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 39 → 40 of 47
18 categories · RankedUKG Pro
487Judge labels
46First choices
105Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
18Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
32% in Workforce management sui for enterprise buyers
Rank 8 of 66 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 43% of its 23 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of UKG Pro →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business43 of 48
0%2 labels
under the label threshold
Mid-market8 of 66
4%23 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise11 of 52
0%48 labels
accepted challenger
In hris and hcm platforms · 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 UKG Pro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRIS and HCM platforms | Core HR and payroll | 4% | 8 of 66 | 43% | 23 | criticized challenger | ▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Leave and absence management | Core HR and payroll | 2% | 10 of 95 | 10% | 10 | accepted challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Workforce management suites | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 19 of 78 | 31% | 32 | 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% | 18 of 86 | 26% | 19 | criticized challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 26 of 67 | 12% | 8 | 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. |
| Workforce planning | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 19 of 98 | 0% | 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. |
| HR compliance and policy management | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 95 of 97 | 50% | 6 | 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. |
| Workforce scheduling | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 22 of 108 | 0% | 6 | 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. |
| HR help desk and case management | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 95 of 108 | 60% | 5 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Desk at 19% | =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% | 26 of 58 | 0% | 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. |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 33 of 114 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Crunchr at 22% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Global payroll and employer of record | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 22 of 61 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Deel at 30% | =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% | 67 of 73 | 100% | 1 | 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. |
| Applicant tracking systems | Talent acquisition | 0% | 54 of 65 | 100% | 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. |
| Employee monitoring | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 58 of 75 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by ActivTrak at 33% | |
| Employee onboarding | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 52 of 87 | 0% | 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. |
| Flexible benefits and lifestyle spending accounts | Compensation and total rewards | 0% | 68 of 90 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Compt at 40% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Frontline employee apps | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 59 of 106 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Connecteam at 49% | =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, UKG Pro held within the floor in all eighteen categories: no change cleared 13 points.
Best category · HRIS and HCM platforms · 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 12 → 7 of 57
Enterprise▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 5 → 9 of 49
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRIS and HCM platforms | 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 12 → 8 of 66 |
| Leave | 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 39 → 10 of 95 |
| 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 16 → 19 of 78 |
| Time and attendance | 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 20 → 18 of 86 |
| 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 17 → 26 of 67 |
| 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 76 → 19 of 98 |
| 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 72 → 95 of 97 |
| 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 54 → 22 of 108 |
| HR help desk | 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 20 → 95 of 108 |
| 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 18 → 26 of 58 |
| People analytics | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 33 of 114, unchanged |
| Global payroll | 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 → 22 of 61 |
| 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 60 → 67 of 73 |
| 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 40 → 54 of 65 |
| Employee monitoring | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 58 of 75, 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 87 → 52 of 87 |
| Flexible benefits | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 68 of 90, unchanged |
| Frontline employee apps | 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 89 → 59 of 106 |
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 UKG Pro 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 UKG Pro 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 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
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
Direct67 labels13
Paraphrase70 labels19
Comparative134 labels28not counted in share
Budget-constrained55 labels13
Scale-constrained45 labels1
Negative116 labels10not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative487 labels in all, every segment counted; 46 of the 84 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.
“Choose UKG Pro if you are a large enterprise with complex labor unions, multi-location operations, and need best-in-class scheduling.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Time and attendance · comparative prompt · first choice
“Holds the largest market share (~35%) in time and attendance software... Deepest enterprise scheduling and compliance tools” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Time and attendance · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd lean UKG Pro for a mid-sized B2B company because it tends to hit the best balance of breadth, usability, and fit” GPT-5.4 mini · HRIS and HCM platforms · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The All-Rounder: UKG Pro ... Choose UKG Pro if you need a traditional, heavy-duty suite that will last you 5-10 years.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · HRIS and HCM platforms · 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.
“Tools like Gusto, Rippling, and UKG Pro offer 360 functionality... Why avoid: You'll end up creating workarounds” Kimi K2 · 360 feedback · negative prompt · hard negative
“UKG (formerly Kronos) – Experienced a major ransomware attack; settled a $6M lawsuit related to the incident” Kimi K2 · HR help desk · negative prompt · hard negative
“Systems to Be Wary Of: #### 1. UKG (formerly Kronos) ... Frequent system outages and usability glitches” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Time and attendance · negative prompt · hard negative
“Highest Caution: UKG (formerly Ultimate Kronos Group) ... Who should avoid: Smaller/mid-sized teams” Grok 4.1 Fast · HRIS and HCM platforms · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as UKG Pro, over the 485 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and UKG Pro was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as UKG Pro, over the 485 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and UKG Pro 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 UKG Pro. 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 457 of the 485 answers that named UKG Pro and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
guideflow.com182
peoplemanagingpeople.com157
g2.com127
hibob.com108
forbes.com103
rippling.com93
worldmetrics.org88
adp.com81
firsthr.app81
workforce.com81
1,101 of the 1,101 domain citations in answers naming UKG Pro came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
ukg.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, UKG Pro takes 4% of first choices and Rippling takes 26%.ShowHide
Search and answers
ukg.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, UKG Pro takes 4% of first choices and Rippling takes 26%.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “hris”
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not in the top ten
Position for “best hris”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 90,500 a month (“ukg pro”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 1,257 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 310,168 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 10,781 · 1,883 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 11,448
- Paid Google search
- 23 searches its ads show for, about 125 clicks and $11,996 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
4%
rank 8 of 66 in HRIS and HCM platforms
Segment leader
26%
Rippling
- First choices
- 46 across its categories
- Named in
- 485 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 457 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 ukg.com
2,801
subdomains included
Content
2,136
counted in the table below
Documentation
1
Product · Integration
73 · 3
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,125 | undated | Workforce planning, Pay equity | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 372 | undated | Workforce management sui, Payroll software | ||
| News or press | 260 | undated | Interview scheduling | ||
| Report or ebook | 193 | undated | Workforce planning, Earned wage access | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 137 | undated | Workforce planning, Workforce scheduling | ||
| Template or tool | 16 | undated | Payroll software | ||
| Comparison | 11 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 10 | undated | |||
| Case study | 8 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 4 | undated |
Events in person
Upcoming
- October 19, 2026 to October 22, 2026HR Tech 2026: Make people decisions at the speed of workMandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, US · exhibits
- October 20, 2026Connecting People Decisions to Business Outcomes in Real Timeplace not stated · speaks
- October 22, 2026How AI Agents Are Changing HCM Across Hiring, Employee Enablement, and PayDemo Theater #1 · speaks
As the event pages on ukg.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page ukg.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 UKG Pro
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as UKG Pro; a claim can dispute any of them.
UKG 41UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) 16UKG Pro (Ultimate Kronos Group) 6UKG (formerly Kronos) 5Kronos / UKG (Workforce Central, Workforce Ready, Kronos Cloud) 1UKG (Dimensions / Workforce Management) 1UKG (Kronos) 1UKG (Pro/Dimensions) 1UKG (Ready / Pro) 1UKG (Ready or Dimensions) 1UKG (UKG Pro / UKG Ready) 1UKG (UltiPro / Ready) 1UKG (UltiPro) 1UKG (Ultimate Kronos) 1UKG (Ultimate Software) 1UKG (formerly Kronos/Ultimate Kronos Group) 1UKG (formerly Ultimate Kronos Group) 1UKG Pro & UKG Dimensions 1UKG Pro (Workforce Central) 1UKG Pro (Workforce Management) 1UKG Pro (formerly Kronos) 1UKG Pro (formerly UltiPro) 1UKG Pro / UKG Pro WFM 1UKG Pro / UltiPro 1
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The company
UKG Pro is its own company.ShowHide
The company
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Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- AI-powered UKG Pro suite
- For
- enterprise business
- Customers named
- Hawaiian AirlinesLettuce Entertain You RestaurantsState of Indiana
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting
What UKG Pro's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: ukg.com, ukg.com/products/payroll, ukg.com/customers, ukg.com/company/partners. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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- where UKG Pro 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 UKG Pro, 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.