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Contractor payments · October 2026 Edition

Wingspan vs Remote

Zero of fourteen models named Wingspan first on the direct prompt; zero named Remote. Wingspan was named by nine of the fourteen models and Remote by fourteen and Wingspan carries 15 labels and Remote 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wingspan

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Remote

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1526A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wingspan reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Tipalti was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Tipalti vs Wingspan · Tipalti vs Remote · Deel vs Wingspan

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WingspanFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRemote
Direct00
Paraphrase31
Comparative05
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Remote
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wingspan and Remote stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Wingspan Remote first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wingspan on the left and Remote on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wingspan and Remote stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Tipalti alternatives: Gusto, Remote, Wingspan, Worksuite
Gemini 3.5 FlashWorksuite alternatives: Deel, Rippling, Tipalti, Wingspan
GLM 4.7 FlashXDeel alternatives: 1099Online, Gusto, Remote, Rippling, Tipalti
MiniMax M2.5Deel, Papaya Global alternatives: BILL, Remote, Rippling
Muse Glimmer 30BTipalti alternatives: Deel, Gusto, Trolley, Wingspan

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniTipalti alternatives: BILL, Deel, Rippling
Perplexity SonarDeel alternatives: BILL, Tipalti
Grok 4.1 FastRippling alternatives: Deel, Gusto
Mistral SmallDeel, Tipalti alternatives: BILL
DeepSeek V4 FlashTipalti alternatives: BILL, Rippling
Llama 4 MaverickGusto alternatives: Deel, Tipalti
Qwen 3.7 FlashRippling, Tipalti alternatives: BILL, Deel, Gusto
Kimi K2Tipalti alternatives: BILL, Gusto, Rippling, Routable
GPT-6 LunaBILL alternatives: Gusto, Tipalti

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
Wingspan0%#11 of 13
Remote0%#10 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Wingspan leads by four points.
Wingspan6%#6 of 13
Remote2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wingspan leads by four points.
Wingspan7%#5 of 13
Remote4%#7 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wingspan

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“or Wingspan if your focus is specifically on contractor management with strong ERP integrations. Both offer the scalability mid-sized companies need” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Wingspan is the most purpose-built fit” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Pick: Wingspan” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Remote

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“Chronic poor customer support (Gusto, Deel Payroll, Remote)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“my default recommendation would be Remote or Tipalti... If your company is primarily paying freelancers/contractors, I'd start with Remote.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For global contractor management: Remote (lowest cost) or Deel (most features)” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Deel and Remote are strongest for international contractor management” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.