| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 28% | 1 of 95 | 17% | 47 | accepted challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 28% → 29%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 22% | 2 of 87 | 13% | 63 | accepted challenger | ▼−8Since September 2026: 29% → 20%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 9% | 4 of 66 | 15% | 61 | accepted challenger | ▲+1Since September 2026: 8% → 9%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 9% | 4 of 114 | 16% | 32 | accepted challenger | ▼−5Since September 2026: 13% → 9%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 4% | 8 of 97 | 17% | 36 | accepted challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 4% | 6 of 93 | 6% | 17 | accepted challenger | ▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 2% | 10 of 67 | 19% | 27 | accepted challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR help desk and case management | Onboarding and employee experience | 2% | 12 of 108 | 0% | 16 | accepted challenger | ▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Performance management | Performance and talent management | 0% | 17 of 85 | 25% | 28 | criticized challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Applicant tracking systems | Talent acquisition | 0% | 14 of 65 | 7% | 15 | accepted challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 65 of 78 | 42% | 12 | criticized challenger | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Org charts and org design | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 22 of 95 | 11% | 9 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 30% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 98 of 98 | 71% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 37% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Payroll software | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 55 of 58 | 75% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 20% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| 360 feedback | Performance and talent management | 0% | 58 of 73 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 34% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Employee engagement surveys | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 21 of 58 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Culture Amp at 37% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Internal talent marketplace | Performance and talent management | 0% | 64 of 102 | 33% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Fuel50 at 47% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Internal communications and intranet | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 35 of 86 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Microsoft Teams at 14% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Pay equity | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 61 of 73 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Syndio at 12% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| AI recruiting assistants | Talent acquisition | 0% | 56 of 90 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Manatal at 31% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Contingent workforce management | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 65 of 121 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by VectorVMS at 16% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Earned wage access | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 21 of 54 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Tapcheck at 38% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Employee monitoring | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 53 of 75 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ActivTrak at 33% | |
| Flexible benefits and lifestyle spending accounts | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 32 of 90 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Compt at 40% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Interview scheduling | Talent acquisition | 0% | 53 of 75 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Calendly at 20% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Recognition and rewards | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 55 of 98 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Bonusly at 29% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Staffing agency platforms | Talent acquisition | 0% | 50 of 136 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Recruit at 22% | |
| Workforce scheduling | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 65 of 108 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Deputy at 37% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employee onboarding | 29% | 20% | ▼−8Since September 2026: 29% → 20%, −8 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 1 → 2 of 87 |
| People analytics | 13% | 9% | ▼−5Since September 2026: 13% → 9%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 3 → 4 of 114 |
| HR help desk | 5% | 2% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 7 → 12 of 108 |
| Benefits administration | 0% | 2% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 14 → 10 of 67 |
| HR compliance | 2% | 4% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 8 of 97, unchanged |
| Workforce management sui | 2% | 0% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 12 → 65 of 78 |
| Flexible benefits | 2% | 0% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 10 → 32 of 90 |
| Org charts | 2% | 0% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 11 → 22 of 95 |
| Succession planning | 4% | 2% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 8 → 6 of 93 |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | 8% | 9% | ▲+1Since September 2026: 8% → 9%, +1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 5 → 4 of 66 |
| Leave | 28% | 29% | =heldSince September 2026: 28% → 29%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 1 of 95, unchanged |
| Performance management | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 18 → 17 of 85 |
| Applicant tracking syste | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 10 → 14 of 65 |
| Workforce planning | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 30 → 98 of 98 |
| Payroll software | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 28 → 55 of 58 |
| 360 feedback | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 64 → 58 of 73 |
| Employee engagement surv | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 21 of 58, unchanged |
| Internal talent marketpl | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 74 → 64 of 102 |
| Internal communications | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 35 of 86, unchanged |
| Pay equity | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 61 of 73, unchanged |
| AI recruiting assistants | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 56 of 90, unchanged |
| Contingent workforce man | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 65 of 121, unchanged |
| Earned wage access | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 25 → 21 of 54 |
| Employee monitoring | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 53 of 75, unchanged |
| Interview scheduling | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 53 of 75, unchanged |
| Recognition and rewards | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 55 of 98, unchanged |
| Staffing agency tools | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 50 of 136, unchanged |
| Workforce scheduling | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 61 → 65 of 108 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 9 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 47 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 4 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 39 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 7 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 38 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 39 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 29 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 33 |
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“If you already use a core HRIS ... like BambooHR, Rippling, Gusto (Ramp), or Personio, check if their built-in compliance modules are robust enough before buying a standalone add-on.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · HR compliance · scale prompt · first choice
“BambooHR – best for straightforward, easy-to-use HRIS onboarding ... one of the most widely used employee onboarding software solutions for companies in the 50–500 employee range” Muse Glimmer 30B · Employee onboarding · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“BambooHR is widely considered the industry standard for the mid-market segment... It is the safest bet for general mid-market operations.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Leave · direct prompt · first choice
“Strategic Tip: If you are on a strict budget, start with BambooHR... Best balance of ease-of-use and affordable reporting features.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · People analytics · budget prompt · first choice
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Too basic for scaling, poor customer support, limited depth... Who should avoid: Companies planning rapid growth” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Performance management · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid "All-in-One" HR software (like BambooHR or Gusto) for just leave management.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Leave · budget prompt · hard negative
“Steer clear of Lattice/15Five/BambooHR if budget-tight” Grok 4.1 Fast · Performance management · budget prompt · hard negative
“BambooHR describes features such as requests, approvals, balances, and a time-off calendar; verify that those meet your needs rather than assuming a time-off feature covers complex leave administration” GPT-6 Luna · Leave · negative prompt · soft negative
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 1082 of the 1165 answers that named BambooHR and are not a share of its labels.
2,935 of the 2,935 domain citations in answers naming BambooHR came from somebody else's page.
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 937 | undated | |||
| News or press | 360 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 214 | undated | |||
| Report or ebook | 174 | undated | |||
| Case study | 53 | undated | |||
| Comparison | 20 | 0 | 2025-11-04 | ||
| Template or tool | 17 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 7 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 5 | 0 | 2025-07-31 | ||
| Podcast or video | 1 | undated |
Every page bamboohr.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
What BambooHR's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: bamboohr.com, bamboohr.com/pricing, bamboohr.com/security, bamboohr.com/platform, bamboohr.com/customers. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when BambooHR's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as BambooHR, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for BambooHR by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
AI models recommend BambooHR first in Leave and absence management this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
BambooHR is among the products AI models recommend first in Employee onboarding this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.