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Recruitment marketing and career sites

Asked as “recruitment marketing platform”, and as “career site builder”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
Teamtailor and Workable
Contested
16% of first choices, contested.
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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business100Hires20%ContestedStanding →Mid-marketTeamtailor16%ContestedThis pageEnterprisePhenom41%Clear leaderStanding →

01The standing

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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Teamtailor16%12%24accepted challenger
02Workable16%17%24accepted challenger
03Jobvite14%6%16accepted challenger
04100Hires6%0%16accepted challenger
05Phenom4%20%35accepted challenger
06Greenhouse4%18%17accepted challenger
07TalentLyft4%10%10accepted challenger
08LinkedIn Talent Solutions2%30%10criticized challenger
Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
14Lever0%30%10criticized challenger
15Symphony Talent0%22%18accepted challenger
13Appcast0%18%11accepted challenger
11iCIMS0%18%17accepted challenger
10Beamery0%17%24accepted challenger
12Avature0%15%13accepted challenger
09Joveo0%0%16accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
Teamtailor vs WorkableTeamtailor vs JobviteWorkable vs Jobvite

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

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01Teamtailor16%
02Workable16%
03Jobvite14%
04100Hires6%
05Phenom4%
06Greenhouse4%
07TalentLyft4%
08LinkedIn Talent Solutions2%
09Joveo0%
10Beamery0%
11iCIMS0%
12Avature0%
13Appcast0%
14Lever0%
15Symphony Talent0%

02What they warned about

Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Phenom
20%
7 of 35 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Why avoid? Phenom is also noted for being expensive, which may not justify the cost for smaller organizations” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Symphony Talent
22%
4 of 18 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Why avoid? This platform is often cited as expensive and designed primarily for large enterprises.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
hireEZ
67%
4 of 6 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**Who should avoid:** **Everyone.** Using a platform with demonstrated disregard for data privacy can expose your company to legal liability” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Teamtailor
12%
3 of 24 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“**Avoid for tight budgets**: ... Teamtailor (~$200+/month custom)” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

66 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 836 links across 211 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

g2.com
40 answers · 87 citations · 11 models
learn.g2.com
37 answers · 49 citations · 10 models
selectsoftwarereviews.com
vendor site · Select Software Reviews37 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
joveo.com
vendor site · Joveo37 answers · 44 citations · 10 models
jugglehire.com
vendor site · JuggleHire23 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
mokahr.io
vendor site · MokaHR21 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
recruitcompare.io
20 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com
vendor site · People Managing People15 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
rfp.wiki
12 answers · 32 citations · 8 models
herohunt.ai
vendor site · HeroHunt.ai11 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
sprad.io
vendor site · Sprad10 answers · 11 citations · 6 models
webtonic.io
10 answers · 10 citations · 6 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

learn.g2.com/best-recruitment-marketing-platforms
36 answers · 10 models
selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/recruitment-marketing-software
30 answers · 10 models
g2.com/categories/recruitment-marketing
25 answers · 11 models
joveo.com/blog/top-recruitment-marketing-platforms
25 answers · 9 models
jugglehire.com/blog/recruitment-software/recruitment-marketing-software
23 answers · 9 models
recruitcompare.io/best/best-recruitment-marketing-platforms
18 answers · 9 models
mokahr.io/articles/en/the-best-recruitment-marketing-platforms
11 answers · 8 models
peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-recruitment-marketing-software
11 answers · 6 models
herohunt.ai/blog/best-recruitment-marketing-tools
10 answers · 5 models
joveo.com/blog/best-career-site-builders
10 answers · 10 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best recruitment marketing platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which career site builder would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top recruitment marketing platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best recruitment marketing platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a recruitment marketing platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which recruitment marketing platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5SmartDreamers
Four alternativesGreenhouse, Jobilla, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Loxo
TalentNestChanged
One alternativeMokaHR
against: Phenom, Symphony Talent, iCIMSMokaHR
Three alternativesBeamery, TalentRecruit, Workable
Manatal, TalentLyft
Three alternatives100Hires, Handshake, Teamtailor
no first choiceagainst: LinkedIn Talent Solutions, ZipRecruiter
GPT-5.4 miniPhenom
Three alternativesBeamery, Joveo, Radancy
TeamtailorChanged
One alternativeWorkable
no first choiceTeamtailor
Two alternatives100Hires, JazzHR
against: LinkedIn Talent Solutionsno first choiceagainst: LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Teamtailor
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem
Two alternativesLever, Teamtailor
against: Beamery, PhenomPinpointChanged
Six alternativesAshby, Byteline, Lever, Ongig, Teamdash, Webflow
Phenom
Five alternativesAvature, Beamery, Gem, Joveo, Paradox
Manatal
Four alternativesBreezy HR, HubSpot, Teamtailor, Zoho Recruit
against: Beamery, Phenom, Symphony Talentno first choiceagainst: Beamery, Phenom, Radancy, Symphony Talent, iCIMS
Perplexity SonarPhenom
Two alternativesSmartDreamers, Teamtailor
TeamtailorChanged
Four alternativesOngig, Phenom, Pinpoint, Workable
Phenom, Teamtailor
Six alternativesAvature, Beamery, Bullhorn, Greenhouse, JobDiva, Joveo
Manatal
Four alternatives100Hires, Breezy HR, JazzHR, Zoho Recruit
no first choiceagainst: Indeed, Radancy, Recruitics
Grok 4.1 FastTeamtailor
Three alternativesJobvite, Recruitee, TalentLyft
WorkableChanged
Three alternativesAshby, Lever, Teamtailor
no first choiceagainst: TalentLyftGlassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Three alternatives100Hires, Manatal, Zoho Recruit
against: Teamtailor, Workableno first choiceagainst: Foundit.ai, Jobvite, Paraform.com, Shine.com, Workable, hireEZ
Mistral SmallJobvite
Three alternativesJoveo, Phenom, iCIMS
Greenhouse, OngigChanged
Three alternativesPhenom, Workable, iCIMS
Joveo
Three alternativesBeamery, Bullhorn, Phenom
Rally
Four alternatives100Hires, CareerArc, JazzHR, LinkedIn Talent Solutions
no first choiceagainst: Phenom, Symphony Talent
DeepSeek V4 FlashJobvite
Four alternativesBeamery, Phenom, Teamtailor, Workable
TeamtailorChanged
Three alternativesGreenhouse, SmartRecruiters, Workable
no first choice
Eleven alternativesAppcast, Avature, Beamery, Gem, Jobvite, Phenom, Recruitee, Recruitics, TalentLyft, Workable, iCIMS
against: GreenhouseManatal
Two alternatives100Hires, TalentLyft
no first choiceagainst: Appcast, Avature, Greenhouse, Jibe, Lever, Phenom, SmartDreamers, Teamtailor, ZipRecruiter, hireEZ, iCIMS
Llama 4 MaverickJobviteTalentNest, WorkableChanged
One alternativeiCIMS
no first choiceRally
Four alternatives100Hires, CareerArc, JuggleHire, LinkedIn Talent Solutions
no first choiceagainst: Recruitics
Qwen 3.7 FlashJobvite
Two alternativesSmartDreamers, iCIMS
Greenhouse, WorkableChanged
Two alternativesTalentNest, iCIMS
Phenom
Four alternativesBeamery, Bullhorn, Greenhouse, Joveo
100Hires
Three alternativesJazzHR, JuggleHire, Rally
against: Greenhouse, LeverJobvite, Teamtailor
One alternativeWorkable
against: Beamery, Phenomagainst: Indeed / Indeed Connect, SmartDreamers
Kimi K2Jobvite, Workable
Two alternativesBeamery, Phenom
Pinpoint, TeamtailorChanged
One alternativeGreenhouse
Phenom
Four alternativesBeamery, Jobvite, Joveo, SmartRecruiters
100Hires
Three alternativesJuggleHire, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Rally
against: CareerArcno first choice
Two alternativesHomerun, Teamtailor
against: Avature, Oracle Taleoagainst: APC Workforce Solutions, Glassdoor, JazzHR, Lever, Manatal, Robert Half, Teksystems, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXTalentLyft, Workable
One alternativeRecruitee
WorkableChanged
Three alternativesAshby, Greenhouse, Teamtailor
no first choiceZoho Recruit
Two alternatives100Hires, Manatal
no first choiceagainst: Appcast, Recruitics, SmartDreamers, Workable
MiniMax M2.5Jobvite, Workable
Three alternativesGem, Phenom, Teamtailor
Teamtailor, WorkableChanged
Two alternativesPhenom, iCIMS
no first choice100Hires
Three alternativesJuggleHire, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Rally
Manatal
Three alternativesFreshteam, Recruitee, Workable
against: hireEZ
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:27yes98 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:43no05 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:55yes1724 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:15yes207 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 21:03yes3522 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:41yes54 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:22yes1917 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:34yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:25yes520 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:45yes1325 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:23yes1328 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:54yes913 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:29yes97 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:24yes25 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:19yes1128 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:22yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:06yes2615 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:10yes55 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 17:55yes2324 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:04yes54 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:19yes514 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:21yes818 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:22yes3199 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:32yes633 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:51yes98 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:25yes68 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 22:01yes1965 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:22yes208 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:55yes2114 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:37yes910 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:04yes1922 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:20yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:53yes1032 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:02yes1435 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:55yes1059 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:41yes1441 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:22yes98 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:03yes26 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 22:05yes2145 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:36yes207 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 21:01yes4424 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:07yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 19:27yes2940 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:51yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:11yes524 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 17:55yes929 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:04yes1519 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:55yes525 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:48no08 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:36no08 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:58no048 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:13yes206 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 21:17yes1211 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:01no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:04yes1820 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:59yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:37yes543 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:28no036 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:14yes1835 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:44yes926 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:47yes188 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:39yes26 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:25yes1826 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 21:45yes197 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:01yes3921 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:12yes55 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 19:46yes2996 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:15yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:29yes1045 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:29yes2432 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:29yes27118 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:39yes1332 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings
BambooHR read as BambooHR Recruiting
LeverTRM read as Lever
LinkedIn read as LinkedIn Talent Solutions
Personio Recruiting read as Personio
Taleo read as Oracle Taleo
Workday read as Workday Recruiting
iCIMS Talent Cloud read as iCIMS
Unresolved, counted raw
APC Workforce Solutions
Byteline
Foundit.ai
Giig Hire
Indeed / Indeed Connect
Jibe
Jobilla
Paraform.com
Shine.com
Sourcerate
Staffing Referrals
TalentSeach
Whalesync
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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