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Recruiting CRM and sourcing · September 2026 Edition

Manatal vs SeekOut

Zero of twelve models named Manatal first on the direct prompt; one named SeekOut. Manatal was named by eleven of the twelve models and SeekOut by twelve and Manatal carries 17 labels and SeekOut 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Manatal

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

SeekOut

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share9%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1734A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Manatal reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Gem was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Lever vs Manatal · 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.
ManatalFirst choices, of twelve modelsSeekOut
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained40
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

SeekOut first, Manatal not the choice

1 of 12 modelsManatal 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

8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Gem, hireEZ alternatives: Jobvite, Loxo, SeekOut
GPT-5.4 miniLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: SeekOut, Workable, Zoho Recruit
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
Qwen 3.7 FlashLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Gem, Gorilla Search, SeekOut
GLM 4.7 FlashXGem alternatives: Juicebox, Manatal, SeekOut, hireEZ

Neither was named

3 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
Kimi K2hireEZ alternatives: Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter

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
Manatal leads by twenty-one points.
Manatal21%#2 of 13
SeekOut0%#12 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Manatal leads by seven points.
Manatal9%#3 of 11
SeekOut2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SeekOut leads at enterprise.
SeekOut15%#2 of 6
Manatal0%#– of 6
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Manatal

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.