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Recommend an HR and payroll platform for a small business that needs simple onboarding, benefits, compliance, support, and transparent pricing.

Which brands each model API named when asked this question, and which pages it cited. Answer text is not published.
Snapshot Sep 27, 2026. Each category is re-run in rotation, every few weeks.

Recommendation

Kind of question

3

Model APIs

3

Brands named

11

Pages cited

Brands

Brands the answers named

Ordered by how many model APIs named the brand, then by mentions. A mention is not an endorsement or a position.
Rank#BrandModel APIsMentionsOwn-site citationsNamed by
1Gustogusto.com294OpenAI · Google
2BambooHRbamboohr.com110Google
3ADP Workforce Nowadp.com101Google

Model APIs

What each model API returned

One row per model API. The hash identifies the exact answer without publishing it.
Model APIModelBrands namedCitationsDomainsAnswer hash
OpenAIopenai/gpt-4o-miniGusto5328ef4551…af477
Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5None named009956deaa…a7688
Googlegoogle/gemini-2.5-flashADP Workforce Now · BambooHR · Gusto6614a61e38…9bba9

Sources

Pages the answers cited

Hostnames come from the URLs the answers returned. Best position is the earliest place a page was cited in an answer.
DomainCited pageBest positionCited byCitations
gusto.comhttps://gusto.com/product/pricing1OpenAI1
gusto.comhttps://gusto.com/product/solutions/size/small-business1Google1
gusto.comhttps://gusto.com/2OpenAI1
peoplegoal.comhttps://peoplegoal.com/blog/payroll-providers-for-small-businesses/2Google1
adp.comhttps://adp.com/resources/articles-and-insights/articles/t/the-best-payroll-software-providers-for-small-businesses.aspx3Google1
gusto.comhttps://gusto.com/product/compare3OpenAI1
paychex.comhttps://paychex.com/payroll/small-business-payroll4Google1
softwarefinder.comhttps://softwarefinder.com/resources/how-much-does-gusto-cost4OpenAI1
onpay.comhttps://onpay.com/insights/best-small-business-payroll-software-picks/5Google1
workstream.ushttps://workstream.us/blog/gusto-pricing5OpenAI1
checkr.comhttps://checkr.com/resources/articles/best-hr-software-small-business6Google1
Snapshots
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Question set
hr-recruiting-platforms-2026-07-27
Benchmark version
4-hr-recruiting-platforms-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583
What is kept
Measured in HR. Full answers are not stored or published, and no customer data is included.

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