Talent intelligence · November 2026 Edition
Lessie AI vs hireEZ
One of fourteen models named Lessie AI first on the direct prompt; two named hireEZ. Lessie AI was named by eight of the fourteen models and hireEZ by ten and Lessie AI carries 10 labels and hireEZ 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in six categories this edition.
First-choice share13%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%31%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1016A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lessie AI 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 Lessie AI · SeekOut Recruit vs hireEZ · Lessie AI vs Pin
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.
Lessie AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelshireEZ
Direct12
Paraphrase01
Comparative00
Budget-constrained604 against hireEZ
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lessie AI and hireEZ stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Lessie AI hireEZ first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lessie AI on the left and hireEZ on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lessie AI and hireEZ stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Qwen 3.7 FlashLessie AI, hireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut Recruit
hireEZ first, Lessie AI not the choice
1 of 14 modelsLessie AI was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut Recruit
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, hireEZ
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
8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Arya, Pin alternatives: 365Talents, Eightfold AI, Gem, Loxo, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Gemini 3.5 FlashFindem alternatives: Gem, Loxo, SeekOut Recruit
Grok 4.20Loxo alternatives: Eightfold AI, Gem, SeekOut Recruit
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
Lessie AI leads by ten points.
Lessie AI10%#5 of 18hireEZ0%#13 of 18Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
Lessie AI is not named for this buyer.
Lessie AI—not namedhireEZ0%#– of 11What the models said about Lessie AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Choose Lessie AI or hireEZ if you want to reduce cost-per-hire and volume-source aggressively... This is the sweet spot for most mid-market B2B firms.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Lessie AI as the "fast, affordable, action-oriented sourcing" pick are the consensus budget options in 2026” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Lessie AI (free to start, $34.99+/month) for external sourcing” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
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
Also compared
SeekOut Recruit vs Lessie AISeekOut Recruit vs hireEZLessie AI vs PinLessie AI vs Eightfold AILessie AI vs LoxoLessie AI vs PhenomLessie AI vs GemPin vs hireEZEightfold AI vs hireEZhireEZ vs LoxohireEZ vs PhenomhireEZ vs GemAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full talent intelligence standing
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.