10+ Best AI Recruiting Software for 2025: Expert Reviews + Pricing

After nearly 2 years of closely watching Workable, we can confidently say that it’s a powerful platform that has evolved significantly over its decade in the recruitment tech market. With over 30,000 customers, Workable has solidified its reputation as one of the top AI-driven recruiting tools, thanks to its advanced automation workflows and a growing list of integrations.

Many offer AI-powered job description features, but none have surpassed what we’ve seen in Workable. It doesn’t just stop at crafting first drafts of job postings based on the role title and requirements. It also allows users to adjust the tone (formal, friendly, or engaging), revert to previous versions, or even regenerate specific sentences to suit particular needs.

Another feature that positions Workable a step ahead of platforms like Lever or JazzHR is the addition of a Salary Estimator. In our test, this provided us with a competitive pay range for attracting top talent.

Workable’s AI-Recruiter tool for passive candidate sourcing, while not as comprehensive as some dedicated sourcing platforms we know, like Gem or Fetcher, is sufficient for SMBs. During our Standard Plan trial, we received 75 profile views, which allowed us to preview candidates and see why the system matched them to our job postings— all without relying on external apps (read: additional fees).

We were equally impressed with the AI Screening Assistant. It provided both profile scores and a detailed summary of how well each candidate matched our job’s requirements, which made the whole screening process labor-saving.

It was also convenient to have everything under one roof with an AI video interview tool in-house. However, it’s worth noting that this feature, along with transcription capabilities (via third-party tools like Supernormal or BrightHire), comes at an additional cost.

On the pricing front, Workable starts at $299 per month, which is steeper than competitors like Manatal ($15 per month) or Wellfound (free). This higher price point reflects its robust feature set. Still, we can see how budget-conscious teams might find this a bit much.

Workable is also geared towards in-house recruiting, so we wouldn’t recommend it if you're part of a staffing agency. And for those who focus heavily on chatbot-driven candidate screening and communication, you might want to look elsewhere, such as Humanly or Paradox, which excel in that area.

30,000+ companies, including Cytora, Karo Healthcare, and Frosch.

Workable has two plans: Standard ($299/month), and Premier ($599/month). Premium add-ons, such as Texting, Video Interviews, and Assessments, start at $59/month. A free trial is available, and discounts apply when bundling Recruiting and HR products.

Humanly has designed an AI-powered chatbot that is specifically built for mid-market companies in need of a tool that is simple and fast to implement. Recently, they started referring to this assistant-like bot as an “AI co-pilot”, which we think is an accurate term. The bot can automate screening, scheduling, and even join live interviews. From the latter, it can produce notes, entire transcripts, and insights based on the conversation.

Those insights are easy to share with the rest of your team, and come in handy to optimize future interviews, zone-in on particular aspects of candidates (like how they answered a particular question), and— in general— save time while vetting. One thing we’ve always liked about Humanly is that they integrate easily with most ATSs, saving you the manual work of inputting data into another system.

We keep in touch regularly with the team at Humanly and they are usually up to all sorts of interesting things. For instance, at a recent demo, we got to see how you can input data from your performance management system. The AI can be trained on this, to help it continually get better at screening candidates so you can make the right hires.

Their use of AI is also generative. For example, the bot can produce a draft of a follow up email after an interview or another hiring step. You can just tweak the email and hit send or automate it completely for other steps.

While there are some ‘nice-to-haves’ that the tool may be lacking (as explained in the cons section of this review), Humanly is worth looking into when it comes to AI recruiting tools. If you're a mid-market company looking to add a chatbot, text recruiting, or AI capabilities to your talent acquisition tech stack, do check them out.

World Flight Services, Mossadams, Microsoft, The Key, Fazoli’s

Humanly’s pricing is not disclosed upfront. You may contact their Sales team for a price quote.

Paradox relies on a conversational AI engine called Olivia, which acts as a mediator between recruiters and candidates for passing relevant information, taking requests, and answering questions. While we don’t think it makes all the conversations feel just like humans talking to humans, it does a great job of making the interactions human-like enough.

Our first impression of Paradox's screening capabilities was impressive. The platform's ability to advertise job posts through physical billboards, flyers, and social media, coupled with Olivia's round-the-clock availability for welcoming and screening applicants, can be a game changer for quickly filling multiple positions.

As interacting with AI has become increasingly comfortable, especially when the conversation holds meaning in today’s world, Paradox's trained AI— Olivia, has done a great job engaging with candidates on behalf of recruiters. Olivia can text candidates, share relevant job descriptions, collect candidate information, schedule interviews, and operate outside recruiters' working hours.

However, like any other AI recruitment tool, it may not handle inquiries beyond its programmed knowledge. Tasks such as assessing qualifications or verifying email addresses are better suited for experienced recruiters.

Unilever, McDonald’s, Amazon, 3M, CVS Health, Nestlé, Lowe’s

Pricing is not disclosed upfront. You will have to schedule a demo to get custom pricing.

Manatal goes above and beyond the typical features expected from a budget-friendly ATS by incorporating AI-powered actions, such as candidate filtering and recommendations. This makes it a standout option, particularly for SMBs looking to streamline their hiring process.

One of the first advantages we noticed of Manatal is its affordability, with pricing plans starting at just 15 USD per month. The platform also checked the user-friendly UI box for featuring drag-and-drop-enabled pipelines.

As we tested the tool, we found the AI-based recommendations feature to be an excellent way to automate prescreening. This feature scans JDs and matches them with the most suitable candidates from the user’s talent pool.

Since coming across the tool and speaking to their team on several occasions, we’ve always appreciated their customer service focus. They offer 24/5 live chat, email support, documentation, and free onboarding and training.

Among Manatal’s client list, you’ll find names like Unilever, Coca-Cola, Panasonic, Ogilvy, and Toyota.

Manatal offers four plans with options for monthly and annual billing. When billed annually, they cost as below:

• Professional Plan: $15/user/month, includes up to 15 jobs per account and 10,000 candidates. Unlimited guests can be added.
• Enterprise Plan: $35/user/month, provides unlimited jobs, candidates, and guests.
• Enterprise Plus: $55/user/month and includes all Enterprise features, user groups, open API access, SSO log-in, priority support, and access to Beta features.
• ‍Custom: Custom pricing. Tailored for larger businesses seeking advanced functionalities and support.

Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent) is not the only AI sourcing tool in the market, yet what this software does so well that makes it stand out from many others we’ve tested is the vibrant community of tech professionals it hosts. Over ten million job seekers have built resumes on the platform and shared not just their work experience but also what they are looking for in their next job—something you won’t find in even good brands like SeekOut or LinkedIn.

If you’ve used Wellfound’s free ATS like we have, you know it's great, but it does have limits, with the talent reach confined to just its talent community. However, the pool becomes much bigger as you switch to the RecruiterCloud Autopilot module. Besides the in-house community, Wellfound will tap into its partner network of 500M+ profiles to find you the right matches. What we love about this module is that it’s not all left to AI—there's a real human touch involved to ensure that the 5-10 top candidates you get every week are the best fit for your needs.

If you prefer keeping everything in-house, RecruiterCloud Self-service is the way to go. As its name suggests, this module provides search engines and outreach to manage your sourcing and screenings.

A word to the wise, though: Wellfound is super focused on tech-related roles in product, engineering, or growth, so if those aren't your main hiring needs, don’t go for this tool.

We’d offer the same advice to those seeking an all-in-one recruitment solution that can also handle some parts of HR: look for enterprise-centered vendors like VidCruiter or BambooHR instead. Despite being stellar for what it does—connecting you with top-notch tech talent—Wellfound has no features like native onboarding, employee experience enhancements, or performance tracking. Plus, its integration options are limited to a few major ATS.

25,000+ companies, including Monograph, Affinity, and Mayfair.

Wellfound’s ATS is free, while its paid plans start at $149 per month. Add-ons and custom packages are available upon request.

It’d be a lie if we said we didn’t doubt Hirefly’s claim of eliminating the need for manual sourcing and reducing resume review time by 80%. But we’re happy to report that throughout our tech tests, the vendor’s suite of AI agents—Autopilot for outbound sourcing and FastTrack for inbound application review—just showed they both have a knack for taking the legwork out of recruiting.

Our experience with Autopilot was smooth, with minimal setup and the AI delivering interview-ready candidates within a matter of days. By simply inputting a job description and three examples of ideal LinkedIn profiles, we received a list of the five most promising candidates that the AI had sourced and reached out to. Plus, it learned from our feedback (whom we rejected/approved, our reason notes) to improve the next batch it sent.

With the ability to get our hands on top candidates this fast with no manual sourcing required, we can imagine that those without in-house recruiters and overloaded talent teams who simply don’t have time for outbound prospecting will find Autopilot particularly valuable.

That said, because this outbound sourcing tool relies on LinkedIn’s dataset, it’s less effective with roles that aren’t well-represented there. For example, if you’re hiring for blue-collar roles like warehouse workers or local retail managers, you're better off with a job board like BlueCrew or Snagajob.

Another tool we assessed was FastTrack, which caters to inbound candidate management. Compared to traditional ATS filtering, this tool felt a lot easier to work with. When we ran it through a test batch of applicants, the AI did a solid job correctly classifying candidates into Great Fit, Borderline, and Poor Fit categories. Similar to the algorithms behind Autopilot, FastTrack’s sorting mechanism also learns from recruiter feedback, meaning that over time, it gets better at ranking candidates for you.

We can appreciate Hirefly’s integrations, but only from a distance. While the AI recruitment platform integrates with major ATS providers, there’s no open API. Custom integrations are possible, but as the vendor honestly shared with us, only for deals large enough to justify them.

Due to this limitation, if you’re using a niche ATS that Hirefly doesn’t support, you may find the adoption challenging. What if you don’t plan to use any ATS at all? We don’t think it makes much sense to opt for FastTrack, but Autopilot should still be worth considering especially if you’re after outbound sourcing.

JLL, Lyft, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter are some of the companies that use Hirefly.

Hirefly offers two pricing structures for their sourcing tools: Autopilot, which starts at $2,000 monthly per job slot, and FastTrack, which ranges from $50 to $100 monthly per job slot, depending on the chosen package size.

Braintrust’s AI recruiter, Braintrust Air, impressed us during our demo and personal testing by delivering one of the most realistic AI-led interview experiences we’ve seen. When we tested it ourselves (albeit outside our professional domain), we were struck by how naturally the AI interviewer—named AIR—held the conversation, doubling back with clarifying questions and even acknowledging our attempts to adjust equipment mid-interview.

Unlike static video interview platforms, Braintrust Air actively engages with candidates. In our experience, it quickly identified knowledge gaps, provided precise feedback, and produced a detailed interview scorecard outlining strengths, weaknesses, and suggested improvements. The AI interviewer was tough but fair, pointing out well-founded observations about the conversation in an easy manner for a recruiter to grasp and assess for next steps, if any.

The recruiter part is where Braintrust, already quite impressive in terms of AI interviews, is bound to grow more in the coming years. The dashboard is very straightforward, allowing hiring teams to see interview recordings, AI-generated scores, and scorecards. Notes can be added collaboratively, and recruiters can move candidates through hiring stages directly in the platform. While Braintrust can function as a basic ATS for smaller teams with simple hiring workflows, it truly shines when integrated with systems like Greenhouse or Workday for enterprise users. This hybrid approach enables teams to integrate the AI directly into their existing hiring stacks without disrupting more complex processes.

We appreciated the transparency around roadmap developments. Features such as recruiter intro videos, company-level culture questions, and expanded language support demonstrate a commitment to evolving the platform in response to customer needs.

However, Braintrust’s core strength is squarely in interviewing and initial screening. The product doesn’t offer sourcing capabilities or advanced CRM-like candidate nurturing on its own. While recruiters can revisit past candidates stored in the platform, automated re-engagement workflows require external systems or integrations.

Overall, if your team is overwhelmed by large applicant volumes and struggling with the inefficiencies of traditional first-round interviews, Braintrust provides a tangible, time-saving solution with arguably one of the most sophisticated AI interviewers on the market today.

Braintrust’s notable customers include NASA, Nike, Nestle, Guardian, Google, Wayfair, and Goldman Sachs, among others.

Braintrust’s pricing is custom-based on company needs. However, they offer a try-before-you-buy model, letting teams pilot the AI interviewing solution at no charge, sometimes resulting in hires directly from the trial pool. For the most accurate quote, visit their pricing page or contact their sales team.

We’ve been familiar with Fetcher as a sourcing tool for well over half a decade. It’s always been one of the bellwethers when it comes to sourcing technology, but it’s been great to see them incorporate AI technology into their mix for a good while now. 

As an AI recruiting software tool, Fetcher helps to efficiently manage the initial stages of the hiring process. Their powerful sourcing tool can provide curated profiles tailored to specific skill sets and requirements.

Further, the software's automated outreach capabilities can enable personalized email sequences, ensuring effective candidate engagement. Additionally, Fetcher offers a comprehensive reporting dashboard to track hiring metrics and evaluate the success of recruitment efforts.

Fetcher is used by over 500 businesses worldwide, including Andela, Frame.io, Magnite, Foursquare and CarGurus.

The pricing of Fetcher's plans is based on the number of seats your team needs and the number of vetted candidate leads sourced. You can contact their sales team for a custom quote based on your specific hiring requirements.

Findem’s unconventional candidate sourcing allows you to access a global talent pool of over 750 million prospects. Using artificial intelligence, the system crawls several data sources, such as LinkedIn, GitHub, Behance, Stack Overflow, Kaggle, and social media platforms, to consolidate all unique candidate information into profiles that list all their achievements, qualifications, core values, and so on. This makes it possible to quickly source a high volume of candidates using the most precise and stringent criteria.

This is what they call attribute-driven AI. It’s an effective way to generate talent pools specific to a certain job post. Attribute matching is a smart way to make sure you’re reaching out to relevant job seekers with more chances of converting and eventually becoming a hire. This is part of what makes Findem so different from other tools in the space since most of them start the recruiting process by posting to job boards.

Findem also stands out from other tools in the space for their customer support and service teams. For example, they are happy to provide weekly calls to ensure you’re making the best use of the tool. We agree with many user descriptions that portray them as warm and supportive. Further, they are well-known to be open to feedback, often creating new features based on client needs.

RingCentral, Medallia, Intuitive, Adobe, Booster, Armorblox, Plume.

Findem does not publicly disclose their pricing information. You will have to request a demo to see which plan best works for your company size and your operations.

hireEZ has received positive ratings from our editorial team for its no-nonsense automation features. Built for mid-sized and large businesses, the platform’s primary focus is outbound recruiting. It has leveraged AI to roll out some very good sourcing, engagement modules, and analytics features. We like the simple UI – the features are arranged logically, and the workflows are intuitive. hireEZ even offers a dedicated account manager for personal support, but we haven’t encountered much of an issue that needs their assistance.

Our favorite feature of hireEZ is its AI-powered candidate recommendation tool. It works just like a personal sourcing assistant who reports every day via email to share the best candidates they’ve identified.

Reports are mostly favorable from users who have deployed the automated email sequences. They often emphasize time-saving and increased efficiency when tracking a candidate’s performance and progress.

An up-and-coming feature to watch for is the GPT3-backed AI applied to the automated emails.

hireEZ does have some drawbacks you should watch out for. Some users we talked to said the candidate data was occasionally inaccurate. Multiple reports suggest the platform doesn’t work well with LinkedIn.

Wayfair, Intel, Continental, Nike, and Ceridian.

hireEZ's pricing varies depending on your needs and employee count. Since all their pricing is custom, contacting them for an exact quote is best.

HireVue is an AI-driven recruiting platform that automates workflows. They have video interviewing, assessments, scheduling, and text message recruiting solutions. Its technology is designed to reduce human bias and increase diversity.

Our favorite feature of HireVue is its Virtual Hiring Assistant. It efficiently screens candidates, guides them to relevant job openings, schedules interviews manages events, and coordinates with candidates on behalf of recruiters.

While we think the mix of AI and human contact balances well, it is possible that some candidates may feel discouraged from interacting with a machine. To account for this, the platform keeps recruiters looped into the process with constant updates, which speaks to a design philosophy that we’ve always found remarkable with this company.

In general, HireVue is a powerful tool that will likely be too expensive for smaller teams, but we appreciate their upfront pricing. They offer two plans, the less expensive of which starts at $35k/month, and according to users we’ve interviewed, the platform is a solid investment for teams of roughly 2,500 or more.

This tool integrates well with many ATSs, but the same cannot be said for HRIS tools. This can be a drawback for businesses looking to sync their data across their HR tools.

Amazon, Unilever, Vodafone, Beacon Health System, SmartLynx Airlines.

HireVue provides two pricing plans:

• Essential plan starts at $35,000 per month for teams with 2,500-7,500 employees. It includes live and on-demand interviewing features, custom branding, and single language configuration.‍
• Enterprise plan has custom pricing for teams with more than 7,500 employees. It has all the features of the Essentials plan, plus scheduling, a chatbot, pre-built ATS integrations, and analytics, among others. Custom quotes can be arranged by their sales team.

Eightfold’s AI technology automates several chunks of the hiring process and ensures that only the most suitable candidates get through to the interview stage. Recruiters get every piece of information they need at their fingertips about previous candidates, employees, and contingent workers – helping them streamline workflows and processes across the entire talent ecosystem.

Eightfold’s deep learning capability also identifies the skills of job applicants with a detailed mapping of competencies. It takes the guesswork out of evaluating a candidate's skills by identifying Validated Skills, Likely Skills, Skills to be Validated, and Missing Skills.

The platform also includes a neat scheduler that integrates with corporate calendars to automate interview scheduling. Moreover, it helps you manage interviews with multiple people and reschedule or cancel them as needed.

Eightfold’s client list includes prominent enterprises like TATA Communications, LG, Vodafone, Bayer, Chevron, Morgan Stanley, and more.

Eightfold's pricing plans are not disclosed on its website. Contact their Sales team for a custom quote.

Recooty’s AI recruiting features offer a promising boost to its lightweight ATS, adding smart functions to a pretty simple tool. We checked out these features in a recent product trial and found a combination of handy automation, good time-saving options, and a few areas that still need to catch up with more advanced competitors.

One of the first AI features we explored was the job description generator. It’s an easy-to-use tool that quickly produces functional templates. For small teams or first-time recruiters, this can be a real time-saver. To be fair, though, Recooty doesn’t let you adjust the tone or customize benefits based on location the way some other vendors like Workable do, meaning some manual editing is still required.

Recooty’s AI scoring is where the tool really shines. As applications start coming in, you can filter candidates based on AI match scores, which compare resumes against the job description. During our test run, this feature allowed us to focus on the most relevant applicants quickly. Plus, each candidate profile has an AI-generated summary that highlights key skills, experience, and education—another factor to speed up the applicant screening process.

We also appreciated how these scores fit into the candidate pipeline. For example, you can apply filters to shortlist only those within a specific AI score range or by status (like Interview Round or Shortlisted). This mix of automation and user control is well thought out for an SMB-friendly ATS.

While not strictly “AI,” Recooty's workflow automation includes email scheduling options that react to candidate status changes, such as interview invites or rejections. You can set these with customizable delays (anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 days), a simple but smart layer that improves the candidate experience and boosts recruiter efficiency!

That said, Recooty’s AI toolkit generally feels somewhat basic. For teams needing deep AI customization, predictive hiring analytics, or an applicant pre-screening agent, Recooty isn’t quite there yet.

We also noticed that some standard ATS features are still being developed, including mobile access, a Chrome sourcing extension, and employee referral programs.

15,000+ companies, including Barnhart Group, Blue Arrow, and Pani.

Recooty offers a 15-day free trial and three paid annual plans starting at $79 per month.

We evaluated Jobin.cloud’s AI functionality in live testing across multiple roles, including software engineers and healthcare professionals. In each case, we began by pasting in a raw job description. The system parsed the text, expanded it with semantically similar terms (e.g., “CI/CD” inferred from “DevOps”), and returned a list of matching profiles from LinkedIn and external databases.

What stood out most was the scoring report. The AI recruiting system doesn’t just say a candidate “matches” but also explains how. Skills and qualifications are marked as proven (explicit and demonstrated), mentioned, inferred (via context), or missing. We prefer this level of transparency to what we’ve seen in Fetcher, which provides candidate suggestions, but its logic is less exposed to the user.

We’re also a big fan of Jobin.cloud’s free plan, which is one of the most generous we’ve encountered. It includes auto-import from LinkedIn, up to 10,000 stored contacts, five enrichment credits, and limited outreach (15 daily messages and 30 AI prompts). These features alone could be enough if you’re a solo recruiter or a lean hiring team to run serious sourcing workflows, we’d imagine. For those exploring AI recruiting tools for the first time, it offers a low-risk way to get started, something that Fetcher and Findem don’t match with their paid-only access.

However, the design of this AI recruiting platform lags behind most competitors. It packs many features into a rather dense user interface, which may take some time to grasp everything fully. Compared to hireEZ’s clear layout or Fetcher’s guided workflows, Jobin.cloud does demand more effort to master.

Another gap is integrations. While we appreciate the vendor’s progress in rolling out support for Make.com and Zapier, we would have preferred one-click connections to common ATS platforms and recruiting CRMs. That kind of plug-and-play integration feels standard among AI recruiting tools and offers a smoother experience for teams already using other systems.

Jobin.cloud reports more than 5,000 users globally.

Jobin.cloud offers modular pricing, starting at €7.99 per month for LinkedIn Automation. Key additional modules include Contact Finder and People Finder, each priced at €16.99 per month, and ChatGPT messaging support for €3.50 per month (with a limit of 1,300 queries). A free plan with basic features and limited outreach is also available.