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AI recruiting assistants · September 2026 Edition

Workable vs Manatal

One of twelve models named Workable first on the direct prompt; zero named Manatal. Workable was named by eleven of the twelve models and Manatal by ten and Workable carries 24 labels and Manatal 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Manatal

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share17%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2419A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Workable reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ashby was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. GoPerfect vs Workable · GoPerfect 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.
WorkableFirst choices, of twelve modelsManatal
Direct10
Paraphrase60
Comparative101 against Manatal
Budget-constrained052 against Workable
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.

The direct prompt

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

Workable first, Manatal not the choice

1 of 12 modelsManatal was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastWorkable alternatives: Ashby, hireEZ

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5GoPerfect alternatives: Juicebox, Workable
Perplexity SonarGoPerfect alternatives: Autonomy Recruit, Workable
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Gem, SmartRecruiters, Workable, hireEZ
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

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSeekOut alternatives: Paradox
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Findem, Humanly, Juicebox
Mistral SmallAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, TheHireHub.AI, hireEZ
Llama 4 MaverickAutonomy Recruit alternatives: Humanly, Lever, TheHireHub.AI
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: Ashby, Autonomy Recruit, Greenhouse, TheHireHub.AI

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 twelve points.
Manatal25%#1 of 9
Workable12%#3 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Workable leads at mid-market.
Workable17%#2 of 13
Manatal12%#3 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Workable leads by ten points.
Workable10%#3 of 10
Manatal0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workable

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 Best All-in-One Solution: Workable ... Go with Workable. It offers the best balance of price, ease of use, and AI capability” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with either Pin (for simplicity and cost-effectiveness) or Workable (for comprehensive features)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice

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
Also compared
GoPerfect vs WorkableGoPerfect vs ManatalThe full AI recruiting assistants 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.