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The recruitment AI vendor landscape
Vendors grouped by the type of work their AI does and how autonomous it is. “Agent” means the software completes the task and reports back; “Assistant” means it helps a person who still does the task.
| Vendor | Type | Autonomy | Candidate channel | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noon | AI sourcing agent | Agent | Email and SMS | One team plan, unlimited seats and contacts; free to start, no credit card |
| SeekOut | AI talent search | Assistant | Email via platform | Enterprise, annual |
| hireEZ | AI talent search | Assistant | Email sequences | Annual contract |
| LinkedIn Recruiter | AI talent search | Assistant | InMail | Per seat, roughly $10,000 per year |
| Paradox | Conversational AI | Agent (within scripted flows) | SMS, chat, WhatsApp | Enterprise |
| Sense | Conversational AI | Assistant / agent | SMS, email, chat | Enterprise, popular with staffing |
| Metaview | Interview intelligence | Assistant | Video-call integration | Per user, startup-friendly, trial available |
| BrightHire | Interview intelligence | Assistant | Video-call integration | Per interviewer, mid-market |
| Eightfold AI | Screening and matching | Assistant | Within ATS/HRIS | Enterprise |
| HireVue | Screening and matching | Assistant | Video and game-based assessments | Enterprise |
| GoodTime | Scheduling automation | Automation with AI assistance | Calendar and email | Enterprise |
| Ashby | ATS with AI features | Assistant | Within ATS | Quoted per company |
| Greenhouse | ATS with AI features | Assistant | Within ATS | Enterprise, annual |
| Workable | ATS with AI features | Assistant | Within ATS | Monthly plans, trial |
AI sourcing agent
AI talent search
SeekOut
SeekOut is an AI-assisted people-search platform aggregating hundreds of millions of profiles with filters for code, patents, publications, clearances and diversity, plus contact data and messaging.
AssistanthireEZ
hireEZ turns a job description into a ranked candidate list across 800 million-plus profiles, finds contact details, and runs email sequences and a CRM.
AssistantLinkedIn Recruiter
LinkedIn Recruiter adds AI-assisted search and message drafting on top of the largest professional profile database, with InMail as the outreach channel.
Conversational AI
Paradox
Paradox's assistant, Olivia, answers applicants by text, asks knockout questions, schedules interviews on managers' calendars and handles onboarding steps for very large hourly workforces.
Assistant / agentSense
Sense combines a recruiting chatbot, SMS and email engagement automation, scheduling and talent-pool re-engagement, widely used by staffing firms.
Interview intelligence
Metaview
Metaview joins interviews, transcribes them and writes notes structured to your scorecard, syncing them to Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever or Workable.
AssistantBrightHire
BrightHire records and transcribes interviews, writes notes into ATS scorecards and produces interviewer analytics such as talk time and question consistency.
Screening and matching
Eightfold AI
Eightfold is a talent intelligence platform that matches applicants, employees and past candidates to roles using skills-based models, for very large employers.
AssistantHireVue
HireVue provides on-demand video interviews and assessments with AI scoring of responses, used in high-volume graduate and customer-facing hiring.
Scheduling automation
ATS with AI features
Ashby
Ashby is an applicant tracking system with built-in scheduling and analytics, adding AI for summaries, drafting and application review.
AssistantGreenhouse
Greenhouse adds AI to the structured-hiring ATS most other recruitment AI tools integrate with: job post drafting, candidate summaries and application review assistance.
AssistantWorkable
Workable bundles job posting, an applicant pipeline and AI features for screening questions, candidate summaries and sourcing suggestions on monthly plans.