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Talent intelligence · October 2026 Edition

hireEZ vs SeekOut

Three of fourteen models named hireEZ first on the direct prompt; one named SeekOut. hireEZ was named by eleven of the fourteen models and SeekOut by fourteen and hireEZ carries 27 labels and SeekOut 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

hireEZ

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

SeekOut

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2731A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, hireEZ reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Gem was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Pin vs hireEZ · Pin vs SeekOut · Gem vs hireEZ

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 talent intelligence page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
hireEZFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSeekOut
Direct31
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained002 against hireEZ · 1 against SeekOut
Scale-constrained10
Negative002 against hireEZ · 2 against SeekOut
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, hireEZ and SeekOut were named in the same answer 123 times, of the 191 answers naming hireEZ and the 224 naming SeekOut. In those answers SeekOut took the first choice ten times and hireEZ twelve.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where hireEZ and SeekOut 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
hireEZ SeekOut first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, hireEZ on the left and SeekOut on the right.

The direct prompt

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

hireEZ first, SeekOut an alternative

3 of 14 modelsSeekOut was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastGem, hireEZ alternatives: Bryq, Phenom, SeekOut
MiniMax M2.5Metaview, hireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut
Muse Glimmer 30BhireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut

SeekOut first, hireEZ not the choice

1 of 14 modelshireEZ was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2SeekOut alternatives: Findem, Gem

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 mini365Talents alternatives: Fuel50, Phenom, SeekOut
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Findem, SeekOut, hireEZ
Perplexity SonarPin alternatives: Eightfold AI, Gem, Lightcast, SeekOut, hireEZ
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Fuel50, Pin, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashEightfold AI alternatives: Gem, RepVisor, SeekOut, ZoomInfo Talent
GLM 4.7 FlashXPin alternatives: Eightfold AI, SeekOut, hireEZ

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Arya, Pin alternatives: Engagedly, Lattice, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Mistral SmallGem alternatives: Eightfold AI, Neobrain
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GPT-6 LunaSeekOut Recruit alternatives: Lightcast

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
SeekOut leads by two points.
SeekOut4%#7 of 16
hireEZ2%#8 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: hireEZ leads at mid-market.
hireEZ10%#3 of 13
SeekOut2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SeekOut leads at enterprise.
SeekOut6%#3 of 15
hireEZ0%#10 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about hireEZ

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

“Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget: HireEZ - Starts at $494/month” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“HireEZ has faced severe backlash regarding privacy and data hygiene.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“I'd recommend starting with hireEZ or Metaview due to their balance of functionality, mid-market pricing, and B2B relevance” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“HireEZ is the most frequently recommended talent intelligence / sourcing platform for that segment in 2026 buyer guides.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about SeekOut

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

“18% negative sentiment noted. Seat-based model draws complaints on contact data accuracy, pricing, and ROI challenges” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Users report it's "slower to reach ROI"” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“SeekOut – Best Overall for Mid-Market” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose a single-seat SeekOut Recruit Core plan to leverage enterprise-grade search filters without an enterprise contract.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
“Excellent for deep, diverse, and technical talent pools... though pricing has increasingly leaned toward enterprise budgets.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
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.