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Job advertising and distribution · November 2026 Edition

Workable vs Broadbean

Zero of fourteen models named Workable first on the direct prompt; zero named Broadbean. Workable was named by ten of the fourteen models and Broadbean by eight and Workable carries 12 labels and Broadbean 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

Broadbean

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share13%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1211A 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.Appcast was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Appcast vs Workable · Appcast vs Broadbean · JobTarget vs Workable

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 job advertising and distribution 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 modelsBroadbean
Direct00
Paraphrase811 against Broadbean
Comparative00
Budget-constrained02
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Appcast, Joveo alternatives: LinkedIn Ads, Recruitics, StackAdapt
GPT-5.4 miniJoveo alternatives: JobTarget, PandoLogic, Veritone Hire
Gemini 3.5 FlashPandoLogic alternatives: Appcast, Joveo, Recruitics
Perplexity SonarJobTarget alternatives: Appcast, Joveo, Recruitics
Grok 4.20Joveo alternatives: Appcast, JobTarget, Talroo, Veritone Hire
Mistral SmallAppcast, JobTarget alternatives: Joveo, Radancy
DeepSeek V4 FlashJobTarget alternatives: Appcast, Joveo
Llama 4 MaverickAppcast alternatives: JobTarget, Recruitics
Qwen 3.7 FlashAppcast alternatives: Joveo, PandoLogic
Kimi K2Appcast, JobTarget alternatives: Talroo
GLM 4.7 FlashXAppcast, Joveo alternatives: JobTarget, Recruitics, VONQ
MiniMax M2.5Joveo alternatives: Appcast, JobTarget, Recruitics
GPT-6 LunaJobTarget Programmatic+ alternatives: Appcast
Muse Glimmer 30BAppcast, JobTarget Programmatic+, Joveo alternatives: JobAdX, Radancy, Recruitics, Veritone Hire Programmatic formerly PandoLogic

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
Broadbean leads by two points.
Broadbean4%#– of 14
Workable2%#7 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Workable leads at mid-market.
Workable13%#4 of 13
Broadbean5%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Broadbean leads at enterprise.
Broadbean8%#4 of 16
Workable0%#– of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workable

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Broadbean

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

“it may be overkill (and more expensive) unless integrated with your ATS” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“The best programmatic job advertising platforms for a company with a limited budget are Appcast, Joveo, Broadbean, and JobTarget.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Broadbean Programmatic and Joveo are the top recommendations due to their flexible, pay-for-performance models” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Broadbean is another top choice, especially if you need robust job distribution and analytics.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Appcast vs WorkableAppcast vs BroadbeanJobTarget vs WorkableJobTarget vs BroadbeanJoveo vs WorkableJoveo vs BroadbeanWorkable vs IndeedWorkable vs ZipRecruiterWorkable vs LinkedIn JobsIndeed vs BroadbeanZipRecruiter vs BroadbeanBroadbean vs LinkedIn JobsAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full job advertising 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.