# Lemon.io: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lemon-io

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Internal talent marketplace](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/internal-talent-marketplace/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "A vetted marketplace that screens candidates before they are presented to clients" (Llama 4 Maverick, Internal talent marketpl)
- "Best For: Fast hiring without sacrificing quality" (Kimi K2, Internal talent marketpl)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Lemon.io, from 10 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- golance.com: 6
- lemon.io: 6 (its own site)
- riseuplabs.com: 5
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 4
- a.team: 3
- g2.com: 3
- gloat.com: 3
- talentculture.com: 3
- arc.dev: 2
- awesomic.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://riseuplabs.com/top-sites-to-hire-remote-developers: 5
- https://gloat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Talent-Marketplace-Buyers-Guide.pdf: 3
- https://lemon.io/blog/best-sites-to-hire-freelance-developers: 3
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-talent-marketplace-platform: 3
- https://talentculture.com/blog/why-build-your-own-freelance-talent-network: 3
- https://a.team/talent/guides/upwork-alternatives: 2
- https://awesomic.com/blog/ultimate-list-talent-marketplaces-for-businesses-in-2025: 2
- https://colorlib.com/wp/popular-freelance-marketplaces: 2

## In its own words

What Lemon.io's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Leading platform for hiring developers for Startups and scaled Enterprise teams. (https://lemon.io/)
- For: Startups and scaled Enterprise teams (https://lemon.io/)
- Customers named: The SPEND Initiative, 10X ERP, tvScientific, SkyFi, Everstar.ai, Omniga, Myndy, Adherium

## What it publishes

Every page lemon.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 953 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 91 pages, 15 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-23
- case study: 19 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 27 pages, 8 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-17
- template or tool: 112 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-05
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Best sites to hire freelance developers https://lemon.io/blog/best-sites-to-hire-freelance-developers
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Ruby on rails development companies https://lemon.io/blog/ruby-on-rails-development-companies
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Ai in testing automation https://lemon.io/blog/ai-in-testing-automation/
- Recent: 2026-09-17 comparison: Turing alternatives https://lemon.io/blog/turing-alternatives/
- Recent: 2026-09-17 comparison: Gun io alternatives https://lemon.io/blog/gun-io-alternatives/
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Best tech recruiting companies https://lemon.io/blog/best-tech-recruiting-companies/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.