Job advertising and distribution for enterprise buyers
Asked as “programmatic job advertising platform”, and as “job posting distribution tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Appcast36%
Appcast36%02Joveo14%
Joveo14%03Broadbean14%
Broadbean14%04Radancy5%
Radancy5%05DE Amplify5%
06ZipRecruiter2%
ZipRecruiter2%07Recruitics0%
Recruitics0%08Indeed0%
Indeed0%09LinkedIn0%
LinkedIn0%02What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Indeed45%
9 of 20 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**Best avoided for**: Professional, senior, or niche roles; use sparingly for volume hiring.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
ZipRecruiter37%
7 of 19 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Some users recommend steering clear due to the risk of encountering fraudulent or misleading job ads.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Monster71%
5 of 7 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“**Best avoided for**: Most enterprise needs; treat as a low-budget experiment.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
CareerBuilder100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“**Avoid** ... long‑standing boards like Monster, CareerBuilder, and ZipRecruiter that are frequently cited as delivering low‑quality leads.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
03What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 968 links across 285 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
50 answers · 120 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Guideflow37 answers · 45 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Select Software Reviews30 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Joveo27 answers · 55 citations · 8 models
20 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Adway19 answers · 31 citations · 7 models
vendor site · ZipRecruiter16 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Pin13 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 7 models
vendor site · LinkedIn11 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
10 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
35 answers · 9 models
31 answers · 10 models
30 answers · 10 models
29 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 10 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
04How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best programmatic job advertising platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which job posting distribution tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade job advertising platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best programmatic job advertising platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a programmatic job advertising platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which job advertising platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceSmartRecruitersChangedJoveoZipRecruiterno first choiceagainst: Indeed, ZipRecruiter
Two alternatives
Broadbean, Workday RecruitingThree alternatives
Appcast, Paradox, SmartRecruitersThree alternatives
Appcast, JobTarget, RecruiticsGPT-5.4 miniAppcast, JoveoSmartRecruiters' SmartDistributeChangedAppcastLinkedIn Job Slotsagainst: Appcast, Joveono first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
JobTarget, Radancy, RecruiticsTwo alternatives
Jobvite Job Broadcast, eQuest via iCIMSFour alternatives
Indeed, Jobvite, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, SmartRecruiters / SmartJobsOne alternative
Jobcase Flexible Job Slots + MaxRecruitGemini 3.5 FlashAdwayVeritone HireChangedAppcastVeritone Hireno first choiceagainst: Craigslist, Indeed, Meta, TikTok, X
Three alternatives
Appcast, Joveo, RadancyThree alternatives
Appcast, Joveo, eQuestFour alternatives
Joveo, Radancy, Recruitics, Veritone HireTwo alternatives
DE Amplify, VONQPerplexity SonarAppcastAppcastHeldagainst: ZipRecruiterAppcastagainst: BullhornAppcastagainst: Joveono first choiceagainst: CareerBuilder, Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster
Two alternatives
Joveo, RecruiticsOne alternative
BroadbeanSix alternatives
Beamery, Broadbean, Handshake, Joveo, Phenom, RadancyOne alternative
RadancyGrok 4.1 FastAppcastagainst: IndeedAppcastHeldagainst: ZipRecruiterAppcast, JoveoAppcastagainst: LinkedIn/Google/IndeedAppcast, Joveoagainst: CareerBuilder, Craigslist, Indeed, LinkedIn Jobs, Monster, SimplyHired, ZipRecruiter
Three alternatives
Joveo, LinkedIn Ads, RadancyThree alternatives
Broadbean, Joveo, RecruiticsSix alternatives
Eightfold AI, Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter, Phenom, Radancy, ZipRecruiterThree alternatives
DE Amplify, Joveo, RecruiticsOne alternative
RecruiticsMistral SmallAppcast, RadancyBroadbeanChangedZipRecruiterAppcastagainst: Talentifyno first choiceagainst: Intch, ZipRecruiter
Three alternatives
Adway, Joveo, LinkedIn AdsOne alternative
IdibuSix alternatives
Appcast, Beamery, Eightfold AI, Joveo, Phenom, RadancyDeepSeek V4 FlashAppcastiCIMSChangedAppcast, JoveoJoveo, Radancyno first choiceagainst: CareerBuilder, Indeed, Ladders, Monster, ZipRecruiter
Two alternatives
Joveo, LinkedIn AdsFour alternatives
Appcast, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workday RecruitingSix alternatives
Eightfold AI, Indeed, LinkedIn Jobs, Phenom, Radancy, ZipRecruiterTwo alternatives
Appcast, DE AmplifyLlama 4 MaverickAppcastBroadbeanChangedno first choiceVeritone Hireno first choiceagainst: Glassdoor, Indeed, Intch, LinkedIn, Monster
One alternative
MokaHRQwen 3.7 FlashAppcastBroadbeanChangedIndeed, LinkedIn RecruiterJobTargetEightfold AIagainst: Intch, Meta, TikTok
Two alternatives
Joveo, RadancyTwo alternatives
Idibu, ZipRecruiterThree alternatives
Dice, Jobvite, ZipRecruiterTwo alternatives
Appcast, DE AmplifyFour alternatives
DoubelNickel / Adalytic, Hired, SeekOut, ZipRecruiterKimi K2JoveoBroadbean, iCIMSChangedIndeed, LinkedIn RecruiterDE Amplifyagainst: PhenomJoveoagainst: Craigslist, Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn
Three alternatives
Appcast, Radancy, RecruiticsTwo alternatives
SmartRecruiters, Workday RecruitingEight alternatives
Appcast, Eightfold AI, Greenhouse, Joveo, Phenom, Radancy, Workday Recruiting, iCIMSTwo alternatives
Appcast, JoveoThree alternatives
Appcast, Radancy, RecruiticsGLM 4.7 FlashXAppcastBroadbeanChangedAppcast, JoveoAppcastagainst: LinkedIn Job Slotsno first choiceagainst: CareerBuilder, Monster, ZipRecruiter
Four alternatives
Adway, Joveo, Radancy, RecruiticsFour alternatives
Greenhouse, Idibu, SmartRecruiters, iCIMSSix alternatives
Adway, Avature, Indeed, LinkedIn, Phenom, RadancyTwo alternatives
Adaptive Talent, MOJO AIMiniMax M2.5Appcast, JoveoBroadbeanChangedAppcast, JoveoDE Amplifyagainst: Advantage.aino first choiceagainst: Indeed, Intch, LinkedIn
Three alternatives
DE Amplify, JobTarget, RecruiticsTwo alternatives
MokaHR, ZipRecruiterFour alternatives
Indeed, LinkedIn Jobs, Phenom, RadancyTwo alternatives
Appcast, JoveoBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
05The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:24 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:57 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 21:58 | yes | 20 | 56 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:33 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:59 | yes | 31 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:35 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 19:02 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 17:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:04 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:39 | yes | 17 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:00 | yes | 9 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:18 | yes | 12 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:30 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:32 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 21:54 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:25 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 21:26 | yes | 35 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:29 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:26 | yes | 17 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 9 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 20:51 | yes | 19 | 55 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:58 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:02 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:21 | yes | 17 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:05 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 21:52 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:39 | yes | 20 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 19:31 | yes | 27 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:19 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 20:07 | yes | 28 | 59 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:42 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:36 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 21:14 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:56 | yes | 30 | 52 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:37 | yes | 14 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:36 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:33 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:33 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:46 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:00 | yes | 32 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:05 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 19:35 | yes | 27 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:59 | yes | 29 | 90 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 17:58 | yes | 27 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:40 | yes | 30 | 141 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:36 | yes | 12 | 70 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:01 | yes | 18 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:26 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:26 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:37 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:31 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:13 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:05 | yes | 28 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:02 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:08 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:40 | yes | 19 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:28 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:34 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:16 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:41 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:06 | yes | 25 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:37 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:29 | yes | 43 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:46 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:11 | yes | 29 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:14 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:52 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:30 | yes | 28 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:32 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:36 | yes | 10 | 61 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
Category-scoped readings
Workday read as Workday Recruiting
iCIMS Talent Cloud read as iCIMS
Unresolved, counted raw
Advantage.ai
DoubelNickel / Adalytic
Gild / CrossOver
Gr8People
Greenhouse + partner tools
Greenhouse/Lever Marketplace Integrations
Jobcase Flexible Job Slots + MaxRecruit
Jobvite Job Broadcast
LinkedIn/Google/Indeed
MOJO AI
Recruix
SmartRecruiters / SmartJobs
SmartRecruiters' SmartDistribute
eQuest
eQuest via iCIMS
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.