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Recruiting CRM and sourcing · October 2026 Edition

Gem vs Pin

Six of fourteen models named Gem first on the direct prompt; zero named Pin. Gem was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Pin by eleven and Gem carries 30 labels and Pin 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gem

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Pin

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share15%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3020A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gem reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Gem vs Lever · Gem vs Manatal · 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 Recruiting CRM and sourcing page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GemFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPin
Direct60
Paraphrase10
Comparative01
Budget-constrained021 against Gem
Scale-constrained10
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, Gem and Pin were named in the same answer sixty-three times, of the 221 answers naming Gem and the 199 naming Pin. In those answers Pin took the first choice twenty-seven times and Gem seven.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Gem first, Pin not the choice

6 of 14 modelsPin was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem alternatives: Juicebox, hireEZ
Perplexity SonarGem, hireEZ alternatives: Fetcher, Findem, SeekOut
DeepSeek V4 FlashGem alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Workable
Qwen 3.7 FlashGem alternatives: Apollo.io, SeekOut
Kimi K2Gem, hireEZ alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut
GPT-6 LunaGem alternatives: LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Jobvite, Workable alternatives: Gem, hireEZ
Grok 4.1 FastLever alternatives: Gem, Greenhouse, Pin, Workable, hireEZ
Mistral SmallLever alternatives: Guideflow, Intervue, Pin
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Pin, Recruit CRM
Muse Glimmer 30BLever alternatives: Gem, Workable, hireEZ

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniLinkedIn Recruiter alternatives: Hiring Pro
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXno first choice

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 sixteen points.
Pin17%#2 of 12
Gem2%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Gem leads at mid-market.
Gem15%#1 of 10
Pin4%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Gem leads by ten points.
Gem14%#2 of 12
Pin4%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Gem

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

“premium enterprise platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter Corporate, Gem, or hireEZ can cost thousands of dollars annually per seat” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Gem (formerly HireEZ) is widely considered the best all-around candidate sourcing tool for this specific size and sector today.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Pin

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.