# ChartHop vs Rippling: which do AI models recommend for workforce planning, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Workforce planning. Six of fourteen models named ChartHop first on the direct prompt; one named Rippling. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/planning/workforce-planning/charthop-vs-rippling/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChartHop | 37% | #1 of 15 | 5% | 39 | 13 of 14 |
| Rippling | 4% | #8 of 15 | 10% | 29 | 13 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop, HiBob) (alternatives: Paylocity, Planful, Visier)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Aleph, Cube, Lative, Mosaic, Pigment, Runn, TeamOhana)
- Mistral Small: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Anaplan, Paylocity, Visier)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Planful, Rippling, Visier)
- Kimi K2: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Abacum, Paylocity, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: charthop first (first choices: ChartHop) (alternatives: Anaplan, Paylocity, Visier, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: rippling first (first choices: HiBob, Rippling) (alternatives: ChartHop)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither first, one named (first choices: Workday Adaptive Planning) (alternatives: Anaplan, HiBob, Rippling)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Paylocity) (alternatives: ChartHop, Drivetrain, HiBob, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: HiBob) (alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Rippling)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Abacum, Planful) (alternatives: ChartHop, Paylocity, Vena, Visier, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Abacum, Planful) (alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: TeamOhana) (alternatives: Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning)

## What the models said about ChartHop

- "Tools like Float/ChartHop for resource scheduling don't scale to enterprise skills-aware modeling" (Kimi K2, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "My top recommendation for most mid-market B2B companies: ChartHop - it offers the best balance of features, pricing, and ease of use" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, direct prompt, first choice)
- "ChartHop suits smaller and mid-market teams that need to see and plan the org without standing up an enterprise modeling platform." (Claude Haiku 4.5, direct prompt, first choice)
- "This is currently the most recommended tool for modern mid-market companies (roughly 50–500 employees) moving away from Excel." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.