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AI recruiting assistants · September 2026 Edition

Manatal vs Zoho Recruit

Zero of twelve models named Manatal first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Manatal was named by ten of the twelve models and Zoho Recruit by eight and Manatal carries 19 labels and Zoho Recruit 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Manatal

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share12%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1911A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Manatal reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Workable was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. GoPerfect vs Manatal · GoPerfect vs Zoho Recruit · Workable vs Manatal

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 AI recruiting assistants page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ManatalFirst choices, of twelve modelsZoho Recruit
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against Manatal
Budget-constrained511 against Zoho Recruit
Scale-constrained00
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Manatal and Zoho Recruit were named in the same answer eighty-six times, of the 202 answers naming Manatal and the 177 naming Zoho Recruit. In those answers Zoho Recruit took the first choice nine times and Manatal twenty-four.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Manatal and Zoho Recruit stood in it.

Neither was named

12 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5GoPerfect alternatives: Juicebox, Workable
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut alternatives: Paradox
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Findem, Humanly, Juicebox
Perplexity SonarGoPerfect alternatives: Autonomy Recruit, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastWorkable alternatives: Ashby, hireEZ
Mistral SmallAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, TheHireHub.AI, hireEZ
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Gem, SmartRecruiters, Workable, hireEZ
Llama 4 MaverickAutonomy Recruit alternatives: Humanly, Lever, TheHireHub.AI
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: Ashby, Autonomy Recruit, Greenhouse, TheHireHub.AI
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: GoPerfect, Lever, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXTheHireHub.AI alternatives: Ashby, Autonomy Recruit, Greenhouse, Workable
MiniMax M2.5TheHireHub.AI alternatives: Ashby, Lever, Workable

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
Manatal leads by twenty-two points.
Manatal25%#1 of 9
Zoho Recruit2%#5 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Manatal leads by ten points.
Manatal12%#3 of 13
Zoho Recruit2%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Manatal0%#– of 10
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Manatal

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

“built for SMBs that want one platform instead of a toolchain, though it's not as sophisticated as enterprise platforms” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Manatal at $19/user/month or Pin if you want to test before committing (free tier)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Manatal ($15/user/month) offers the best combination of AI features, affordability, and ease of use” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zoho Recruit

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

“The free tier is limited to 1 active job and no AI features” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget 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.