Small business=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 10 → 11 of 108
7 categories · RankedGem
221Judge labels
40First choices
19Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
7Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
15% in Recruiting CRM for mid-market buyers
Rank 1 of 111 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
6 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 3% of its 30 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Gem →By buyer segmentStrongest at mid-market.
Small business12 of 114
2%16 labels
accepted challenger
Mid-market1 of 111
15%30 labels
accepted challenger
Enterprise2 of 78
14%29 labels
accepted challenger
In recruiting crm · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Gem for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recruiting CRM and sourcing | Talent acquisition | 15% | 1 of 111 | 3% | 30 | accepted challenger | ▼−3Since September 2026: 18% → 15%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Talent intelligence | Performance and talent management | 14% | 2 of 90 | 8% | 24 | accepted challenger | ▲+2Since September 2026: 15% → 16%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | Talent acquisition | 7% | 5 of 104 | 8% | 12 | accepted challenger | ▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| AI recruiting assistants | Talent acquisition | 6% | 5 of 90 | 0% | 13 | accepted challenger | ▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Interview scheduling | Talent acquisition | 2% | 15 of 75 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Calendly at 20% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Applicant tracking systems | Talent acquisition | 0% | 17 of 65 | 0% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Greenhouse at 40% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Staffing agency platforms | Talent acquisition | 0% | 30 of 136 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Zoho Recruit at 22% |
Movement
Since September 2026, Gem held within the floor in all seven categories: no change cleared 13 points.
Best category · Recruiting CRM · by segment
Mid-market▼−3Since September 2026: 18% → 15%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
15%from 18% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 10 pointsRank 2 → 1 of 108
Enterprise▲+6Since September 2026: 10% → 16%, +6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
16%from 10% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 7 pointsRank 4 → 2 of 72
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI recruiting assistants | 2% | 7% | ▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 10 → 5 of 90 |
| Recruitment marketing | 2% | 6% | ▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 12 → 5 of 104 |
| Recruiting CRM | 18% | 15% | ▼−3Since September 2026: 18% → 15%, −3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 2 → 1 of 111 |
| Interview scheduling | 4% | 2% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 10 → 15 of 75 |
| Talent intelligence | 15% | 16% | ▲+2Since September 2026: 15% → 16%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 2 of 90, unchanged |
| Applicant tracking syste | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 29 → 17 of 65 |
| Staffing agency tools | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 30 of 136, unchanged |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Gem across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Gem across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct64 labels25
Paraphrase12 labels1
Comparative74 labels5not counted in share
Budget-constrained31 labels8
Scale-constrained23 labels6
Negative17 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative221 labels in all, every segment counted; 40 of the 45 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Gem is the best overall due to its strong automation, CRM, and AI features, as well as its high user satisfaction and mid-market focus.” Mistral Small · Recruitment marketing · direct prompt · first choice
“Gem (formerly HireEZ) is widely considered the best all-around candidate sourcing tool for this specific size and sector today.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Recruiting CRM · direct prompt · first choice
“Gem is widely considered the best option for small businesses because they have a specific pricing tier designed to help you grow” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Talent intelligence · budget prompt · first choice
“Look for modern, agile platforms (such as Gem, Clinch, or Teamtailor) where implementation takes weeks, not quarters.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Recruitment marketing · scale prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“faces integration issues with some third-party systems and occasionally has UI and workflow clunkiness” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Talent intelligence · negative prompt · hard negative
“premium enterprise platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter Corporate, Gem, or hireEZ can cost thousands of dollars annually per seat” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Recruiting CRM · budget prompt · soft negative
“positioned more for outbound recruiting and pipeline management than broad talent intelligence” Perplexity Sonar · Talent intelligence · budget prompt · soft negative
“they may not be beneficial if your recruitment pipelines are already cold or inactive” Mistral Small · Recruitment marketing · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Gem, over the 221 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Gem was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Gem, over the 221 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Gem was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Gem. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 209 of the 221 answers that named Gem and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
pin.com136
lever.co76
metaview.ai76
g2.com68
gem.comYour site63
selectsoftwarereviews.com63
skima.ai63
learn.g2.com56
noon.ai53
guideflow.com51
642 of the 705 domain citations in answers naming Gem came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Gem stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where Gem stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimatesPosition for “sourcing tools”
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not in the top ten
Position for “candidate sourcing tool”
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not in the top ten
- Searches for its name, Google
- 246,000 a month (“gem”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 225,116 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 16,291 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 3,101 · 305 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 4,056
- Paid Google search
- 1 searches its ads show for, about 0 clicks and $0 a month (estimate)
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
15%
rank 1 of 111 in Recruiting CRM
First choices
40
across its categories
- Named in
- 221 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 209 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
ShowHide
What it publishes
ShowHideAddresses on gem.com
9,422
subdomains included
Content
459
counted in the table below
Documentation
1,150
Product · Integration
19 · 0
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 317 | 1 | 2026-08-04 | ||
| Report or ebook | 34 | 0 | 2025-10-22 | ||
| Comparison | 28 | 0 | 2026-01-14 | ||
| Case study | 25 | 0 | 2026-06-09 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 20 | 0 | 2026-02-27 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 19 | 2 | 2026-08-06 | ||
| Conference or event | 10 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 5 | 0 | 2026-01-07 | ||
| News or press | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-08-06Fraud resistant hiring webinar webinar or virtual event
- 2026-08-04Introducing gem mcp blog
- 2026-07-06Unlocking mcp for your recruiting team webinar webinar or virtual event
- 2026-06-23Gemcp blog
- 2026-06-09Scale case study
- 2026-06-09Excelityats case study
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page gem.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.
Names read as Gem
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Gem; a claim can dispute any of them.
Gem (formerly HireEZ) 1Gem (with Gem AI Sourcing) 1
Follow Gem
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
The company
Gem is its own company.ShowHide
The company
Gem is its own company.
ShowHideIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- The AI-first all-in-one recruiting platform — ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics.
- For
- talent acquisition teams
- Price stated
- Flexible pricing based on your needs. Early-stage startups get their first six months free through Gem's Startup Program, with 50% off the first paid year — starting as low as $135/month for the full platform. Enterprise teams on Greenhouse or Workday can add Gem's AI agents with custom pricing. gem.com
- Starting price
- 135 gem.com
- Free plan or trial
- first six months free through Gem's Startup Program gem.com
- Customers named
- OneMedicalCelesticaeBayGitLabAmazon OneMedicalAnthropicRobinhoodFigma
- Not stated on the pages read
- Integrations, certifications, hosting
What Gem's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: gem.com, gem.com/pricing, trust.gem.com, gem.com/product/crm, gem.com/company/customers. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Is this your product?
Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Gem's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Gem, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Gem by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Gem is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Gem, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Gem is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.ShowHide
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Gem is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.
ShowHideRecruiting CRM and sourcing
AI models recommend Gem first in Recruiting CRM and sourcing this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Talent intelligence
Gem is among the products AI models recommend first in Talent intelligence this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges
Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides
Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.