Gem review

Best for: sourcing teams that need a CRM and outreach layer on top of their ATS.

Gem started as an outreach and CRM layer on top of Greenhouse and Lever and grew into a full platform, including an ATS of its own. Sourcers use its extension to add candidates from the web, enrol them in multi-step email sequences, and track response and conversion rates by sourcer, source and role.

Its analytics are the best in the CRM category for answering 'why are we not hiring fast enough'. The trade-off is cost: Gem is sold on annual contracts sized for teams of several recruiters.

Pros and cons

Where Gem ranks

• #2 in Best Enterprise Recruitment Tools: The talent CRM layer: sequences, talent pools and sourcer analytics across the whole team.
• #7 in Best Recruitment Tools for Hiring Engineers: Sequences and talent pools for in-house sourcing teams.
• #2 in Best Candidate Sourcing Tools: Best CRM and sequencing for teams with sourcers who want analytics on every outreach step.
• #7 in Best AI Recruitment Tools: AI-assisted sequencing and candidate rediscovery in a talent CRM.
• #5 in Best Recruitment Tools for Diversity Hiring: Pass-through analytics by demographic group across the funnel.

Head-to-head

• Noon vs Gem: Noon wins for lean teams because it does the sourcing; Gem wins for large in-house sourcing teams that already have sourcers and want the best analytics on their outreach.

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Ratings reflect the editorial board's assessment of Gem for the teams it is best suited to, as of October 13, 2026. Gem did not pay for this review or its position. Pricing figures are approximate and change; confirm with the vendor. How we rank · Request a correction.