HiringAgent vs a recruiting agency.
An agency charges a fee per hire and does the search for you. HiringAgent does the sourcing and first-round screening for a monthly plan, and you keep every candidate it finds.
Side by side
- Cost: HiringAgent — From $197/month; Typical agency — Usually a share of first-year salary
- Candidates you keep: HiringAgent — Every one sourced; Typical agency — The ones presented
- Shortlist turnaround: HiringAgent — Minutes per run; Typical agency — Days to weeks
- Human relationship-building: HiringAgent — no; Typical agency — yes
- Contract: HiringAgent — Month to month; Typical agency — Per search
Where an agency wins
Executive and niche searches that live on a recruiter’s personal network, and selling a candidate on a move. If that is the hire, use an agency.
Where HiringAgent wins
- Volume: up to 300 scored candidates a run
- Cost: a monthly plan instead of a fee per hire
- Every candidate stays in your pool for the next role
Questions
- Can agencies use HiringAgent? Yes — many of the same steps an agency does by hand run in HiringAgent. See the page for recruiting agencies.
- Does HiringAgent guarantee a hire? No. It guarantees the work — candidates sourced, scored and screened — and you decide who to hire.
About HiringAgent
HiringAgent, by Agent360, is AI candidate sourcing and a modern applicant tracking system (ATS) in one: paste a job description and its agents source candidates, score each 0–100 against the role, run AI phone screens and track everyone from applicant to hired, set up with our team. Plans start at $197 a month with unlimited users, month to month.
