16 categories · RankedPaycom
Paycom is HR and payroll software for organizations · paycom.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.
Gusto is first at 58%.
Rippling is first at 29%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
ADP is first at 26%.
Why models recommend it
“Paycom is a strong fit for mid-size organizations with 50–5,000 employees that want to consolidate payroll, HR, and time tracking into a single platform.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · first choice
“Paycom | Single-database architecture, employee-driven error prevention, strong mid-market fit”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Paycom or ADP Workforce Now are the most commonly evaluated midmarket HCMs.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Want a dedicated, highly configurable US payroll with strong compliance and employee self-service: Paycom, ADP Workforce Now”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · alternative
What gives them pause
“platforms that users have had negative experiences with. Some of the platforms mentioned include ADP Workforce Now, Paycom, UKG, and Paycor.”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Noted for a closed API, making integrations difficult and expensive. Users also complain about poor customer service”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Frequently labeled with the harshest language in HR forums”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“High implementation turnover. Customers frequently complain about being assigned inexperienced account managers during Open Enrollment”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Paycom, over the 260 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | 25 | Compare → | |
| 101 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 86 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 6 | View → | |
| 63 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 60 | 2 | View → | |
| 59 | 1 | View → | |
| 56 | 2 | View → | |
| 48 | 7 | View → | |
| 41 | 9 | View → |
What the models named instead of Paycom →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Paycom's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- organizations
- Price stated
- Paycom pricing depends on the tools you need to empower your workforce. Our “Core” is the minimum used by all Paycom clients.
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 9001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, SOC 1, SOC 2
- Customers named
- The New England Patriots, The St. James, Houston Eye Associates, YMCA of Metro Denver, Waukegan Park District, Graeter’s Ice Cream
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 244 of the 260 answers that named Paycom and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
542 of the 603 domain citations in answers naming Paycom 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 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 707 | 21 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| News or press | 445 | 8 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| Podcast or video | 149 | 0 | 2026-01-23 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 20 | 6 | 2026-08-28 | ||
| Template or tool | 17 | 6 | 2026-09-10 | ||
| Case study | 15 | 0 | 2026-01-05 | ||
| Comparison | 11 | 0 | 2026-06-15 | ||
| Conference or event | 6 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 4 | 0 | 2026-02-17 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Secure hcm regulated industries blog
- 2026-09-28Secure hcm regulated industries blog
- 2026-09-24State of compliance september 2026 blog
- 2026-09-24Paycom tops comparably rankings for benefits employee happiness news or press
- 2026-09-24State of compliance september 2026 blog
- 2026-09-21Ai hr automation tools blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page paycom.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.