# Paychex Retirement Services alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Paychex Retirement Services holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/paychex-retirement-services/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Fidelity Investments: 41
- Guideline: 25
- Human Interest: 25
- Fidelity Advantage 401: 22
- Vanguard Workplace Solutions: 14
- ADP Retirement Services: 12

## 401(k) providers

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Paychex Retirement Services (Paychex Retirement Services is #8 of 11 at 4%).

- Guideline: first choice in 19 of those 74
- Human Interest: first choice in 9 of those 74
- Employee Fiduciary 401(k) Plan: first choice in 7 of those 74
- ADP Retirement Services: first choice in 6 of those 74
- Fidelity Advantage 401: first choice in 5 of those 74
- ShareBuilder 401k: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Ubiquity Retirement + Savings: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Vanguard Workplace Solutions: first choice in 3 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Paychex Retirement Services (Paychex Retirement Services is #16 of 18 at 0%).

- Human Interest: first choice in 13 of those 79
- Fidelity Investments: first choice in 8 of those 79
- Fidelity Advantage 401: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Guideline: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Fidelity Workplace Investing: first choice in 5 of those 79
- ADP Retirement Services: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Employee Fiduciary 401(k) Plan: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Empower Retirement: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Paychex Retirement Services (Paychex Retirement Services is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Fidelity Investments: first choice in 33 of those 79
- Vanguard Workplace Solutions: first choice in 11 of those 79
- Fidelity Advantage 401: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Empower Retirement: first choice in 6 of those 79
- ADP Retirement Services: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Human Interest: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Charles Schwab: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Principal: first choice in 2 of those 79

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