72% of first choices, clear leader.
“Beamery\u2014while widely respected ... has faced criticisms from some enterprise users regarding past support bottlenecks, API limitations, and corporate downsizing” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
“If you use seat-based platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter or SeekOut, trying to scale access to thousands of users can quickly drive licensing costs into millions of dollars.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
“a groundbreaking proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against Eightfold AI. The suit alleges that Eightfold's AI-generated suitability scores ... violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
“Avoid Phenom if you want internal mobility or predictive analytics—you will get a great career site, not intelligence.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
67 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 963 links across 246 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eightfold eightfold.ai Eightfold AI 72% | 72% | 520 | 4,400 | 187 | 53,360 company | 17 | 1 |
| LinkedIn parent site LinkedIn Talent Insights 2%, LinkedIn Talent Insights / LinkedIn Recruiter enterprise 2%, LinkedIn Talent Solutions 2% | 8% | 69 | 11,100,000 | 77,031 | |||
| SeekOut Recruit seekout.com | 5% | 121 | 5,796 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Gloat gloat.com | 2% | 287 | 27,100 | 359 | 22,734 | 0 | |
| Phenom phenom.com | 2% | 331 | 18,100 | 2,229 | 24,487 | 0 | |
| 365Talents 365talents.com | 2% | 100 | 90 | 1 | 2,859 | 25 | |
| Workday parent site Workday Skills Cloud 2% | 2% | 97 | 1,220,000 | 23,848 | |||
| Fuel50 fuel50.com | 2% | 170 | 480 | 0 | 11,009 | 6 | |
| Talent IQ talent-iq.com | 2% | ||||||
| Beamery beamery.com | 0% | 262 | 1,000 | 21 | 12,866 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (eightfold.ai, metaview.ai, pin.com). The first result for “best talent intelligence platform” is rollingarrays.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:35 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:54 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:07 | yes | 12 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:12 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 21:24 | yes | 37 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:26 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:39 | yes | 27 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:23 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:49 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:45 | yes | 12 | 72 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:58 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:14 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:38 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:08 | yes | 15 | 57 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:29 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:26 | yes | 28 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:38 | yes | 13 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:13 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:07 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:02 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:34 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:00 | yes | 13 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:26 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:36 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 21:19 | yes | 17 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:00 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:58 | yes | 20 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:44 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 17:54 | yes | 14 | 85 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:50 | yes | 11 | 40 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:16 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:59 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:28 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 20:02 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:05 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:27 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 17:57 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:27 | yes | 24 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:21 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:32 | yes | 26 | 77 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:29 | yes | 23 | 74 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:12 | yes | 18 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:43 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:30 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:59 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:31 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:53 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:35 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:39 | yes | 17 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:27 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:04 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:22 | yes | 19 | 67 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:35 | yes | 15 | 62 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:12 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:14 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:44 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:27 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:06 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 18:48 | yes | 24 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:52 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 18:30 | yes | 25 | 69 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:13 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:44 | yes | 9 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:35 | yes | 28 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:58 | yes | 18 | 212 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:25 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
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