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Talent intelligence · September 2026 Edition

Eightfold AI vs Loxo

Zero of twelve models named Eightfold AI first on the direct prompt; zero named Loxo. Eightfold AI was named by twelve of the twelve models and Loxo by eleven and Eightfold AI carries 51 labels and Loxo 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Eightfold AI

criticized challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Loxo

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share12%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate55%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels5118A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Eightfold AI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.hireEZ was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Pin vs Eightfold AI · Pin vs Loxo · Gem vs Eightfold AI

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 talent intelligence page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Eightfold AIFirst choices, of twelve modelsLoxo
Direct007 against Eightfold AI
Paraphrase504 against Eightfold AI
Comparative40
Budget-constrained027 against Eightfold AI · 1 against Loxo
Scale-constrained101 against Eightfold AI
Negative009 against Eightfold AI · 1 against Loxo
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Eightfold AI and Loxo stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
Eightfold AI Loxo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Eightfold AI on the left and Loxo on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Eightfold AI and Loxo stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut alternatives: Eightfold AI
Grok 4.1 FastGem alternatives: Loxo, Metaview, hireEZ

Neither was named

10 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Bryq alternatives: GoPerfect, Skima AI, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Findem, SeekOut, hireEZ
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Lightcast, Pin
Mistral SmallGem, Metaview
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Lessie AI, Pin, SeekOut, hireEZ
Llama 4 MaverickLessie AI alternatives: AmazingHiring, Gem, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: AmazingHiring, hireEZ, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Kimi K2Gem alternatives: Pin, SeekOut, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXPin alternatives: Metaview, SeekOut, iCIMS Talent Cloud
MiniMax M2.5SeekOut, hireEZ alternatives: Greenhouse

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
Loxo leads by six points.
Loxo10%#4 of 16
Eightfold AI4%#9 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Eightfold AI leads at mid-market.
Eightfold AI12%#4 of 17
Loxo4%#8 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Eightfold AI leads by seventy-two points.
Eightfold AI72%#1 of 10
Loxo0%#10 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Eightfold AI

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

“Eightfold AI (Extreme Caution on "Match Scores")... class-action lawsuit... acts as a "consumer reporting agency" under the Fair Credit Reporting Act” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“The strongest AI skill-inference and candidate-to-role matching engine, extending into reskilling & internal mobility — the classic "talent intelligence" pitch” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Eightfold AI: The Full-Lifecycle Enterprise Standard ... Best For: Large enterprises seeking a single, comprehensive system” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Eightfold AI offers the best dual capability in hiring and mobility within a single talent intelligence framework.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Loxo

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

“Loxo has faced criticism where users found the interview process features underdeveloped and unintuitive” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Loxo (Honorable) | Limited/solo only (now trial-like) | $149/mo ... All-in-one (less budget)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“or Loxo if you need robust all-in-one functionality at a reasonable price point” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best choice is usually Loxo or Jobin.cloud” GPT-5.4 mini · budget 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.