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AI recruiting assistants · October 2026 Edition

Workable vs Zoho Recruit

Seven of fourteen models named Workable first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho Recruit. Workable was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Zoho Recruit by twelve and Workable carries 26 labels and Zoho Recruit 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share22%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2613A count; the two differ.
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.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Manatal vs Workable · Manatal vs Zoho Recruit · Workable vs Greenhouse

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 modelsZoho Recruit
Direct70
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained141 against Workable
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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 Zoho Recruit were named in the same answer 111 times, of the 327 answers naming Workable and the 332 naming Zoho Recruit. In those answers Zoho Recruit took the first choice sixteen times and Workable seventeen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Workable first, Zoho Recruit not the choice

7 of 14 modelsZoho Recruit 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
Kimi K2Greenhouse, Workable alternatives: Lever, Paradox
MiniMax M2.5Workable alternatives: Greenhouse, Humanly, Lever, SeekOut
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Workable alternatives: Ashby, Gem, GoPerfect, hireEZ

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Workable, hireEZ
Llama 4 MaverickGreenhouse alternatives: SeekOut, Workable, hireEZ

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5GoPerfect alternatives: Ashby, Greenhouse, Manatal, Pin, hireEZ
GPT-5.4 miniGem alternatives: 100Hires, Greenhouse
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Juicebox, Metaview, Moonhub, hireEZ
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Alex, Ashby, BrightHire, Gem, Humanly, Lever, Manatal
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
Zoho Recruit leads by four points.
Zoho Recruit18%#2 of 9
Workable14%#3 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Workable leads at mid-market.
Workable22%#2 of 15
Zoho Recruit8%#4 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Workable leads by two points.
Workable2%#– of 13
Zoho Recruit0%#– 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 Zoho Recruit

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

“I'd suggest starting with Zoho Recruit if you have minimal hiring needs (under 10/year), or Manatal if you need more robust features” MiniMax M2.5 · budget 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.