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Interview scheduling · October 2026 Edition

ModernLoop vs Ashby

Four of fourteen models named ModernLoop first on the direct prompt; one named Ashby. ModernLoop was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Ashby by eleven and ModernLoop carries 26 labels and Ashby 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ModernLoop

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Ashby

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share9%2%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#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2618A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ModernLoop reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Calendly vs ModernLoop · Calendly vs Ashby · GoodTime vs ModernLoop

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 interview scheduling page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ModernLoopFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAshby
Direct41
Paraphrase00
Comparative40
Budget-constrained002 against ModernLoop
Scale-constrained20
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

ModernLoop first, Ashby an alternative

4 of 14 modelsAshby was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, Greenhouse
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
GPT-6 LunaModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse

Ashby first, ModernLoop not the choice

1 of 14 modelsModernLoop was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniAshby alternatives: Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Lever

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastCalendly alternatives: Chili Piper, Greenhouse, Lever
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Lever alternatives: Cal.com
DeepSeek V4 FlashCal.com, Calendly alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickLever alternatives: Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
GLM 4.7 FlashXCalendly alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Cal.com, Chili Piper, Greenhouse
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Jobvite alternatives: GoodTime, candidate.fyi

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
Ashby leads by five points.
Ashby5%#5 of 15
ModernLoop0%#14 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: ModernLoop leads at mid-market.
ModernLoop9%#4 of 12
Ashby2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ModernLoop leads by four points.
ModernLoop4%#5 of 13
Ashby0%#11 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ModernLoop

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

“they're overkill for a budget-conscious small company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“you don't need to spend thousands of dollars on enterprise-grade recruiting software like GoodTime or ModernLoop” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“My default pick: ModernLoop—if you’re a mid-market B2B company with a dedicated recruiting team and regular multi-person interview panels.” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Platforms like candidate.fyi, GoodTime, and ModernLoop are specifically designed to handle complex, multi-stage panel loops” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Top Pick: ModernLoop ... widely considered the gold standard for mid-market recruiting teams” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct 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.