9 categories · RankedDeputy
Deputy is a people platform for hourly work, used by businesses to manage scheduling, timesheets, time and attendance, and tasking for shift-based teams · deputy.com ↗
Strongest at mid-market, contested with Sling. Ranked 5 of 82 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Connecteam is first at 26%.
Ranked first, contested: Sling has 25%. 6 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
UKG Pro Workforce Management is first at 40%.
Why models recommend it
“Deputy offers the strongest overall combination of time tracking, attendance management, scheduling, and workforce controls”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Comparative question · first choice
“my default pick is Deputy for a mid-market company that wants scheduling without replacing its HR/payroll system”GPT-6 Luna · Direct question · first choice
“Recommendation: Start with a trial of Deputy. It offers the broadest feature set for a mid-sized team”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Deputy (*Best Overall*) ... a market leader for mid-sized businesses needing robust workforce management”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Support is a recurring pain point—staff often lack knowledge to resolve even basic issues... "underdeveloped" for its premium pricing”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Multiple reviewers report "zero customer service"... the platform has stagnated—features haven't kept up with competitors despite increasing prices.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“smaller or specialized tools (e.g., Deputy, When I Work, Homebase) are better for SMBs or hourly/shift work but not full "suites."”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · warning
“all nine shared identifying worker data and information about online activity with third parties”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Deputy, over the 401 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | 47 | Compare → | |
| 225 | 31 | Compare → | |
| 202 | 63 | Compare → | |
| 118 | 36 | Compare → | |
| 109 | 20 | Compare → | |
| 70 | 2 | View → | |
| 65 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 58 | 2 | View → | |
| 55 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 50 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Deputy →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Deputy's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Businesses
- Price stated
- Start for free
- Starting price
- 5
- Free plan or trial
- Up to 31 days, no credit card required
- Certifications
- Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, TX-RAMP Level 2
- Hosting
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Customers named
- Exit 11 Coffee, Mud Bay, UNTUCKit, trek, Eastham Ace Hardware, Hot Cookie, Mineral Ace Hardware, Alpha Coffee
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 356 of the 401 answers that named Deputy and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
936 of the 936 domain citations in answers naming Deputy 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 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 2,701 | 18 | 2026-09-16 | Workforce scheduling, Time and attendance | |
| Case study | 432 | 0 | 2025-10-21 | ||
| News or press | 220 | 3 | 2026-09-10 | Workforce planning, Employee onboarding | |
| Glossary or explainer | 85 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 47 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 38 | 0 | 2025-11-10 | ||
| Comparison | 27 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 10 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 6 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 4 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-16Meal and rest break laws by state blog
- 2026-09-10Au news or press
- 2026-09-10Shift workers are being rostered fewer hours each month resulting in more australians entering poly employment news or press
- 2026-09-037 steps to strategic human resource management blog
- 2026-09-01Leave admin off your plate what s new in leave management plus blog
- 2026-08-31Deputy wfm and payroll promo offer 3 months free blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page deputy.com 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. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.