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AI recruiting assistants · September 2026 Edition

Zoho Recruit vs Gem

Zero of twelve models named Zoho Recruit first on the direct prompt; one named Gem. Zoho Recruit was named by eight of the twelve models and Gem by eight and Zoho Recruit carries 11 labels and Gem 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1110A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zoho Recruit 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 Zoho Recruit · GoPerfect vs Gem · Workable vs Zoho Recruit

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.
Zoho RecruitFirst choices, of twelve modelsGem
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained101 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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Gem first, Zoho Recruit not the choice

1 of 12 modelsZoho Recruit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: Ashby, Autonomy Recruit, Greenhouse, TheHireHub.AI

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Gem, SmartRecruiters, Workable, hireEZ

Neither was named

10 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
Llama 4 MaverickAutonomy Recruit alternatives: Humanly, Lever, 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
Gem is not named for this buyer.
Zoho Recruit2%#5 of 9
Gemnot named
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Zoho Recruit2%#7 of 13
Gem2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Gem leads at enterprise.
Gem2%#– of 10
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Gem

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.