%, +14 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.67% → 81%
02Payactiv12%6%65accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 5% → 12%, +7 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.5% → 12%
03ZayZoon2%14%22accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
04Chime Workplace2%9%11accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 5% → 2%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.5% → 2%
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09EarnIn0%77%13criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
08Paycom0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
07Branch0%17%24accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
06Rain0%16%31accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
05Tapcheck0%10%29accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%

The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each

One product takes 81% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. One product carries a negative rate above 25% in this category.

What they warned about

Ten of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
EarnIn
77%
10 of 13 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 8 hard negative
“Examples of D2C or high-risk providers ... avoid or scrutinize heavily for enterprise use: Earnin (Activehours, Inc.) – Relies on tips; high usage and cost concerns” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Brigit
100%
7 of 7 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Maryland settlement for hidden fees / unlicensed lending... The Division alleged that Brigit engaged in unlicensed lending” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Dave
100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Verdict: Avoid. The combination of high CFPB complaints and active litigation makes them a high-maintenance, high-risk partner.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
DailyPay
7%
5 of 67 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Providers to Monitor/Avoid: DailyPay ... has faced significant legal scrutiny” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt

What they cite

Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.

Sites the answers cite

74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 945 links across 198 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 18 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.

vendor site · Lead Change Group45 answers · 106 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G236 answers · 74 citations · 11 models
vendor site · DailyPay30 answers · 71 citations · 13 models
25 answers · 30 citations · 12 models
18 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Payactiv17 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 31 citations · 7 models
vendor site · ADP14 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Instant13 answers · 15 citations · 8 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best earned wage access provider”, “earned wage access provider”, “earned wage access providers”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
DailyPay dailypay.com81%216165,0003,329213,488$2,108562
Payactiv payactiv.com12%208110,00070092,054$231133
ZayZoon zayzoon.com2%16790,50030439,8951
Chime Workplace chime.com2%4432011,490,450$409,6151201
Dayforce Wallet dayforce.com
Dayforce Flex Pay / Dayforce Wallet 2%, Dayforce Wallet 0%
2%8208,25238
Tapcheck tapcheck.com0%13422,20042045,032167
Rain rainapp.com0%95246,000376,1156,43817
Branch branchapp.com0%6660,500203,93345,62088
Wagestream wagestream.com0%1872044340
Instant instant.co
Instant Financial 0%
0%1539,839 company2

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 12 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (dailypay.com, enterprise.chime.com, payactiv.com). The first result for “best earned wage access provider” is enterprise.chime.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best earned wage access provider for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which on-demand pay benefit would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade earned wage access providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best earned wage access provider for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating an earned wage access provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which earned wage access providers should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5DailyPay
Two alternativesRain, Wisely
no first choiceChangedDailyPay, Payactiv
Two alternativesClair, Rain
DailyPay
Two alternativesChime Workplace, Payactiv
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniDailyPay
One alternativePayactiv
no first choiceChangedDailyPay
Four alternativesBranch, Payactiv, Rain, myFlexPay
Payactiv
One alternativeDailyPay
no first choiceagainst: Payactiv
Gemini 3.5 FlashDailyPay
Three alternativesONE at Work, Payactiv, Wagestream
DailyPayHeld
Four alternativesADP Immediate Pay, ONE@Work, Payactiv, UKG Wallet
DailyPay
Four alternativesBranch, Clair, Payactiv, Rain
DailyPay
Four alternativesBranch, Instant Financial, ONE@Work, Payactiv
no first choiceagainst: Brigit, Dave, EarnIn, Klover, MoneyLion – Instacash
Perplexity SonarDailyPay
Four alternativesPayactiv, Paycom, Tapcheck, Wisely
Dayforce Flex Pay / Dayforce WalletChanged
Four alternativesBranch, DailyPay, Instant Financial, Payactiv
DailyPay
Five alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck, Wagestream, Wisely, ZayZoon
DailyPay
One alternativePayactiv
no first choiceagainst: AnyDay, Branch, Brigit, Chime Workplace, DailyPay, Dave, EarnIn, Immediate, OrbisPay, Payactiv, Paycom, Rain, Wisely, ZayZoon
Grok 4.20DailyPay
Four alternativesBranch, Chime Workplace, Payactiv, Tapcheck
against: Paycom, Rain, ZayZoon
DailyPayHeld
One alternativePayactiv
against: Branch, Rain, Tapcheck, ZayZoon
DailyPay
Three alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck, ZayZoon
against: Instant Financial, Rain
DailyPay
Two alternativesChime Workplace, Payactiv
against: EarnIn, Rain, Tapcheck
no first choiceagainst: Branch, Brigit, Cleo, Current, Dave, EarnIn, Empower
Mistral SmallDailyPay
Three alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck, Wisely® by ADP
DailyPayHeld
Three alternativesBranch, Even, Payactiv
DailyPay, Payactiv
Three alternativesRain, Tapcheck, ZayZoon
DailyPay, Payactivno first choiceagainst: EarnIn
DeepSeek V4 FlashDailyPay
Two alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck
DailyPayHeld
One alternativePayactiv
DailyPay, Payactiv
Three alternativesEven, Instant Financial, Wagestream
DailyPay, Payactiv
One alternativeTapcheck
DailyPay
Three alternativesBranch, Payactiv, Rain
against: Brigit, DailyPay, Dave, EarnIn, Empower, MoneyLion – Instacash, Payactiv
Llama 4 MaverickDailyPayDailyPayHeldno first choiceDailyPay
One alternativePayactiv
no first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashDailyPay
Three alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck, ZayZoon
DailyPayHeld
One alternativeChime Workplace
DailyPay, Payactiv
Four alternativesChime Workplace, Tapcheck, Wagestream, ZayZoon
against: Branch, EarnIn
DailyPay
Two alternativesPayactiv, PerPay
DailyPay, Payactiv, ZayZoonagainst: Brigit, DailyPay, Dave, Overdraft
Kimi K2DailyPay
Two alternativesChime Workplace, Payactiv
DailyPayHeld
One alternativePayactiv
DailyPay
Four alternativesADP Wisely®, Payactiv, Paycom, ZayZoon
against: Tapcheck
DailyPay, Payactivno first choiceagainst: Brigit, EarnIn
GLM 4.7 FlashXDailyPay
One alternativePayactiv
DailyPayHeld
Four alternativesDayforce Wallet, EarnIn, Payactiv, Rain
DailyPay, Payactiv
Nine alternativesADP Immediate Pay, Branch, EY, KPMG, Paycom, Paylocity, Tapcheck, Workday, ZayZoon
DailyPay
Two alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck
no first choiceagainst: Bridge It, DailyPay, Dave, EarnIn, FloatMe, MoneyLion – Instacash, Solo Funds
MiniMax M2.5DailyPay
Two alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck
DailyPay, PayactivChanged
Two alternativesFlexWage, Instant Financial
DailyPay
Two alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck
DailyPay
Two alternativesPayactiv, Tapcheck
no first choicenothing named
GPT-6 LunaDailyPay
Three alternativesBranch, Payactiv, Rain
DailyPayHeld
Two alternativesPayactiv, Rain
DailyPay
Five alternativesBranch, OnePay @Work, Payactiv, Rain, Tapcheck
Chime Workplace
Two alternativesPayactiv, Rain
no first choiceagainst: DailyPay, FloatMe, MoneyLion – Instacash, Payactiv
Muse Glimmer 30BDailyPay
One alternativePayactiv
DailyPayHeld
Two alternativesDayforce Wallet, Payactiv
DailyPay, Payactiv
Three alternativesBranch, FlexWage Solutions / Instant Financial, Wagestream
DailyPay
Four alternativesImmediate, Payactiv, Rain, Tapcheck
no first choiceagainst: Brigit, Dave Inc., EarnIn
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-11-01 12:42yes108 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-11-01 11:39yes47 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version)2026-11-01 10:06no017 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-11-01 09:41yes1010 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai2026-11-01 13:18yes1533 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-11-01 11:52yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-11-01 11:54yes2223 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-11-01 09:05yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-11-01 12:04yes822 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-11-01 12:12yes1044 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-11-01 10:35yes23100 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-11-01 12:02yes526 s
Direct recommendationGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-11-01 09:20yes414 s
Direct recommendationMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-11-01 09:58yes2027 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-11-01 12:20no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-11-01 10:33yes04 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version)2026-11-01 12:41yes822 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-11-01 12:26yes103 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai2026-11-01 13:30yes1529 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-11-01 08:47no03 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-11-01 10:32yes2325 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-11-01 12:50yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-11-01 10:10yes518 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-11-01 08:46yes20124 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-11-01 08:58yes1541 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-11-01 10:55yes524 s
ParaphraseGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-11-01 09:50yes315 s
ParaphraseMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-11-01 10:10yes1414 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-11-01 11:03yes1610 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-11-01 12:30yes710 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version)2026-11-01 12:34yes1024 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-11-01 12:30yes108 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai2026-11-01 13:16yes1334 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-11-01 11:04yes1110 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-11-01 11:47yes2248 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-11-01 12:57yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-11-01 10:50yes1425 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-11-01 12:03yes1836 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-11-01 12:46yes25162 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-11-01 12:05yes829 s
ComparativeGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-11-01 09:32yes733 s
ComparativeMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-11-01 10:04yes2349 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-11-01 11:35yes198 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-11-01 11:06yes45 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version)2026-11-01 11:48yes524 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-11-01 10:05yes103 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai2026-11-01 13:16yes1427 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-11-01 12:19yes54 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-11-01 12:37yes2334 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-11-01 10:22yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-11-01 10:58yes1476 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-11-01 10:00yes2433 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-11-01 12:09yes21112 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-11-01 10:31yes2067 s
Budget constrainedGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-11-01 09:00yes319 s
Budget constrainedMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-11-01 10:23yes2534 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-11-01 10:39yes1913 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-11-01 12:07no011 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version)2026-11-01 11:44no025 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-11-01 08:51yes1010 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai2026-11-01 13:16yes535 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-11-01 12:37no08 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-11-01 09:23yes2436 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-11-01 09:29yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-11-01 11:12yes1948 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-11-01 11:51yes1528 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-11-01 09:44yes2253 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-11-01 11:14no015 s
Scale constrainedGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-11-01 09:44yes432 s
Scale constrainedMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-11-01 12:09yes1422 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-11-01 09:48yes108 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-11-01 12:36yes58 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version)2026-11-01 09:32yes1225 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-11-01 09:34yes105 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai2026-11-01 13:25yes1634 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-11-01 11:00yes98 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-11-01 09:57yes2240 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-11-01 09:27yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-11-01 09:23no035 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-11-01 10:52yes2127 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-11-01 12:23yes2449 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-11-01 08:53no033 s
Negative framingGPT-6 Lunagpt-6-luna2026-11-01 09:32yes427 s
Negative framingMuse Glimmer 30Bmeta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai2026-11-01 09:12yes2547 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
ADP read as ADP Immediate Pay
ADP Wisely read as Wisely
Gusto read as Gusto Wallet
Instant read as Instant Financial
MoneyLion read as MoneyLion – Instacash
Unresolved, counted raw
ADP Express Pay/Wisely
ADP On-Demand Pay
ADP Wisely®
AnyDay
Dave Inc.
Dayforce Credit
Dayforce Flex Pay
Dayforce Flex Pay / Dayforce Wallet
FlexWage Solutions / Instant Financial
ONE at Work (formerly Even)
OneSource Virtual
Overdraft
PerPay
Viventium
Wisely® by ADP
Workday Pay
Zeno Finance
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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