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Job advertising and distribution · October 2026 Edition

Adway vs PandoLogic

One of fourteen models named Adway first on the direct prompt; one named PandoLogic. Adway was named by ten of the fourteen models and PandoLogic by nine and Adway carries 12 labels and PandoLogic 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Adway

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

PandoLogic

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels1214A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Adway reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Appcast was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. JobTarget vs Adway · JobTarget vs PandoLogic · Appcast vs Adway

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 job advertising and distribution page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AdwayFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPandoLogic
Direct111 against PandoLogic
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained201 against PandoLogic
Scale-constrained00
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, Adway and PandoLogic were named in the same answer eleven times, of the 31 answers naming Adway and the 37 naming PandoLogic. In those answers PandoLogic took the first choice one time and Adway zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Adway and PandoLogic 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
Adway PandoLogic first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Adway on the left and PandoLogic on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Adway first, PandoLogic not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPandoLogic was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAdway alternatives: JobTarget, Joveo, Veritone Hire

PandoLogic first, Adway not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAdway was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastPandoLogic alternatives: Appcast, Recruitics

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.
GLM 4.7 FlashXJobTarget alternatives: Appcast, Joveo, PandoLogic, Recruitics
MiniMax M2.5Appcast, LinkedIn Talent Solutions alternatives: Adway, Indeed Programmatic, PandoLogic

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Joveo alternatives: Appcast, JobTarget
GPT-5.4 miniJoveo alternatives: Appcast, JobTarget, Talroo, Veritone Hire
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: 6sense, Appcast, Demandbase
Mistral SmallAdaptive Talent alternatives: JobAdX, TalentBurst
DeepSeek V4 FlashAppcast alternatives: Joveo, Talroo, VONQ
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashAppcast alternatives: Joveo, LinkedIn Ads, Talroo
Kimi K2Joveo alternatives: Appcast
GPT-6 LunaJobTarget Programmatic+ alternatives: Appcast
Muse Glimmer 30BJoveo alternatives: Appcast

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
Adway leads by two points.
Adway4%#– of 13
PandoLogic2%#– of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Adway leads by four points.
Adway6%#5 of 14
PandoLogic2%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Adway2%#6 of 11
PandoLogic2%#7 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Adway

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

“Adway (Best for Limited Budgets)... For the absolute lowest cost entry point, Adway and Appcast are your best bets.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“### 1. Best for Passive & Professional Candidates: Adway” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“1. Adway (Best Overall for Low Budget)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about PandoLogic

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

“quote-based and geared toward higher-volume hiring, often not suiting tight budgets” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“It may be overkill (and over-budget) for a mid-market B2B company” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Strongest overall fit for mid-market ... Start with PandoLogic for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“AI-driven budget allocation across 150+ job sites; CPC or CPA model” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · alternative
“AI-powered programmatic platform - Good for mid-market companies” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · alternative
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.