# Talent intelligence: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/talent-intelligence

**Standing:** SeekOut Recruit leads with 21% of first choices; verdict contested. 52 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [SeekOut Recruit](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/seekout-recruit/index.md) | 21% | 18% | 45 |
| 2 | [Lessie AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lessie-ai/index.md) | 13% | 0% | 10 |
| 3 | [Pin](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pin/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 15 |
| 4 | [Eightfold AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/eightfold-ai/index.md) | 12% | 48% | 65 |
| 5 | [hireEZ](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hireez/index.md) | 6% | 31% | 16 |
| 6 | [Loxo](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/loxo/index.md) | 4% | 20% | 15 |
| 8 | [Phenom](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/phenom/index.md) | 4% | 40% | 40 |
| 9 | [Gem](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gem/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 15 |
| 10 | [Gloat](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gloat/index.md) | 2% | 28% | 29 |
| 16 | [Findem](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/findem/index.md) | 2% | 23% | 13 |
| 22 | [Lightcast](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lightcast/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 24 | [Draup](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/draup/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 126 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: Arya, Pin; alternatives 365Talents, Eightfold AI, Gem, Loxo
- GPT-5.4 mini: SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Eightfold AI, hireEZ
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Findem; alternatives Gem, Loxo, SeekOut Recruit
- Perplexity Sonar: hireEZ; alternatives Gem, SeekOut Recruit
- Grok 4.20: Loxo; alternatives Eightfold AI, Gem, SeekOut Recruit
- Mistral Small: Eightfold AI, SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Sapia.ai, iCIMS Talent Cloud
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Gem, hireEZ
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Lessie AI, hireEZ; alternatives Gem, SeekOut Recruit
- Kimi K2: Pin, SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Ashby, Greenhouse
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Ceipal, Talent.ai
- MiniMax M2.5: Greenhouse, SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Eightfold AI, hireEZ
- GPT-6 Luna: SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Lightcast
- Muse Glimmer 30B: SeekOut Recruit; alternatives Eightfold AI, Lessie AI, hireEZ

## Sources the answers cite

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

- g2.com: 35 answers, 70 citations
- eightfold.ai: 26 answers, 36 citations
- jobspipe.dev: 26 answers, 26 citations
- pin.com: 24 answers, 38 citations
- guideflow.com: 17 answers, 19 citations
- sapia.ai: 16 answers, 18 citations
- seekout.com: 12 answers, 15 citations
- lessie.ai: 12 answers, 14 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://jobspipe.dev/talent-intelligence-platforms (26 answers)
- https://pin.com/blog/talent-intelligence-software (19 answers)
- https://sapia.ai/resources/blog/talent-intelligence-platforms (16 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/talent-intelligence-software (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/talent-intelligence (14 answers)
- https://pin.com/blog/talent-intelligence-platforms (13 answers)
- https://eightfold.ai/ (12 answers)
- https://lessie.ai/blog/talent-intelligence-platforms (12 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-talent-intelligence-software (11 answers)
- https://skima.ai/blog/industry-trends-and-insights/talent-intelligence-tools (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Eightfold AI: 31 of 65 labels negative. "Currently facing a 2026 class-action lawsuit in California alleging it builds undisclosed "consumer reports" on job candidates using unverified third-party data" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Phenom: 16 of 40 labels negative. "Why to Avoid: Despite its popularity among large enterprises, implementation is notoriously difficult." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Beamery: 18 of 34 labels negative. "What I'd Avoid ... Beamery | Now owned by Workday; strong but mid-market pricing reportedly starts around $50K+" (Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt)
- Gloat: 8 of 29 labels negative. "Platforms to Skip for Your Situation | Gloat | Built for enterprises (5,000+ employees); slow setup, enterprise pricing" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Pin (27%) to SeekOut Recruit (21%). Margin 9 points, within noise.

- SeekOut Recruit: 4% to 21%, +17. Cleared the floor by 4 points · rank 7 → 1 of 126.
- Pin: 27% to 12%, −15. Cleared the floor by 2 points · rank 1 → 3 of 126.
- Lessie AI: 0% to 13%, +13. Cleared the floor by 0 points · rank 30 → 2 of 126.
- Gem: 14% to 2%, −12. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 → 9 of 126.
- Eightfold AI: 8% to 12%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 of 126, unchanged.
- hireEZ: 10% to 6%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 5 of 126.
- Fuel50: 6% to 2%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 11 of 126.
- Loxo: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 6 of 126.
- Gloat: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 76 → 10 of 126.
- Beamery: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 17 → 126 of 126.
- Metaview: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 8 → 7 of 126.
- Phenom: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 9 → 8 of 126.

## 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.