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Index › HR › Products › ADP › Alternatives · November 2026 Edition
Two categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to ADP, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 444 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where ADP holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Deel71
Gusto50
Remote43
Patriot Payroll25
RemoFirst25
Rippling24
First choices in the 444 answers that did not name ADP, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Payroll software

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when ADP is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessADP is #8 of 13 here at 2% of first choices, 17 labels.

Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those eighty answers, eight products in all:

Gusto46 of 80Head to head →
Patriot Payroll12 of 80Head to head →
OnPay3 of 80
Rippling2 of 80Head to head →
ADP RUN1 of 80
Patriot Full Service Payroll1 of 80
QuickBooks Payroll1 of 80
Thriday1 of 80
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketADP is #7 of 18 here at 4% of first choices, 25 labels.

Seventy of the eighty-four answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those seventy answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Rippling14 of 70Head to head →
Patriot Payroll13 of 70Head to head →
ADP Workforce Now5 of 70Head to head →
Gusto4 of 70Head to head →
Paylocity3 of 70Head to head →
Paychex Flex2 of 70Head to head →
Paycom2 of 70Head to head →
ADP RUN1 of 70
8 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseADP is #1 of 15 here at 26% of first choices, 35 labels.

Fifty-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in twenty-one. The first choices in those fifty-eight answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

ADP Workforce Now18 of 58Head to head →
Workday13 of 58
Dayforce3 of 58
ADP RUN2 of 58
ADP Global Payroll1 of 58
ADP Lyric HCM1 of 58
OnPay1 of 58
Paycom1 of 58Head to head →
3 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Global payroll and employer of record

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when ADP is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessADP holds 8 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-three answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Deel29 of 83
Remote17 of 83
RemoFirst13 of 83
Multiplier4 of 83
Hire with Columbus2 of 83
Rippling2 of 83
Deel Payroll1 of 83
G-P1 of 83
5 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketADP is #10 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 13 labels.

Eighty of the eighty-four answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those eighty answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Deel23 of 80
Remote18 of 80
RemoFirst12 of 80
Hire with Columbus5 of 80
Papaya Global3 of 80
Rippling3 of 80
Teamed2 of 80
Multiplier1 of 80
4 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseADP is #7 of 13 here at 8% of first choices, 13 labels.

Seventy-three of the eighty-four answers did not name ADP; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those seventy-three answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Deel19 of 73
G-P10 of 73
Remote8 of 73
ADP GlobalView Payroll7 of 73
Papaya Global7 of 73
Velocity Global4 of 73
Rippling3 of 73
Multiplier2 of 73
5 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled ADP neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named ADP only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from ADP's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of ADP was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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