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Gem pricing
Gem publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Gem pricing is on request across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per user per month, by company size and seat type
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Gem plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Startup (1-10 FTE) | $130/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Gem + Your ATS / All-in-One | On request | 1 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Startup (1-10 FTE)
$130/monthThe entry tier. It covers ai sourcing and crm, analytics, scheduling, built-in ats.
Gem + Your ATS / All-in-One
On requestOver Startup (1-10 FTE), this tier adds:
- Custom pricing by FTE count and seat type
What the product covers
The full Gem feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- AI sourcing
- Outreach sequences
- ATS sync or replace
- Analytics
- Talent rediscovery
People bring Gem in for a talent acquisition team that wants sourcing, outreach and pipeline analytics without replacing an existing ats such as greenhouse or workday, an early-stage startup under 30 employees that qualifies for gem's startup discount programme and wants sourcing tooling from day one, a company evaluating whether to consolidate its recruiting stack by moving off a separate ats entirely onto gem all-in-one, a recruiting team that wants to resurface past applicants already in their data before opening a new external sourcing campaign. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Gem are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Recruitment
Too few recruitment tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gem (this page) | On request | Per user per month, by company size and seat type | - | |
| SeekOut | On request | Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote | - | vs Gem |
| hireEZ | On request | quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced | - | vs Gem |
| ZipRecruiter | On request | Per active job slot per month, quoted individually | - | vs Gem |
| Oracle Taleo | On request | quote | - | vs Gem |
| Codility | On request | Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier | - | vs Gem |
| Karat | On request | quote | - | vs Gem |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Gem badges page.
Before you pay for Gem
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $130/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Gem against the tools that do have one before committing.
Gem runs on web, chrome extension, and is published by Gem of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the Gem review, and the rest of the category is under best recruitment tools.
Gem pricing questions
- How much does Gem cost?
- Gem publishes 2 tiers, from $130/month for Startup (1-10 FTE) up to On request for Gem + Your ATS / All-in-One. The cheapest paid tier is $130/month.
- Does Gem have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Gem is listed as Per user per month, by company size and seat type. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Startup (1-10 FTE) and Gem + Your ATS / All-in-One on Gem?
- Gem + Your ATS / All-in-One costs On request against $130/month, and adds custom pricing by fte count and seat type.
- Is the Gem + Your ATS / All-in-One plan on Gem worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom pricing by fte count and seat type. It costs On request against $130/month for Startup (1-10 FTE). Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which recruitment tools can I use without paying?
- 1 of the 8 recruitment tools listed alongside Gem have a free tier: Indeed.
- What am I actually paying for with Gem?
- The record lists 5 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a talent acquisition team that wants sourcing, outreach and pipeline analytics without replacing an existing ats such as greenhouse or workday, an early-stage startup under 30 employees that qualifies for gem's startup discount programme and wants sourcing tooling from day one, a company evaluating whether to consolidate its recruiting stack by moving off a separate ats entirely onto gem all-in-one.
- Does Gem charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Gem prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Gem against before paying?
- The closest recruitment tools in this directory are SeekOut, hireEZ, ZipRecruiter, Oracle Taleo. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Gem covering price, platforms and features.