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AI recruiting assistants · October 2026 Edition

Workable vs Greenhouse

Seven of fourteen models named Workable first on the direct prompt; four named Greenhouse. Both were named by all fourteen models and both carry 26 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Greenhouse

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share22%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%23%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2626Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Workable reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.hireEZ was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Manatal vs Workable · Manatal vs Greenhouse · Workable vs Zoho Recruit

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 AI recruiting assistants page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WorkableFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGreenhouse
Direct741 against Greenhouse
Paraphrase311 against Greenhouse
Comparative00
Budget-constrained101 against Workable · 1 against Greenhouse
Scale-constrained00
Negative003 against Greenhouse
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, Workable and Greenhouse were named in the same answer 129 times, of the 327 answers naming Workable and the 454 naming Greenhouse. In those answers Greenhouse took the first choice thirty times and Workable nineteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Kimi K2Greenhouse, Workable alternatives: Lever, Paradox
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Ashby, Gem, GoPerfect, hireEZ

Workable first, Greenhouse an alternative

5 of 14 modelsGreenhouse was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarWorkable alternatives: LinkedIn Hiring Assistant, Paradox, SeekOut
Grok 4.1 FastWorkable alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Manatal, Pin
Mistral SmallWorkable alternatives: Greenhouse, SeekOut, hireEZ
Qwen 3.7 FlashWorkable alternatives: Greenhouse, SeekOut, hireEZ
MiniMax M2.5Workable alternatives: Greenhouse, Humanly, Lever, SeekOut

Greenhouse first, Workable an alternative

2 of 14 modelsWorkable was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickGreenhouse alternatives: SeekOut, Workable, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Alex, Ashby, BrightHire, Gem, Humanly, Lever, Manatal

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5GoPerfect alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse, Manatal, Pin, hireEZ
GPT-5.4 miniGem alternatives: 100Hires, Greenhouse
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Workable, hireEZ

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Juicebox, Metaview, Moonhub, hireEZ
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Gem, hireEZ

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
Workable leads by fourteen points.
Workable14%#3 of 9
Greenhouse0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Workable leads by twelve points.
Workable22%#2 of 15
Greenhouse10%#3 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Workable leads by two points.
Workable2%#– of 13
Greenhouse0%#12 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workable

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

“significantly cheaper than enterprise competitors like Workable (which starts around $299/month)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative
“All-in-one mid-market pick: Workable – AI-assisted all-in-one ... the most popular all-in-one option at this price tier” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Greenhouse

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

“lists HireVue among the companies under investigation for potentially providing consumer reports without adhering to FCRA requirements, alongside Workday, Greenhouse, Lever By Employ, Ashby” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Workable if you want transparent pricing ... or Greenhouse if you're willing to invest more in a structured hiring process” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
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.