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Recruiting CRM and sourcing · September 2026 Edition

Gem vs SeekOut

Six of twelve models named Gem first on the direct prompt; one named SeekOut. Both were named by all twelve models and Gem carries 39 labels and SeekOut 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

SeekOut

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share18%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3934A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gem reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.hireEZ was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Lever vs Gem · Lever vs SeekOut · Gem vs Manatal

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

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GemFirst choices, of twelve modelsSeekOut
Direct61
Paraphrase20
Comparative20
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative101 against Gem · 1 against SeekOut
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Gem and SeekOut were named in the same answer 110 times, of the 197 answers naming Gem and the 193 naming SeekOut. In those answers SeekOut took the first choice ten times and Gem twenty-three.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Gem and SeekOut 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
Gem SeekOut first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gem on the left and SeekOut on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Gem first, SeekOut an alternative

6 of 12 modelsSeekOut was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Gem, hireEZ alternatives: Jobvite, Loxo, SeekOut
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Fetcher, SeekOut, ZoomInfo Talent, hireEZ
Perplexity SonarGem alternatives: Fetcher, SeekOut, Workable, hireEZ
Mistral SmallGem, Lever alternatives: Juicebox, SeekOut, hireEZ
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXGem alternatives: Juicebox, Manatal, SeekOut, hireEZ

SeekOut first, Gem an alternative

1 of 12 modelsGem was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Lever, SeekOut alternatives: Findem, Gem, hireEZ

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.
GPT-5.4 miniLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: SeekOut, Workable, Zoho Recruit
Qwen 3.7 FlashLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Gem, Gorilla Search, SeekOut
Kimi K2hireEZ alternatives: Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastLever alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, Workable
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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
Gem leads by two points.
Gem2%#7 of 13
SeekOut0%#12 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Gem leads by sixteen points.
Gem18%#2 of 11
SeekOut2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SeekOut leads at enterprise.
SeekOut15%#2 of 6
Gem10%#4 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

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 SeekOut

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

“I'd recommend starting with Lever (if you want all-in-one) or SeekOut (for specialized technical sourcing)” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
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.