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Recruitment marketing and career sites · October 2026 Edition

Workable vs TalentLyft

One of fourteen models named Workable first on the direct prompt; zero named TalentLyft. Workable was named by twelve of the fourteen models and TalentLyft by nine and Workable carries 18 labels and TalentLyft 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workable

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

TalentLyft

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share7%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 17; printed, not drawn.
Labels1812A 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.Teamtailor was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Teamtailor vs Workable · Teamtailor vs TalentLyft · Zoho Recruit vs Workable

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 recruitment marketing and career sites 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 modelsTalentLyft
Direct10
Paraphrase20
Comparative00
Budget-constrained04
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Workable first, TalentLyft not the choice

1 of 14 modelsTalentLyft was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BJobvite, Workable alternatives: Teamtailor

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.
Perplexity SonarPhenom alternatives: Joveo, Teamtailor, Workable
Kimi K2Teamtailor alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Workable

Neither was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters alternatives: Jobilla, Teamtailor
GPT-5.4 miniJobvite alternatives: Appcast, Teamtailor
Gemini 3.5 FlashGem, Teamtailor alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever, Pinpoint
Grok 4.1 FastSmartRecruiters alternatives: Lever, Teamtailor
Mistral SmallGem alternatives: SmartRecruiters
DeepSeek V4 Flash100Hires, Teamtailor alternatives: Recruitee
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 Flash100Hires alternatives: Gem, SmartRecruiters, Teamtailor
GLM 4.7 FlashXTeamtailor alternatives: Ashby, Lever
MiniMax M2.5Teamtailor alternatives: Beamery, SmartRecruiters
GPT-6 LunaGem alternatives: Teamtailor

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 nine points.
Workable12%#1 of 14
TalentLyft4%#8 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Workable7%#3 of 17
TalentLyft7%#4 of 17
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Workable0%#– of 13
TalentLyft0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workable

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about TalentLyft

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

“The best recruitment marketing platform for a company with a limited budget is TalentLyft, which starts at $40.83 per month” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“🏆 Top Pick: TalentLyft — Best overall value for marketing-focused features” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“TalentLyft at ~$15/mo and Manatal are the most cited wallet-friendly picks” Muse Glimmer 30B · 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.