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Talent intelligence · October 2026 Edition

Pin vs SeekOut

Three of fourteen models named Pin first on the direct prompt; one named SeekOut. Pin was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and SeekOut by fourteen and Pin carries 26 labels and SeekOut 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Pin

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

SeekOut

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share27%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2631A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Pin 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 Gem · Pin vs hireEZ · Pin vs Eightfold AI

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.
PinFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSeekOut
Direct31
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained901 against SeekOut
Scale-constrained10
Negative002 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, Pin and SeekOut were named in the same answer fifty-two times, of the 199 answers naming Pin and the 224 naming SeekOut. In those answers SeekOut took the first choice zero times and Pin twenty.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Pin 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
Pin SeekOut first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Pin on the left and SeekOut on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Pin first, SeekOut an alternative

3 of 14 modelsSeekOut was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Arya, Pin alternatives: Engagedly, Lattice, iCIMS Talent Cloud
Perplexity SonarPin alternatives: Eightfold AI, Gem, Lightcast, SeekOut, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXPin alternatives: Eightfold AI, SeekOut, hireEZ

SeekOut first, Pin not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPin 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

7 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
Grok 4.1 FastGem, hireEZ alternatives: Bryq, Phenom, SeekOut
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Fuel50, Pin, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashEightfold AI alternatives: Gem, RepVisor, SeekOut, ZoomInfo Talent
MiniMax M2.5Metaview, hireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut
Muse Glimmer 30BhireEZ alternatives: Gem, SeekOut

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Pin leads by seventeen points.
Pin21%#1 of 16
SeekOut4%#7 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Pin leads by twenty-four points.
Pin27%#1 of 13
SeekOut2%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SeekOut leads at enterprise.
SeekOut6%#3 of 15
Pin2%#– of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Pin

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

“The best talent intelligence platform for a company with a limited budget is Pin, which starts at $100/month and has a free tier.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.