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Hiring tools for startups — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for hiring tools for startups, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

▲ INCalendly entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTFreshteam left the top 10 (#10 → #14)
▼Freshteam moved #10 → #14
▲Calendly moved #12 → #10
▲Zoho moved #6 → #5
▼Dover moved #5 → #6
▲Greenhouse moved #9 → #8
▼Lever moved #8 → #9
▲Calendly +7.6pp (16.7% → 24.3%)
▲Zoho +7.3pp (37% → 44.3%)
▲Greenhouse +7pp (25.9% → 32.9%)
▲JazzHR +5.9pp (37% → 42.9%)
▲Breezy HR +4.8pp (48.1% → 52.9%)
▲Workable +4.6pp (61.1% → 65.7%)
▲Breezy +4.3pp (50% → 54.3%)
▲Ashby +4.2pp (44.4% → 48.6%)
▲Dover +4pp (38.9% → 42.9%)
▼Freshteam -1.4pp (18.5% → 17.1%)

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

▼JazzHR moved #5 → #7
▲Dover moved #6 → #5
▲Zoho moved #7 → #6
▼Lever -8.9pp (36.7% → 27.8%)
▼Freshteam -8.2pp (26.7% → 18.5%)
▼Greenhouse -7.4pp (33.3% → 25.9%)
▼JazzHR -6.3pp (43.3% → 37%)
▲Breezy HR +1.4pp (46.7% → 48.1%)
▲Workable +1.1pp (60% → 61.1%)
▲Ashby +1.1pp (43.3% → 44.4%)
▼Dover -1.1pp (40% → 38.9%)

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INFreshteam entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTJuggleHire left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲Dover moved #8 → #6
▼Zoho moved #5 → #7
▼JuggleHire moved #9 → #11
▲JazzHR moved #6 → #5
▼Lever moved #7 → #8
▲Greenhouse moved #10 → #9
▲Freshteam moved #11 → #10
▼JuggleHire -15.9pp (32.6% → 16.7%)
▼Breezy HR -7.6pp (54.3% → 46.7%)
▲Dover +5.2pp (34.8% → 40%)
▼Zoho -4.6pp (41.3% → 36.7%)
▼Ashby -4.5pp (47.8% → 43.3%)
▼Breezy -4.3pp (54.3% → 50%)
▲Greenhouse +2.9pp (30.4% → 33.3%)
▲JazzHR +2pp (41.3% → 43.3%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲ INGreenhouse entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTManatal left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▼JuggleHire moved #7 → #9
▼Manatal moved #10 → #12
▲Breezy moved #3 → #2
▼Breezy HR moved #2 → #3
▲Ashby moved #5 → #4
▼Zoho moved #4 → #5
▲Lever moved #8 → #7
▲Dover moved #9 → #8
▲Greenhouse moved #11 → #10
▲Dover +7.4pp (27.4% → 34.8%)
▼Zoho -5.5pp (46.8% → 41.3%)
▼JazzHR -5.5pp (46.8% → 41.3%)
▼Breezy HR -5.4pp (59.7% → 54.3%)
▲Lever +4.7pp (32.3% → 37%)
▲Greenhouse +4.6pp (25.8% → 30.4%)
▼JuggleHire -4.5pp (37.1% → 32.6%)
▼Breezy -3.8pp (58.1% → 54.3%)
▼Workable -3.6pp (64.5% → 60.9%)
▼Manatal -3.5pp (27.4% → 23.9%)
▲Ashby +1pp (46.8% → 47.8%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INManatal entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTGreenhouse left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Zoho moved #6 → #4
▼Ashby moved #4 → #5
▼JazzHR moved #5 → #6
▲Manatal moved #11 → #10
▼Greenhouse moved #10 → #11
▼Greenhouse -1.3pp (27.1% → 25.8%)
▲Zoho +1.1pp (45.7% → 46.8%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲ INDover entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
▼ OUTManatal left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Dover moved #11 → #9
▲Ashby moved #5 → #4
▼JazzHR moved #4 → #5
▼Greenhouse moved #9 → #10
▼Manatal moved #10 → #11
▼Greenhouse -5pp (32.1% → 27.1%)
▼Lever -4.3pp (37.2% → 32.9%)
▼JazzHR -4.2pp (51.3% → 47.1%)
▼Breezy HR -4.1pp (64.1% → 60%)
▼Workable -3.6pp (67.9% → 64.3%)
▼JuggleHire -2.6pp (39.7% → 37.1%)
▼Manatal -2.4pp (29.5% → 27.1%)
▼Zoho -1.7pp (47.4% → 45.7%)
▼Ashby -1.6pp (48.7% → 47.1%)
▼Dover -1.1pp (28.2% → 27.1%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲Lever moved #9 → #8
▼Greenhouse moved #8 → #9
▲Lever +3.9pp (33.3% → 37.2%)
▲JazzHR +2.3pp (49% → 51.3%)
▼Greenhouse -2.2pp (34.3% → 32.1%)
▼Breezy -1.8pp (60.8% → 59%)
▲JuggleHire +1.5pp (38.2% → 39.7%)

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 7, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 6, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 5, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 4, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 3, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 2, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1Workable65.7%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR52.9%
#4Ashby48.6%
#5Zoho44.3%
#6Dover42.9%
#7JazzHR42.9%
#8Greenhouse32.9%
#9Lever28.6%
#10Calendly24.3%

Sep 1, 202654 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7

#1Workable61.1%
#2Breezy50%
#3Breezy HR48.1%
#4Ashby44.4%
#5Dover38.9%
#6Zoho37%
#7JazzHR37%
#8Lever27.8%
#9Greenhouse25.9%
#10Freshteam18.5%

Aug 31, 202630 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7

#1Workable60%
#2Breezy50%
#3Breezy HR46.7%
#4Ashby43.3%
#5JazzHR43.3%
#6Dover40%
#7Zoho36.7%
#8Lever36.7%
#9Greenhouse33.3%
#10Freshteam26.7%

Aug 30, 202630 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7

#1Workable60%
#2Breezy50%
#3Breezy HR46.7%
#4Ashby43.3%
#5JazzHR43.3%
#6Dover40%
#7Zoho36.7%
#8Lever36.7%
#9Greenhouse33.3%
#10Freshteam26.7%

Aug 29, 202630 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5-7

#1Workable60%
#2Breezy50%
#3Breezy HR46.7%
#4Ashby43.3%
#5JazzHR43.3%
#6Dover40%
#7Zoho36.7%
#8Lever36.7%
#9Greenhouse33.3%
#10Freshteam26.7%

Aug 28, 202630 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5-7

#1Workable60%
#2Breezy50%
#3Breezy HR46.7%
#4Ashby43.3%
#5JazzHR43.3%
#6Dover40%
#7Zoho36.7%
#8Lever36.7%
#9Greenhouse33.3%
#10Freshteam26.7%

Aug 27, 202630 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5-7

#1Workable60%
#2Breezy50%
#3Breezy HR46.7%
#4Ashby43.3%
#5JazzHR43.3%
#6Dover40%
#7Zoho36.7%
#8Lever36.7%
#9Greenhouse33.3%
#10Freshteam26.7%

Aug 26, 202646 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Workable60.9%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR54.3%
#4Ashby47.8%
#5Zoho41.3%
#6JazzHR41.3%
#7Lever37%
#8Dover34.8%
#9JuggleHire32.6%
#10Greenhouse30.4%

Aug 25, 202646 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Workable60.9%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR54.3%
#4Ashby47.8%
#5Zoho41.3%
#6JazzHR41.3%
#7Lever37%
#8Dover34.8%
#9JuggleHire32.6%
#10Greenhouse30.4%

Aug 24, 202646 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Workable60.9%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR54.3%
#4Ashby47.8%
#5Zoho41.3%
#6JazzHR41.3%
#7Lever37%
#8Dover34.8%
#9JuggleHire32.6%
#10Greenhouse30.4%

Aug 23, 202646 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Workable60.9%
#2Breezy54.3%
#3Breezy HR54.3%
#4Ashby47.8%
#5Zoho41.3%
#6JazzHR41.3%
#7Lever37%
#8Dover34.8%
#9JuggleHire32.6%
#10Greenhouse30.4%

Aug 22, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Workable64.5%
#2Breezy HR59.7%
#3Breezy58.1%
#4Zoho46.8%
#5Ashby46.8%
#6JazzHR46.8%
#7JuggleHire37.1%
#8Lever32.3%
#9Dover27.4%
#10Manatal27.4%

Aug 21, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Workable64.3%
#2Breezy HR60%
#3Breezy58.6%
#4Ashby47.1%
#5JazzHR47.1%
#6Zoho45.7%
#7JuggleHire37.1%
#8Lever32.9%
#9Dover27.1%
#10Greenhouse27.1%

Aug 20, 202678 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Workable67.9%
#2Breezy HR64.1%
#3Breezy59%
#4JazzHR51.3%
#5Ashby48.7%
#6Zoho47.4%
#7JuggleHire39.7%
#8Lever37.2%
#9Greenhouse32.1%
#10Manatal29.5%

Aug 19, 202678 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Workable67.9%
#2Breezy HR64.1%
#3Breezy59%
#4JazzHR51.3%
#5Ashby48.7%
#6Zoho47.4%
#7JuggleHire39.7%
#8Lever37.2%
#9Greenhouse32.1%
#10Manatal29.5%

Aug 18, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Workable68.6%
#2Breezy HR64.7%
#3Breezy60.8%
#4JazzHR49%
#5Ashby48%
#6Zoho47.1%
#7JuggleHire38.2%
#8Greenhouse34.3%
#9Lever33.3%
#10Manatal29.4%

Aug 17, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Workable68.6%
#2Breezy HR64.7%
#3Breezy60.8%
#4JazzHR49%
#5Ashby48%
#6Zoho47.1%
#7JuggleHire38.2%
#8Greenhouse34.3%
#9Lever33.3%
#10Manatal29.4%

Aug 16, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7

#1Workable68.6%
#2Breezy HR64.7%
#3Breezy60.8%
#4JazzHR49%
#5Ashby48%
#6Zoho47.1%
#7JuggleHire38.2%
#8Greenhouse34.3%
#9Lever33.3%
#10Manatal29.4%

Aug 15, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7

#1Workable68.6%
#2Breezy HR64.7%
#3Breezy60.8%
#4JazzHR49%
#5Ashby48%
#6Zoho47.1%
#7JuggleHire38.2%
#8Greenhouse34.3%
#9Lever33.3%
#10Manatal29.4%

Aug 14, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7

#1Workable68.6%
#2Breezy HR64.7%
#3Breezy60.8%
#4JazzHR49%
#5Ashby48%
#6Zoho47.1%
#7JuggleHire38.2%
#8Greenhouse34.3%
#9Lever33.3%
#10Manatal29.4%

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Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/hiring-tools-for-startups/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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