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Talent intelligence · September 2026 Edition

Pin vs Gem

One of twelve models named Pin first on the direct prompt; six named Gem. Pin was named by ten of the twelve models and Gem by twelve and Pin carries 25 labels and Gem 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Pin

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share17%15%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#1#2A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels2524A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Pin 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 Lessie AI · 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.
PinFirst choices, of twelve modelsGem
Direct16
Paraphrase00
Comparative01
Budget-constrained70
Scale-constrained01
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 Pin and Gem stood in it.

Pin first, Gem not the choice

1 of 12 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXPin alternatives: Metaview, SeekOut, iCIMS Talent Cloud

Gem first, Pin an alternative

6 of 12 modelsPin 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

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarhireEZ alternatives: Lightcast, Pin
Llama 4 MaverickLessie AI alternatives: AmazingHiring, Gem, hireEZ

Neither was named

3 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
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
Pin leads by four points.
Pin18%#1 of 16
Gem14%#2 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Pin leads by two points.
Pin17%#1 of 17
Gem15%#2 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Pin0%#– of 10
Gem0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Pin

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

“the strongest overall pick is Pin if you want a dedicated talent intelligence platform with a free tier and published low starting price” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“For best overall value: Pin at $100/month offers robust features comparable to platforms costing 10-50x more.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice

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
Also compared
Pin vs Lessie AIGem 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.