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Talent intelligence · September 2026 Edition

Gem vs Loxo

Six of twelve models named Gem first on the direct prompt; zero named Loxo. Gem was named by twelve of the twelve models and Loxo by eleven and Gem carries 24 labels and Loxo 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

Loxo

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share15%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels2418A 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 Loxo · Gem 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 modelsLoxo
Direct60
Paraphrase00
Comparative10
Budget-constrained021 against Loxo
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Gem and Loxo were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 197 answers naming Gem and the 88 naming Loxo. In those answers Loxo took the first choice ten times and Gem ten.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Gem 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
Gem Loxo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and Loxo on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Gem first, Loxo an alternative

6 of 12 modelsLoxo 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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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
Gem leads by four points.
Gem14%#2 of 16
Loxo10%#4 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Gem leads by ten points.
Gem15%#2 of 17
Loxo4%#8 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Gem0%#– of 10
Loxo0%#10 of 10
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 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.