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Alternatives to Eightfold AI, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 686 of the 852 answers collected in the four categories where Eightfold AI holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Pin44
Skills Base30
Fuel5026
Manatal23
TalentGuard19
Gem17
First choices in the 686 answers that did not name Eightfold AI, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Talent intelligence

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Eightfold AI is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessEightfold AI is #9 of 16 here at 4% of first choices, 45 labels.

Sixty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Pin16 of 68Head to head →
Gem10 of 68Head to head →
Loxo9 of 68Head to head →
Lessie AI8 of 68Head to head →
Metaview5 of 68Head to head →
Wrangle3 of 68
Ashby2 of 68
Manatal2 of 68
11 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketEightfold AI is #4 of 17 here at 12% of first choices, 51 labels.

Fifty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in ten. The first choices in those fifty-eight answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Pin8 of 58Head to head →
Gem7 of 58Head to head →
Lessie AI6 of 58Head to head →
hireEZ4 of 58Head to head →
Metaview3 of 58Head to head →
Fuel502 of 58
Loxo2 of 58Head to head →
SeekOut2 of 58Head to head →
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseEightfold AI is #1 of 10 here at 72% of first choices, 55 labels.

Twenty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in forty-one. The first choices in those twenty-six answers, three products in all:

LinkedIn Talent Insights1 of 26
Talent IQ1 of 26
Workday1 of 26
The full enterprise standing →

Skills intelligence

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Eightfold AI is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessEightfold AI is #10 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 22 labels.

Seventy-one of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-one answers, twenty-nine products in all, the eight most named:

Skills Base20 of 71Head to head →
Lightcast Open Skills5 of 71Head to head →
MuchSkills4 of 71
SkillPanel4 of 71
GoSkills2 of 71
Lattice2 of 71
Lessie AI2 of 71
TestGorilla2 of 71
21 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketEightfold AI is #7 of 16 here at 4% of first choices, 27 labels.

Sixty-seven of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those sixty-seven answers, twenty-four products in all, the eight most named:

TalentGuard9 of 67Head to head →
Skills Base8 of 67Head to head →
Lightcast Open Skills4 of 67Head to head →
TechWolf4 of 67Head to head →
iMocha4 of 67Head to head →
365Talents3 of 67Head to head →
Coursera2 of 67
Fuel502 of 67Head to head →
16 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseEightfold AI is #1 of 10 here at 33% of first choices, 40 labels.

Forty-five of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in sixteen. The first choices in those forty-five answers, twelve products in all, the eight most named:

Degreed5 of 45
Workday Skills Cloud3 of 45
Lightcast Open Skills2 of 45Head to head →
Skills Base2 of 45Head to head →
SkillsDB2 of 45
TechWolf2 of 45Head to head →
AG51 of 45
Bryq1 of 45
4 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

Internal talent marketplace

Performance and talent management. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Eightfold AI is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessEightfold AI is #8 of 8 here at 0% of first choices, 25 labels.

Sixty-eight of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-eight answers, thirty-three products in all, the eight most named:

TalentGuard10 of 68
Toptal6 of 68
Upwork6 of 68
Airtable5 of 68
Fuel504 of 68
Fiverr3 of 68
Notion3 of 68
Spacewalk3 of 68
25 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketEightfold AI is #12 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 28 labels.

Sixty-five of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-five answers, twenty-three products in all, the eight most named:

Fuel5011 of 65
365Talents8 of 65
Engagedly4 of 65
Gloat4 of 65
Toptal4 of 65
Upwork3 of 65
Nestor2 of 65
Teamflect2 of 65
15 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseEightfold AI is #6 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 42 labels.

Forty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those forty-six answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Gloat12 of 46
Fuel507 of 46
Docebo2 of 46
Workday2 of 46
Workday Talent Marketplace2 of 46
365Talents1 of 46
JobCannon1 of 46
MentorcliQ1 of 46
8 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

AI recruiting assistants

Talent acquisition. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Eightfold AI is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessEightfold AI holds 6 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, seventeen products in all, the eight most named:

Manatal16 of 72
Pin15 of 72
Workable5 of 72
Breezy HR3 of 72
Hirevire2 of 72
Juicebox2 of 72
Zoho Recruit2 of 72
Bullhorn1 of 72
9 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketEightfold AI is #13 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 18 labels.

Sixty-nine of the seventy-two answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-nine answers, nineteen products in all, the eight most named:

Workable8 of 69
GoPerfect7 of 69
Manatal5 of 69
Pin4 of 69
Ashby3 of 69
Greenhouse2 of 69
Metaview2 of 69
TheHireHub.AI2 of 69
11 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseEightfold AI is #1 of 10 here at 32% of first choices, 47 labels.

Thirty-one of the sixty answers did not name Eightfold AI; it was the first choice in sixteen. The first choices in those thirty-one answers, nine products in all, the eight most named:

GoPerfect5 of 31
Workable2 of 31
HireVue1 of 31
Paradox1 of 31
Pin1 of 31
Sapia.ai1 of 31
SmartRecruiters1 of 31
TalVista1 of 31
1 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Eightfold AI neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Eightfold AI only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Eightfold AI's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Eightfold AI was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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