2 categories · RankedPlanSource
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 23% | 1 of 54 | 6% | 32 | accepted challenger |
| Flexible benefits and lifestyle spending accounts | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 20 of 76 | 14% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Compt at 30% |
Movement
By model
How each model treated PlanSource across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“PlanSource - a dedicated benefit enrollment system for the 100–1,000 employee range with decision-support tooling, billing reconciliation, and a large carrier-feed library.” Llama 4 Maverick · Benefits administration · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with PlanSource if you want a dedicated benefits platform, or Rippling if you prefer an all-in-one HRIS solution” MiniMax M2.5 · Benefits administration · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose PlanSource if you want a powerful, dedicated benefits tool that sits well alongside your existing HR stack.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Benefits administration · direct prompt · first choice
“If you want a best-of-breed benefits platform that integrates with your existing HRIS, go with PlanSource.” Kimi K2 · Benefits administration · direct prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“PlanSource: Users have noted complaints about work status event complexity, document library organization, and some delays in carrier file setup.” MiniMax M2.5 · Benefits administration · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious if you have under 250 employees, need benefits bundled with payroll” Perplexity Sonar · Benefits administration · negative prompt · soft negative
“Approach others like PlanSource and Worksmile cautiously” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Flexible benefits · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as PlanSource, over the 80 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and PlanSource was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 73 of the 80 answers that named PlanSource and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
305 of the 305 domain citations in answers naming PlanSource came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where PlanSource is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.ShowHide
Badges
AI models recommend PlanSource first in Benefits administration this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of September 2026.
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.