# AI recruiting assistants: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "AI recruiter" and as "AI-powered candidate screening tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/ai-recruiting-assistants

**Standing:** Workable leads with 23% of first choices; verdict contested. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Workable](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workable/index.md) | 23% | 3% | 33 |
| 2 | [Manatal](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/manatal/index.md) | 21% | 0% | 24 |
| 3 | [Ashby](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ashby/index.md) | 15% | 7% | 28 |
| 4 | [Greenhouse](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/greenhouse/index.md) | 8% | 12% | 34 |
| 5 | [Zoho Recruit](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/zoho-recruit/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 17 |
| 6 | [Gem](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gem/index.md) | 4% | 5% | 19 |
| 9 | [Paradox](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/paradox/index.md) | 2% | 19% | 21 |
| 18 | [SeekOut](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/seekout/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 24 |
| 19 | [hireEZ](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hireez/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 21 |
| 20 | [Eightfold AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/eightfold-ai/index.md) | 0% | 24% | 21 |
| 21 | [Lever](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lever/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 17 |
| 26 | [HireVue](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/hirevue/index.md) | 0% | 35% | 26 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 110 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: Ashby; alternatives Gem, Greenhouse, Lever
- GPT-5.4 mini: Ashby, Greenhouse; alternatives Ceipal, Lever, Recruiterflow, Zoho Recruit
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Gem, Juicebox; alternatives Ashby, Fetcher, Findem, Metaview
- Perplexity Sonar: Ashby; alternatives Greenhouse, Lever
- Grok 4.20: Recruiterflow; alternatives Ashby, Braintrust AIR, Findem, Greenhouse
- Mistral Small: Greenhouse, Workable
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Gem; alternatives Ashby, Greenhouse, SeekOut, Workable
- Llama 4 Maverick: TheHireHub.AI; alternatives Humanly, Workable
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Ashby; alternatives Gem, HireVue, Paradox, X-Team
- Kimi K2: Ashby; alternatives Workable
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: TheHireHub.AI; alternatives Gem, Leelu AI, Workable, hireEZ
- MiniMax M2.5: Leelu AI, Workable; alternatives Braintrust AIR, HRBlade, SeekOut
- GPT-6 Luna: Ashby; alternatives Gem
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Greenhouse, Workable; alternatives Paradox, SeekOut, hireEZ

## 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:

- leelu.ai: 14 answers, 17 citations
- hirevire.com: 14 answers, 14 citations
- ico.org.uk: 13 answers, 30 citations
- lever.co: 13 answers, 13 citations
- unity-connect.com: 13 answers, 13 citations
- g2.com: 12 answers, 16 citations
- greenhouse.com: 12 answers, 13 citations
- capterra.com: 10 answers, 15 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://ico.org.uk/media2/migrated/4031620/ai-in-recruitment-outcomes-report.pdf (13 answers)
- https://leelu.ai/blog/best-recruiting-software-for-small-medium-business (13 answers)
- https://lever.co/insights/best-ai-recruiting-tools (13 answers)
- https://unity-connect.com/our-resources/blog/top-ai-recruitment-tools (13 answers)
- https://culturro.com/hr-software/ai-sourcing-screening/for-mid-market (8 answers)
- https://hirevire.com/articles/best-ai-recruitment-tools (8 answers)
- https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2024/11/thinking-of-using-ai-to-assist-recruitment-our-key-data-protection-considerations (8 answers)
- https://qureos.com/hiring-guide/best-ai-recruiting-platforms (8 answers)
- https://paycor.com/resource-center/articles/how-to-use-ai-in-recruiting (7 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/ai-recruiting (7 answers)

## Warned against

- HireVue: 9 of 26 labels negative. "HireVue faced a formal complaint to the FTC ... alleging its AI-driven hiring assessment used opaque, unproven algorithms ... creating a risk of discriminatory hiring practices and privacy violations." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Workday Recruiting: 8 of 11 labels negative. "Workday has faced significant legal scrutiny. In the case *Mobley v. Workday*, applicants alleged the platform's AI tools discriminated against older workers, minorities, and disabled individuals" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- iTutorGroup: 4 of 4 labels negative. "iTutorGroup faced an EEOC lawsuit for using AI that allegedly discriminated against older workers and female applicants through automated screening" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Paradox: 4 of 21 labels negative. "Commentary on the use notes these recruiting aids tend to "screen out" people with little-known developmental or learning disabilities, raising accessibility and disparate impact concerns." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Manatal (31%) to Workable (23%). Margin 2 points, within noise.

- Ashby: 4% to 15%, +11. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 7 → 3 of 110.
- Manatal: 31% to 21%, −10. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 1 → 2 of 110.
- Humanly: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 24 of 110.
- Greenhouse: 10% to 8%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 → 4 of 110.
- Zoho Recruit: 8% to 6%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 5 of 110.
- Gem: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 6 of 110.
- Paradox: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 17 → 9 of 110.
- Eightfold AI: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 20 of 110.
- HireVue: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 26 of 110.
- Workable: 22% to 23%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 2 → 1 of 110.
- Juicebox: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 8 → 11 of 110.
- SeekOut: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 15 → 18 of 110.

## 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.