# Pause: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pause

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Leave and absence management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/core/leave-and-absence-management/index.md) | 0% | 86 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "review snippets mention requests for more granular time-off options and privacy controls, which is a red flag" (GPT-5.4 mini, Leave)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Pause, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- capterra.com: 2
- capterra.com.au: 1
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 1
- g2.com: 1
- hrpaypick.com: 1
- i4.net: 1
- reddit.com: 1
- softwareadvice.com: 1
- softwareadvice.com.au: 1
- sourceforge.net: 1

### Pages cited

- https://capterra.com.au/directory/31400/leave-management-system/software: 1
- https://capterra.com/compare/106836-227622/PurelyHR-Time-Off-vs-Pause: 1
- https://capterra.com/leave-management-system-software: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/106836/PurelyHR-Time-Off/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/143606/Namely/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/145412/Leave-Management-System: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/167811/Deputy/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/168685/Factorial-HR-Software/reviews: 1

## In its own words

What Pause's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: #1 Leave Management Software for Absence Management (https://getpause.com/)
- For: startups, small businesses, and remote teams (https://getpause.com/)
- Price stated: $1 per user. per month. (https://getpause.com/)
- Starting price: 1 (https://getpause.com/)
- Free plan or trial: 30 day free trial (https://getpause.com/)
- Customers named: ThousandZero

## What it publishes

Every page getpause.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 129 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 36 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.