Three of fourteen models named ZayZoon first on the direct prompt; two named Rain. ZayZoon was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Rain by thirteen and ZayZoon carries 39 labels and Rain 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in two 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 earned wage access page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, ZayZoon and Rain were named in the same answer forty-five times, of the 133 answers naming ZayZoon and the 85 naming Rain. In those answers Rain took the first choice two times and ZayZoon eighteen.
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Fees can be material for frequent users: one ZayZoon employer-support page lists a $5 transaction fee for a payout” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · soft negative
“More suited to SMBs (<200 employees) than mid-sized companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“The best earned wage access provider for a company with a limited budget is ZayZoon, which is free for employers to offer with a flat employee fee.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“the best earned wage access (EWA) provider for a company with a limited budget is typically ZayZoon” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“ZayZoon and Rain are widely considered the top choices for mid-market B2B companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Rain - provides a payroll-integrated earned wage access solution designed for mid-market and enterprise employers.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“ZayZoon and Rain are widely considered the top choices for mid-market B2B companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Rain and Immediate use employer-pays models ... which is the cleanest from a regulatory and employee-relations standpoint” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
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.