Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Applicant Tracking
Greenhouse and Lever co-lead shortlist at 65% and 64%; Workday surges +15 pts in March–June despite falling average scores.
180 discovery queries · 304 head-to-heads · refreshed Jun 9, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 180 buyer-style "Applicant Tracking" queries
Greenhouse (65% shortlist rate, 506 mentions) and Lever (64%, 474 mentions) command the top two slots across 180 prompts and four LLMs. Workday appears twice in the top ten—once at 62% and again at 47%—signaling model confusion or multiple product lines. Ashbyhq (56%) and Workable (47%) round out the consensus set of 58 brands.
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Signal by intent
By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 10/100
Greenhouse, Lever, and BambooHR tie at an average evaluation score of 48 across 28 head-to-head queries each. iCIMS and Ashby trail by one point at 47, while Workday and SmartRecruiters sit at 45. The median evaluation score for the category is 10—these leaders punch 4× above the field.
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Brands to know
In this category
Workday
Workday scores 78 and gains +15 momentum despite appearing twice in the shortlist data—likely ATS modules inside its broader HCM suite confusing model recall.
Read brand profile →Greenhouse
Greenhouse owns the highest shortlist rate (65%) and 506 total mentions. Its 62 overall score trails Workday, suggesting models cite it broadly but grade its fit case-by-case.
Read brand profile →Lever
Lever matches Greenhouse in evaluation (48) and shortlist frequency (64%), with 474 mentions. It scores 66 overall—four points above Greenhouse—signaling tighter use-case alignment.
Read brand profile →Ashbyhq
Ashbyhq claims a 71 score and 56% shortlist rate despite lower name recognition. Its 47 evaluation average (tied with iCIMS) suggests models see it as a specialist pick for analytics-heavy teams.
Read brand profile →Workable
Workable scores 72 and appears in 47% of shortlists with 305 mentions, but its evaluation average of 43 is the lowest among leaders—volume without deep conviction.
Read brand profile →Citation sources
Where AI pulls citations from
654 citations captured across Applicant Tracking prompt runs.
Vendor pages
190Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
186Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top Applicant Tracking questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
Discovery
Buyers exploring the category- Best Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) in 2026: Compared & Ranked | Frankland Automationfranklandautomation.com
- Best Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) in 2026: Compared & Rankedtheundercoverrecruiter.com
- 10 Best Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) of 2026 - People Managing Peoplepeoplemanagingpeople.com
Evaluation
Buyers comparing options- 24 Best Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS): Full Comparison 2026selectsoftwarereviews.com
- top-ats-software-integrationshrmless.com
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