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Time and attendance · October 2026 Edition

Homebase vs Connecteam

Zero of fourteen models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; one named Connecteam. Homebase was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Connecteam by eleven and Homebase carries 17 labels and Connecteam 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Homebase

accepted challenger

Named in eighteen categories this edition.

Connecteam

accepted challenger

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

First-choice share10%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1721A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Homebase reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Paylocity was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Clockify vs Homebase · Clockify vs Connecteam · Paylocity vs Homebase

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 time and attendance page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HomebaseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsConnecteam
Direct01
Paraphrase01
Comparative00
Budget-constrained52
Scale-constrained001 against Homebase
Negative01
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Homebase and Connecteam were named in the same answer 205 times, of the 412 answers naming Homebase and the 578 naming Connecteam. In those answers Connecteam took the first choice thirty times and Homebase seventy-two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Homebase and Connecteam stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Homebase Connecteam first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Connecteam on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Homebase and Connecteam stood in it.

Connecteam first, Homebase not the choice

1 of 14 modelsHomebase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXConnecteam, Paylocity alternatives: BambooHR Time Tracking, Buddy Punch, Paycom, QuickBooks Time

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Kimi K2Rippling alternatives: Connecteam, Deputy, Paylocity, UKG Ready
Muse Glimmer 30BADP Workforce Now alternatives: BambooHR Time Tracking, Calamari, Connecteam, UKG Pro / UKG Ready

Neither was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Factorial alternatives: BambooHR Time Tracking, Jibble, Paylocity, Synerion
GPT-5.4 miniADP Workforce Now, UKG Ready alternatives: Paylocity, Rippling
Gemini 3.5 FlashRippling alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Everhour, Harvest, Jibble, TCP Software, TimeClock Plus
Perplexity SonarPaylocity alternatives: Factorial, Paycor, QuickBooks Time, UKG Ready
Grok 4.1 FastPaylocity, UKG Ready alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Buddy Punch, QuickBooks Time
Mistral SmallADP Workforce Now alternatives: BambooHR Time Tracking, Paycor
DeepSeek V4 FlashUKG Ready alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Paycom, QuickBooks Time
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: BambooHR Time Tracking, Humanity Time, Paycor
Qwen 3.7 FlashPaylocity alternatives: Deputy, Replicon, UKG Pro
MiniMax M2.5ADP Workforce Now, Paylocity alternatives: Rippling, TimeCamp, UKG Pro
GPT-6 LunaUKG Ready alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Deputy, Paylocity

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Homebase leads by eight points.
Homebase13%#3 of 12
Connecteam6%#5 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Homebase leads by two points.
Homebase10%#5 of 15
Connecteam8%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Homebase leads by two points.
Homebase2%#– of 13
Connecteam0%#12 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Homebase

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“likely to be a cloud-based software that offers a free or low-cost plan, such as Homebase or TimeCamp. Homebase offers a free plan with basic features” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“the best choice is usually Homebase if you have a small, single-location team, or Connecteam if you want a free or very low-cost option” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Connecteam

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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.