Zero of fourteen models named Lever first on the direct prompt; one named Loxo. Lever was named by nine of the fourteen models and Loxo by eight and Lever carries 10 labels and Loxo 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in thirteen categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
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 staffing agency platforms page.
| 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 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“better suited to internal hiring than external or high-volume staffing, so they can be a poor fit for agencies” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you want a single platform that handles both active applicants and passive candidates with strong nurturing and automation: Go with Lever or Ashby.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Loxo has become the premium standard for modern recruiting agencies by combining multiple tools into a single platform.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Go with Loxo or Recruiterflow” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase 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.