Gem vs Lever
Six of fourteen models named Gem first on the direct prompt; four named Lever. Gem was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Lever by eleven and Gem carries 30 labels and Lever 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in thirteen categories this edition.
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 Recruiting CRM and sourcing page.
By framing
GemFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLever
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Gem and Lever were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 221 answers naming Gem and the 307 naming Lever. In those answers Lever took the first choice seven times and Gem nine.
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 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Gem Lever first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and Lever on the right.The direct prompt
Gem first, Lever an alternative
6 of 14 modelsLever was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Lever first, Gem an alternative
4 of 14 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 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
Gem2%#9 of 12Lever2%#– of 12What the models said about Gem
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“premium enterprise platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter Corporate, Gem, or hireEZ can cost thousands of dollars annually per seat” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Gem (formerly HireEZ) is widely considered the best all-around candidate sourcing tool for this specific size and sector today.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Lever
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Lever stands out as a top choice because it integrates sourcing, nurturing, and applicant tracking into a single system” Mistral Small · 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.