Sling vs When I Work
Zero of fourteen models named Sling first on the direct prompt; one named When I Work. Both were named by all fourteen models and Sling carries 19 labels and When I Work 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five 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
SlingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWhen I Work
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Sling and When I Work were named in the same answer fifty-three times, of the 84 answers naming Sling and the 258 naming When I Work. In those answers When I Work took the first choice four times and Sling twelve.
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 | | | |
Sling When I Work first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Sling on the left and When I Work on the right.The direct prompt
When I Work first, Sling not the choice
1 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
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 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
Sling0%#– of 11When I Work0%#11 of 11What 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
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.