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Three categories · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Dayforce, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 632 of the 756 answers collected in the three categories where Dayforce 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
Gusto61
Homebase59
Anaplan32
Rippling31
ChartHop26
Patriot Payroll25
First choices in the 632 answers that did not name Dayforce, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Workforce management suites

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

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

Homebase32 of 83
Deputy10 of 83
When I Work10 of 83
Connecteam9 of 83
BambooHR4 of 83
Rippling3 of 83
Workforce.com2 of 83
Clockify1 of 83
3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketDayforce is #10 of 15 here at 3% of first choices, 32 labels.

Sixty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Dayforce; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those sixty-three answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Homebase10 of 63
Deputy6 of 63
Rippling5 of 63
Connecteam4 of 63
When I Work4 of 63
Workforce.com4 of 63
ADP Workforce Now2 of 63
NICE Workforce Management2 of 63
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseDayforce is #3 of 9 here at 6% of first choices, 49 labels.

Forty-five of the eighty-four answers did not name Dayforce; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those forty-five answers, six products in all:

UKG Pro Workforce Management17 of 45
Workday Workforce Management3 of 45
ADP Workforce Now1 of 45
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM1 of 45
WorkForce Software1 of 45
WorkForce Software WorkForce Suite1 of 45
The full enterprise standing →

Payroll software

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Dayforce is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessDayforce holds 3 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

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

Gusto48 of 84
Patriot Payroll12 of 84
OnPay3 of 84
ADP RUN2 of 84
Rippling2 of 84
ADP1 of 84
Patriot Full Service Payroll1 of 84
Paychex Flex1 of 84
3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketDayforce is #13 of 18 here at 0% of first choices, 16 labels.

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

Gusto13 of 75
Patriot Payroll13 of 75
Rippling11 of 75
ADP Workforce Now5 of 75
ADP3 of 75
Paylocity3 of 75
ADP Workforce Now®1 of 75
Namely1 of 75
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseDayforce is #4 of 15 here at 6% of first choices, 53 labels.

Forty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Dayforce; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those forty-one answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

ADP7 of 41
ADP Workforce Now3 of 41
Paycom3 of 41
ADP Global Payroll1 of 41
ADP Lyric HCM1 of 41
ADP RUN1 of 41
Ceridian Dayforce HCM1 of 41
OnPay1 of 41
1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Workforce planning

Workforce planning and analytics. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Dayforce is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessDayforce holds 2 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

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

Homebase11 of 84
Rippling10 of 84
ChartHop9 of 84
BambooHR8 of 84
Connecteam8 of 84
Runn5 of 84
Float4 of 84
Lative3 of 84
16 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketDayforce is #14 of 20 here at 0% of first choices, 16 labels.

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

ChartHop14 of 76
Homebase6 of 76
Pigment6 of 76
Anaplan5 of 76
Workday Adaptive Planning5 of 76
TeamOhana3 of 76
4PLAN HR2 of 76
Connecteam2 of 76
16 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseDayforce is #4 of 14 here at 6% of first choices, 11 labels.

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

Anaplan27 of 81
Workday Adaptive Planning18 of 81
Visier Workforce Planning4 of 81
ChartHop3 of 81
Pigment3 of 81
Adaptive from Workday1 of 81
Limelight1 of 81
Nakisa1 of 81
4 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 Dayforce 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 Dayforce 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 Dayforce's side.

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

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