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Talent intelligence · November 2026 Edition

hireEZ vs Gem

Two of fourteen models named hireEZ first on the direct prompt; zero named Gem. hireEZ was named by ten of the fourteen models and Gem by ten and hireEZ carries 16 labels and Gem 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

hireEZ

criticized challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate31%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1615A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, hireEZ reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.SeekOut Recruit was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. SeekOut Recruit vs hireEZ · SeekOut Recruit vs Gem · Lessie AI vs hireEZ

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the talent intelligence page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
hireEZFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGem
Direct20
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained014 against hireEZ · 1 against Gem
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against hireEZ
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, hireEZ and Gem were named in the same answer 110 times, of the 189 answers naming hireEZ and the 202 naming Gem. In those answers Gem took the first choice fifteen times and hireEZ ten.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where hireEZ and Gem stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
hireEZ Gem first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, hireEZ on the left and Gem on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where hireEZ and Gem stood in it.

hireEZ first, Gem an alternative

2 of 14 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut Recruit
Qwen 3.7 FlashLessie AI, hireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut Recruit

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Arya, Pin alternatives: 365Talents, Eightfold AI, Gem, Loxo, iCIMS Talent Cloud
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, hireEZ
Gemini 3.5 FlashFindem alternatives: Gem, Loxo, SeekOut Recruit
Grok 4.20Loxo alternatives: Eightfold AI, Gem, SeekOut Recruit
DeepSeek V4 FlashSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Gem, hireEZ
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, SeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, hireEZ
Muse Glimmer 30BSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, Lessie AI, hireEZ

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallEightfold AI, SeekOut Recruit alternatives: Sapia.ai, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Pin, SeekOut Recruit alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse
GLM 4.7 FlashXSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Ceipal, Talent.ai
GPT-6 LunaSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Lightcast

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Gem leads by ten points.
Gem10%#3 of 18
hireEZ0%#13 of 18
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: hireEZ leads at mid-market.
hireEZ6%#5 of 15
Gem2%#8 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
hireEZ0%#– of 11
Gem0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about hireEZ

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Reported concerns include variable contact-data quality, unclear external-data sources, and costs that rise with scale.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Unlike traditional platforms like SeekOut or hireEZ (which often start around $13,000–$20,000 annually)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Starts around $169/user/month... but it edges toward mid-budget” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative

What the models said about Gem

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Enterprise suites like Beamery, Eightfold, Phenom, Gem are described as stronger on workforce analytics but "cost far more."” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.