# Zoho Recruit: how AI models rank it, September 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Named in 56 judge labels across 7 categories by 12 of 12 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/zoho-recruit/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant tracking systems | 9% | 3 | 0% | 25 |
| Recruiting CRM and sourcing | 7% | 4 | 0% | 11 |
| AI recruiting assistants | 2% | 9 | 9% | 11 |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | 2% | 13 | 0% | 4 |
| HR AI assistants | 0% | 42 | 0% | 2 |
| Talent intelligence | 0% | 35 | 0% | 2 |
| Job advertising and distribution | 0% | 76 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Zoho Recruit offers a Forever Free plan ... making it the strongest free option for bootstrapped startups." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Applicant tracking syste)
- "The Best Overall Free Option: Zoho Recruit ... widely considered the king of free recruitment software" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Applicant tracking syste)
- "start with: Zoho Recruit's free plan to manage applicants and build a career site" (Kimi K2, Recruiting CRM)
- "the best candidate sourcing tool is usually Zoho Recruit or 100Hires" (GPT-5.4 mini, Recruiting CRM)

## And against it

- "The free tier is limited to 1 active job and no AI features" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, AI recruiting assistants)

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.