# Mercor: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 5 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mercor

## 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% | 136 | 100% | 2 |
| [Video interviewing](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/video-interviewing/index.md) | 0% | 65 | 100% | 2 |
| [Job advertising and distribution](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/job-advertising-and-distribution/index.md) | 0% | 92 | 100% | 1 |
| [Recruiting CRM and sourcing](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/recruiting-crm-and-sourcing/index.md) | 0% | 108 | 100% | 1 |
| [Recruitment marketing and career sites](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/recruitment-marketing-and-career-sites/index.md) | 0% | 91 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "The Mercor breach exposed 4TB of video interviews, facial biometrics, and passports for 40,000+ AI contractors" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Video interviewing)
- "Fake version at mercor.io ... No live communication, unclear instructions, and poor support" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Internal talent marketpl)
- "Reported as potential fronts for selling AI tools or scraping user information" (Kimi K2, Recruitment marketing)
- "Cited as an alleged front for selling AI tools or scraping personal data." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Recruiting CRM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Mercor, from 15 of the 15 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- linkedin.com: 10
- reddit.com: 6
- g2.com: 4
- hiretruffle.com: 3
- shrm.org: 3
- a.team: 2
- captaincompliance.com: 2
- consumer.ftc.gov: 2
- culturro.com: 2
- hirevue.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://linkedin.com/posts/katiebleeker_alleged-bad-actors-list-activity-7447639149295173632-tKPC: 4
- https://linkedin.com/posts/lanirosales_alleged-bad-actors-list-ugcPost-7445158491641786368-rnVV: 4
- https://linkedin.com/posts/lanirosales_alleged-bad-actors-list-activity-7445158492761407489-LZJ0: 3
- https://a.team/talent/guides/red-flags-in-talent-marketplace-claims: 2
- https://captaincompliance.com/news/sued-breached-and-betrayed-how-mercors-trust-in-a-fraudulent-compliance-startup-exposed-40000-people-to-hackers: 2
- https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/11/searching-job-work-remotely-avoid-scams-identity-theft: 2
- https://ico.org.uk/media2/migrated/4031620/ai-in-recruitment-outcomes-report.pdf: 2
- https://linkedin.com/posts/erikajthomas_lensa-is-a-scam-swooped-is-a-scam-activity-7483861100078247936-UzRz: 2

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy (https://mercor.com/)
- For: the top AI labs and enterprises (https://mercor.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page mercor.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 274 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 101 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.