Gusto vs ADP Workforce Now
Zero of fourteen models named Gusto first on the direct prompt; three named ADP Workforce Now. Gusto was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and ADP Workforce Now by thirteen and Gusto carries 26 labels and ADP Workforce Now 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twenty-four categories this edition.
Named in nineteen categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 HR compliance and policy management page.
By framing
GustoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsADP Workforce Now
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Gusto and ADP Workforce Now were named in the same answer 131 times, of the 926 answers naming Gusto and the 616 naming ADP Workforce Now. In those answers ADP Workforce Now took the first choice fourteen times and Gusto twenty-two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Gusto ADP Workforce Now first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gusto on the left and ADP Workforce Now on the right.The direct prompt
ADP Workforce Now first, Gusto not the choice
3 of 14 modelsGusto was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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.
By buyer segment
Gusto21%#1 of 9ADP Workforce Now—not namedGusto13%#2 of 12ADP Workforce Now6%#5 of 12ADP Workforce Now4%#5 of 10Gusto0%#– of 10What the models said about Gusto
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“like BambooHR, Rippling, Gusto (Ramp), or Personio, check if their built-in compliance modules are robust enough” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about ADP Workforce Now
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“"Our testing found that ADP Workforce Now is the best HRIS system for midsize businesses, earning a 4.0-star rating"; "Frequently positioned as the incumbent for mid-size and large companies."” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct 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.