# People analytics: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/people-analytics/

**Standing:** Crunchr leads with 22% of first choices; verdict contested. 58 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crunchr | 22% | 17% | 48 |
| 2 | ChartHop | 21% | 12% | 43 |
| 3 | HiBob | 19% | 10% | 29 |
| 4 | BambooHR | 9% | 16% | 32 |
| 5 | Rippling | 3% | 5% | 22 |
| 6 | Orgnostic | 3% | 0% | 10 |
| 7 | Culture Amp | 0% | 5% | 21 |
| 8 | Lattice | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 9 | Visier | 0% | 41% | 46 |
| 10 | One Model | 0% | 25% | 20 |
| 11 | Workday People Analytics | 0% | 44% | 34 |

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

- Claude Haiku 4.5: HiBob; alternatives Rippling, Visier
- GPT-5.4 mini: HiBob; alternatives Crunchr, PeopleInsight
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Knoetic; alternatives ChartHop, Culture Amp, Visier
- Perplexity Sonar: HiBob; alternatives Crunchr
- Grok 4.1 Fast: ChartHop; alternatives BambooHR, Culture Amp, Eletive, Lattice
- Mistral Small: ChartHop, Crunchr; alternatives BambooHR, Eletive
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Crunchr; alternatives ChartHop, Culture Amp
- Llama 4 Maverick: Crunchr; alternatives Ordio, Workhuman iQ
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: ChartHop; alternatives HiBob, Lattice, One Model, Visier
- Kimi K2: ChartHop; alternatives HiBob, Lattice
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Crunchr, Orgnostic; alternatives ChartHop, HiBob, Worklytics
- MiniMax M2.5: Crunchr; alternatives ChartHop, Culture Amp, Workday People Analytics, Workhuman iQ
- GPT-6 Luna: ChartHop; alternatives HiBob, Lattice, Visier
- Muse Glimmer 30B: ChartHop, Crunchr

## 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: 37 answers, 40 citations
- ordio.com: 36 answers, 40 citations
- hibob.com: 31 answers, 53 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 28 answers, 38 citations
- hr.university: 27 answers, 27 citations
- hrbench.com: 25 answers, 29 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 24 answers, 26 citations
- learn.g2.com: 22 answers, 23 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ordio.com/en/insights/guides/hr-analytics-software (36 answers)
- https://workhuman.com/blog/people-analytics-software (36 answers)
- https://hibob.com/blog/best-hr-analytics-software-tools (27 answers)
- https://hr.university/tools/hr-analytics-software (26 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/analytics-tools (23 answers)
- https://eletive.com/blog/people-analytics-tools (20 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-people-analytics-software (20 answers)
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-hr-analytics-software (19 answers)
- https://personio.com/hr-lexicon/hr-analytics-tools (18 answers)
- https://thoughtspot.com/data-trends/analytics/hr-analytics-software (18 answers)

## Warned against

- Visier: 19 of 46 labels negative. ""Avoid or be cautious about: Enterprise-grade dedicated people-analytics platforms (Visier, Workday People Analytics, One Model, ChartHop, Crunchr...)"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Workday People Analytics: 15 of 34 labels negative. "listed as a criticized challenger alongside Visier ... "Limited outside the Workday ecosystem" and "Premium pricing"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Crunchr: 8 of 48 labels negative. "criticized challenger in SMB modelling and included in the enterprise-grade caution list" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- ChartHop: 5 of 43 labels negative. "avoid enterprise-focused tools like ... ChartHop ... ChartHop ($2–$8/employee/month) or Lattice may lack the enterprise depth needed for thousands of users." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: HiBob at 23%.

- Visier: 11% to 0%, −11. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 4 → 20 of 101.
- ChartHop: 8% to 17%, +9. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 5 → 3 of 101.
- HiBob: 15% to 23%, +8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 101, unchanged.
- Crunchr: 13% to 21%, +8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 2 of 101, unchanged.
- BambooHR: 13% to 9%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 3 → 4 of 101.
- Lattice: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 18 of 101.
- Culture Amp: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 17 of 101.
- Rippling: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 7 → 5 of 101.
- One Model: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 28 → 19 of 101.
- Microsoft Power BI: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 77 → 91 of 101.
- Workday People Analytics: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 84 → 97 of 101.
- Tableau: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 92 → 101 of 101.

## 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.