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Applicant tracking systems · September 2026 Edition

Zoho Recruit vs Ashby

Zero of twelve models named Zoho Recruit first on the direct prompt; one named Ashby. Zoho Recruit was named by twelve of the twelve models and Ashby by ten and Zoho Recruit carries 25 labels and Ashby 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Ashby

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share9%7%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#3#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2526A 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.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Greenhouse vs Zoho Recruit · Greenhouse vs Ashby · 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.
Zoho RecruitFirst choices, of twelve modelsAshby
Direct01
Paraphrase02
Comparative01
Budget-constrained40
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 Ashby 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 Ashby first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zoho Recruit on the left and Ashby on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Ashby 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.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Lever, Rippling

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 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
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Pinpoint, Workable, Zoho Recruit

Neither was named

6 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

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
Ashby0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zoho Recruit leads by two points.
Zoho Recruit9%#3 of 13
Ashby7%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Ashby leads at enterprise.
Ashby2%#– of 8
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 8
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. 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

What the models said about Ashby

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.