--- title: "Gem vs hireEZ: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Gem or hireEZ more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Talent sourcing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/talent-sourcing-platforms/compare/gem-recruiting-vs-hireez" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Gem vs hireEZ: Which is searched more? Is Gem or hireEZ more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Talent sourcing platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Gem and hireEZ - **Competitive set**: Talent sourcing platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Gem Share of Search**: <0.01% - **hireEZ Share of Search**: 5.2% ## Is Gem or hireEZ more popular in search? - In September 2026, hireEZ had more branded searches than Gem among talent sourcing platforms worldwide. hireEZ had about 5,330 branded searches, while Gem had 10. hireEZ made up 5.2% of all talent sourcing platform searches we track, and Gem accounted for <0.01%. - hireEZ was ahead of Gem in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Gem’s share of searches among talent sourcing platforms worldwide moved from 0% to <0.01%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 0 to 10. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, hireEZ’s share of searches among talent sourcing platforms worldwide moved from 9.1% to 5.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9.9K to 5.3K. ## Top talent sourcing platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Gem and hireEZ showed up in all five answers. hireEZ was listed before Gem in four of them. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | LinkedIn Recruiter | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | hireEZ | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | SeekOut | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Gem | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Loxo | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | AmazingHiring | 6th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Fetcher | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about talent sourcing platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which talent sourcing platform should I use?": 1. LinkedIn Recruiter, 2. SeekOut, 3. hireEZ, 4. Gem - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best talent sourcing platforms?": 1. LinkedIn Recruiter, 2. SeekOut, 3. hireEZ, 4. Gem - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best talent sourcing platform for a small recruitment team?": 1. LinkedIn Recruiter, 2. Loxo, 3. Gem, 4. hireEZ - Searched Google, AI Overview "talent sourcing tools": 1. hireEZ, 2. SeekOut, 3. Gem, 4. LinkedIn Recruiter, 5. AmazingHiring, 6. Fetcher - Searched Google, AI Overview "best talent sourcing platform": 1. LinkedIn Recruiter, 2. hireEZ, 3. SeekOut, 4. Gem, 5. AmazingHiring Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for talent sourcing platforms worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, hireEZ lost share of searches among talent sourcing platforms worldwide, from 6.2% to 5.2%. ## Month by month | Month | Gem estimated searches | Gem Share of Search | Gem rank | hireEZ estimated searches | hireEZ Share of Search | hireEZ rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 9.9K | 9.1% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 10 | 0.01% | 7 | 8.1K | 8.4% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 10 | 0.01% | 7 | 6.7K | 7.7% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 8.2K | 8% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 8.1K | 7.7% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 9.7K | 9.2% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 9.9K | 9.4% | 5 | | May 2026 | 30 | 0.03% | 7 | 7.8K | 8.5% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 7.7K | 7.7% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 6.3K | 6.1% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 6.5K | 6.2% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 10 | <0.01% | 7 | 5.3K | 5.2% | 5 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Gem’s and hireEZ’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Gem**: Measured on the search term “gem talent crm”. - **hireEZ**: Measured on the search terms “hire ez”, “hireez”, “hireez recruiting” and “hiretual”, summed into one figure. - [Gem profile](/demand/global-en/brands/gem-recruiting) - [hireEZ profile](/demand/global-en/brands/hireez) - [All talent sourcing platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/talent-sourcing-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Gem or hireEZ more popular in search? In September 2026, hireEZ had more branded searches than Gem among talent sourcing platforms worldwide. hireEZ had about 5,330 branded searches, while Gem had 10. hireEZ made up 5.2% of all talent sourcing platform searches we track, and Gem accounted for <0.01%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Gem vs hireEZ: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/talent-sourcing-platforms/compare/gem-recruiting-vs-hireez This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/categories/talent-sourcing-platforms/compare/gem-recruiting-vs-hireez. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.