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Comparison · HR
Factorial vs Deputy
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Factorial and Deputy — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Factorial vs Deputy: at a glance
What is Factorial?
Factorial raises $150M Series D at a $2.5B valuation, betting big on AI HR
Factorial's standout signal is a $150M Series D led by General Catalyst at a $2.5 billion valuation, positioning it among Europe's most valuable AI scale-ups. The surrounding feed is blog content: onboarding automation, device-management explainers, and competitor listicles, rather than product releases.
What is Deputy?
Deputy tightens access control, but the feed is half crawl noise.
Deputy ships frequently, and the clean signal in this window is access control: sensitive-data permissions for pay rates, building on a recently rebuilt custom-access-levels system. Most other captured entries are malformed timeline stubs with no content, so the feed quality understates what's actually shipping.
Factorial vs Deputy: editorial side-by-side
Factorial raises $150M Series D at a $2.5B valuation, betting big on AI HR
◆ Current state
Factorial's standout signal is a $150M Series D led by General Catalyst at a $2.5 billion valuation, positioning it among Europe's most valuable AI scale-ups. The surrounding feed is blog content: onboarding automation, device-management explainers, and competitor listicles, rather than product releases.
◆ Where it's heading
The raise signals a capital-backed push to scale, with the company framing itself around AI. The product feed itself is thin on shipped capability here; the momentum story is financial and positioning, with AI as the stated direction.
◆ Prediction
Expect the funding to translate into AI-feature expansion and aggressive go-to-market. Specific product moves aren't yet visible in this feed beyond the AI positioning the raise emphasizes.
Deputy
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Deputy tightens access control, but the feed is half crawl noise.
◆ Current state
Deputy ships frequently, and the clean signal in this window is access control: sensitive-data permissions for pay rates, building on a recently rebuilt custom-access-levels system. Most other captured entries are malformed timeline stubs with no content, so the feed quality understates what's actually shipping.
◆ Where it's heading
The visible product direction is granular permissions and data-sensitivity controls for workforce-management teams — locking down who sees pay and cost data. The crawl artifacts make broader trajectory hard to read from this source.
◆ Prediction
Expect more granular role and visibility controls following the custom-access-levels and pay-rate-permissions thread; the empty stub entries limit confidence on anything beyond that.
Alternatives to Factorial and Deputy
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Factorial or Deputy.
Zoho Recruit
Zoho Recruit ships a native MCP server, opening the ATS to AI tools at no extra cost.
Fountain
Fountain is shipping in bulk across Hire Go, talent pools, and AI assists for high-volume hiring.
Workable
Workable deepens hiring analytics and opens an MCP door to its recruiting data.
Workstream
Workstream's feed is wall-to-wall best-software listicles for hourly-workforce hiring.
Crelate
Crelate's feed is recruiting podcasts and buyer-cost essays, not product releases.
See all Factorial alternatives → · See all Deputy alternatives →
Recent activity from Factorial and Deputy
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoFactorialOnboarding Automation Software: Using AI To Onboard New Hires
- 3d agoDeputySensitive Data Permissions for Pay Rates
- 3d agoFactorialMDM vs MAM: What are the differences?
- 7d agoFactorialThe 7 best Mosyle alternatives in 2026
- 10d agoFactorialThe 7 Best Hexnode Alternatives in 2026
- 10d agoFactorialFactorial Raises $150M Series D, Reaches $2.5 Billion Valuation to Become One of the Most Valuable AI Scale-Ups in Europe ⚡
- 16d agoFactorialMDM vs EMM vs UEM: what are the differences?
- 1mo agoDeputyChangelog entry (content not captured)
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Factorial and Deputy?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Factorial is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Factorial better than Deputy?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Factorial is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Factorial?
Top Factorial alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Factorial alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/factorialhr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Deputy?
Top Deputy alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Deputy alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/deputy for the full list with editorial commentary on each.