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Recruiting CRM and sourcing · October 2026 Edition

hireEZ vs Greenhouse

Two of fourteen models named hireEZ first on the direct prompt; zero named Greenhouse. hireEZ was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Greenhouse by nine and hireEZ carries 27 labels and Greenhouse 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

hireEZ

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Greenhouse

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2713A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, hireEZ reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Gem was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Gem vs hireEZ · Gem vs Greenhouse · Lever vs hireEZ

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
hireEZFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGreenhouse
Direct20
Paraphrase02
Comparative10
Budget-constrained001 against hireEZ
Scale-constrained20
Negative001 against hireEZ
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

hireEZ first, Greenhouse not the choice

2 of 14 modelsGreenhouse was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarGem, hireEZ alternatives: Fetcher, Findem, SeekOut
Kimi K2Gem, hireEZ alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Jobvite, Workable alternatives: Gem, hireEZ
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Juicebox, hireEZ
Grok 4.1 FastLever alternatives: Gem, Greenhouse, Pin, Workable, hireEZ
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Workable
Muse Glimmer 30BLever alternatives: Gem, Workable, hireEZ

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Hiring Pro
Mistral SmallLever alternatives: Guideflow, Intervue, Pin
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: Apollo.io, SeekOut
GLM 4.7 FlashXno first choice
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Pin, Recruit CRM
GPT-6 LunaGem alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
hireEZ0%#11 of 12
Greenhouse0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
hireEZ leads by four points.
hireEZ8%#4 of 10
Greenhouse4%#8 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
hireEZ4%#7 of 12
Greenhouse4%#8 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about hireEZ

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

“In recruiting/talent sourcing tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut): Be cautious of platforms with outdated/stale data” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top tools for your size (per 2026 reviews): HireEZ (AI/multi-source), SeekOut (diversity), Gem (ATS-native).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“the strongest overall candidate sourcing tool is HireEZ if your priority is *dedicated sourcing*” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Greenhouse

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.