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Talent intelligence · November 2026 Edition

Loxo vs Gem

One of fourteen models named Loxo first on the direct prompt; zero named Gem. Loxo was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Gem by ten and both carry 15 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Loxo

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1515Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Loxo 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 Loxo · SeekOut Recruit vs Gem · Lessie AI vs Loxo

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.
LoxoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGem
Direct10
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained112 against Loxo · 1 against Gem
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Loxo
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 Loxo 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
Loxo Gem first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Loxo on the left and Gem on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Loxo first, Gem an alternative

1 of 14 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Loxo alternatives: Eightfold AI, Gem, SeekOut Recruit

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashFindem alternatives: Gem, Loxo, SeekOut Recruit
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut Recruit
DeepSeek V4 FlashSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Gem, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashLessie AI, hireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut Recruit

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, hireEZ
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
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, SeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, hireEZ
GPT-6 LunaSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Lightcast
Muse Glimmer 30BSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Eightfold AI, Lessie AI, hireEZ

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
Loxo leads by two points.
Loxo12%#2 of 18
Gem10%#3 of 18
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Loxo leads by two points.
Loxo4%#6 of 15
Gem2%#8 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Loxo0%#– of 11
Gem0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Loxo

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

“Weak "opt‑out" synchronization and data‑management controls... Aggressive sourcing that can scrape personal contact information without consent.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Powerful but "quite expensive" per G2 reviews, challenging for small businesses” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · hard negative
“Loxo stands out as the best talent intelligence platform for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“best value pick is usually Loxo” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice

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.