Remote vs Routable
One of twelve models named Remote first on the direct prompt; two named Routable. Remote was named by twelve of the twelve models and Routable by nine and Remote carries 28 labels and Routable 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the contractor payments page.
By framing
RemoteFirst choices, of twelve modelsRoutable
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Remote and Routable were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 82 answers naming Remote and the 41 naming Routable. In those answers Routable took the first choice five times and Remote two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |
Remote Routable first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Remote on the left and Routable on the right.The direct prompt
Remote first, Routable an alternative
1 of 12 modelsRoutable was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Routable first, Remote not the choice
2 of 12 modelsRemote was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Remote5%#6 of 14Routable5%#8 of 14What the models said about Remote
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Global contractors, moderate volume | Remote (contractor plan) + Deel for niche regions” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Deel, Remote, and Worksuite are the most comprehensive all‑in‑one choices” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Deel or Remote for broad global coverage” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Routable
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Routable - Best overall 1099 automation solution that combines automated 1099 filing with mass payout infrastructure” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Recognized as the best overall 1099 automation solution” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Use Routable if you're doing high-volume programmatic disbursements with unique tax-form needs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.