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Applicant tracking systems · October 2026 Edition

Zoho Recruit vs Manatal

Zero of fourteen models named Zoho Recruit first on the direct prompt; zero named Manatal. Zoho Recruit was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Manatal by eleven and Zoho Recruit carries 28 labels and Manatal 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Manatal

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share9%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2811A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zoho Recruit reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Greenhouse vs Zoho Recruit · Greenhouse vs Manatal · Breezy HR 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 applicant tracking systems page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Zoho RecruitFirst choices, of fourteen modelsManatal
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained521 against Manatal
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, Zoho Recruit and Manatal were named in the same answer 166 times, of the 332 answers naming Zoho Recruit and the 296 naming Manatal. In those answers Manatal took the first choice forty-two times and Zoho Recruit thirty-five.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever, Pinpoint, Workable
GPT-5.4 miniGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Gemini 3.5 FlashAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Pinpoint, Teamtailor
Perplexity SonarGreenhouse alternatives: Gem, Jobvite, Lever, Workable
Grok 4.1 FastGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Workable
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Pinpoint alternatives: Ceipal, JazzHR, iCIMS
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickGreenhouse alternatives: JazzHR, iCIMS
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Kimi K2Greenhouse alternatives: Ashby, BambooHR, JazzHR, Lever, Paycor, Workable
GLM 4.7 FlashXGreenhouse alternatives: Lever, Rippling, Workable
MiniMax M2.5Greenhouse, Lever alternatives: Bullhorn, Workable
GPT-6 LunaAshby alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse alternatives: Lever

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 twenty-two points.
Zoho Recruit22%#2 of 11
Manatal0%#10 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zoho Recruit leads by five points.
Zoho Recruit9%#5 of 15
Manatal3%#8 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 9
Manatal0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

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.

“For most small businesses on a limited budget, Zoho Recruit (free tier), Breezy HR (free + $157/month), and Homebase (free + $25–$50/month) offer the best balance of price and functionality.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Manatal

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

“budget-friendly option with AI-powered features, but per-user pricing can add up as your team grows” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
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.