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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Square Payroll, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 223 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Square Payroll holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Gusto47
ADP25
ADP Workforce Now23
Rippling17
Workday14
Patriot Payroll13
First choices in the 223 answers that did not name Square Payroll, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Payroll software

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Square Payroll is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessSquare Payroll is #9 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 18 labels.

Seventy of the eighty-four answers did not name Square Payroll; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:

Gusto40 of 70
Patriot Payroll7 of 70
OnPay3 of 70
ADP RUN2 of 70
Rippling2 of 70
ADP1 of 70
Paychex Flex1 of 70
Paylocity1 of 70
2 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketSquare Payroll is #9 of 18 here at 2% of first choices, 20 labels.

Sixty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Square Payroll; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Rippling15 of 69
Gusto7 of 69
Patriot Payroll6 of 69
ADP Workforce Now5 of 69
Paylocity4 of 69
ADP3 of 69
Paychex Flex3 of 69
Paycom2 of 69
7 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseSquare Payroll holds 1 label here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Square Payroll; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

ADP21 of 84
ADP Workforce Now18 of 84
Workday14 of 84
Dayforce3 of 84
Paycom3 of 84
ADP RUN2 of 84
ADP Global Payroll1 of 84
ADP Lyric HCM1 of 84
5 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Square Payroll neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Square Payroll only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Square Payroll's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Square Payroll was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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