Alex vs BrightHire: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 19 companies use Alex and 60 use BrightHire. No company is listed with both yet. BrightHire leads among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Oct 7, 2026: 79 of 79 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.
Who uses Alex, BrightHire, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
19
use only Alex
0
companies use both
60
use only BrightHire
19 companies use only Alex, 60 use only BrightHire and 0 use both, out of the 79 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 7, 2026.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for BrightHire yet.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Alex, BrightHire or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Alex onlyBothBrightHire only
More common with BrightHire
- DevTools & Infrastructure6 of the 6 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use BrightHire.
- Marketing Tech5 of the 6 Marketing Tech companies on usedby that use either tool use BrightHire.
Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
AlexBrightHireWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Alex
recruiters report reclaiming 20–30% of their time
Orange Tree Staffing
Vendor case study, alex.com, published Jul 29, 2026
The firm estimates those interviews have saved 15,000 hours of screening time.
Akraya
Vendor case study, alex.com, published Aug 12, 2026
BrightHire
it ramped the team 40% faster and improved time to fill by 11%
Salesloft
Vendor case study, brighthire.com, published Mar 14, 2022
more than 40,000 interviews have taken place on the platform, with 85%+ captured directly through the ATS
Clipboard
Vendor case study, brighthire.com, published Mar 5, 2026
Questions about Alex and BrightHire
Which is used more, Alex or BrightHire?
BrightHire has more customers on usedby: 60 against 19 for Alex.
Do companies use both Alex and BrightHire?
usedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Alex and BrightHire yet.
Who uses Alex?
19 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Alex.
Who uses BrightHire?
60 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses BrightHire.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.