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Applicant tracking systems · September 2026 Edition

Greenhouse vs Zoho Recruit

Nine of twelve models named Greenhouse first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Both were named by all twelve models and Greenhouse carries 50 labels and Zoho Recruit 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Greenhouse

endorsed leader

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share47%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5025A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Greenhouse reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Workable was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Greenhouse vs Breezy HR · Breezy HR 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 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.
GreenhouseFirst choices, of twelve modelsZoho Recruit
Direct90
Paraphrase100
Comparative60
Budget-constrained142 against Greenhouse
Scale-constrained10
Negative201 against Greenhouse
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 Greenhouse and Zoho Recruit stood in it.

Greenhouse first, Zoho Recruit an alternative

9 of 12 modelsZoho Recruit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, SmartRecruiters, Workable
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Pinpoint, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Pinpoint alternatives: Lever, Workable
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Ashby
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Pinpoint, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, Lever, Workable
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Pinpoint, Workable, Zoho Recruit

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Lever, Rippling
Llama 4 MaverickPinpoint alternatives: Greenhouse, JazzHR, Lever, Workable

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice

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
Zoho Recruit leads by eleven points.
Zoho Recruit11%#3 of 11
Greenhouse0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Greenhouse leads at mid-market.
Greenhouse47%#1 of 13
Zoho Recruit9%#3 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Greenhouse leads by forty-seven points.
Greenhouse47%#1 of 8
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Greenhouse

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

“don't publish prices and can cost $3,500\u2013$6,000+/year \u2014 avoid these on a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Greenhouse is repeatedly positioned as the best choice for teams that want consistent interview processes and better reporting.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you are an established mid-market company focused on structured interviews & reducing bias: Choose Greenhouse.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Greenhouse if you expect to grow headcount and value structured hiring + deep integrations” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct 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. Two of two in this category shown.

“Zoho Recruit offers a Forever Free plan ... making it the strongest free option for bootstrapped startups.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“The Best Overall Free Option: Zoho Recruit ... widely considered the king of free recruitment software” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Greenhouse vs Breezy HRBreezy HR vs Zoho RecruitThe full applicant tracking syste 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.