Gem vs Pin
Six of twelve models named Gem first on the direct prompt; zero named Pin. Gem was named by twelve of the twelve models and Pin by six and Gem carries 39 labels and Pin 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Pin
accepted challengerNamed in seven 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 modelsPinAcross every category in the September 2026 Edition, Gem and Pin were named in the same answer fifty-six times, of the 197 answers naming Gem and the 163 naming Pin. In those answers Pin took the first choice seventeen times and Gem eleven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | DirectPI | ParaphrasePI | ComparativePI | Budget-constrainedPI | Scale-constrainedPI | NegativePI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | PI | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | PI | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | PI | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | PI |
GemPI Pin first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and Pin on the right.The direct prompt
Gem first, Pin not the choice
6 of 12 modelsPin was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 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“Gem — widely praised for workflow, but users repeatedly report inaccurate/outdated email addresses and scraping issues” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative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 Pin
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.