Four of twelve models named Rippling first on the direct prompt; two named HiBob. Both were named by all twelve models and Rippling carries 32 labels and HiBob 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.
Named in sixteen categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the HRIS and HCM platforms page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Rippling and HiBob were named in the same answer 143 times, of the 1168 answers naming Rippling and the 261 naming HiBob. In those answers HiBob took the first choice fifteen times and Rippling thirty-eight.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
No label in this category carried a quote.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“I'd shortlist Paylocity (modern, balanced, payroll-native) and HiBob (best UX and people analytics for knowledge workers” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.