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AI recruiting assistants · November 2026 Edition

Workable vs Zoho Recruit

Three of fourteen models named Workable first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Workable was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Zoho Recruit by twelve and Workable carries 33 labels and Zoho Recruit 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share23%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3317A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Workable reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ashby was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Workable vs Manatal · Workable vs Ashby · Workable vs Greenhouse

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 AI recruiting assistants page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WorkableFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho Recruit
Direct30
Paraphrase80
Comparative00
Budget-constrained131 against Workable
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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, Workable and Zoho Recruit were named in the same answer ninety-six times, of the 367 answers naming Workable and the 327 naming Zoho Recruit. In those answers Zoho Recruit took the first choice eleven times and Workable seventeen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Workable and Zoho Recruit 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
Workable Zoho Recruit first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Workable on the left and Zoho Recruit on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Workable and Zoho Recruit stood in it.

Workable first, Zoho Recruit not the choice

3 of 14 modelsZoho Recruit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Workable
MiniMax M2.5Leelu AI, Workable alternatives: Braintrust AIR, HRBlade, SeekOut
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Paradox, SeekOut, hireEZ

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.
GPT-5.4 miniAshby, Greenhouse alternatives: Ceipal, Lever, Recruiterflow, Zoho Recruit
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse, SeekOut, Workable
Llama 4 MaverickTheHireHub.AI alternatives: Humanly, Workable
Kimi K2Ashby alternatives: Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXTheHireHub.AI alternatives: Gem, Leelu AI, Workable, hireEZ

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Ashby alternatives: Gem, Greenhouse, Lever
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem, Juicebox alternatives: Ashby, Fetcher, Findem, Metaview
Perplexity SonarAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
Grok 4.20Recruiterflow alternatives: Ashby, Braintrust AIR, Findem, Greenhouse, HireVue, SeekOut
Qwen 3.7 FlashAshby alternatives: Gem, HireVue, Paradox, X-Team
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Gem

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
Workable leads by seven points.
Workable13%#3 of 11
Zoho Recruit6%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Workable leads by seventeen points.
Workable23%#1 of 13
Zoho Recruit6%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Zoho Recruit is not named for this buyer.
Workable4%#– of 13
Zoho Recruit—not named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workable

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

“Workable and Greenhouse are the best AI recruiters, with Workable being especially popular for its balance of AI features, ease of use, and value for mid-sized teams.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zoho Recruit

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

“Zoho Recruit is often the best overall choice because it combines an affordable, transparent price with built-in AI features” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
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.