# People analytics for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "people analytics platform" and as "HR analytics software", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/people-analytics/enterprise/

**Standing:** Visier leads with 57% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 47 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visier | 57% | 14% | 65 |
| 2 | Workday People Analytics | 11% | 20% | 44 |
| 3 | ChartHop | 11% | 29% | 28 |
| 4 | Crunchr | 6% | 10% | 30 |
| 5 | One Model | 2% | 8% | 36 |
| 6 | SAP SuccessFactors | 2% | 21% | 14 |
| 7 | Oracle Fusion HCM Analytics | 0% | 12% | 16 |
| 8 | Culture Amp | 0% | 10% | 10 |
| 9 | Microsoft Viva Insights | 0% | 36% | 11 |
| 10 | Tableau | 0% | 40% | 10 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Visier; alternatives Workday People Analytics
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Visier; alternatives ChartHop, One Model, Workday Prism Analytics
- Perplexity Sonar: Visier; alternatives One Model, SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics, Workday People Analytics
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Visier; alternatives Dayforce, Eletive, Workday People Analytics, Workhuman iQ
- Mistral Small: One Model, Visier; alternatives Culture Amp, Microsoft Viva Insights, Rippling
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Visier; alternatives Crunchr, One Model, Workday People Analytics
- Llama 4 Maverick: Ordio; alternatives Agentnoon, Eletive, HRBench
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Visier; alternatives ChartHop, Ordio
- Kimi K2: Visier; alternatives Crunchr, One Model
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Visier; alternatives ChartHop, Crunchr, One Model, Workday People Analytics
- MiniMax M2.5: no first choice
- GPT-6 Luna: Visier; alternatives One Model, Workday People Analytics
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Visier; alternatives SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics, Workday People Analytics

## Sources the answers cite

77 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- workhuman.com: 41 answers, 43 citations
- hr.university: 27 answers, 27 citations
- visier.com: 24 answers, 45 citations
- learn.g2.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- hibob.com: 23 answers, 31 citations
- ordio.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 21 answers, 25 citations
- eletive.com: 21 answers, 23 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://workhuman.com/blog/people-analytics-software (39 answers)
- https://hr.university/tools/hr-analytics-software (27 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-hr-analytics-software (24 answers)
- https://ordio.com/en/insights/guides/hr-analytics-software (22 answers)
- https://eletive.com/blog/people-analytics-tools (21 answers)
- https://hibob.com/blog/best-hr-analytics-software-tools (21 answers)
- https://thoughtspot.com/data-trends/analytics/hr-analytics-software (21 answers)
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-hr-analytics-software (20 answers)
- https://zendikt.com/top-10-people-analytics-software (20 answers)
- https://thrivesparrow.com/blog/best-people-analytics-software (19 answers)

## Warned against

- Workday People Analytics: 9 of 44 labels negative. "disclosed a 2025 data breach affecting employee PII at Chipotle" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Visier: 9 of 65 labels negative. "vendors with recent material workforce cuts and opaque pricing such as Visier for renewal trust and support continuity" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- ChartHop: 8 of 28 labels negative. "Large enterprises should avoid smaller or mid-market-focused tools (e.g., ChartHop, Lattice, BambooHR)" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- BambooHR: 4 of 7 labels negative. "Basic HR reporting; no advanced predictive attrition, workforce modeling, or AI insights. Suited for SMBs, not complex enterprise data." (Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Visier at 56%.

- Visier: 65% to 56%, −9. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 1 of 72, unchanged.
- Crunchr: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 4 of 72.
- Workday People Analytics: 9% to 12%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 of 72, unchanged.
- ChartHop: 9% to 12%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 of 72, unchanged.
- SAP SuccessFactors: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 6 of 72.
- One Model: 5% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 5 of 72.
- Oracle Fusion HCM Analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 41 → 11 of 72.
- Culture Amp: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 → 13 of 72.
- SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 10 → 14 of 72.
- SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 12 → 19 of 72.
- Microsoft Viva Insights: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 59 → 22 of 72.

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.