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Applicant tracking systems · September 2026 Edition

Ashby vs Manatal

One of twelve models named Ashby first on the direct prompt; zero named Manatal. Ashby was named by ten of the twelve models and Manatal by nine and Ashby carries 26 labels and Manatal 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Ashby

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Manatal

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share7%2%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#5#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2610A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Ashby reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Greenhouse vs Ashby · Greenhouse vs Manatal · Breezy HR vs Ashby

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 applicant tracking systems page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AshbyFirst choices, of twelve modelsManatal
Direct10
Paraphrase20
Comparative10
Budget-constrained01
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 Ashby and Manatal 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
Ashby Manatal first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Ashby on the left and Manatal on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Ashby first, Manatal not the choice

1 of 12 modelsManatal was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Lever, Rippling

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Pinpoint, Workable
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Ashby
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Pinpoint, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, Lever, Workable

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, SmartRecruiters, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Pinpoint alternatives: Lever, Workable
Llama 4 MaverickPinpoint alternatives: Greenhouse, JazzHR, Lever, Workable
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Pinpoint, Workable, Zoho Recruit

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 two points.
Manatal2%#8 of 11
Ashby0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Ashby leads at mid-market.
Ashby7%#5 of 13
Manatal2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Ashby leads by two points.
Ashby2%#– of 8
Manatal0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Ashby

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Manatal

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 need a fully-featured, modern platform with AI matching but cannot afford premium systems... this is the top pick.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
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.