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Talent intelligence · October 2026 Edition

Gem vs Fuel50

Four of fourteen models named Gem first on the direct prompt; zero named Fuel50. Gem was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Fuel50 by seven and Gem carries 24 labels and Fuel50 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Fuel50

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share14%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2411A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gem reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.SeekOut was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Pin vs Gem · Pin vs Fuel50 · Gem vs hireEZ

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GemFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFuel50
Direct40
Paraphrase03
Comparative00
Budget-constrained201 against Gem
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against Gem · 1 against Fuel50
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Gem and Fuel50 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Gem Fuel50 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and Fuel50 on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Gem and Fuel50 stood in it.

Gem first, Fuel50 an alternative

4 of 14 modelsFuel50 was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Findem, SeekOut, hireEZ
Grok 4.1 FastGem, hireEZ alternatives: Bryq, Phenom, SeekOut
Mistral SmallGem alternatives: Eightfold AI, Neobrain
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Fuel50, Pin, hireEZ

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 mini365Talents alternatives: Fuel50, Phenom, SeekOut
Perplexity SonarPin alternatives: Eightfold AI, Gem, Lightcast, SeekOut, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashEightfold AI alternatives: Gem, RepVisor, SeekOut, ZoomInfo Talent
Kimi K2SeekOut alternatives: Findem, Gem
MiniMax M2.5Metaview, hireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut
Muse Glimmer 30BhireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Arya, Pin alternatives: Engagedly, Lattice, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXPin alternatives: Eightfold AI, SeekOut, hireEZ
GPT-6 LunaSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Lightcast

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
Gem leads by eight points.
Gem8%#4 of 16
Fuel500%#– of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Gem leads by eight points.
Gem14%#2 of 13
Fuel506%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Gem0%#14 of 15
Fuel500%#13 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Gem

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

“faces integration issues with some third-party systems and occasionally has UI and workflow clunkiness” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“positioned more for outbound recruiting and pipeline management than broad talent intelligence” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Gem is widely considered the best option for small businesses because they have a specific pricing tier designed to help you grow” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Fuel50

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.