Recruiting AI visibility leaderboard
Recruiting tools help people teams source and hire candidates. Buyers increasingly start this search inside AI assistants, which narrow 83 vendors down to a shortlist of three to five.
- Greenhouse leads Recruiting with an AI visibility score of 38.5 and appears in 53% of AI answers about Recruiting (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
- AI engines named 83 Recruiting brands; Greenhouse, Workable and Lever hold 22% of all mentions.
- Greenhouse leads on all 3 engines.
- lever.co is the most cited source for Recruiting, with 6.2% of citations.
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
Where vendors stand in Recruiting
8 brands shown: 2 Authority Builders and 6 Challengers. No brand clears both lines yet — the Leader position is open.
| Brand | Mention rate | Citation authority | Answers citing own site | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhouse | 53.1% | 51.3% | 19 of 37 | Authority Builder |
| Workable | 46.9% | 36.8% | 14 of 38 | Challenger |
| Lever | 42% | 61.5% | 16 of 26 | Authority Builder |
| Zoho | 32.1% | 26.9% | 7 of 26 | Challenger |
| 28.4% | 22.7% | 5 of 22 | Challenger | |
| Manatal | 27.2% | 28.6% | 6 of 21 | Challenger |
| Workday | 25.9% | 0% | 0 of 21 | Challenger |
| Ashby | 25.9% | 33.3% | 7 of 21 | Challenger |
Leaderboard
Brands mentioned in AI answers in the weekly run of Nov 3. Every engine ranks Greenhouse first.
From audit to execution, Slate’s AEO team gets your brand into the answers buyers read.
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, top 8 brands. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Greenhouse leads Recruiting at 38.5%. Changes appear after the second weekly run.
Prompts in Recruiting
The buyer questions SlateIndex runs for this category every week.
Most cited sources
Where engines get their information when they answer Recruiting prompts.
| Source | Type | Share of citations | Citations | Prompts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lever.co | Brand site | 39 | 15 | |
| greenhouse.com | Brand site | 35 | 16 | |
| g2.com | Review site | 33 | 12 | |
| capterra.com | Review site | 25 | 13 | |
| rankite.com | Web | 22 | 9 | |
| workable.com | Brand site | 14 | 13 | |
| smartrecruiters.com | Brand site | 13 | 9 | |
| noon.ai | Web | 12 | 7 | |
| peoplemanagingpeople.com | Web | 11 | 10 | |
| selectsoftwarereviews.com | Web | 10 | 10 | |
| softwareadvice.com | Review site | 9 | 8 | |
| 100hires.com | Brand site | 8 | 4 | |
| pin.com | Brand site | 8 | 8 | |
| strategybrain.ca | Web | 8 | 4 | |
| zoho.com | Brand site | 8 | 7 | |
| ashbyhq.com | Brand site | 7 | 7 | |
| gartner.com | Analyst | 7 | 2 | |
| manatal.com | Brand site | 7 | 7 | |
| zapier.com | Web | 7 | 6 | |
| gem.com | Brand site | 6 | 6 | |
| icims.com | Brand site | 6 | 5 | |
| jazzhr.com | Brand site | 6 | 5 | |
| linkedin.com | Brand site | 6 | 6 | |
| workday.com | Web | 6 | 4 | |
| breezy.hr | Brand site | 5 | 4 |
All vendors in Recruiting
Every Recruiting brand tracked by SlateIndex.
Compare the leaders
Recruiting in AI answers: questions
Which Recruiting software do AI assistants recommend most?
Greenhouse, Workable and Lever are recommended most often. Greenhouse leads with an AI visibility score of 38.5 and appears in 53% of answers (data of Nov 3, 2026).
Which Recruiting tool do ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode recommend?
ChatGPT puts Greenhouse first (43.5), Perplexity puts Greenhouse first (38.3) and Google AI Mode puts Greenhouse first (33.5).
Which sources do AI engines cite for Recruiting?
lever.co (6.2%), greenhouse.com (5.6%) and g2.com (5.3%) are cited most often in answers about Recruiting.
How is the Recruiting ranking calculated?
SlateIndex asks ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode 30 Recruiting buyer questions every week and scores each brand by how often and how high it appears in their answers. The methodology page has the formulas.
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Cite as: SlateIndex, “Recruiting AI visibility leaderboard”, https://slateindex.ai/category/recruiting, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.