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Alternatives to hireEZ
19 recruitment tools sit alongside hireEZ in this directory. Below is what separates each from hireEZ on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- hireEZ starts at
- On request
Why people look past hireEZ
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the hireEZ entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for hireEZ carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
AI candidate search across a claimed billion-plus profile database, with a published self-serve price
- Sold on a Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote model rather than quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced.
Recruiting CRM and AI sourcing tool that layers onto an existing ATS or replaces it
- Sold on a Per user per month, by company size and seat type model rather than quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced.
Sourcing platform with published tiered pricing and an optional dedicated human sourcer
- Sold on a Per user per month, tiered by lead volume and sourcer support model rather than quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced.
- 4 tiers to hireEZ's 2.
Employer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
- Can be used without paying; hireEZ cannot.
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products model rather than quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced.
- 1 tier to hireEZ's 2.
Job search app aggregating listings, owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Glassdoor
- Can be used without paying; hireEZ cannot.
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings model rather than quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced.
- 1 tier to hireEZ's 2.
AI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform
- Can be used without paying; hireEZ cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $100/month, where hireEZ does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month, per agent model rather than quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced.
- 4 tiers to hireEZ's 2.
Every hireEZ alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hireEZ (this page) | On request | Quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced | 2 | |
| SeekOutFor a lower published entry price and simpler seat-based tiers | On request | Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote | 2 | vs hireEZ |
| GemFor a recruiting CRM with a cheaper published startup tier | On request | Per user per month, by company size and seat type | 2 | vs hireEZ |
| FetcherFor a sourcing service that bundles in dedicated human sourcer time at a fixed monthly price | On request | Per user per month, tiered by lead volume and sourcer support | 4 | vs hireEZ |
| Glassdoor | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| Indeed | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| Metaview | Free, then $100/month | Per user per month, per agent | 4 | vs hireEZ |
| Codility | On request | Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier | 3 | vs hireEZ |
| Findem | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| HackerRank | On request | Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on Starter | 3 | vs hireEZ |
| ZipRecruiter | On request | Per active job slot per month, quoted individually | 3 | vs hireEZ |
| Karat | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| Oracle Taleo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| Checkr | On request | Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees | 3 | vs hireEZ |
| Occupop | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| Recruitee | On request | Quote | 3 | vs hireEZ |
| BrightHire | On request | Quote | 4 | vs hireEZ |
| Comeet | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| Bullhorn | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
| JobAdder | On request | Quote | 1 | vs hireEZ |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the hireEZ badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
hireEZ is most often brought in for a talent acquisition organisation currently paying separately for sourcing, crm, outreach, screening and scheduling tools that wants to consolidate spend, a fortune 500-scale recruiting team wanting ai-assisted screening layered onto an existing ats rather than a full ats replacement, a hiring team that wants to trial consolidation claims for four weeks before signing an annual enterprise contract, a recruiter sourcing across many external platforms who wants one search interface instead of switching between linkedin, github and other sources individually. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If hireEZ is broadly right and the question is cost, the hireEZ pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Recruitment category lists everything the directory holds, and best recruitment tools ranks them.
hireEZ runs on web, chrome extension. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about hireEZ alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to hireEZ?
- 19 other recruitment tools are listed in this directory, led by SeekOut, Gem, Fetcher, Glassdoor. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to hireEZ?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Glassdoor, Indeed, Metaview.
- Why do people look for an alternative to hireEZ?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from hireEZ?
- hireEZ is most often brought in for a talent acquisition organisation currently paying separately for sourcing, crm, outreach, screening and scheduling tools that wants to consolidate spend, a fortune 500-scale recruiting team wanting ai-assisted screening layered onto an existing ats rather than a full ats replacement, a hiring team that wants to trial consolidation claims for four weeks before signing an annual enterprise contract, a recruiter sourcing across many external platforms who wants one search interface instead of switching between linkedin, github and other sources individually. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to hireEZ?
- None of the recruitment tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these hireEZ alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Recruitment, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare hireEZ against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against hireEZ covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every recruitment tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Recruitment category, 19 tools beside hireEZ. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.