# SAP SuccessFactors alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 880 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where SAP SuccessFactors 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/sap-successfactors/alternatives

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

- BambooHR: 91
- Visier: 62
- Lattice: 54
- Rippling: 52
- ServiceNow HR Service Delivery: 39
- Zoho People: 35

## Performance management

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- Lattice: first choice in 20 of those 84
- AssessTEAM: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Effy AI: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Leapsome: first choice in 9 of those 84
- 15Five: first choice in 6 of those 84
- PerformYard: first choice in 5 of those 84
- BambooHR: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Small Improvements: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- Lattice: first choice in 29 of those 77
- 15Five: first choice in 9 of those 77
- AssessTEAM: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Effy AI: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Small Improvements: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Teamflect: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Zoho People: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Leapsome: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 44 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #4 of 10 at 9%).

- Lattice: first choice in 4 of those 44
- 15Five: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Betterworks: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Leapsome: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Workday HCM Performance Management: first choice in 3 of those 44
- CCH Tagetik: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Cultivate: first choice in 1 of those 44

## HRIS and HCM platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors.

- BambooHR: first choice in 29 of those 84
- Gusto: first choice in 23 of those 84
- Rippling: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Zoho People: first choice in 9 of those 84
- ADP RUN: first choice in 1 of those 84
- LeaveBoard: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #12 of 15 at 0%).

- Rippling: first choice in 22 of those 77
- Zoho People: first choice in 11 of those 77
- BambooHR: first choice in 5 of those 77
- HiBob: first choice in 4 of those 77
- ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Gusto: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Paylocity: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Dayforce: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 38 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #2 of 12 at 13%).

- Rippling: first choice in 5 of those 38
- Workday HCM: first choice in 5 of those 38
- Dayforce: first choice in 2 of those 38
- ADP Vantage HCM: first choice in 1 of those 38
- ADP Workforce Now: first choice in 1 of those 38
- HarmonyHR: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Paycom: first choice in 1 of those 38
- UKG Pro: first choice in 1 of those 38

## HR help desk and case management

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- BambooHR: first choice in 14 of those 84
- Jira Service Management: first choice in 12 of those 84
- Zoho People: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Zoho Desk: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Freshdesk: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Gusto: first choice in 4 of those 84
- HiBob: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Rippling: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #12 of 12 at 0%).

- Zoho Desk: first choice in 11 of those 77
- ServiceNow HR Service Delivery: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Dovetail Software: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Freshservice: first choice in 8 of those 77
- Jira Service Management: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Freshservice for Business Teams: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Serval: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Zoho People: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 71 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #11 of 13 at 0%).

- ServiceNow HR Service Delivery: first choice in 30 of those 71
- Freshservice: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Zendesk: first choice in 3 of those 71
- HelpSpot: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Jira Service Management: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Desk365: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Freshdesk: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Leena AI: first choice in 1 of those 71

## People analytics

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors.

- BambooHR: first choice in 37 of those 84
- Rippling: first choice in 10 of those 84
- TalentHR: first choice in 5 of those 84
- ChartHop: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Gusto: first choice in 4 of those 84
- ThriveSparrow: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Crunchr: first choice in 2 of those 84
- HiBob: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- Visier: first choice in 17 of those 82
- ChartHop: first choice in 13 of those 82
- Crunchr: first choice in 11 of those 82
- HiBob: first choice in 7 of those 82
- BambooHR: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Factorial: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Leapsome: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Rippling: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name SAP SuccessFactors (SAP SuccessFactors is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Visier: first choice in 45 of those 78
- Crunchr: first choice in 5 of those 78
- One Model: first choice in 5 of those 78
- ChartHop: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Lattice: first choice in 1 of those 78
- PeopleInsight: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Workday People Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Workday Prism Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 78

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