10+ Best AI Recruiting Software Tools in 2024

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 $149 per month for two jobs, 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 three plans: Starter ($149/month), Standard ($299/month), and Premier ($599/month). Premium add-ons, such as Texting, Video Interviews, and Assessments, start at $29/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.

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.

AmazingHiring aggregates professional backgrounds of technical candidates from data they collect across over 70 different sources. The AI will sort candidates by a consolidated rating across their Github, Stack, etc profiles and align this list with your candidate criteria.  There is also the ability to do manual sourcing as well with boolean searches.  

You can then filter candidates by years experience, gender, past job titles/companies, seniority levels, etc.  You can also exclude different sources (like LinkedIn) to give you a better opportunity to find hidden talent that are talent acquisition teams may not know about.

Sourcers and recruiters organize candidates by folder, and then can execute multi stage email sequences that go out via your email client (gmail, outlook, etc).

Lastly, they have a data enrichment feature where you can add relevant information to email lists (name, title, geography, etc), and keep your candidate datasets up to date.

EPAM, Akamai Technologies, Alexander Mann Solutions,Dell, ABBYY

Pricing is based on the number of licenses that you buy, with volume discounts for larger companies.  All contracts are annual and start at $4,800 per seat.  There are also charges for enriching contacts if you want to take advantage of that feature.

Lastly, they do offer custom pricing for individual freelancers who want to use the platform.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Textio is hyper-focused on the employer brand content optimization niche which allows the platform to offer fine-tuned, specialized, and in-depth features.

We loved the look and feel of the UI. It reminded us of Grammarly and Hemingway Editor — simple to use and effective.

When we were experimenting with the tool, we were happy with the results. It took only seconds to score the text sample we’d entered, helping us best target our intended audience and find any bias blind spots. It also provided a sidebar with color-coded analytics to help our writer visualize the mechanics.

Textio’s document library lets users reuse the shared content made by other team members instead of starting from scratch. We imagine this could be a big help for large enterprises that have hundreds of job listings produced per year since chances are good that someone has already written something very close to what’s needed. Similar to a library, Textio allows users to categorize their documents by groups, so they know where to go when searching for a specific type of copy.

We appreciate how Textio has evolved its product over the years, especially regarding AI recruiting. Rather than expanding its range, it has doubled down on its mission support teams in using inclusive language and supporting managers with guidance for bias-free, actionable, and equitable performance feedback.

Some elements we’d like to see improved are integration and language support. As it is, the platform does not integrate with many standard HR tools, and their analytics and suggestions only work for the English language.

McDonald's, Slack, Atlassian, P&G, Spotify.

The pricing details for Textio are not disclosed. For info about pricing, contact them directly.