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SeekOut vs Teamtailor

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SeekOut

Recruitment

AI candidate search across a claimed billion-plus profile database, with a published self-serve price

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Teamtailor logo

Teamtailor

Recruitment

Employer branding and ATS combined

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: SeekOut the self-serve Recruit Core tier caps monthly contacts at 500 and exports at 1,000, which an active recruiter can exhaust well before the month ends; Teamtailor no price is published at any tier, so every purchase begins with a sales quote
  • They diverge on capability: SeekOut covers Candidate database search, Teamtailor covers Career Site Builder.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which SeekOut and Teamtailor actually diverge.

Attributes where SeekOut and Teamtailor differ
AttributeSeekOutTeamtailor
Starting priceOn request$99/month
Pricing modelPer user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, Chrome ExtensionWeb, Ios, Android
FoundedUnknown2013

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Recruitment).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in SeekOut

  • Candidate database search
  • Outreach sequencing
  • Talent rediscovery
  • Market intelligence
  • SeekOut Spot

Only in Teamtailor

  • Career Site Builder
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Employer Branding
  • Analytics
  • Employee Referrals
  • Automation
  • LinkedIn
  • Indeed

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

SeekOut

  • An individual recruiter or small agency wanting to start sourcing immediately on a card without a sales callnot Teamtailor
  • A talent acquisition team that has outgrown a self-serve seat cap and needs ATS-integrated sourcing across the teamnot Teamtailor
  • An employer benchmarking compensation and talent pool size for a hard-to-fill role before opening a searchnot Teamtailor
  • A company wanting to try an AI-assisted sourcing service billed per role, as an alternative to paying a recruiting agency percentage feenot Teamtailor

Teamtailor

  • Applicant tracking with a branded careers sitenot SeekOut
  • Managing candidate pipelines and recruitment marketing togethernot SeekOut

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

SeekOut

  • The self-serve Recruit Core tier caps monthly contacts at 500 and exports at 1,000, which an active recruiter can exhaust well before the month ends
  • Moving from Recruit Core to team-level plans reverts to custom quoting, so the published entry price does not scale predictably as a team grows
  • Candidate data is aggregated from public and licensed sources, so contact accuracy and freshness vary by role type and can lag for less public roles
  • ATS integration and market intelligence, the features larger teams actually need, sit behind the quoted tiers rather than the published price
  • SeekOut Spot's per-role pricing model still requires a sales conversation to size, despite being marketed as a lower-cost alternative to agencies
  • A large claimed database size does not guarantee coverage in every geography or niche technical skill, and buyers cannot verify coverage for their specific roles before purchase

Teamtailor

  • No price is published at any tier, so every purchase begins with a sales quote
  • The pricing page lists no feature comparison, so what a given budget buys is not visible before contact

Pricing, plan by plan

SeekOut

On request
  • Recruit Core$149/month
    • Unlimited searches
    • 500 monthly contacts
    • 1,000 exports/month
  • Recruit Sourcing / Full Funnel$undefined/year
    • ATS integration
    • Talent rediscovery
    • Market intelligence

Teamtailor

$99/month
  • Teamtailor$99/month
    • Career Site
    • ATS
    • Analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose SeekOut if

  • You need candidate database search.
  • You work on Web, Chrome Extension.
  • You also want outreach sequencing.
SeekOut review

Choose Teamtailor if

  • You need career site builder.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want applicant tracking.
Teamtailor review

Questions people ask

Is SeekOut or Teamtailor better?
Neither clearly leads. SeekOut starts at On request and Teamtailor at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, SeekOut or Teamtailor?
SeekOut starts at On request and Teamtailor at $99/month.
Does SeekOut or Teamtailor run on more platforms?
SeekOut runs on Web, Chrome Extension. Teamtailor runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is SeekOut best used for?
SeekOut is most often used for an individual recruiter or small agency wanting to start sourcing immediately on a card without a sales call, a talent acquisition team that has outgrown a self-serve seat cap and needs ats-integrated sourcing across the team, an employer benchmarking compensation and talent pool size for a hard-to-fill role before opening a search, a company wanting to try an ai-assisted sourcing service billed per role, as an alternative to paying a recruiting agency percentage fee. Of those, an individual recruiter or small agency wanting to start sourcing immediately on a card without a sales call and a talent acquisition team that has outgrown a self-serve seat cap and needs ats-integrated sourcing across the team are not what Teamtailor is typically brought in for.
What can SeekOut do that Teamtailor cannot?
SeekOut covers Candidate database search, Outreach sequencing, Talent rediscovery, Market intelligence. Teamtailor covers Career Site Builder, Applicant Tracking, Employer Branding, Analytics.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

SeekOut: Is there a genuinely self-serve price?

Yes, Recruit Core is $149/month billed annually or $179/month billed monthly, purchasable without a sales call, with a 14-day free trial.

Teamtailor: What does a Teamtailor subscription cost?

Teamtailor does not display pricing on their website. They offer unlimited job postings and unlimited users, but rates depend on your specific needs. Contact support at [email protected] or +46 (0)10 330 22 22 to request a quote.

Source
SeekOut: What happens when I hit the monthly contact limit?

Recruit Core caps at 500 monthly contacts and 1,000 exports; exceeding that requires upgrading to a quoted team tier.

Teamtailor: Do all plans include customer support?

All Teamtailor users receive customer support, and the platform includes over 250 features across plans. However, detailed plan comparison requires contacting their sales team.

Source
SeekOut: Is SeekOut Spot the same product as Recruit?

No, Spot is a separate AI-assisted, human-reviewed sourcing service billed per role or per contractor rather than a seat-based search tool.

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