The most visible HR and payroll tools in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

PayFit

47Heralded Score, range 39–61

Most cited source

urssaf.fr

18citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Lucca

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
11 Kelio New entry 11 , range 4–34 11#11
11
  • : score 11 · #11
11% 5% First reading
12 OnPay US New entry 11 , range 4–34 11#12
11
  • : score 11 · #12
10% 6% First reading
13 Combo New entry 9 , range 3–33 9#13
9
  • : score 9 · #13
9% 4% First reading
14 QuickBooks Payroll US New entry 8 , range 3–32 8#14
8
  • : score 8 · #14
8% 3% First reading
15 Eurécia New entry 7 , range 2–31 7#15
7
  • : score 7 · #15
8% 2% First reading
16 Justworks US New entry 6 , range 2–31 6#16
6
  • : score 6 · #16
8% 1% First reading
17 Sage HR GB New entry 6 , range 2–31 6#17
6
  • : score 6 · #17
7% 2% First reading
18 Homebase US New entry 6 , range 2–31 6#18
6
  • : score 6 · #18
7% 2% First reading
19 Horoquartz FR New entry 4 , range 1–28 4#19
4
  • : score 4 · #19
4% 2% First reading
20 ADP Workforce Now US New entry 4 , range 1–25 4#20
4
  • : score 4 · #20
6% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 logicielrh.fr Review site 5.0% 1 of 4 2 12
12 tplpaye.fr Consultancy 6.7% 2 of 4 2 19
13 capterra.com Review site 5.0% 3 of 4 1 7
14 foxeet.fr Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
15 lemondeinformatique.fr Media 5.0% 2 of 4 1 Not read
16 linkedin.com Social 5.0% 2 of 4 3 Not read
17 lupahire.com Consultancy 5.0% 1 of 4 1 8
18 myculture.ai Vendor site 5.0% 2 of 4 1 12
19 agendrix.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
20 appvizer.fr Review site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Quel est le meilleur logiciel de gestion des RH et de la paie pour les petites entreprises ? French PayFit
Comment une petite entreprise peut-elle gérer ses salariés et la paie ? French No brand recommended
Comment une petite entreprise peut-elle calculer la paie de ses salariés ? French Base and PayFit, tied
Comment suivre les congés et les jours travaillés ? French Combo and Eurécia, tied
Logiciel RH ou tableur pour gérer la paie dans une petite entreprise ? French Memsoft Oxygène, PayFit, QuickDSN, QuickPaie and Silae, tied
Gestion du personnel manuelle ou logiciel RH pour les entreprises de taille intermédiaire ? French Cegedim SRH, Cegid, Kelio and Lucca, tied
Quelles solutions peut-on utiliser à la place d’un tableur pour suivre les salariés ? French Combo, Lucca, PayFit and Snapshift, tied
Quelles solutions peut-on utiliser à la place du calcul manuel de la paie dans une petite entreprise ? French PayFit
Je dirige une entreprise de 10 salariés. Comment gérer la paie et les congés ? French ManaTime
Je dirige une équipe RH et j’ai besoin de suivre le temps de travail de 200 salariés. Quelles sont les solutions possibles ? French Horoquartz, Kelio and Lucca, tied

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured