Fountain vs hireEZ

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

hireEZ is the stronger AI pick in Recruiting: it has a visibility score of 2.5 versus 0.6 for Fountain, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Fountain if…

You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001:2022 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)

Choose hireEZ if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (2.5 vs 0.6)
AI answers describe it more positively (29% vs 0% positive)
AI-powered outbound sourcing
cross-platform talent mapping

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Fountain	hireEZ
Visibility score	0.6%	2.5%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Recruiting	#60	#33
Share of voice	0.4%	1.1%
Mentions this run	2	6
Positive in AI answers	0%	29%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Fountain 0pp · hireEZ 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

hireEZ leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

4.4%

AI Mode

0.9%

Perplexity

1.9%

2.2%

FountainhireEZ

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Fountain ranked higher

1hireEZ ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Fountain	hireEZ
What are the best recruiting tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#14	#12

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Fountain	hireEZ
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	$494 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	No · 7-day trial
Deployment	—	Layered on top of the customer's existing ATS with no rip-and-replace, deployed in weeks.
Integrations	40+	40+
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022	—
Founded	2014	2015
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	Mountain View, California, US
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Series C · $185M raised	Series C
Best for	High-volume employers hiring hourly frontline workers, such as food and beverage, hospitality and on-demand services.	Enterprise talent acquisition teams that want agentic AI added to their existing ATS, as well as individual recruiters starting out.