Leave and absence management · RankedCalamari
Calamari is an HR software product covering leave and absence management and time tracking · calamari.io ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
LeaveBoard is first at 21%.
LeaveBoard is first at 18%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Workday is first at 24%.
Why models recommend it
“I'd recommend starting with Calamari or Vacation Tracker for their excellent balance of features and pricing”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“My default pick: Calamari—assuming you want a dedicated PTO tool and already have an HRIS/payroll system.”GPT-6 Luna · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Calamari | Best Overall | Excellent custom absence rules and flexibility”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · first choice
“or Calamari if you want a better balance of price and features”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“but slightly pricier—worth it if you need more features later”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Calamari, over the 79 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 55 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 42 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 40 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 26 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 25 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 0 | View → | |
| 19 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Calamari →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Calamari's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- startups, remote-first companies, and small to medium-sized businesses looking to replace spreadsheets and save time on HR admin
- Price stated
- $2 per employee/month
- Starting price
- 2
- Free plan or trial
- 14 days for free. No card required.
- Integrations
- 8
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOC 3, GDPR
- Customers named
- Brightspot, Useme, Netguru, Traffit, Softeq
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 77 of the 79 answers that named Calamari and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
266 of the 266 domain citations in answers naming Calamari came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 216 | 1 | 2026-08-04 | HRIS and HCM platforms, Performance management | |
| Glossary or explainer | 24 | 14 | 2026-07-10 | Leave | |
| Case study | 23 | undated | Leave | ||
| Comparison | 8 | 0 | 2026-05-15 | ||
| Template or tool | 8 | 0 | 2026-03-11 | Time and attendance | |
| News or press | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-08-04Strategic hr in 2027 the 5 skills that matter and the busywork blocking them blog
- 2026-07-10Common mistakes when designing a review process and how to avoid them glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-10Creating an annual review cycle for a company of 30 50 people glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-10Goal setting in a fast growing company how to keep performance reviews grounded glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-10How to build a simple useful performance review form glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-10How to build a work culture that supports performance reviews glossary or explainer
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page calamari.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.