Agency ATS + recruiting CRM
Primary sources checkedCrelate
ATS and recruiting CRM for staffing and search firms, built to be shaped around your own workflow rather than a fixed process.
The short answer
- Best for
- Agencies with a workflow they do not want to abandon
- Not ideal for
- Small desks reading the entry price as their price — Essentials stops at two users
- Price
- From USD 85 per user / month paid annually; the top tier is a quote
- Closest alternative
- Recruit CRMWhen you would rather adopt a ready-made agency workflow than configure your own
At a glance
- Recruitment fitStrong
- Ease of useUnknown
- ImplementationWeak
- Price transparencyFair
- Value for moneyFair
- ScalabilityFair
Why these assessments
- Recruitment fitStrong
- An ATS and recruiting CRM for staffing and search firms, with client and team portals for the commercial side.
- Ease of useUnknown
- We have not used it, and we found no independent account of working in a configured system.
- ImplementationWeak
- A system that bends to your process has to be shaped before it helps, and the trial length is not published.
- Price transparencyFair
- Two of the tiers carry published per-user prices; the AI and automation tier is a quote.
- Value for moneyFair
- Client and team portals arrive from the middle tier, but a third consultant moves you off Essentials to USD 119 a head.
- ScalabilityFair
- Essentials caps at two users and 20,000 contacts; above it the ladder is per user without those caps.
Our reading of the evidence on this page. No score, no formula.
Where it sits
- Discover
- Contact
- Outreach
- ATS
- Interview
- Hire
The SourcrLab bottom line
Flexible where the category is usually rigid, and priced accordingly once you pass two seats. The published ladder stops at Business; the AI, automation and API tier is quoted, which is the same pattern as everywhere else in this market.
Best fit
Recruiting businesses whose process is a competitive advantage and who want the system to follow it, including client and team portals for the commercial side.
Think twice if
Small desks reading the entry price as their price. Essentials is capped at two users and 20,000 contacts, so a third consultant moves you to $119 a head.
SourcrLab assessment
Everything on this page comes from the vendor's own pages, checked on the dates below. SourcrLab has not used this product in real recruitment work, so you will not find a first-hand opinion here.
Why choose Crelate?
The workflow bends to you
Configurable pipelines and record types are the reason firms pick this over a more opinionated agency system. If your desk works in a way the market does not, that matters more than feature count.
Client and team portals from the middle tier
Business adds portals and analytics, so the client conversation happens in the system rather than in an email thread with a spreadsheet attached.
Published prices on two of the tiers
$85 and $119 per user per month are on the page. In a category where Bullhorn quotes most of its ladder and Vincere publishes nothing, that is worth something.
Main trade-offs
Essentials stops at two users
The $85 plan covers up to 2 users and 20,000 contacts. Growth past either limit means Business at $119 per user per month, so the real entry price for a normal desk is the higher one.
The AI and automation tier is a quote
Business Plus, which carries advanced AI, sequences, automation and the full API, is custom-priced. So is the site licence, and the data sync service is billed on volume.
Flexibility is work
A system that adapts to your process only pays back if someone configures it properly. Budget the setup time; that cost does not appear on the pricing page.
Pricing and buying reality
From USD 85 per user / month
- Essentials: USD 85 per user / month paid annually, up to 2 users and 20,000 contacts
- Business: USD 119 per user / month, annual or monthly, adds AI assistant, portals and analytics
- Business Plus: custom per user, paid annually. Advanced AI, automation, sequences and full API
- Site licences, data sync (billed on volume) and onboarding (billed per hire) are priced separately
What we do not know
- What Business Plus costs per user
- Free trial length, which is not published
- Contact limits above the Essentials cap
Checked on the vendor's pricing page, August 2026. Crelate pricing page
How it fits your stack
Works with
- Your mailbox and calendar; full API on Business Plus
Likely replaces
- A separate client portal and reporting spreadsheet
May overlap with
- Recruit CRM, Loxo and Bullhorn on the same job
Check before buying
- Which tier you actually land on once you pass two seats
- Who will configure the workflow, and how long that takes
Crelate vs alternatives
Products a buyer would genuinely put next to this one, with the reason you would pick each instead.
Choose Recruit CRM if you would rather adopt a ready-made agency workflow than configure your own.
Consider Loxo if sourcing volume is the bottleneck and you want the search engine bundled in.
Consider Manatal when price is the binding constraint: its published plans start far below this one.
Crelate head to head
Pairs SourcrLab has looked at as a single buying decision, with the trade-offs written out.
Used Crelate?
Tell other recruiters what worked, what did not, and who it suits. Positive, mixed or critical — all useful.
Evidence
- Essentials and Business prices and limits — checked against a primary source: Crelate pricing page
- Business Plus and site licences are quoted — checked against a primary source: Crelate pricing page
- Feature split across tiers — vendor claim, not independently verified: Crelate pricing page
- Trial length — not enough evidence
- SourcrLab hands-on use — not enough evidence
Last reviewed: August 2026. How SourcrLab verifies information
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