What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about payroll software for restaurants — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.
Sample: 48 AI answers · Window: Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 (4-week rolling)
Across 48 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, Gusto is recommended most often — appearing in 66.7% of recommendations, followed by OnPay (41.7%) and Netchex (39.6%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gusto gusto.com | 66.7% 32 mentions · avg pos 5.4 | — | GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 68.8%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 62.5% | Claim |
| 2 | OnPay onpay.com | 41.7% 20 mentions · avg pos 6.6 | — | GEMINI 62.5%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 56.3% | Claim |
| 3 | Netchex netchex.com | 39.6% 19 mentions · avg pos 2.6 | — | GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 56.3% | Claim |
| 4 | Workstream workstream.us | 37.5% 18 mentions · avg pos 4.8 | — | GEMINI 62.5%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 56.3% | Claim |
| 5 | 7shifts | 35.4% 17 mentions · avg pos 5.4 | — | GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 31.3%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 6 | Restaurant365 | 35.4% 17 mentions · avg pos 5.9 | — | GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 31.3%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 43.8% | Claim |
| 7 | Paychex paychex.com | 35.4% 17 mentions · avg pos 7.6 | — | GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 31.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 31.3% | Claim |
| 8 | Square square.com | 35.4% 17 mentions · avg pos 8.1 | — | GEMINI 62.5%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 9 | Hybrid Payroll hybridpayroll.com | 31.3% 15 mentions · avg pos 6.3 | — | GEMINI 75%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 31.3% | Claim |
| 10 | Toast Payroll toast.com | 29.2% 14 mentions · avg pos 4 | — | GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 18.8%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 31.3% | Claim |
| 11 | QuickBooks Time quickbooks.intuit.com | 22.9% 11 mentions · avg pos 12.1 | — | GEMINI 62.5%CHATGPT 31.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 12 | Rippling rippling.com | 20.8% 10 mentions · avg pos 5 | — | GEMINI 62.5%PERPLEXITY 31.3% | Claim |
| 13 | Homebase | 20.8% 10 mentions · avg pos 10.2 | — | GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 18.8%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 14 | Restaurant365 Payroll restaurant365.com | 18.8% 9 mentions · avg pos 7.5 | — | GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 15 | Clover clover.com | 16.7% 8 mentions · avg pos 4.8 | — | GEMINI 50%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 18.8% | Claim |
| 16 | ADP Global Payroll adp.com | 16.7% 8 mentions · avg pos 9 | — | GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 25% | Claim |
| 17 | Aloha | 14.6% 7 mentions · avg pos 1.6 | — | GEMINI 50%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 18 | PAR | 10.4% 5 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | GEMINI 25%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 19 | Square Invoices squareup.com | 10.4% 5 mentions · avg pos 5.5 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 25% | Claim |
| 20 | Toast toasttab.com | 10.4% 5 mentions · avg pos 7.8 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 21 | Paycor paycor.com | 10.4% 5 mentions · avg pos 8.3 | — | GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 22 | Push Operations | 10.4% 5 mentions · avg pos 11 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 23 | Zenefits | 10.4% 5 mentions · avg pos 16.2 | — | CHATGPT 31.3% | Claim |
| 24 | SpotOn spoton.com | 10.4% 5 mentions | — | GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 25 | Paylocity paylocity.com | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 26 | Crunchtime | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 27 | HotSchedules | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 4 | — | GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 28 | Upserve | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 5 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 29 | Kickfin kickfin.com | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 6.5 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 30 | iSolved HCM isolvedhcm.com | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 9 | — | GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 18.8% | Claim |
| 31 | TipHaus tiphaus.com | 8.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 13 | — | GEMINI 25%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 32 | Patriot Payroll patriotsoftware.com | 6.3% 3 mentions · avg pos 5 | — | CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 33 | When I Work wheniwork.com | 6.3% 3 mentions · avg pos 25 | — | CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 34 | TipPay gettippay.com | 6.3% 3 mentions | — | CHATGPT 18.8% | Claim |
| 35 | Toast Payroll Suite pos.toasttab.com | 6.3% 3 mentions | — | CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 36 | MICROS | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 37 | R365 | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 38 | Revel | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 39 | Xenial | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 40 | Oracle oracle.com | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 1.5 | — | GEMINI 25% | Claim |
| 41 | Oracle MICROS | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | GEMINI 25% | Claim |
| 42 | IRS Form 1040-ES irs.gov | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 4 | — | GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 43 | ADP | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 | — | CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 44 | Square Payroll | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 45 | QuickBooks Payroll | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 7 | — | GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 46 | Instant Financial | 4.2% 2 mentions · avg pos 14 | — | GEMINI 25% | Claim |
| 47 | Back of House backofhouse.io | 4.2% 2 mentions | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 48 | PayPro Next paypronext.com | 4.2% 2 mentions | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 49 | Symply symplyhcm.com | 4.2% 2 mentions | — | CHATGPT 12.5% | Claim |
| 50 | Whirks whirks.com | 4.2% 2 mentions | — | CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 51 | ADP Run | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 52 | Teez | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 53 | Revel Systems revelsystems.com | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 54 | Tipsee | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 55 | Tipsy | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 56 | Toast POS | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 57 | Paycom paycom.com | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 58 | QuickBooks | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 59 | ShiftPixy | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 60 | Bepay | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 61 | TSheets tsheets.com | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 62 | Compeat | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 63 | Tip Pool | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 64 | PayrollHero | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 9 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 65 | SpotOn Teamwork spotonepos.com | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 66 | POS | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 67 | Justworks justworks.com | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 68 | QuickBooks Online with Intuit Assist intuit.com | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 69 | Dolce | 2.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 18 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 70 | Checkwriters checkwriters.com | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 71 | Form 941 | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 72 | HireMe higherme.com | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 73 | Horizon Payroll Solutions horizonpayrollsolutions.com | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 74 | Instant instant.co | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 75 | PAR Pönix paytronix.com | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 76 | Qwick qwick.com | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 77 | ShiftFlow shiftflow.app | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 78 | Shiftbase shiftbase.com | 2.1% 1 mentions | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
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