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HR AI Index
September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 · The permanent record of that edition, superseded since. The current standing is on the category page →
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Time and attendance

Asked as “time and attendance system”, and as “employee time tracking software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
12%
Contested · Paylocity 12%
12Clockify12Paylocity10ADP Workforce Now67others

12% of first choices, contested.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Clockify12%0%28accepted challenger
02Paylocity12%5%22accepted challenger
03ADP Workforce Now10%10%29accepted challenger
04Jibble10%0%17accepted challenger
05Homebase10%6%17accepted challenger
06Connecteam8%0%21accepted challenger
07Toggl Track8%0%13accepted challenger
08UKG Ready8%6%16accepted challenger
09Rippling6%0%14accepted challenger
10QuickBooks Time2%12%32accepted challenger
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13UKG Pro0%26%19criticized challenger
15Paycom0%10%10accepted challenger
14Buddy Punch0%9%11accepted challenger
11BambooHR Time Tracking0%0%16accepted challenger
12Deputy0%0%14accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
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01Clockify12%
02Paylocity12%
03ADP Workforce Now10%
04Jibble10%
05Homebase10%
06Connecteam8%
07Toggl Track8%
08UKG Ready8%
09Rippling6%
10QuickBooks Time2%
11BambooHR Time Tracking0%
12Deputy0%
13UKG Pro0%
14Buddy Punch0%
15Paycom0%

What they warned about

Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
UKG Pro
26%
5 of 19 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Systems to Be Wary Of:** #### 1. **UKG (formerly Kronos)** ... Frequent system outages and usability glitches” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
QuickBooks Time
12%
4 of 32 labels negative · 4 of 12 models
“**QuickBooks Time** may be a poor fit if you need **GPS tracking, geofencing, or automatic background tracking** for field workers.” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
UKG Pro Workforce Management
50%
3 of 6 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“A ransomware attack discovered Dec. 11 [2021] hit Kronos Private Cloud and the company said the outage could last several weeks.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
ADP Workforce Now
10%
3 of 29 labels negative · 3 of 12 models
“poor support response times, long holds... Avoid if: You do not have a dedicated HR administrator to manage the complex backend.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt

What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1011 links across 259 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

35 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Guideflow32 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
vendor site · TimeTrex23 answers · 38 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G222 answers · 28 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Paylocity19 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · TrackingTime19 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 36 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Rippling17 answers · 19 citations · 11 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Jibble15 answers · 23 citations · 8 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best time and attendance system”, “time and attendance system”, “time and attendance systems”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Clockify clockify.me12%10060,5001,0932,084,74940
Paylocity paylocity.com12%2721,220,0002,3801,682,033$8,49379
ADP parent site
ADP Workforce Now 10%
10%5922,740,00023,897
Jibble jibble.io10%669,90010867,2111
Homebase joinhomebase.com10%404201,0003,839472,253$793120
BigTime bigtime.net10%1118,10027830,730$2,22130
Connecteam connecteam.com8%57349,500288312,449$13,504120
Toggl toggl.com
Toggl Track 8%
8%5012,10089257,259 company30
UKG Pro ukg.com
UKG Ready 8%, UKG Pro 0%
8%45790,5001,257310,168$11,996120
Rippling rippling.com6%1260301,00017,886712,399$42,0131159

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (business.com, g2.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com, rippling.com, selectsoftwarereviews.com). The first result for “best time and attendance system” is reddit.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best time and attendance system for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which employee time tracking software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top time and attendance systems and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best time and attendance system for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a time and attendance system. What should we look at?”Negative“Which time and attendance systems should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Factorial
Four alternativesBambooHR Time Tracking, Jibble, Paylocity, Synerion
Connecteam, PaylocityChanged
Two alternativesApploye, QuickBooks Time
UKG Pro
Two alternativesDeputy, UKG Pro Workforce Management
no first choice
Three alternativesBuddy Punch, ClockIn, QuickBooks Time
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniADP Workforce Now, UKG Ready
Two alternativesPaylocity, Rippling
QuickBooks Time, RipplingChanged
One alternativeToggl Track
ADP Time & Attendance / Workforce Now, UKG Pro
Six alternativesHumanity, Paylocity, QuickBooks Time, SAP SuccessFactors Time Management, TCP Software, Workday Workforce Management
Clockify
One alternativeHomebase
against: QuickBooks Time
no first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, Hubstaff, Paylocity, Time Doctor, TimeMoto, UKG Pro
Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling
Six alternativesADP Workforce Now, Everhour, Harvest, Jibble, TCP Software, TimeClock Plus
Toggl TrackChanged
Seven alternativesBigTime, ClickTime, ClickUp, Harvest, Monday.com, Rize, Timely
no first choice
Eight alternativesADP Workforce Now, Clockify, Connecteam, Deputy, Homebase, Rippling, Toggl Track, UKG Ready
Jibble
Three alternativesClockify, Connecteam, Homebase
no first choiceagainst: ADP Workforce Now, EasyClocking, EasyWorkforce, QuickBooks Time, TimeLogix, UKG Pro
Perplexity SonarPaylocity
Four alternativesFactorial, Paycor, QuickBooks Time, UKG Ready
PaycorChanged
Four alternativesBambooHR Time Tracking, Clockify, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track
no first choiceConnecteam, Homebase
One alternativeClockify
no first choiceagainst: Dayforce, QuickBooks Time, UKG Pro, Workday Time Tracking
Grok 4.1 FastPaylocity, UKG Ready
Three alternativesADP Workforce Now, Buddy Punch, QuickBooks Time
BigTimeChanged
Three alternativesClockify, Harvest, Toggl Track
UKG Pro
Six alternativesADP Workforce Now, BambooHR Time Tracking, Connecteam, Paycor, Paylocity, Workday HCM
Jibble
Three alternativesClockify, Connecteam, Homebase
no first choicenothing named
Mistral SmallADP Workforce Now
Two alternativesBambooHR Time Tracking, Paycor
BigTimeChanged
Three alternativesHarvest, Time Doctor, Toggl Track
ADP Workforce Now
Seven alternativesBambooHR Time Tracking, Clockify, Paylocity, QuickBooks Time, Rippling, TimeTrex, UKG Ready
Clockify, Jibble
Two alternativesOnTheClock, TimeTrex
no first choiceagainst: Homebasenothing named
DeepSeek V4 FlashUKG Ready
Four alternativesADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Paycom, QuickBooks Time
Toggl TrackChanged
Three alternativesClockify, Harvest, Hubstaff
UKG Pro
Seven alternativesADP Workforce Now, Clockify, Dayforce, Deputy, Jibble, QuickBooks Time, Workday Time Tracking
Jibble
Four alternativesClockify, Connecteam, OnTheClock, TimeCamp
no first choiceagainst: ADP RUN Powered by ADP, ADP Workforce Now, ClockShark, UKG Pro, UKG Pro Workforce Management, UKG Ready
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Three alternativesBambooHR Time Tracking, Humanity Time, Paycor
Toggl TrackChanged
Two alternativesQuickBooks Time, UKG Ready
no first choiceHomebase, TimeCamp
One alternativeClockify
no first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashPaylocity
Three alternativesDeputy, Replicon, UKG Pro
BigTimeChanged
Two alternativesQuickBooks Time, UKG Ready
Dayforce, UKG Pro
Four alternativesADP Workforce Now, Jibble, Paycom, QuickBooks Time
Homebase
Four alternativesClockify, Gusto, Jibble, When I Work
no first choiceagainst: Buddy Punch, TimeForce, UKG Pro
Kimi K2Rippling
Four alternativesConnecteam, Deputy, Paylocity, UKG Ready
Toggl TrackChanged
Three alternativesBigTime, Clockify, Everhour
against: Harvest
UKG Pro
Five alternativesADP Workforce Now, BambooHR Time Tracking, Clockify, Jibble, TimeTrex
against: QuickBooks Time
Clockify, Homebase
Two alternativesJibble, TimeTrex Community Edition
no first choice
Nine alternativesADP Workforce Now, Buddy Punch, Connecteam, Deputy, Factorial, QuickBooks Time, Rippling, Sling, TCP Software
against: UKG Pro Workforce Management
GLM 4.7 FlashXConnecteam, Paylocity
Four alternativesBambooHR Time Tracking, Buddy Punch, Paycom, QuickBooks Time
BigTimeChanged
Three alternativesHarvest, QuickBooks Time, Toggl Track
no first choice
Twelve alternativesADP Workforce Now, ATOSS, Clockify, Connecteam, Dayforce, Deputy, Homebase, Jibble, Paylocity, QuickBooks Time, Rippling, UKG Pro
Clockify
Four alternativesQuickBooks Time, TimeCamp, TimeTrex Cloud, TimeTrex Community Edition
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5ADP Workforce Now, Paylocity
Three alternativesRippling, TimeCamp, UKG Pro
BigTimeChanged
Three alternativesClockify, Hubstaff, Toggl Track
Jibble, TimeTrex
Six alternativesADP Workforce Now, Clockify, Connecteam, QuickBooks Time, UKG Pro Workforce Management, Workday Time Tracking
Clockify, Connecteam
Two alternativesQuickBooks Time, TimeCamp
no first choiceagainst: ClockShark, Gusto, Mitrefinch, Paycom
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 08:45yes1910 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 10:46yes45 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 09:22yes1823 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:30yes204 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 07:47yes2312 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 09:32yes54 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 08:48yes2123 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 08:43yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 08:24no026 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 09:45yes1018 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 07:49yes1647 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:04yes726 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:55yes97 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 10:45yes34 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 08:24yes1220 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:36yes184 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 09:00yes1912 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 07:45yes1210 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 11:23yes2334 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 11:02yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 08:42yes520 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 09:42yes1532 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 08:57yes1616 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 07:50yes919 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 09:06yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 08:42yes127 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 09:51yes1626 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 07:50yes195 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 10:21yes2310 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 08:55yes99 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 07:48yes2142 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 08:40yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 09:36yes1025 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 08:47yes2038 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 09:55yes2039 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 08:17yes1545 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 10:47no05 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 11:13yes36 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 08:30yes2525 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:03yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 10:59yes228 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:36yes96 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 07:44yes1923 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 08:36yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 10:16no031 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 08:55yes1526 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 07:42yes2135 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 10:33yes516 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 08:13no09 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 11:31no05 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 08:17no017 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 08:00yes206 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 08:42yes1210 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 11:52no06 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 09:12yes2436 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 09:54yes52 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:01no023 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 10:32yes1632 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 12:00yes2085 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 09:26no09 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-10-01 11:01yes1821 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-10-01 09:46yes37 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-10-01 08:28yes2627 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-10-01 09:52yes194 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-10-01 10:20yes226 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-10-01 10:40yes54 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-10-01 10:37yes2450 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-10-01 07:59yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-10-01 11:05yes1539 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-10-01 10:34yes2537 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-10-01 11:45yes2018 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-10-01 10:30yes820 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
ADP read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (RUN Powered by ADP) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (RUN, eLaborManager, Workforce Now) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (Workforce Now / RUN) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP (Workforce Now / Run) read as ADP Workforce Now
ADP Time & Attendance read as ADP Workforce Now
BambooHR read as BambooHR Time Tracking
BambooHR (Time & Attendance add-on) read as BambooHR Time Tracking
Ceridian Dayforce read as Dayforce
Kronos (UKG Ready) read as UKG Pro Workforce Management
Kronos (UKG) read as UKG Pro Workforce Management
Oracle read as Oracle Time and Labor
QuickBooks Workforce read as QuickBooks Time
SAP SuccessFactors read as SAP SuccessFactors Time Management
SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking read as SAP SuccessFactors Time Management
Workday read as Workday Time Tracking
Unresolved, counted raw
ADP RUN Powered by ADP
ADP Time & Attendance / Workforce Now
Accu-Time
Amano
BambooHR T&A
ClockIn
ESO Solutions
Frappe ERPNext
Humanity Time
Hurdlr
Kronos (UKG) or UKG Dimensions
Mitrefinch
OWCF (Open Web Clock Framework)
Remote Time & Attendance
SwipeClock / WorkforceHub
Team
TimeForce (now part of iSolved HCM)
TimeMoto
TimeTrex Cloud
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WorkEasy
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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