BrightHire vs Gem: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 60 companies use BrightHire and 25 use Gem. 1 company uses both, including Vercel. BrightHire leads among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool, Gem among the Artificial Intelligence companies.Latest check Oct 7, 2026: 85 of 85 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 BrightHire, Gem, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
59
use only BrightHire
1
company uses both
24
use only Gem
59 companies use only BrightHire, 24 use only Gem and 1 uses both, out of the 84 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for BrightHire yet.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 6, 2026.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
| Company | First public proof, BrightHire |
|---|---|
 Vercel | On or before Sep 2025 |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use BrightHire, Gem or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
BrightHire onlyBothGem only
More common with BrightHire
- DevTools & Infrastructure6 of the 10 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use BrightHire, 1 of them alongside Gem.
- Marketing Tech5 of the 6 Marketing Tech companies on usedby that use either tool use BrightHire.
- Fintech & Payments3 of the 5 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use BrightHire.
More common with Gem
- Artificial Intelligence4 of the 5 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool use Gem.
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.
BrightHireGemWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
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
Gem
The switch to Gem resulted in immediate time and cost savings of 40%.
Excelity
Vendor case study, gem.com, published Jun 9, 2026
Saved 3,300+ hours through automated workflows.
Octave
Vendor case study, gem.com, published Jun 9, 2026
Questions about BrightHire and Gem
Which is used more, BrightHire or Gem?
BrightHire has more customers on usedby: 60 against 25 for Gem. BrightHire leads among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool, Gem among the Artificial Intelligence companies.
Do companies use both BrightHire and Gem?
Yes. 1 company uses both on usedby, including Vercel.
Who uses BrightHire?
60 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses BrightHire.
Who uses Gem?
25 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Gem.
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.