Three categories · what the models named insteadAlternatives to Workday, as AI models named them
In the October 2026 Edition, 628 of the 756 answers collected in the three categories where Workday 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.
Employee onboarding
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:
Seventy-eight of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-eight answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:
Forty of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in thirty-three. The first choices in those forty answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:
Leave and absence management
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:
Seventy-seven of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those seventy-seven answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:
Forty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in thirty. The first choices in those forty-six answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:
HR compliance and policy management
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, twenty products in all, the eight most named:
Fifty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Workday; it was the first choice in twenty-two. The first choices in those fifty-one answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:
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 Workday 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 Workday 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 Workday'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 Workday was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.