# Ashby vs Gem (slim)

> Ashby scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Gem's 53.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Gem leads on payments & pricing. Both do recruiting candidates. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Ashby scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Gem's 53.3 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Gem leads on payments & pricing. Both do recruiting candidates.

- Ashby: C 61.3, rank #369 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ashby.min.md
- Gem: D 53.3, rank #546 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gem.min.md
- Ashby, good for Companies already on Ashby that want an agent to read pipelines, add candidates, move applications between stages, schedule interviews and pull reports with a narrowly scoped key. Ahead on Reliability, 79 against 69; Schema & documentation, 82 against 65; Security & auth, 63 against 48; Maintenance & community, 64 against 42; Transparency & trust, 77 against 64.
- Gem, good for Teams already on Gem ATS or Gem CRM that want an agent to read pipelines, add candidates, move applications, schedule interviews and file scorecards, or to query hiring data through MCP as a signed-in user. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 15 against 10.

| Category | Ashby | Gem |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 79 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 58 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 42 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ashby | Gem |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ashby, Inc. | Gem Software, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ashbyhq.com` | `https://api.gem.com` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Ashby Customer Terms of Service | Proprietary service under Gem's Software Service Agreement |
| Tools exposed | 17 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-08-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-29 | 2025-03-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | 2025-08-26 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |