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Staffing agency platforms · October 2026 Edition

Zoho Recruit vs Bullhorn

Zero of fourteen models named Zoho Recruit first on the direct prompt; six named Bullhorn. Both were named by all fourteen models and Zoho Recruit carries 25 labels and Bullhorn 50, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zoho Recruit

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Bullhorn

criticized challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share22%22%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%28%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2550A 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.Zoho Recruit vs Manatal · Zoho Recruit vs Recruit CRM · Zoho Recruit vs Vincere

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 staffing agency platforms 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 modelsBullhorn
Direct062 against Bullhorn
Paraphrase043 against Bullhorn
Comparative09
Budget-constrained1306 against Bullhorn
Scale-constrained031 against Bullhorn
Negative002 against Bullhorn
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 Bullhorn were named in the same answer sixty-six times, of the 332 answers naming Zoho Recruit and the 208 naming Bullhorn. In those answers Bullhorn took the first choice nine times and Zoho Recruit twenty-three.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Bullhorn first, Zoho Recruit not the choice

6 of 14 modelsZoho Recruit was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniBullhorn alternatives: Aviont\u00e9, JobAdder, Recruit CRM, Vincere
Perplexity SonarBullhorn alternatives: Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow
Grok 4.1 FastBullhorn alternatives: Aviont\u00e9, TempWorks, Vincere
Mistral SmallBullhorn, Ceipal ATS alternatives: Avionté, Recruit CRM
GLM 4.7 FlashXBullhorn alternatives: Avionte, Deelo, JobAdder, Recruit CRM, Vincere
Muse Glimmer 30BBullhorn alternatives: JobAdder, Recruit CRM, Vincere

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.
Gemini 3.5 FlashLoxo, Worksome alternatives: Bullhorn, Deel, JobAdder, Recruit CRM, TalentDesk.io
DeepSeek V4 FlashVincere alternatives: Bullhorn, PCRecruiter
Qwen 3.7 FlashJobAdder alternatives: Aptos, Bullhorn, RecruitCRM

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Vincere alternatives: Crelate, JobAdder
MiniMax M2.5Recruiterflow, Vincere alternatives: Ceipal, Manatal
GPT-6 LunaPixid VMS alternatives: Conexis VMS, Workday VNDLY

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 thirty-two points.
Zoho Recruit36%#1 of 10
Bullhorn4%#4 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Zoho Recruit22%#1 of 12
Bullhorn22%#2 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Bullhorn leads at enterprise.
Bullhorn42%#1 of 11
Zoho Recruit0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Zoho Recruit

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Bullhorn

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

“Bullhorn: Avoid if you're a small agency and cannot justify the enterprise-oriented scope or validate the exact package.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Bullhorn unless you need enterprise-grade compliance features or have 50+ users—it's overkill and overpriced” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid platforms like Bullhorn or JobDiva initially” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Choose Bullhorn or TempWorks if you are a traditional staffing business looking to manage your database, clients, and back-office payroll in-house.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Bullhorn remains the long-standing enterprise CRM and ATS for staffing and recruitment agencies globally with strong on automation and deep integrations.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Bullhorn is the go‑to all‑in‑one platform for agencies that want a widely adopted system with strong AI and communication tools.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative 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.