Small business=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 31 → 43 of 47
14 categories · RankedPaycom
174Judge labels
8First choices
44Negative labels
13 / 14Models named it
14Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
7% in Payroll software for mid-market buyers
Rank 5 of 58 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
2 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 9% of its 22 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Paycom →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business46 of 50
0%2 labels
under the label threshold
Mid-market5 of 58
7%22 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise8 of 52
3%18 labels
accepted challenger
In payroll software · 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 Paycom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll software | Core HR and payroll | 7% | 5 of 58 | 9% | 22 | accepted challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 6% → 8%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Compensation management | Compensation and total rewards | 4% | 6 of 140 | 12% | 17 | accepted challenger | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 51 of 66 | 33% | 12 | criticized challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Time and attendance | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 20 of 86 | 10% | 10 | accepted challenger | ▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 55 of 67 | 43% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Gusto at 20% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 28 of 97 | 0% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 19% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Earned wage access | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 18 of 54 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Tapcheck at 38% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 74 of 95 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 28% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Succession planning | Performance and talent management | 0% | 86 of 93 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 28% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce scheduling | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 107 of 108 | 100% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Deputy at 37% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 78 of 87 | 100% | 1 | 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. |
| Global payroll and employer of record | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 44 of 61 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Deel at 30% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| HR help desk and case management | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 102 of 108 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Desk at 19% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 45 of 78 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Rippling at 17% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Paycom held within the floor in all fourteen categories: no change cleared 13 points.
Best category · Payroll software · by segment
Mid-market▲+2Since September 2026: 6% → 8%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
8%from 6% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 5 of 55, unchanged
Enterprise▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
4%from 6% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 6 → 8 of 50
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation management | 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 43 → 6 of 140 |
| Payroll software | 6% | 8% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 6% → 8%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 5 of 58, unchanged |
| Time and attendance | 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 14 → 20 of 86 |
| HRIS and HCM platforms | 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 42 → 51 of 66 |
| Benefits administration | 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 41 → 55 of 67 |
| HR compliance | 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 34 → 28 of 97 |
| Earned wage access | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 18 of 54, unchanged |
| Leave | 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 52 → 74 of 95 |
| Succession 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 82 → 86 of 93 |
| Workforce scheduling | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 107 of 108, unchanged |
| 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 42 → 78 of 87 |
| Global payroll | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 44 of 61, unchanged |
| HR help desk | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 102 of 108, unchanged |
| Workforce management sui | 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 65 → 45 of 78 |
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 Paycom 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 Paycom 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 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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
Direct35 labels4
Paraphrase28 labels2
Comparative44 labelsNone
Budget-constrained10 labels1
Scale-constrained18 labels1
Negative39 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative174 labels in all, every segment counted; 8 of the 8 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.
“Paycom is highlighted for mid-market businesses that want staff to run their own payroll” Mistral Small · Payroll software · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“ADP Workforce Now, Paycom, and Paycor are often top recommendations” MiniMax M2.5 · Payroll software · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for mid-market businesses looking to have staff run their own payroll” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Payroll software · direct prompt · first choice
“Shortlist 3–5: ADP, Paycom, Rippling for most mid-sized fits” Grok 4.1 Fast · Payroll software · scale 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.
“Verdict: Avoid if you prefer a modular HR tech stack that integrates easily with outside vendors.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · HRIS and HCM platforms · negative prompt · hard negative
“Paycom consistently receives some of the harshest criticism from HR and payroll professionals” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Benefits administration · negative prompt · hard negative
“Legal troubles like an SEC settlement for overbilling, ongoing securities fraud class action” Grok 4.1 Fast · Payroll software · negative prompt · hard negative
“Recurring themes of poor UX, integration failures, inflexible contracts, and slow support” Grok 4.1 Fast · HR help desk · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Paycom, over the 174 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Paycom was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Paycom, over the 174 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Paycom 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 Paycom. 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 170 of the 174 answers that named Paycom and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
g2.com73
peoplemanagingpeople.com65
learn.g2.com59
hibob.com52
rippling.com46
guideflow.com44
forbes.com42
workforce.com36
capterra.com34
deel.com33
484 of the 484 domain citations in answers naming Paycom came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
paycom.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Paycom takes 7% of first choices and Rippling takes 20%.ShowHide
Search and answers
paycom.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Paycom takes 7% of first choices and Rippling takes 20%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “payroll software”
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not in the top ten
Position for “payroll platforms”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 550,000 a month (“paycom”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 3,427 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 760,349 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 27,594 · 2,017 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 5,515
- Paid Google search
- 7 searches its ads show for, about 99 clicks and $2,652 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
7%
rank 5 of 58 in payroll software
Segment leader
20%
Rippling
- First choices
- 8 across its categories
- Named in
- 174 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 170 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
ShowHide
What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on paycom.com
1,602
subdomains included
Content
1,374
counted in the table below
Documentation
0
Product · Integration
0 · 0
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 707 | 21 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| News or press | 445 | 8 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| Podcast or video | 149 | 0 | 2026-01-23 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 20 | 6 | 2026-08-28 | ||
| Template or tool | 17 | 6 | 2026-09-10 | ||
| Case study | 15 | 0 | 2026-01-05 | ||
| Comparison | 11 | 0 | 2026-06-15 | ||
| Conference or event | 6 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 4 | 0 | 2026-02-17 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Secure hcm regulated industries blog
- 2026-09-28Secure hcm regulated industries blog
- 2026-09-24State of compliance september 2026 blog
- 2026-09-24Paycom tops comparably rankings for benefits employee happiness news or press
- 2026-09-24State of compliance september 2026 blog
- 2026-09-21Ai hr automation tools blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page paycom.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 Paycom
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Paycom; a claim can dispute any of them.
Paycom / Paycor 1Paycor/Paycom 1
Follow Paycom
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
Paycom is its own company.ShowHide
The company
Paycom is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- The #1 HR and Payroll Software
- For
- organizations
- Price stated
- Paycom pricing depends on the tools you need to empower your workforce. Our “Core” is the minimum used by all Paycom clients. paycom.com/pricing
- Certifications
- ISO- and SOC-certified security standardsISO/IEC 27001ISO 22301ISO 9001ISO/IEC 27701ISO/IEC 42001SOC 1SOC 2
- Customers named
- The New England PatriotsThe St. JamesHouston Eye AssociatesYMCA of Metro DenverVirginia’s largest hotel operatorAmazon delivery service partnerWaukegan Park DistrictGraeter’s Ice Cream
- Not stated on the pages read
- Starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, hosting
What Paycom's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: paycom.com, paycom.com/pricing, paycom.com/about/security, paycom.com/resources/case-studies. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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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 Paycom'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 Paycom, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Paycom by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Paycom 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 Paycom, 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.