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Alternatives to Buddy Punch, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 230 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Buddy Punch holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 230 answers that did not name Buddy Punch, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Time and attendance

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Buddy Punch is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessBuddy Punch is #6 of 12 here at 6% of first choices, 23 labels.

Sixty-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Buddy Punch; it was the first choice in three. The first choices in those sixty-seven answers, eleven products in all, the eight most named:

Clockify11 of 67
Harvest10 of 67
Homebase10 of 67
Jibble5 of 67
Connecteam4 of 67
TimeTrex3 of 67
OnTheClock2 of 67
3 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketBuddy Punch is #14 of 15 here at 0% of first choices, 11 labels.

Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Buddy Punch; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

UKG Pro8 of 79
BigTime5 of 79
Clockify5 of 79
Homebase5 of 79
Jibble5 of 79
Connecteam4 of 79
Paylocity4 of 79
11 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseBuddy Punch holds 0 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Buddy Punch; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, twenty-six products in all, the eight most named:

18 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Buddy Punch neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Buddy Punch only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Buddy Punch's side.

Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Buddy Punch was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.