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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

AI: how the engines answer the board's questions; Search: Google's top 10 for the questions' demand keywords; All: both combined. How the Heralded Score works.

Leader

PayFit

49%of answers name it

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

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 PayFit FR New entry 47 , range 39–61
47
  • : score 47 · #1
 49% 21% None First reading
2 Lucca FR New entry 38 , range 31–48
38
  • : score 38 · #2
 33% 12% None First reading
3 Silae New entry 36 , range 29–45
36
  • : score 36 · #3
 32% 9% None First reading
4 Gusto US New entry 35 , range 22–44
35
  • : score 35 · #4
 22% 15% None First reading
5 Factorial ES New entry 31 , range 10–39
31
  • : score 31 · #5
 23% 5% None First reading
6 Rippling US New entry 29 , range 8–39
29
  • : score 29 · #6
 17% 8% None First reading
7 BambooHR US New entry 27 , range 7–38
27
  • : score 27 · #7
 16% 8% None First reading
8 ADP RUN US New entry 17 , range 6–36
17
  • : score 17 · #8
 15% 3% None First reading
9 Skello New entry 13 , range 5–34
13
  • : score 13 · #9
 15% 1% None First reading
10 Cegid FR New entry 12 , range 5–34
12
  • : score 12 · #10
 14% 2% 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. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

This month's moves

First reading. No comparable previous month yet.

Biggest risers

No clear rise.

Biggest fallers

No clear fall.

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

No answer cited a source of this type (Reference).

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
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

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