Juicebox alternative that screens and books candidates, not just finds them
If PeopleGPT finds you great profiles but you still spend the week on follow ups, phone screens and calendar invites, RecruitingBot is the Juicebox alternative that runs those steps for you. It costs 299 USD a month (149 billed yearly) for two seats with no per seat add ons. Juicebox stays the cheaper and broader pick for a solo sourcer who mainly needs search.
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Why recruiters look for a Juicebox alternative
Juicebox built its name on PeopleGPT, a search box where you describe the person you want in plain English instead of writing Boolean strings. Its pricing page says the index covers about 800 million profiles and connects to 41 applicant tracking systems. For a recruiter who sources all day, that is a fast and pleasant way to build a long list.
The trouble usually starts after the list. A founder, hiring manager or two person agency gets 200 strong matches and then has to write the emails, chase the replies, run the phone screens, send a skills test and find a time that suits the hiring manager. Juicebox sells AI agents for parts of that work, but they are priced as an add on per agent on top of each seat, so the bill grows with every person and every agent you turn on.
A second reason is the shape of the bill. Juicebox charges per seat on every tier and caps contact and export credits per seat. Teams that hire in bursts end up paying for seats in quiet months, or running out of credits in busy ones.
| Category | Sources | Screens | Outreach | Schedules | Shortlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourcing database | · | · | · | ||
| AI interviewer | · | · | · | ||
| Success fee service | |||||
| End to end AI recruiter |
Juicebox pricing next to RecruitingBot pricing
Juicebox lists a limited free tier, a Starter plan at 99 USD per seat per month billed yearly or 119 USD month to month, and a Growth plan at 179 USD per seat billed yearly or 199 USD month to month for up to five seats. Business is custom and annual only. Juicebox Agents are listed as an add on at 199 USD per agent per month. These are the figures shown on the Juicebox pricing page at the time of writing, and reviewers report they have changed several times, so confirm them before you budget.
RecruitingBot publishes every plan as a flat subscription with seats included, no hiring fees and no per hire charge. The yearly option costs half the monthly rate.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Yearly billing | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juicebox Starter | 119 USD per seat | 99 USD per seat per month | 500 contact credits and 500 exports a month, unlimited searches, 1 mailbox |
| Juicebox Growth | 199 USD per seat | 179 USD per seat per month | 1,500 contact credits per seat, talent insights, up to 5 seats, 3 mailboxes per seat |
| Juicebox Agents add on | 199 USD per agent | Listed per agent | Autonomous sourcing and outreach agents, priced on top of seats |
| Juicebox Business | Not offered | Custom quote | Unlimited contact credits, ATS and CRM integration, hiring manager seats |
| 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 |
What a small team actually pays each month
Sticker prices compare badly because one product charges per seat and per agent and the other charges per workspace. The table below prices three common setups using the month to month figures above. Juicebox comes out cheaper for one person who only needs search. Once two people hire together and want outreach and screening automated, the totals cross over.
| Setup | Juicebox, month to month | RecruitingBot, month to month |
|---|---|---|
| One sourcer, search and manual outreach | Starter, 119 USD | Starter, 299 USD |
| One recruiter with one always on agent | Starter plus 1 agent, about 318 USD | Starter, 299 USD with screening, tests and scheduling |
| Two person team, Growth seats and one agent | 2 Growth seats plus 1 agent, about 597 USD | Starter, 299 USD (2 seats included) |
| Five person agency desk with two agents | 5 Growth seats plus 2 agents, about 1,393 USD | Growth, 599 USD (5 seats, 3 client workspaces) |
Feature comparison stage by stage
This compares what each product does across the work that fills a role, using what Juicebox publishes and what RecruitingBot does on every plan. Where Juicebox is stronger, the table says so plainly.
| Stage | Juicebox (PeopleGPT) | RecruitingBot |
|---|---|---|
| Search | Natural language search over about 800M profiles, its core strength | Public professional profiles, the open web, your own database and a hosted apply page |
| Job post and rubric | Not the focus | Writes the job description and a weighted scoring rubric from the role intake |
| Scoring | AI match ranking on search results | Scores each candidate against your rubric with the evidence for every criterion |
| Outreach | Email sequences with AI templates, 1 to 6 mailboxes per seat | Personal sequences from your own Gmail or Outlook with daily caps and opt out |
| Reply handling | Recruiter or a paid agent | Classifies every reply and moves interested people forward |
| Screening and skills tests | Not a core step | Knockout questions plus short auto scored skills tests |
| Interview scheduling | Not a core step | Books interviews into a connected Google or Microsoft 365 calendar |
| ATS integrations | 41 ATS and 21 CRM 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 |
| Pricing model | Per seat, plus per agent add ons | Flat per workspace, seats included |
When Juicebox is still the better choice
Stay with Juicebox, or pick it, if you are a full time sourcer or a sourcing team whose job ends at a qualified list. PeopleGPT is quick to learn, the free tier lets you test searches before paying, and the 41 native ATS connections matter if your agency already lives inside an established ATS. For one person who only needs search, 119 USD a month is hard to beat.
Choose RecruitingBot when the bottleneck is everything after the search. If the people who hire are founders, hiring managers or a small agency desk that also has to sell, screen and close, a longer list is not the problem. Getting interested, screened people onto the calendar is.
- 01 Pick Juicebox for the cheapest natural language search seat and the widest ATS coverage.
- 02 Pick RecruitingBot for screened, scheduled candidates at a flat price with seats included.
- 03 Running both works for a busy desk: export a PeopleGPT list as CSV and let RecruitingBot score, contact, screen and book it.
How switching from Juicebox works
Move one live role first and compare it with your current process before moving the rest. Your ATS stays the record for interviews and offers, so nothing has to be migrated on day one.
- Create a workspace and connect the mailbox you already use for candidate email.
- Add the role. RecruitingBot drafts the job description and the scoring rubric, and you edit both before anything goes out.
- Import the candidates you already found in Juicebox by CSV, on any plan.
- Approve the outreach sequence. The agent sends, follows up, answers questions within the role facts, screens and books interviews.
- Review the ranked shortlist with the evidence behind each score and decide who meets the hiring manager.
Who gets the most from this alternative
Three kinds of US buyers switch most often. Startups making their first ten hires without a recruiter, who need finished candidates rather than a search tool (see AI recruiting for startups). Boutique agencies of two to fifteen recruiters that want each desk to carry more searches with client workspaces and branded shortlists. And in house talent teams where one recruiter supports several hiring managers and cannot personally run every phone screen.
If you are comparing several sourcing tools at once, our hireEZ alternative page prices hireEZ the same way, and the best AI recruiting software guide lists the criteria worth scoring before you sign anything.
Questions buyers ask
Anything else goes to support@recruitingbot.com or the help panel inside your dashboard.
How much does Juicebox cost?
Juicebox lists Starter at 99 USD per seat per month billed yearly or 119 USD month to month, and Growth at 179 USD billed yearly or 199 USD month to month per seat. Business is custom and annual only, and Juicebox Agents are an add on at 199 USD per agent per month. Prices change often, so confirm them on the Juicebox site.
Is Juicebox free?
Juicebox has a free tier with a limited number of searches, AI email templates and one agent setup, but it includes no contact credits or exports. To reveal emails and phone numbers or export candidates you need a paid seat, starting at 99 USD per month billed yearly.
What is Juicebox PeopleGPT?
PeopleGPT is Juicebox's search engine for candidates. You type the profile you want in plain English, such as a backend engineer in Austin who has worked at a fintech, and it returns matching people from an index Juicebox puts at about 800 million profiles, with contact details available on paid plans.
What is the best PeopleGPT alternative?
It depends on what you need after the search. For another search database, SeekOut and hireEZ are the usual alternatives. If you want the outreach, screening, skills tests and interview scheduling done for you, an end to end AI recruiter such as RecruitingBot is the closer fit, at a flat price with seats included.
Does Juicebox integrate with my ATS?
Juicebox lists 41 ATS integrations and 21 CRM integrations, with full ATS and CRM integration on its Business plan. RecruitingBot imports by CSV on every plan and from Greenhouse, Lever and Workable on Growth and Agency, so Juicebox has the wider native coverage.
Can I move my Juicebox candidates into RecruitingBot?
Yes. Export the candidate list from a Juicebox project as a CSV and import it into any RecruitingBot plan. Each imported candidate is scored against your rubric and can go straight into an outreach sequence you approve, so the work you already did in Juicebox is not lost.
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