hireEZ alternative that screens and books candidates for less
If you want a hireEZ alternative because you need screened people on the calendar rather than a bigger search, RecruitingBot runs the whole pipeline from job post to shortlist for 299 USD a month (149 billed yearly) with two seats. hireEZ publishes 494 USD a month for one solo recruiter and is the stronger pure sourcing database.
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Why teams look for a hireEZ alternative
hireEZ (formerly Hiretual) is a sourcing and engagement platform. Its pricing page says it searches across more than 45 platforms, lists over 40 native ATS integrations and offers an AI agent called EZ Agent. For a full time sourcer who lives inside search results all day, that breadth is the point.
The people who go looking for an alternative usually fall into one of three groups. The first is a founder or hiring manager who tried it on a trial and found that a great list of profiles still left them doing the outreach follow ups, the screening calls and the calendar shuffling. The second is a small agency where the published entry price of 494 USD per month covers one recruiter, so adding a second desk doubles the bill. The third is a team that wants something it can sign up for and run the same afternoon, without a multi week evaluation before team pricing is quoted.
None of that makes hireEZ a bad product. It means the job you are paying for is different. A sourcing platform sells reach. An AI recruiter sells finished work: interested, screened candidates with interviews booked.
| Category | Sources | Screens | Outreach | Schedules | Shortlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourcing database | · | · | · | ||
| AI interviewer | · | · | · | ||
| Success fee service | |||||
| End to end AI recruiter |
hireEZ pricing next to RecruitingBot pricing
The only price hireEZ publishes is for a solo recruiter, starting at 494 USD per month after a 7 day free trial. Third party pricing write ups describe it as an annual commitment of roughly 5,929 USD, with month to month billing closer to 549 USD per seat. Team and enterprise plans are quoted per customer after a verification period. We describe these figures as published or reported at the time of writing. Confirm them on the hireEZ site before you build a budget.
RecruitingBot publishes every plan. Each one is a flat subscription with no hiring fees and no per hire charge, and the yearly option costs half the monthly rate.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Yearly billing | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| hireEZ solo recruiter | From about 549 USD per seat (reported) | From 494 USD per month (published) | One seat, sourcing and engagement, 7 day trial |
| hireEZ teams and enterprise | Quoted per customer | Quoted per customer | Configured to the tools it replaces, sales led |
| RecruitingBot Starter | 299 USD | 149 USD per month | 3 active roles, 1,500 candidates analyzed, 300 contact reveals, 600 outreach emails, 50 skills tests a month, 2 seats, 1 mailbox |
| RecruitingBot Growth | 599 USD | 299 USD per month | 8 active roles, 5,000 candidates analyzed, 800 reveals, 2,000 emails, 200 skills tests, 5 seats, 3 mailboxes, 3 client workspaces |
| RecruitingBot Agency | 999 USD | 499 USD per month | 20 active roles, 12,000 candidates analyzed, 2,000 reveals, 5,000 emails, 600 skills tests, 15 seats, 10 mailboxes, unlimited client workspaces, API and SSO |
Feature comparison for the work that fills a role
The table compares the two products stage by stage, using what hireEZ publishes about its platform and what RecruitingBot does on every plan. Where hireEZ is stronger, the table says so.
| Stage | hireEZ | RecruitingBot |
|---|---|---|
| Sourcing reach | Searches 45+ platforms, its core strength | Public professional profiles, the open web, your own database and an apply page |
| Job post and rubric | Not the focus | Writes the job description and a weighted scoring rubric from the role |
| Scoring candidates | Search filters and AI matching | Scores each profile against your rubric with the evidence for every score |
| Outreach | Email sequences and engagement tools | Personal sequences sent from your own Gmail or Outlook with daily caps |
| Reply handling | Recruiter manages replies | Classifies every reply and moves interested people forward |
| Screening and skills tests | Not included as a core step | Knockout questions plus auto scored skills tests |
| Interview scheduling | Not included as a core step | Books interviews into a connected Google or Microsoft 365 calendar |
| ATS integrations | 40+ native integrations, a clear win | CSV on every plan, Greenhouse, Lever and Workable import on Growth and Agency |
| Who decides | The recruiter | A person approves every shortlist, nobody is rejected automatically |
| Buying process | 7 day trial, then annual plan or sales call | Self serve signup, monthly or yearly, cancel any time |
When hireEZ is still the better choice
Choose hireEZ, or a similar sourcing database such as SeekOut, if your team already has recruiters who enjoy running searches and you mainly need more reach into hard to find profiles. It also makes sense for enterprise talent teams that need deep, native connections into an existing ATS, diversity filters across a very large index and analytics across dozens of recruiters.
Choose RecruitingBot when the bottleneck is everything after the search. If your recruiter, founder or hiring manager loses most of the week to follow ups, phone screens and calendar back and forth, a larger list makes the problem worse. Handing those steps to an agent that stops for your approval is where the time comes back.
- 01 Pick hireEZ for maximum sourcing reach and native ties into a large ATS stack.
- 02 Pick RecruitingBot for screened, scheduled candidates at a flat, published price.
- 03 Running both is reasonable for a busy agency: export a hireEZ list as CSV and let RecruitingBot score, contact, screen and book it.
How switching from hireEZ works
Most teams move one live role first and compare the outcome against their current process before moving the rest. Nothing has to be migrated on day one, and your ATS stays the record for interviews and offers.
- Create a workspace and connect the mailbox you already send candidate emails from.
- Add a role. RecruitingBot drafts the job description and the scoring rubric, and you edit both before anything goes out.
- Import candidates you already sourced, by CSV on any plan or from Greenhouse, Lever or Workable on Growth and Agency.
- Approve the outreach sequence. The agent sends, follows up, handles replies, screens and books interviews.
- Review the ranked shortlist with the evidence behind each score, then decide who meets the hiring manager.
Who this alternative fits best
Three buyers get the most from the switch. A US startup making its first five to fifteen hires without a recruiter, which pays 1,788 USD a year on Starter instead of a single agency fee that often runs 20 percent or more of a first year salary. A boutique agency of two to fifteen recruiters that wants a desk to carry more searches with client workspaces and branded shortlists. And an in house talent team at a growing company where one recruiter supports several hiring managers and cannot run every phone screen personally.
If you hire one person a year, a pay per hire service may still cost less (our guide to the best AI recruiter for small business runs the numbers). If you hire a few people a quarter or more, a flat subscription that covers the whole pipeline usually wins on both cost and time to shortlist. Comparing per seat search tools too? The Juicebox alternative page prices PeopleGPT seats and agents the same way.
Questions buyers ask
Anything else goes to support@recruitingbot.com or the help panel inside your dashboard.
How much does hireEZ cost?
hireEZ publishes one price, starting at 494 USD per month for a solo recruiter, after a 7 day free trial. Reports describe that as an annual plan of about 5,929 USD, with month to month billing nearer 549 USD per seat. Team and enterprise pricing is quoted per customer, so confirm current figures directly with hireEZ.
Is hireEZ worth it?
hireEZ is worth it for recruiters whose main need is sourcing reach across many platforms and tight links into an existing ATS. It is less of a fit if you need screening, skills tests and interview scheduling handled for you, because those steps stay with the recruiter. Price each option against the hours it actually removes from your week.
What is hireEZ used for?
hireEZ is used to find and engage passive candidates. Recruiters search profiles gathered from many public platforms, enrich contact details, run email outreach and sync candidates into their ATS. It is primarily a sourcing and engagement tool rather than an end to end recruiter that screens and books interviews.
Who are hireEZ's competitors?
Common hireEZ competitors include SeekOut, Juicebox, Gem, Fetcher and Swordfish for sourcing and engagement, and AI recruiters such as RecruitingBot that cover sourcing through scheduling. The right comparison depends on whether you want more profiles to search or fewer, better candidates delivered with interviews already booked.
Is there a cheaper alternative to hireEZ?
Yes. RecruitingBot Starter costs 299 USD a month, or 149 USD a month billed yearly, and includes two seats, 1,500 candidates analyzed and 600 outreach emails a month plus screening, skills tests and scheduling. That is below the published hireEZ solo price, though hireEZ offers wider sourcing reach.
Can I move candidates from hireEZ into RecruitingBot?
Yes. Export your candidate list from hireEZ or your ATS as a CSV and import it into any RecruitingBot plan, or connect Greenhouse, Lever or Workable on Growth and Agency. Imported candidates are scored against your rubric and can go straight into an outreach sequence you approve.
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