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Talent intelligence · September 2026 Edition

hireEZ vs SeekOut

Two of twelve models named hireEZ first on the direct prompt; two named SeekOut. hireEZ was named by eleven of the twelve models and SeekOut by twelve and hireEZ carries 28 labels and SeekOut 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

hireEZ

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

SeekOut

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share8%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels2831A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, hireEZ reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Gem was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Pin vs hireEZ · Pin vs SeekOut · Gem vs hireEZ

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.
hireEZFirst choices, of twelve modelsSeekOut
Direct222 against SeekOut
Paraphrase10
Comparative11
Budget-constrained002 against hireEZ
Scale-constrained11
Negative001 against hireEZ · 2 against SeekOut
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, hireEZ and SeekOut were named in the same answer 101 times, of the 161 answers naming hireEZ and the 193 naming SeekOut. In those answers SeekOut took the first choice four times and hireEZ five.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
MiniMax M2.5SeekOut, hireEZ alternatives: Greenhouse

hireEZ first, SeekOut not the choice

1 of 12 modelsSeekOut was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Lightcast, Pin

SeekOut first, hireEZ not the choice

1 of 12 modelshireEZ was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut alternatives: Eightfold AI

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Findem, SeekOut, hireEZ
Grok 4.1 FastGem alternatives: Loxo, Metaview, hireEZ
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

Neither was named

2 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
Mistral SmallGem, Metaview

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
hireEZ leads by four points.
hireEZ4%#7 of 16
SeekOut0%#11 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
hireEZ leads by two points.
hireEZ8%#5 of 17
SeekOut6%#7 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SeekOut leads at enterprise.
SeekOut5%#2 of 10
hireEZ0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about hireEZ

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

“I'd recommend hireEZ as the top AI talent platform for both hiring (external sourcing/screening) and internal mobility.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the best choice is usually hireEZ if your priority is external sourcing plus outreach automation” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“focus your evaluation on sourcing-first TI platforms (e.g., Gem, SeekOut, or hireEZ)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about SeekOut

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

“Avoid Eightfold or SeekOut unless you are at the upper end of the mid-market” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise heavies like Eightfold/SeekOut ($800+/seat, Fortune 500 focus)” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · hard negative
“Data Integrity & Stale Databases (e.g., SeekOut, hireEZ)... users frequently complain about "stale data"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you want one platform for a typical mid-market B2B company, I'd start with SeekOut for external talent intelligence and sourcing.” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with SeekOut or hireEZ as they specifically position themselves as talent intelligence platforms” MiniMax M2.5 · direct 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.