Prelude
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Calendly is first at 50%.
ModernLoop is first at 28%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
GoodTime is first at 55%.
Why models recommend it
“The top tools for mid-market recruiting teams are typically ModernLoop, Prelude, or Grayscale”Muse Glimmer 30B · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“look at recruiting-native schedulers like ModernLoop, Prelude, Grayscale, or candidate.fyi”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Prelude (Interview Schedule) (Runner-Up for Candidate Experience and Simplicity)”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · alternative
“Real recruiting coordination? GoodTime / Prelude / ModernLoop”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Legacy Tools (e.g., Prelude): ... Calendly has wound down this dedicated TA scheduling product.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · warning
“Prelude is being wound down by Calendly and should likely be avoided for new implementations”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · warning
“it's being wound down and shouldn't be on your shortlist”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · warning
“*Prelude acquired by Gem*), standalone support for alternative ATS ecosystems can diminish or be phased out over time”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Prelude, over the 24 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 20 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 5 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Prelude →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 20 of the 24 answers that named Prelude and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Prelude, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |