# Talent intelligence for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "talent intelligence platform" and as "AI talent platform for hiring and mobility", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/talent-intelligence/enterprise

**Standing:** Eightfold AI leads with 69% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 45 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Eightfold AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/eightfold-ai/index.md) | 69% | 18% | 67 |
| 2 | [Workday Skills Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-skills-cloud/index.md) | 7% | 35% | 20 |
| 3 | [SeekOut Recruit](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/seekout-recruit/index.md) | 4% | 13% | 47 |
| 4 | [Gloat](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gloat/index.md) | 2% | 14% | 43 |
| 5 | [Phenom](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/phenom/index.md) | 2% | 17% | 46 |
| 6 | [365Talents](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/365talents/index.md) | 2% | 10% | 10 |
| 13 | [Beamery](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/beamery/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 39 |
| 14 | [LinkedIn Talent Insights](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/linkedin-talent-insights/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 24 |
| 15 | [Visier](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/visier/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 12 |
| 16 | [Lightcast](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lightcast/index.md) | 0% | 15% | 13 |
| 17 | [Findem](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/findem/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 85 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Eightfold AI; alternatives Beamery, Gloat, Phenom
- GPT-5.4 mini: Eightfold AI; alternatives Fuel50, Gloat, SeekOut Recruit, TalentNeuron
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Eightfold AI; alternatives Beamery, Gloat, LinkedIn Talent Insights, Phenom
- Perplexity Sonar: Eightfold AI; alternatives Gem, Gloat, Phenom, SeekOut Recruit
- Grok 4.20: Eightfold AI; alternatives Beamery, Gloat, LinkedIn Talent Insights, Phenom
- Mistral Small: Eightfold AI, SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Loxo, Phenom
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Eightfold AI; alternatives Beamery, Gem, Phenom, SeekOut Recruit
- Llama 4 Maverick: Eightfold AI; alternatives Phenom, Revelio Labs, SeekOut Recruit
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Eightfold AI; alternatives HireVue, Phenom, SeekOut Recruit
- Kimi K2: Eightfold AI; alternatives Beamery, Fuel50, Gloat, Phenom
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Eightfold AI; alternatives Beamery, Phenom, SeekOut Recruit
- MiniMax M2.5: Eightfold AI, SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Beamery
- GPT-6 Luna: Eightfold AI; alternatives LinkedIn Talent Insights, SeekOut Recruit
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Eightfold AI; alternatives 365Talents, Beamery, Gloat

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- eightfold.ai: 31 answers, 54 citations
- g2.com: 29 answers, 63 citations
- guideflow.com: 25 answers, 30 citations
- sapia.ai: 25 answers, 30 citations
- pin.com: 22 answers, 31 citations
- xobin.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- bestrecruitingtools.com: 20 answers, 22 citations
- jobspipe.dev: 18 answers, 19 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/talent-intelligence-software (24 answers)
- https://xobin.com/blog/best-talent-intelligence-platforms (22 answers)
- https://sapia.ai/resources/blog/talent-intelligence-platforms (21 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/talent-intelligence/enterprise (20 answers)
- https://bestrecruitingtools.com/blog/best-talent-intelligence-platforms-enterprise-2026 (19 answers)
- https://jobspipe.dev/talent-intelligence-platforms (17 answers)
- https://pin.com/blog/talent-intelligence-software (15 answers)
- https://eightfold.ai/ (11 answers)
- https://eightfold.ai/products (10 answers)
- https://outhire.ai/resources/best-ai-talent-intelligence-tools-2026 (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Eightfold AI: 12 of 67 labels negative. "allegations that Eightfold's hiring tools secretly scored job applicants and generated candidate reports without proper notice or dispute rights" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Phenom: 8 of 46 labels negative. "What to Avoid for Your Use Case | Phenom | No public pricing; custom quotes that vary widely" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Beamery: 8 of 39 labels negative. "Validate carefully for adoption, integration depth, and total cost. It is enterprise-oriented, has a steep learning curve" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Workday Skills Cloud: 7 of 20 labels negative. "A high-profile class action (*Mobley v. Workday*) alleges that Workday's algorithmic screening tools discriminate against protected groups" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Eightfold AI at 69%.

- Workday Skills Cloud: 2% to 7%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 2 of 85.
- Gloat: 6% to 2%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 4 of 85.
- Beamery: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 13 of 85.
- Eightfold AI: 67% to 69%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 1 of 85, unchanged.
- SeekOut Recruit: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 of 85, unchanged.
- Findem: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 17 of 85.
- Phenom: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 6 → 5 of 85.
- 365Talents: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 5 → 6 of 85.
- LinkedIn Talent Insights: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 14 of 85, unchanged.
- Visier: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 18 → 15 of 85.
- Lightcast: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 16 of 85, unchanged.
- Fuel50: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 19 → 18 of 85.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.