Small business▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
5%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 8 pointsRank 19 → 6 of 58
11 categories · RankedFactorial
123Judge labels
14First choices
15Negative labels
13 / 14Models named it
11Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
4% in Leave for small business buyers
Rank 7 of 95 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 17% of its 12 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Factorial →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business7 of 65
4%19 labels
accepted challenger
Mid-market7 of 95
4%12 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise93 of 98
0%8 labels
under the label threshold
In leave · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Factorial for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 4% | 7 of 95 | 17% | 12 | accepted challenger | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 3% | 7 of 114 | 17% | 6 | under 10 labels · led by Crunchr at 22% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Time and attendance | Core HR and payroll | 2% | 15 of 86 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Clockify at 12% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce scheduling | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 21 of 108 | 0% | 4 | 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. |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 40 of 87 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 25% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 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 | 0% | 88 of 108 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Desk at 19% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Applicant tracking systems | Talent acquisition | 0% | 39 of 65 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Greenhouse at 40% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 101 of 142 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by MeBeBot at 21% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 36 of 66 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 26% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Org charts and org design | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 59 of 95 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 30% | goneNot named this edition; 0% in September 2026. |
| Performance management | Performance and talent management | 0% | 42 of 85 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 43% | goneNot named this edition; 0% in September 2026. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Factorial held within the floor in all eleven categories: no change cleared 13 points.
Best category · Leave · by segment
Mid-market▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
4%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 18 → 7 of 91
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 68 → 83 of 89
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People analytics | 0% | 4% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 25 → 7 of 114 |
| Leave | 0% | 4% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 18 → 7 of 95 |
| Time and attendance | 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 25 → 15 of 86 |
| 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 40 → 21 of 108 |
| Employee onboarding | 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 → 40 of 87 |
| HR help desk | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 88 of 108, unchanged |
| 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 14 → 39 of 65 |
| HR AI assistants | 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 31 → 101 of 142 |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 36 of 66, unchanged |
| Org charts | 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 58 → 59 of 95 |
| 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 38 → 42 of 85 |
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
By model
How each model treated Factorial across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Factorial across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct25 labels2
Paraphrase19 labels5
Comparative27 labels2not counted in share
Budget-constrained21 labels6
Scale-constrained14 labels1
Negative17 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative123 labels in all, every segment counted; 14 of the 16 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Factorial is a popular choice for SMBs and mid-market companies that need an affordable, all-in-one HR and business management platform.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Time and attendance · direct prompt · first choice
“Some of the top results include Factorial, Microsoft Excel... These tools are suitable for SMEs on a budget” Llama 4 Maverick · People analytics · budget prompt · first choice
“Factorial if you want a broader HR platform with PTO as one part of a larger system” Perplexity Sonar · Leave · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Deel HR or Factorial would be top recommendations” Mistral Small · Leave · paraphrase prompt · first choice
And against it
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.
“Significant billing complaints — multiple Trustpilot and Capterra reviewers report being overcharged” DeepSeek V4 Flash · HR help desk · negative prompt · hard negative
“Factorial's deeper features can feel unpolished compared to more established tools, and customer support has been a mixed experience” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Leave · negative prompt · soft negative
“these platforms offer clean designs and low costs but focus on standard KPIs. They typically lack the flexibility” Qwen 3.7 Flash · People analytics · negative prompt · soft negative
“Factorial has received complaints about unilateral price doubling without notice” MiniMax M2.5 · Leave · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Factorial, over the 123 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Factorial was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Factorial, over the 123 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Factorial was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Factorial. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 123 of the 123 answers that named Factorial and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
peoplemanagingpeople.com93
forbes.com45
firsthr.app40
guideflow.com32
personio.com31
learn.g2.com29
factorialhr.comYour site27
leapsome.com27
capterra.com26
hibob.com26
349 of the 376 domain citations in answers naming Factorial came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
factorialhr.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Factorial takes 4% of first choices and BambooHR takes 28%.ShowHide
Search and answers
factorialhr.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Factorial takes 4% of first choices and BambooHR takes 28%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “leave management tools”
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not in the top ten
Position for “leave management software”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 27,100 a month (“factorial”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 304,748 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 141,409 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 29,309 · 711 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 9,380
- Paid Google search
- No ads found in the estimate; that does not mean it runs none
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
4%
rank 7 of 95 in leave
Segment leader
28%
BambooHR
- First choices
- 14 across its categories
- Named in
- 123 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 123 of the answers that named it
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.
What it publishes
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What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on factorialhr.com
9,192
subdomains included
Content
1,268
counted in the table below
Documentation
847
Product · Integration
2 · 101
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 837 | 25 | 2026-09-22 | Performance management, Applicant tracking syste | |
| Podcast or video | 241 | 12 | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Template or tool | 61 | 1 | 2026-09-08 | Employee onboarding | |
| Comparison | 42 | 3 | 2026-07-17 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 36 | undated | Applicant tracking syste | ||
| Report or ebook | 22 | 0 | 2026-06-10 | Performance management, People analytics | |
| Glossary or explainer | 13 | 0 | 2026-01-16 | HRIS and HCM platforms | |
| Case study | 9 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 4 | 0 | 2026-06-29 | ||
| News or press | 3 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-22Team growth blog
- 2026-09-22Legal hr blog
- 2026-09-21Tekenable factorial frs blog
- 2026-09-20Understanding usa payroll blog
- 2026-09-15How factorial it helps iso 27001 blog
- 2026-09-15It management 2 blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page factorialhr.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.
Names read as Factorial
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Factorial; a claim can dispute any of them.
Factorial HR 1
Follow Factorial
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.
The company
Factorial is its own company.ShowHide
The company
Factorial is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- All In One Business Management Software
- For
- decision-makers, the doers, and everyone in between
- Price stated
- Pricing starts at $8 per employee per month (PEPM). factorialhr.com
- Starting price
- 8 factorialhr.com
- Free plan or trial
- Request a free demo factorialhr.com
- Certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001:2017SOC2 Type ISOC2 Type II
- Not stated on the pages read
- Integrations, hosting, customers
What Factorial's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: factorialhr.com, factorialhr.com/pricing-plans, factorialhr.com/integrations. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Is this your product?
Claim this page
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 Factorial'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 Factorial, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Factorial by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Factorial is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Factorial, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.