Zero of twelve models named Breezy HR first on the direct prompt; zero named Manatal. Breezy HR was named by eleven of the twelve models and Manatal by nine and Breezy HR carries 19 labels and Manatal 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
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.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Breezy HR and Manatal were named in the same answer sixty-three times, of the 167 answers naming Breezy HR and the 202 naming Manatal. In those answers Manatal took the first choice nineteen times and Breezy HR eighteen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Breezy HR (owned by LTG) - a clean, affordable SMB system with a genuinely free plan, but it narrowly misses the list on AI depth.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“Breezy HR's "Bootstrap" plan is permanently free... one of the most intuitive, visual Kanban-style drag-and-drop pipelines on the market.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Breezy HR offers the best balance of simplicity, automation, and value \u2014 with a free tier and paid plans from $157 per month.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“The best applicant tracking system for a company with a limited budget is Breezy HR, which offers a free Bootstrap plan” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
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
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.