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Alternatives to Indeed, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 179 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Indeed 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
First choices in the 179 answers that did not name Indeed, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Job advertising and distribution

Talent acquisition. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Indeed is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessIndeed is #7 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 32 labels.

Fifty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Indeed; it was the first choice in eleven. The first choices in those fifty-six answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

8 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketIndeed is #5 of 11 here at 3% of first choices, 29 labels.

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

6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseIndeed is #8 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 20 labels.

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

8 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 Indeed 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 Indeed 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 Indeed'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 Indeed was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.