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AI recruiting assistants · October 2026 Edition

Gem vs Ashby

Three of fourteen models named Gem first on the direct prompt; one named Ashby. Gem was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Ashby by six and Gem carries 13 labels and Ashby 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Ashby

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1312A 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.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Manatal vs Gem · Manatal vs Ashby · Workable vs Gem

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 AI recruiting assistants 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 modelsAshby
Direct31
Paraphrase01
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Ashby
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 Ashby 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 Ashby first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and Ashby on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Gem first, Ashby not the choice

3 of 14 modelsAshby was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniGem alternatives: 100Hires, Greenhouse
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Juicebox, Metaview, Moonhub, hireEZ
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Workable, hireEZ

Ashby first, Gem an alternative

1 of 14 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Gem, hireEZ

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5GoPerfect alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse, Manatal, Pin, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Alex, Ashby, BrightHire, Gem, Humanly, Lever, Manatal
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Ashby, Gem, GoPerfect, hireEZ

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarWorkable alternatives: LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Paradox, SeekOut
Grok 4.1 FastWorkable alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Manatal, Pin
Mistral SmallWorkable alternatives: Greenhouse, SeekOut, hireEZ
Llama 4 MaverickGreenhouse alternatives: SeekOut, Workable, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashWorkable alternatives: Greenhouse, SeekOut, hireEZ
Kimi K2Greenhouse, Workable alternatives: Lever, Paradox
MiniMax M2.5Workable alternatives: Greenhouse, Humanly, Lever, SeekOut

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 two points.
Gem2%#– of 9
Ashby0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Gem leads by two points.
Gem6%#5 of 15
Ashby4%#7 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Gem leads by two points.
Gem2%#6 of 13
Ashby0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Gem

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Ashby

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

“under investigation for potentially providing consumer reports without adhering to FCRA requirements, alongside Workday, Greenhouse, Lever By Employ, Ashby” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Class-action attorneys have launched broad investigations into popular tools like Greenhouse, Lever by Employ, and Ashby.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
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.