Homebase vs Deputy
Zero of fourteen models named Homebase first on the direct prompt; zero named Deputy. Homebase was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Deputy by fourteen and Homebase carries 19 labels and Deputy 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eighteen categories this edition.
Named in ten 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 workforce management suites page.
By framing
HomebaseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDeputy
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Homebase and Deputy were named in the same answer 143 times, of the 412 answers naming Homebase and the 280 naming Deputy. In those answers Deputy took the first choice eleven times and Homebase fifty-six.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Homebase Deputy first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Homebase on the left and Deputy on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
13 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
Homebase45%#1 of 14Deputy7%#5 of 14Homebase2%#– of 13Deputy2%#8 of 13What the models said about Homebase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Small-business / lightweight tools like Homebase, When I Work, Connecteam, Deputy, and similar SMB-first tools” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Homebase is 100% negative, 4 of 4 labels negative” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“This is an affordable workforce management solution for small businesses ... with a free plan that makes it especially attractive” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Deputy
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Small-business / lightweight tools like Homebase, When I Work, Connecteam, Deputy, and similar SMB-first tools” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Great for very small teams, but they often hit "walls" when trying to integrate with larger ERP or Payroll ecosystems.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“if looking for the strongest all-around fit for a mid-sized operation, I recommend Deputy.” Qwen 3.7 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.