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 46 → 47 of 47
Workday · 4 categories · RankedWorkday HCM
228Judge labels
53First choices
62Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
4Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
73% in HRIS and HCM platforms for enterprise buyers
Rank 13 of 66 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
1 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 47% of its 36 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Workday HCM →By buyer segmentAn enterprise product: leader at enterprise, not named at small business.
Small business48 of 48
0%13 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market13 of 66
2%36 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise1 of 52
73%68 labels
endorsed leader
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 Workday HCM 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 | 2% | 13 of 66 | 47% | 36 | criticized challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Benefits administration | Core HR and payroll | 0% | 16 of 67 | 23% | 22 | accepted 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% | 34 of 86 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Clockify at 12% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
| Internal talent marketplace | Performance and talent management | 0% | 55 of 102 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Fuel50 at 47% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Workday HCM held within the floor in all four categories: no change cleared 13 points.
Best category · HRIS and HCM platforms · by segment
Mid-market=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 10 → 13 of 57
Enterprise▲+6Since September 2026: 70% → 76%, +6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
76%from 70% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 7 pointsRank 1 of 49, unchanged
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRIS and HCM platforms | 2% | 2% | =heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 10 → 13 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 18 → 16 of 67 |
| Time and attendance | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 34 of 86, unchanged |
| Internal talent marketpl | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 55 of 102, unchanged |
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 Workday HCM 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 Workday HCM 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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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
Direct38 labels20
Paraphrase44 labels24
Comparative61 labels20not counted in share
Budget-constrained23 labels7
Scale-constrained21 labels2
Negative41 labels8not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative228 labels in all, every segment counted; 53 of the 81 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.
“Best for large enterprises needing deep analytics, scalability, and a unified suite for HR, payroll, and talent management.” Mistral Small · HRIS and HCM platforms · comparative prompt · first choice
“Paylocity and Workday are the most frequently recommended due to their scalability, ease of use, and robust feature sets” Mistral Small · HRIS and HCM platforms · direct prompt · first choice
“Currently the benchmark for enterprise HR. It unifies HR, finance, and planning in one system.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · HRIS and HCM platforms · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you need an all-in-one HR and benefits solution, ADP or Workday are top choices.” Mistral Small · Benefits administration · comparative 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 have fewer than 500–1,000 employees.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · HRIS and HCM platforms · negative prompt · hard negative
“especially for enterprise-level systems like Workday or SAP SuccessFactors, which require significant investment and implementation time” Mistral Small · HRIS and HCM platforms · negative prompt · soft negative
“you likely lack the massive IT and HR resources required to implement and manage enterprise systems (like Workday or bswift)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Benefits administration · direct prompt · soft negative
“you likely lack the budget, time, or administrative army required to implement massive enterprise systems (like Workday)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · HRIS and HCM platforms · scale prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Workday HCM, over the 228 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Workday HCM was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Workday HCM, over the 228 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Workday HCM 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 Workday HCM. 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 216 of the 228 answers that named Workday HCM and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
hibob.com104
guideflow.com101
rippling.com65
g2.com59
forbes.com57
peoplemanagingpeople.com55
learn.g2.com47
technologyadvice.com47
adp.com46
outsail.co39
620 of the 620 domain citations in answers naming Workday HCM came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Workday HCM stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where Workday HCM stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 2,900 a month (“workday hcm”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 287 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on Workday's site (workday.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
2%
rank 13 of 66 in HRIS and HCM platforms
Segment leader
26%
Rippling
- First choices
- 53 across its categories
- Named in
- 228 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 216 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.
Names read as Workday HCM
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Workday HCM; a claim can dispute any of them.
Workday 37Workday Benefits 2WorkDay 1Workday HCM / Workday Benefits 1
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The company
Workday is the company behind Workday HCM.ShowHide
The company
Workday is the company behind Workday HCM.
ShowHideOn record
Company recordsIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Die innovative und flexible Cloud-Lösung für Ihr Personalwesen
- Customers named
- HiltiVilleroy & BochPUMADATEVMondelezLeonardoPhilipsVilleroy and Boch
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting
What Workday HCM's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: workday.com/de-de/workday-innovative-cloud-hcm-loesung.html, workday.com/nl-nl/workday-innovative-cloud-hcm-solution.html, workday.com/fr-fr/workday-innovative-cloud-hcm-solution.html, workday.com/es-es/workday-innovative-cloud-hcm-solution.html, workday.com/de-de/workday-innovative-cloud-hcm-solution.html. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Workday HCM by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Workday HCM 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 Workday HCM, 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.