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Recruitment marketing and career sites · September 2026 Edition

Phenom vs Greenhouse

Two of twelve models named Phenom first on the direct prompt; zero named Greenhouse. Phenom was named by twelve of the twelve models and Greenhouse by eleven and Phenom carries 35 labels and Greenhouse 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Phenom

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Greenhouse

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3517A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Phenom reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Jobvite was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Teamtailor vs Phenom · Teamtailor vs Greenhouse · Workable vs Phenom

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 recruitment marketing and career sites page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PhenomFirst choices, of twelve modelsGreenhouse
Direct201 against Phenom
Paraphrase021 against Phenom
Comparative401 against Greenhouse
Budget-constrained001 against Phenom · 1 against Greenhouse
Scale-constrained001 against Phenom
Negative003 against Phenom · 1 against Greenhouse
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, Phenom and Greenhouse were named in the same answer sixty-one times, of the 282 answers naming Phenom and the 370 naming Greenhouse. In those answers Greenhouse took the first choice five times and Phenom fourteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Phenom first, Greenhouse not the choice

2 of 12 modelsGreenhouse was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniPhenom alternatives: Beamery, Joveo, Radancy
Perplexity SonarPhenom alternatives: SmartDreamers, Teamtailor

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5SmartDreamers alternatives: Greenhouse, Jobilla, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Loxo
Mistral SmallJobvite alternatives: Joveo, Phenom, iCIMS
DeepSeek V4 FlashJobvite alternatives: Beamery, Phenom, Teamtailor, Workable
Kimi K2Jobvite, Workable alternatives: Beamery, Phenom
MiniMax M2.5Jobvite, Workable alternatives: Gem, Phenom, Teamtailor

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Lever, Teamtailor
Grok 4.1 FastTeamtailor alternatives: Jobvite, Recruitee, TalentLyft
Llama 4 MaverickJobvite
Qwen 3.7 FlashJobvite alternatives: SmartDreamers, iCIMS
GLM 4.7 FlashXTalentLyft, Workable alternatives: Recruitee

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.
Phenom0%#16 of 16
Greenhouse0%#12 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Phenom4%#5 of 15
Greenhouse4%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Phenom leads by thirty-three points.
Phenom41%#1 of 13
Greenhouse8%#2 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Phenom

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

“Why avoid? Phenom is also noted for being expensive, which may not justify the cost for smaller organizations” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“the strongest overall choice is usually Phenom if you want the most complete recruitment marketing and candidate experience platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Phenom if you want to elevate your global employer brand with modern, highly personalized candidate-facing career sites.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best For: Large enterprises seeking a "full-lifecycle" solution.... holistic Talent Experience Management platform” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Greenhouse

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

“ATS-heavy tools (iCIMS, Greenhouse) are excellent at *storing/tracking* data but weaker at distributing your brand” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
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.