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Recruiting CRM and sourcing · November 2026 Edition

hireEZ vs LinkedIn Recruiter

Six of fourteen models named hireEZ first on the direct prompt; three named LinkedIn Recruiter. Both were named by all fourteen models and hireEZ carries 34 labels and LinkedIn Recruiter 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

hireEZ

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

LinkedIn Recruiter

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share12%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3430A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, hireEZ reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Gem was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Gem vs hireEZ · Gem vs LinkedIn Recruiter · hireEZ vs Manatal

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.
hireEZFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLinkedIn Recruiter
Direct632 against LinkedIn Recruiter
Paraphrase00
Comparative14
Budget-constrained003 against LinkedIn Recruiter
Scale-constrained001 against LinkedIn Recruiter
Negative001 against hireEZ
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, hireEZ and LinkedIn Recruiter were named in the same answer sixty-eight times, of the 189 answers naming hireEZ and the 130 naming LinkedIn Recruiter. In those answers LinkedIn Recruiter took the first choice thirteen times and hireEZ six.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where hireEZ and LinkedIn Recruiter stood in it.

hireEZ first, LinkedIn Recruiter an alternative

6 of 14 modelsLinkedIn Recruiter was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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
Muse Glimmer 30BGem, hireEZ alternatives: Fetcher, Findem, Humanly, Manatal, TheHireHub.AI

LinkedIn Recruiter first, hireEZ an alternative

3 of 14 modelshireEZ was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5LinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Apollo.io, ZoomInfo
Gemini 3.5 FlashLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Fetcher, Findem, SeekOut, ZoomInfo Talent, hireEZ
GPT-6 LunaLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Gem, SeekOut

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 miniGem alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, Loxo, SeekOut, 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

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
LinkedIn Recruiter leads by four points.
LinkedIn Recruiter4%#5 of 10
hireEZ0%#10 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: hireEZ leads at mid-market.
hireEZ12%#2 of 13
LinkedIn Recruiter6%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: LinkedIn Recruiter leads at enterprise.
LinkedIn Recruiter11%#3 of 13
hireEZ6%#6 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about hireEZ

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

“User reports from hiring platforms like HireEz mention: Irrelevant or vague support responses, Unaddressed bugs, Continual price increases” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you can only pick one tool (beyond LinkedIn basics), HireEZ offers the best balance of breadth, AI capability, and mid-market fit for B2B hiring.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“hireEZ and Gem are the top picks due to their AI-powered sourcing, automation, and strong fit for mid-market needs” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“hireEZ (formerly Hiretual) stands out as the best overall candidate sourcing tool for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about LinkedIn Recruiter

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

“LinkedIn doesn't publish a standard price, so compare a quote rather than assuming it's the cheapest” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“without the massive price tag of enterprise solutions like LinkedIn Recruiter ($8,000–$12,000/year)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“you might still consider LinkedIn Recruiter Lite (approx. $9k/year) despite the cost” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“The gold standard for professional networking and direct outreach. Access to 1B+ profiles with advanced search, InMail messaging, and analytics.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you need broad corporate hiring: Start with LinkedIn Recruiter paired with Gem for automated email outreach.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Core Channel: LinkedIn Recruiter (for direct messaging and broad talent search).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct 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.