Deputy vs Sling
Ten of fourteen models named Deputy first on the direct prompt; zero named Sling. Both were named by all fourteen models and Deputy carries 36 labels and Sling 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in five 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 scheduling page.
By framing
DeputyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSling
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Deputy and Sling were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 280 answers naming Deputy and the 84 naming Sling. In those answers Sling took the first choice five times and Deputy four.
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 | | | |
Deputy Sling first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deputy on the left and Sling on the right.The direct prompt
Deputy first, Sling not the choice
10 of 14 modelsSling was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 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
Deputy37%#1 of 11Sling24%#2 of 11What 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.
“I'd pick Deputy for a mid-market B2B company because it appears most often as the strongest general-purpose mid-market scheduling platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Recommendation: Start with a demo for Deputy. It generally offers the highest ceiling for growth” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Deputy - Great for mid-market companies, offers flexible scheduling and compliance tools” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Sling
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Sling – best small-budget free tier for scheduling … The author's preference is Sling "because it lets you create schedules for up to 30 users."” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“The best employee scheduling software for a company with a limited budget is Sling, which is free and has below-average costs on paid plans.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Sling is the strongest overall pick because it is repeatedly identified as the best for small budgets” Perplexity Sonar · budget 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.