Deputy vs When I Work
Ten of fourteen models named Deputy first on the direct prompt; one named When I Work. Both were named by all fourteen models and Deputy carries 36 labels and When I Work 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in eight 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 modelsWhen I Work
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Deputy and When I Work were named in the same answer 163 times, of the 280 answers naming Deputy and the 258 naming When I Work. In those answers When I Work took the first choice sixteen times and Deputy twenty-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 When I Work first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Deputy on the left and When I Work on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Deputy first, When I Work an alternative
9 of 14 modelsWhen I Work 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
When I Work19%#3 of 9Deputy2%#5 of 9Deputy37%#1 of 11When I Work6%#4 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 When I Work
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“or When I Work if you want excellent value with solid forecasting capabilities” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Why I'd lean toward When I Work if you can afford a small monthly spend” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“or When I Work which tends to have better small-business support” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative 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.