Fountain vs Textio

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

The short answer

Fountain is the stronger AI pick in Recruiting: it has a visibility score of 0.6 versus 0.3 for Textio, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Fountain if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (0.6 vs 0.3)
You need ISO 27001:2022 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)

Choose Textio if…

You need ISO/IEC 27001:2022 coverage
Inclusive job language

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Fountain	Textio
Visibility score	0.6%	0.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Recruiting	#60	#64
Share of voice	0.4%	0.2%
Mentions this run	2	1
Positive in AI answers	0%	—

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Fountain leads on 1 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

AI Mode

Perplexity

1.9%

0.9%

FountainTextio

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Fountain ranked higher

0Textio ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Fountain	Textio
What are the best recruiting tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#14	#21

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Fountain	Textio
Deployment	—	Cloud
Integrations	40+	—
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022	ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II
Support	—	1:1 support from the Textio Customer Success team, Textio Support Center, Textio U certification training
Founded	2014	2014
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	Seattle, Washington, United States
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Series C · $185M raised	Unattributed VC round
Best for	High-volume employers hiring hourly frontline workers, such as food and beverage, hospitality and on-demand services.	High-growth companies that want to recruit and give managers feedback with AI guidance