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Applicant tracking systems · October 2026 Edition

Workable vs Zoho Recruit

Zero of fourteen models named Workable first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Both were named by all fourteen models and Workable carries 37 labels and Zoho Recruit 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share9%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3728A 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.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Greenhouse vs Workable · Greenhouse vs Zoho Recruit · Breezy HR vs Workable

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WorkableFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho Recruit
Direct00
Paraphrase40
Comparative00
Budget-constrained053 against Workable
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Workable and Zoho Recruit were named in the same answer 111 times, of the 327 answers naming Workable and the 332 naming Zoho Recruit. In those answers Zoho Recruit took the first choice sixteen times and Workable seventeen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Workable and Zoho Recruit 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Workable Zoho Recruit first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Workable on the left and Zoho Recruit on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Gem, Jobvite, Lever, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, JazzHR, Lever, Paycor, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Rippling, Workable
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Bullhorn, Workable

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Pinpoint, Teamtailor
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Pinpoint alternatives: Ceipal, JazzHR, iCIMS
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickGreenhouse alternatives: JazzHR, iCIMS
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse alternatives: Lever

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 five points.
Zoho Recruit22%#2 of 11
Workable16%#3 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Workable9%#4 of 15
Zoho Recruit9%#5 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Workable leads at enterprise.
Workable4%#– of 9
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 9
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. Four of four in this category shown.

“Considerations: Higher entry price; per‑seat or tiered pricing as you scale.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative
“costs a fraction of enterprise tools like Workable or Greenhouse” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Workable is a top mid-market choice for teams that need full ATS functionality without enterprise complexity, starting at $299/month flat.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd lean toward Workable as a strong starting point due to its transparent pricing, fast implementation, and robust AI features” Kimi K2 · paraphrase 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. One of one in this category shown.

“For most small businesses on a limited budget, Zoho Recruit (free tier), Breezy HR (free + $157/month), and Homebase (free + $25–$50/month) offer the best balance of price and functionality.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · 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.