Lever vs Zoho Recruit
Three of twelve models named Lever first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Lever was named by ten of the twelve models and Zoho Recruit by six and Lever carries 16 labels and Zoho Recruit 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named 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
LeverFirst choices, of twelve modelsZoho Recruit
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Lever and Zoho Recruit were named in the same answer thirty-two times, of the 255 answers naming Lever and the 177 naming Zoho Recruit. In those answers Zoho Recruit took the first choice one time and Lever four.
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 | | |
Lever Zoho Recruit first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lever on the left and Zoho Recruit on the right.The direct prompt
Lever first, Zoho Recruit not the choice
3 of 12 modelsZoho Recruit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 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
Zoho Recruit11%#3 of 13Lever2%#– of 13Lever20%#1 of 11Zoho Recruit7%#4 of 11Lever8%#– of 6Zoho Recruit—not namedWhat the models said about Lever
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“If you want one default recommendation without more context, Lever is the best starting point for a mid-sized B2B in-house recruiting team.” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Lever: Ideal for mid-sized in-house teams wanting an all-in-one ATS + CRM with native sourcing and nurturing capabilities” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Lever as the default recommendation due to its strong balance of CRM capabilities and ATS integration” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Zoho Recruit
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“start with: Zoho Recruit's free plan to manage applicants and build a career site” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best candidate sourcing tool is usually Zoho Recruit or 100Hires” GPT-5.4 mini · budget 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.