Phenom vs Workable

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

The short answer

Workable is the stronger AI pick in Recruiting: it has a visibility score of 30.1 versus 3.2 for Phenom, and ranks ahead in 50% of the answers that name both.

Choose Phenom if…

You need SOC 2 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
Named among strongest enterprise recruiting platforms in Gartner and ISG research

Choose Workable if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (30.1 vs 3.2)
You need more native integrations (270+ vs 48+)
AI answers describe it more positively (44% vs 33% positive)
You need ISO/IEC 27017 or SOC 2 Type II or SOC 3 coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Phenom	Workable
Visibility score	3.2%	30.1%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Recruiting	#27	#2
Share of voice	1.2%	7.2%
Mentions this run	7	38
Positive in AI answers	33%	44%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Phenom 0pp · Workable 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Workable leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

4.1%

34.1%

AI Mode

1.7%

29.4%

Perplexity

3.9%

26.7%

PhenomWorkable

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

1Phenom ranked higher

1Workable ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Phenom	Workable
Compare the leading recruiting platforms	ChatGPT	#12	#7
Official website of the top recruiting platform vendors	ChatGPT	#7	#9

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Phenom	Workable
Pricing model	—	Flat tiers
Entry price	—	$299 / mo
Free plan	—	No · 15-day trial
Deployment	—	Cloud-based SaaS
Integrations	48+	270+
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001	ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
Support	Global Customer Care, Training & Certification, Global Professional Services	Priority support on Premier and Enterprise plans
Founded	—	2012
Headquarters	Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Employees	1,001–5,000	201–500
Funding	Series D · $161M raised	Series C, led by Zouk Capital · $84M raised
Best for	Global enterprises that need to hire, develop and retain large workforces with AI.	Companies of any size that care about time-to-value and ease of use and want a system that is fast to implement and easy to adopt, with a focus on small and medium-sized businesses.