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Talent intelligence · September 2026 Edition

Gem vs Lessie AI

Six of twelve models named Gem first on the direct prompt; one named Lessie AI. Gem was named by twelve of the twelve models and Lessie AI by eight and Gem carries 24 labels and Lessie AI 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

Lessie AI

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share15%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 17; 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.hireEZ was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Pin vs Gem · Pin vs Lessie 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.
GemFirst choices, of twelve modelsLessie AI
Direct61
Paraphrase00
Comparative10
Budget-constrained05
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
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.

The direct prompt

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

Gem first, Lessie AI an alternative

6 of 12 modelsLessie AI 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 alternatives: Loxo, Metaview, hireEZ
Mistral SmallGem, Metaview
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Lessie AI, Pin, SeekOut, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: AmazingHiring, hireEZ, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Kimi K2Gem alternatives: Pin, SeekOut, hireEZ

Lessie AI first, Gem an alternative

1 of 12 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickLessie AI alternatives: AmazingHiring, Gem, hireEZ

Neither was named

5 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
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut alternatives: Eightfold AI
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Lightcast, Pin
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Gem14%#2 of 16
Lessie AI14%#3 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Gem leads by two points.
Gem15%#2 of 17
Lessie AI12%#3 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lessie AI is not named for this buyer.
Gem0%#– of 10
Lessie AI—not named
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. One of one in this category shown.

“If you are hiring a high volume of Sales, Marketing, and Account Management roles alongside software developers, Gem is your best bet.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Lessie AI

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

“The best talent intelligence platform for a company with a limited budget is Lessie AI, which is free to start” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“If budget is the primary constraint, Lessie AI offers the lowest barrier to entry among serious platforms.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The best talent intelligence platform for a mid-market B2B company is Lessie AI” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
Pin vs GemPin vs Lessie AIThe full talent intelligence standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.