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Alternatives to OnPay, as AI models named them

In the October 2026 Edition, 204 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where OnPay 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
ADP31
Gusto26
ADP Workforce Now21
Workday16
Rippling14
Patriot Payroll11
First choices in the 204 answers that did not name OnPay, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Payroll software

Core HR and payroll. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when OnPay is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessOnPay is #4 of 11 here at 6% of first choices, 43 labels.

Fifty-two of the eighty-four answers did not name OnPay; it was the first choice in six. The first choices in those fifty-two answers, seven products in all:

Gusto17 of 52
Patriot Payroll6 of 52
QuickBooks Payroll5 of 52
ADP1 of 52
Payroll4Free1 of 52
QuickBooks Workforce1 of 52
Square Payroll1 of 52
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketOnPay is #10 of 14 here at 0% of first choices, 18 labels.

Sixty-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name OnPay; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Rippling11 of 69
ADP Workforce Now10 of 69
Gusto9 of 69
ADP5 of 69
Patriot Payroll5 of 69
Paycom4 of 69
Paylocity2 of 69
Payroll4Free2 of 69
7 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseOnPay holds 5 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Eighty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name OnPay; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those eighty-three answers, seventeen products in all, the eight most named:

ADP25 of 83
Workday16 of 83
ADP Workforce Now11 of 83
Dayforce3 of 83
Paylocity3 of 83
Rippling3 of 83
ADP Global Payroll2 of 83
Deel2 of 83
9 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 OnPay 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 OnPay 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 OnPay'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 OnPay was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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