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Recruiting CRM and sourcing · November 2026 Edition

Ashby vs Zoho Recruit

Zero of fourteen models named Ashby first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Ashby was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Zoho Recruit by seven and Ashby carries 12 labels and Zoho Recruit 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Ashby

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1214A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Ashby reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.hireEZ was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Gem vs Ashby · Gem vs Zoho Recruit · hireEZ vs Ashby

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 Recruiting CRM and sourcing page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AshbyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho Recruit
Direct00
Paraphrase30
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 Ashby 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
Ashby Zoho Recruit first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Ashby on the left and Zoho Recruit on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5LinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Apollo.io, ZoomInfo
GPT-5.4 miniGem alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, Loxo, SeekOut, hireEZ
Gemini 3.5 FlashLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Fetcher, Findem, SeekOut, ZoomInfo Talent, hireEZ
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Gem, Lever, SeekOut, Workable
Grok 4.20hireEZ alternatives: Findem, SeekOut
Mistral SmallGem, hireEZ alternatives: Fetcher, Findem
DeepSeek V4 FlashhireEZ alternatives: Fetcher, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut
Llama 4 MaverickFetcher, Findem, Gem, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: ContactOut, Fetcher, Lusha, hireEZ
Kimi K2Gem alternatives: SeekOut, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXFetcher, Gem alternatives: hireEZ
MiniMax M2.5Gem, SeekOut alternatives: Fetcher, Juicebox, hireEZ
GPT-6 LunaLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Gem, SeekOut
Muse Glimmer 30BGem, hireEZ alternatives: Fetcher, Findem, Humanly, Manatal, TheHireHub.AI

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
Zoho Recruit leads by sixteen points.
Zoho Recruit16%#2 of 10
Ashby0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Ashby leads at mid-market.
Ashby6%#6 of 13
Zoho Recruit4%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Zoho Recruit is not named for this buyer.
Ashby4%#– of 13
Zoho Recruit—not named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Ashby

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

“Ashby - A recruitment CRM that suits fast-growing companies and provides a single system for applicant tracking, outbound sourcing, CRM, scheduling, and analytics.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zoho Recruit

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
Gem vs AshbyGem vs Zoho RecruithireEZ vs AshbyhireEZ vs Zoho RecruitManatal vs AshbyManatal vs Zoho RecruitLever vs AshbyLever vs Zoho RecruitLinkedIn Recruiter vs AshbyLinkedIn Recruiter vs Zoho RecruitAshby vs FetcherFetcher vs Zoho RecruitAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full Recruiting CRM 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.