13 categories · RankedFactorial
Factorial is an all-in-one business management software that covers HR functions such as HRIS, applicant tracking, onboarding, and IT asset management · factorialhr.com ↗
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
“Factorial and PerformYard are especially worth considering due to their lower starting prices and strong user ratings.”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Factorial or Rippling are the leading choices due to their ability to scale”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Factorial is the strongest dedicated people-analytics choice”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Factorial is rated as best value for budget-conscious SMEs”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Mixed but significant red flags in recent reviews, including sudden price doubling without notice or consent, ignored support requests”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“UI bugs, restrictive permissions, very slow or unresponsive support, surprise price hikes”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“consider free tiers of BambooHR or Factorial, but they're often more expensive for pure leave management”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Factorial, over the 127 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 20 | View → | |
| 42 | 4 | View → | |
| 37 | 8 | View → | |
| 35 | 6 | View → | |
| 26 | 3 | View → | |
| 25 | 2 | View → | |
| 21 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 3 | View → | |
| 19 | 2 | View → | |
| 18 | 5 | View → |
What the models named instead of Factorial →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Factorial's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- decision-makers, the doers, and everyone in between
- Price stated
- Pricing starts at $8 per employee per month (PEPM).
- Starting price
- 8
- Free plan or trial
- Request a free demo
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
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 124 of the 127 answers that named Factorial and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
360 of the 360 domain citations in answers naming Factorial 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 837 | 25 | 2026-09-22 | Performance management, Applicant tracking syste | |
| Podcast or video | 241 | 12 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Template or tool | 61 | 1 | 2026-09-08 | Employee onboarding | |
| Comparison | 42 | 3 | 2026-07-17 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 36 | undated | Applicant tracking syste | ||
| Report or ebook | 22 | 0 | 2026-06-10 | Performance management, People analytics | |
| Glossary or explainer | 13 | 0 | 2026-01-16 | HRIS and HCM platforms | |
| Case study | 9 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 4 | 0 | 2026-06-29 | ||
| News or press | 3 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-22Team growth blog
- 2026-09-22Legal hr blog
- 2026-09-21Tekenable factorial frs blog
- 2026-09-20Understanding usa payroll blog
- 2026-09-15How factorial it helps iso 27001 blog
- 2026-09-15It management 2 blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page factorialhr.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.