Hired vs Workday

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

The short answer

Workday is the stronger AI pick in Recruiting: it has a visibility score of 18.3 versus 3.3 for Hired, and ranks ahead in 50% of the answers that name both.

Choose Hired if…

No clear advantage in the published data.

Choose Workday if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (18.3 vs 3.3)
AI answers describe it more positively (29% vs 0% positive)
You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (self-certified) coverage
Strong for large enterprise HCM and workforce management

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Hired	Workday
Visibility score	3.3%	18.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Recruiting	#25	#6
Share of voice	0.7%	4%
Mentions this run	3	21
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

Hired 0pp · Workday 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Workday leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

22.6%

AI Mode

6.3%

23.1%

Perplexity

3.7%

9.1%

HiredWorkday

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

1Hired ranked higher

1Workday ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Hired	Workday
What should a recruiting platform integrate with?	AI Mode	#3	#1
What should a recruiting platform integrate with?	Perplexity	#1	#2

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Hired	Workday
Deployment	—	Cloud-only subscription SaaS with no on-premise edition; Workday ships updates twice a year.
Compliance	—	SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (self-certified)
Founded	—	2005
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, USA (parent LHH)	Pleasanton, California
Employees	5,000+	5,000+
Funding	Series D · $133M raised	Series B
Best for	Employers hiring tech and sales talent	—