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Brand report · September 2026

HiBob HiBob: AI Visibility Report

hibob.com ↗

When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about performance management, HiBob ranks #11 of 15, a Visibility Score of 7 in Performance Management (and appears in 2 categories of the index).

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

How AI sees HiBob

HiBob fills out HR shortlists but never closes them.

Where it wins. Its strongest foothold is HR & Payroll, where a 16.7% mention rate puts it in the conversation alongside Rippling and Gusto, and a rank of 12 of 15 confirms it at least registers on the list.

Where it loses. First-pick rate is zero across both HR & Payroll and Performance Management, and HiBob is absent from budget, enterprise, startup, and feature-specific prompts, meaning the moment a buyer narrows the question, HiBob disappears from the answer.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

On message

How HiBob positions itself vs how AI ranks it

HiBob claims HR & Payroll and the models back it: #13 of 15 there.

The pitch

"Connect HR, Payroll, and Finance in one people platform."

Positions in HR & Payroll
What AI actually says
In HR & Payroll #13 of 15, claim holds

Homepage self-messaging · September 2026 ranking · the biggest gaps across the index →

Performance Management · #11 of 15

7 / 100 flat vs last month
14%
mention rate (72 answers)
6
avg. position
0%
first pick
2%
share of voice
1.1Jul 2026Jul 2026: 1.13.8Aug 2026Aug 2026: 3.86.9Sep 2026Sep 2026: 6.9
ChatGPT
9
Claude
0
Gemini
12

How the models portray HiBob

Being named is not the same as being recommended. Each mention is graded endorsed (a strong pick), listed (a neutral option), or caveated (named with a reservation).

20% 40% 40%
endorsed · 95% band 6–51% listed caveated graded across 10 mentions in Performance Management answers
Prompt themes HiBob would want to own

Share of each theme's answers that mention HiBob. Hover a row for the exact prompt. Compare shapes on the head-to-head page.

Gaps Enterprise pick · Feature-led ask · If you could pick one

Most co-mentioned competitors

Share of HiBob's mentions where the AI models name this brand in the same answer. That is the real competitive set in the AI channel.

Lattice
100%
15Five
100%
Culture Amp
80%
Leapsome
80%
Workday
40%
Betterworks
40%

Scores are measured from real AI answers, refreshed monthly. Methodology.

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