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Applicant tracking systems · November 2026 Edition

Greenhouse vs Workable

Six of fourteen models named Greenhouse first on the direct prompt; four named Workable. Both were named by all fourteen models and Greenhouse carries 57 labels and Workable 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Greenhouse

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

First-choice share30%16%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels5742A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Greenhouse reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ashby was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Greenhouse vs Breezy HR · Greenhouse vs Ashby · Greenhouse vs Zoho Recruit

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 applicant tracking systems page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GreenhouseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkable
Direct641 against Greenhouse · 1 against Workable
Paraphrase94
Comparative63
Budget-constrained001 against Greenhouse
Scale-constrained21
Negative203 against Greenhouse · 1 against Workable
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, Greenhouse and Workable were named in the same answer 153 times, of the 456 answers naming Greenhouse and the 367 naming Workable. In those answers Workable took the first choice thirty-nine times and Greenhouse twenty-four.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Lever, Workable alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR

Greenhouse first, Workable an alternative

5 of 14 modelsWorkable was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
Grok 4.20Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Workable
Qwen 3.7 FlashAshby, Greenhouse alternatives: Lever, SmartRecruiters
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever

Workable first, Greenhouse an alternative

3 of 14 modelsGreenhouse was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallWorkable alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, Zoho Recruit
GLM 4.7 FlashXBreezy HR, Workable alternatives: Ashby, Crelate
MiniMax M2.5Breezy HR, Workable alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, Greenhouse, JazzHR

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.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Jobvite, Lever, Workable
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Pinpoint
DeepSeek V4 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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 fourteen points.
Workable14%#3 of 14
Greenhouse0%#13 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Greenhouse leads at mid-market.
Greenhouse30%#1 of 17
Workable16%#2 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Greenhouse leads by thirty-five points.
Greenhouse42%#1 of 10
Workable7%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Greenhouse

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

“Avoid expensive enterprise systems like Greenhouse or Lever unless you have the scale” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Greenhouse is the most cited leader for structured, process-heavy hiring with interview kits, scorecards and deep reporting built for mid-market and enterprise teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Most Mid-Market B2B Teams: Greenhouse – Excels in structured hiring, detailed reporting/analytics, and scalability.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“The gold standard for mid-market and scaling tech firms focusing on \u2018Structured Hiring\u2019 to eliminate bias.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Workable

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

“users report issues with the company's customer support, and its pricing model raises concerns about high costs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Avoid Workday Recruiting and SmartRecruiters unless you have enterprise-level needs” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · soft negative
“For a 500-person company, Workable or Recruitee often hit the sweet spot of capability, transparency, and adoption.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Workable – Highly rated for its ease of use, strong candidate tracking, and excellent job distribution features.” Mistral Small · paraphrase 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.