8 categories · RankedWorkday Recruiting
Workday Recruiting is a unified recruiting solution from Workday for recruiters and employers, used for applicant tracking and hiring · workday.com ↗
Strongest at enterprise. Ranked 83 of 83 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Breezy HR is first at 32%.
Greenhouse is first at 30%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Greenhouse is first at 42%.
Why models recommend it
“Already run HR on Workday and have complex enterprise needs? Evaluate Workday Recruiting alongside iCIMS.”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · alternative
“Workday \u2013 Enterprise HCM: The dominant Fortune 500 solution... but higher cost and complexity.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose iCIMS or Workday if you are a large corporation needing a unified HR ecosystem.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Best for large enterprises needing deep integration with other HR and payroll systems.”Mistral Small · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Workday has faced significant legal scrutiny. In the case *Mobley v. Workday*, applicants alleged the platform's AI tools discriminated against older workers, minorities, and disabled individuals”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · warning
“Workday is the most frequently criticized ATS based on user feedback... Many recruiters and candidates describe it as one of the "worst" systems”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Why to avoid/be cautious: Workday is facing a major class-action lawsuit alleging its AI-driven HR software discriminates against Black applicants”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Facing class action probes and lawsuits for AI-driven hiring/screening that may not comply with FCRA; accused of perpetuating biases”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Workday Recruiting, over the 205 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | 43 | View → | |
| 113 | 16 | View → | |
| 98 | 8 | View → | |
| 88 | 7 | View → | |
| 66 | 0 | View → | |
| 49 | 3 | View → | |
| 45 | 0 | View → | |
| 40 | 6 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | View → | |
| 32 | 10 | View → |
What the models named instead of Workday Recruiting →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Workday Recruiting's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- les recruteurs et les employeurs
- Customers named
- PwC, AdventHealth, Ferring, DATEV, Burlington, Johnson Controls, JLL
- Also from Workday
- Workday Absence, Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Advanced Compensation, Workday Assistant, Workday Benefits, Workday Compensation and 36 more
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 184 of the 205 answers that named Workday Recruiting and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
417 of the 417 domain citations in answers naming Workday Recruiting came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |