# Gem vs Workable (slim)

> Workable scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Gem's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gem leads on maintenance & community. Both do recruiting candidates. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Workable scores 61.7 (C) on agent readiness against Gem's 53.3 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gem leads on maintenance & community. Both do recruiting candidates.

- Gem: D 53.3, rank #546 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gem.min.md
- Workable: C 61.7, rank #359 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/workable.min.md
- 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 Maintenance & community, 42 against 35.
- Workable, good for Companies already on Workable that want an agent to add candidates, move them between stages, disqualify, comment, rate and approve a job offer, and to read employees and time off. Ahead on Reliability, 88 against 69; Security & auth, 66 against 48; Payments & pricing, 30 against 15. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Gem | Workable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 88 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 67 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 58 | 55 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 15 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 35 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gem | Workable |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Gem Software, Inc. | Workable Software Limited |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gem.com` | `https://mcp.workable.com/mcp` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Gem's Software Service Agreement | Proprietary service under Workable's terms and conditions |
| Tools exposed | none | 94 |
| Last release | 2026-08-04 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-03-07 | 2026-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-08-26 | 2025-01-16 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |