Gem vs hireEZ
Six of twelve models named Gem first on the direct prompt; two named hireEZ. Both were named by all twelve models and Gem carries 39 labels and hireEZ 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Named in six categories this edition.
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 Recruiting CRM and sourcing page.
By framing
GemFirst choices, of twelve modelshireEZ
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Gem and hireEZ were named in the same answer 114 times, of the 197 answers naming Gem and the 161 naming hireEZ. In those answers hireEZ took the first choice five times and Gem twenty-two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Gem hireEZ first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and hireEZ on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Gem first, hireEZ an alternative
5 of 12 modelshireEZ was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.hireEZ first, Gem an alternative
1 of 12 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
What the models said about Gem
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Gem — widely praised for workflow, but users repeatedly report inaccurate/outdated email addresses and scraping issues” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Best Standalone CRM: Gem ... Gem is the market standard for high-growth B2B companies with outbound-heavy sourcing models.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Outbound, high\u2011volume, want CRM + analytics | Gem | Best\u2011in\u2011class CRM + AI sourcing; strong reporting for ROI.” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about hireEZ
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“stronger for sourcing quality, but it's generally more of a premium option and pricing is often quote-based” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“For pipeline building and automated outreach, Gem and HireEZ are highly effective” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
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.