7 best Loxo alternatives for recruitment agencies in 2026

What are the seven Loxo alternatives, in one line each?

• Kepler — an AI-first recruitment CRM: ask AI Chat, one plan, one published price.
• Recruiterflow — an ATS and CRM built around outbound sequences and AIRA agents.
• Crelate — a recruiting CRM for boutique and mid-size US agencies.
• Bullhorn — a staffing and recruitment platform sold in editions.
• Recruit CRM — an ATS and CRM sold per seat in three published tiers.
• Spott — an AI-native ATS and CRM with many separate AI features.
• Vincere — a modular recruitment CRM and ATS from The Access Group.

Why do agencies look for a Loxo alternative?

The reasons are on Loxo’s own pricing page, read 13 Sep 2026.

• The AI is only on the higher tier. Loxo Source, the agents, Loxo AI Chat and the API are only on Professional at USD 199 per user per month. Core at USD 149 keeps the ATS, CRM and search without them.
• The AI is metered. Professional includes 2,500 pooled credits per seat per month. Boost raises that to 5,000 or 12,500 at an unpublished price, and AI Chat is billed by usage.
• Annual, paid up front. Both priced tiers are annual plans paid up front. Loxo publishes no monthly price.
• Migration is paid on the AI plan. Loxo migrates Core teams of three seats or more for free. Professional, Enterprise and complex migrations are sold as fixed-price packages.

What changes if you switch from Loxo outside the US?

Kepler CRM is best for searching your whole database with AI. Loxo is best if you want a built-in sourcing graph: Loxo Source, its own graph of professionals, searched alongside your database.

How do Kepler and Loxo find candidates?

Kepler is built around the database an agency already owns. You ask AI Chat in plain English and it searches every CV, note, email and call transcript, scores candidates from 0 to 100 against the job with the evidence shown, and proposes updates you approve.

Loxo Source is only on the Professional plan, at USD 199 per user per month billed annually and paid up front (checked 13 Sep 2026).

What does Kepler offer an agency outside the US?

• A published price in GBP 79, AUD 119, SGD 129, EUR 99 or USD 99 per user per month billed annually, or monthly at GBP 99, AUD 149, SGD 159, EUR 129 or USD 129, with no setup fee and no seat minimum. Loxo publishes annual plans in USD, paid up front, and no monthly price.
• Consent records that store the framework for each consent, including GDPR, UK GDPR and PDPA, with the lawful basis and the date it expires.
• A notetaker for Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls, and a careers site on your own domain.
• Contact enrichment for work and personal emails, mobile numbers and LinkedIn URLs, one record or in bulk with a review step, paid with credits.

AI Chat is included on every Kepler plan, monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed. Loxo AI Chat is only on Professional and is billed by usage.

How do you move from Loxo to Kepler?

Kepler runs the migration for you, free, on every plan. You send a Loxo export plus any loose CVs and spreadsheets. Kepler maps, de-duplicates and checks it, rebuilds custom fields as real fields, and carries activity, stages and history across. You review fifty of your own records before the full load, the migration is done in days, and you can export your whole workspace at any time with no exit fee.

How do the Loxo alternatives compare at a glance?

The price column shows the plan that carries each vendor’s AI, on an annual basis where one is published (checked 13 Sep 2026).

For reference, Loxo Professional is USD 199 per user per month billed annually, with 2,500 pooled credits per seat.

How did we evaluate these alternatives?

Every vendor claim comes from that vendor’s own pricing page, product page or help centre, read on the date in the sources. The price shown is the plan that carries the AI, on an annual basis, and “not published” means the vendor gives no figure.

Kepler publishes this post and appears first. No entry is scored against another.

What are the best Loxo alternatives in 2026?

1. Kepler

Kepler is a recruitment CRM built around AI Chat and a searchable database. You ask in plain English, and AI Chat searches every CV, note, email thread and call transcript, returns the records it finds and suggests updates for you to approve.

Kepler includes, on one plan:

• Matching that scores every candidate from 0 to 100 against the job, with the line from the CV, call or email behind each criterion
• Contact enrichment for work and personal emails, mobile numbers and LinkedIn URLs, one record or in bulk, paid with credits
• A notetaker that joins Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls
• One inbox for email and WhatsApp, with AI email drafting
• CV parsing and formatting, a careers site on your own domain and a client portal
• Campaigns, automations, consent records and a public API

Kepler costs USD 99 per user per month billed annually (USD 1,188 a seat a year), or USD 129 monthly. Every feature is included, with unlimited records and volume pricing from 50 seats. AI Chat is included on every plan, monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed.

Kepler runs the migration for you, free, on every plan. You review fifty of your own records before the full load, and it is done in days.

See Kepler pricing and what Kepler does.

2. Recruiterflow

Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM for boutique and mid-size agencies, built around outbound sequences and automation. Its AIRA agents include Notetaker, Matchmaker and Field Updates, and AIRA Source is its sourcing agent.

The matched plan is the AIRA Plan, listed as “Let’s chat custom pricing”. The AIRA agents are only on that plan. The Platform Plan is USD 119 per user per month billed annually or USD 149 monthly, without the agents. White-glove migration is paid and priced by data volume (checked 13 Sep 2026).

Read Kepler vs Recruiterflow side by side or the Recruiterflow review.

3. Crelate

Crelate is a recruiting CRM for boutique and mid-size agencies, mostly in the US, with a pipeline interface. Its Discovery Agent searches an external pool of people and companies.

The matched plan is Business Plus, priced “Custom, per user, paid annually”. The Advanced AI Assistant is only on Business Plus. Business is USD 119 per user per month paid annually (USD 149 monthly) and Essentials is USD 85. Texting, email campaigns, eSignature and enrichment cost extra on every tier (checked 13 Sep 2026).

Read Kepler vs Crelate side by side or the Crelate review.

4. Bullhorn

Bullhorn is a staffing and recruitment platform sold in editions to staffing firms and large agencies. Its Amplify AI skills, including prospecting and enrichment, are sold alongside the ATS.

The matched plan is Bullhorn Pro, and it is quote-only. AI search and match, Amplify Chat and call transcription are only on Pro. Starter is USD 99 and Core is USD 165 per user per month, and neither includes Pro’s AI. Prices exclude VAT (checked 13 Sep 2026).

Read Kepler vs Bullhorn side by side or the Bullhorn review.

5. Recruit CRM

Recruit CRM is an ATS and CRM for small and mid-size agencies, sold per seat in three published tiers. Its AI Sourcing finds candidates in Recruit CRM’s Global Database of external profiles.

The matched plan is Business at USD 135 per user per month billed annually or USD 159 monthly. It is the first tier with fifty AI matches and open API access, and more matches are add-ons. Pro is USD 95 annual and Enterprise is USD 215 annual. Done-for-you migration is paid, priced by data volume (checked 13 Sep 2026).

Read Kepler vs Recruit CRM side by side or the Recruit CRM review.

6. Spott

Spott describes itself as an AI-native ATS and CRM, mostly in Europe. It ships many separate AI features, each with its own setting, and connects to ChatGPT or Claude through an MCP server for work across many records.

The matched plan is Pro at USD 199 per user per month billed annually or USD 249 monthly. Core is USD 139 annual or USD 169 monthly. AI token spend is included and enrichment credits cost extra (checked 13 Sep 2026).

Read Kepler vs Spott side by side or the Spott review.

7. Vincere

Vincere is a recruitment CRM and ATS built from modules, sold to mid-size agencies in the UK and APAC and now part of The Access Group. Its AI, including Copilot and candidate scoring, is not in the licence. It comes as a Smart Pack bought per agency.

The UK page lists the licence from GBP 69 per user per month billed monthly, plus the Base Smart Pack from GBP 25 per agency per month. The page offers a tailored quote, and the enrichment agent needs the Automate pack, from GBP 235 per agency per month (checked 13 Sep 2026).

Read Kepler vs Vincere side by side or the Vincere review.

Which Loxo alternative should you choose?

Answer a few questions about your agency before you compare product pages:

• How do you want to work? Decide whether you want to ask a chat and have it search and rank for you, or run searches and agents yourself.
• How is the AI billed? Check whether search, matching and the chat are in the seat, on a quote-only tier, or metered by credits.
• Is the price published? Kepler, Recruit CRM and Spott publish the price of the plan with their AI. The others quote some or all of it.
• Who does the migration? Ask whether the vendor does the work, whether it is free, and whether custom fields and history come across.

Where Kepler fits. Kepler is built for agencies that want a simple, modern CRM with the AI included. You ask AI Chat and it searches years of CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts, scores people against the job with the evidence shown, and suggests updates you approve. It costs USD 99 per user per month billed annually, with the API and the migration on the same plan. Contact enrichment is available and paid with credits.