Quick verdict: Loxo publishes two seat prices and quotes the third. Core is $149 per user per month billed annually and Professional is $199 per user per month billed annually, with Enterprise on a custom annual agreement. Annual plans are paid up front. The split matters more than the $50 gap suggests: Core is the ATS and CRM, and Professional is the one that includes the sourcing database, the agent workforce and 2,500 credits per seat each month.
Who it suits best: agency desks that want sourcing, outreach and the system of record in one product, and that would otherwise buy an ATS plus a contact data tool plus a sequencer.
What to check before you buy: that the published price is annual and paid up front, whether your desk needs Professional rather than Core, and how many credits your sourcing volume really burns in a month.
How much does Loxo cost in 2026?
Loxo lists three tiers on its pricing page. Both published prices are annual rates, and the page states that annual plans are paid up front rather than monthly.
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Core | From $149 per user per month, billed annually | Full ATS and recruiting CRM, AI search, unlimited jobs and candidates, pipelines and reporting, email and calendar sync, Chrome extension, MCP |
| Professional | From $199 per user per month, billed annually | Everything in Core plus Loxo Source on the 850 million profile graph, the full agent workforce, data agents, AI chat, contact details with shortlists, API access, 2,500 credits per seat monthly |
| Enterprise | Custom annual agreement | Everything in Professional plus SSO and SAML, advanced roles and permissions, a dedicated success team and priority support |
What is the real difference between Core and Professional?
Core is a complete applicant tracking system and recruiting CRM with AI search across your own data. Professional adds the outside world. Loxo Source searches a proprietary graph of more than 850 million professionals in the same motion as your private database, contact information arrives with shortlists, and the agent workforce runs on every seat.
That distinction decides the purchase. If you already pay for a contact data tool and a sourcing platform, Professional is the tier that lets you cancel them. If your desk works an existing database and referrals, Core does the job and the extra $50 per seat buys capacity you will not use.
What do the 2,500 credits cover?
Professional includes 2,500 credits per seat every month, pooled across the team and refreshed in full each cycle. Pooling is the useful part: a team of four gets 10,000 credits a month that any of them can spend, so a heavy sourcing week on one desk does not strand credits on another.
Is there a free migration?
Loxo lists free migration for teams of three or more seats, with guided self serve migration below that. Migration effort is the hidden cost in every ATS switch, so a vendor absorbing it for a three seat team is worth real money when you compare offers.
What does Loxo actually replace?
Loxo positions itself as a talent intelligence platform rather than an ATS, and the pricing follows that claim. The pitch is that one seat covers applicant tracking, recruiting CRM, sourcing, outreach and data enrichment, so you retire the separate contracts.
Test the claim against your own invoices. An agency paying $99 per user for an ATS, $99 per month for contact data and another $60 for a sequencing tool is already past $199 per seat before anyone opens a second tab. An agency that only needs tracking and a pipeline is not.
How does Loxo compare on price to other agency platforms?
| Platform | Published entry price | Sourcing data included | Capterra score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loxo Core | $149 per user per month, annual | No, that is Professional | 4.6 |
| Loxo Professional | $199 per user per month, annual | Yes, plus 2,500 credits per seat | 4.6 |
| Recruiterflow | $149 per user per month | Chrome sourcing, finder on the AIRA plan | 4.7 |
| Bullhorn Starter | $99 per user per month | No | 4.0 |
| Crelate Essentials | $85 per user per month, annual | Sourcing included, contact credits are separate | 4.5 |
| Spott | $139 per user per month, annual | Enrichment credits are extra | New listing |
On a like for like basis, Loxo Core sits with Recruiterflow and above Bullhorn Starter and Crelate Essentials. Loxo Professional is the only one of these that bundles a large external people graph into the seat price rather than metering it separately, which is why the comparison usually comes down to how much sourcing your desk really does.
Quick answers
Is the $149 price monthly or annual?
It is the annual rate, quoted per user per month and paid up front for the year. Budget for the full annual commitment rather than a monthly card charge.
Does Loxo have a free plan?
No. Loxo sells three paid tiers and routes buyers to a demo. There is no free tier published on the pricing page.
Does Loxo include an API?
API access is listed on Professional and above, not on Core. MCP is listed on Core, so you can connect Loxo to your own AI tools from the entry tier, which is unusual at this price.
How big is the Loxo database?
Loxo states a proprietary graph of more than 850 million professionals, searched alongside your own private database. Access to it sits on Professional.
Is Loxo cheaper than buying separate tools?
Usually, if you genuinely use the sourcing. Add up your current ATS, contact data and sequencing invoices per seat and compare that to $199. If the total is lower and your team is happy, there is no saving to chase.
Who should not buy Loxo?
Teams that need a back office for timesheets and invoicing, and in house talent teams that want structured hiring with interview kits. The first is a Bullhorn conversation, the second belongs with a corporate applicant tracking system.
The bottom line
Loxo is priced as a consolidation play. At $149 per user per month you are buying an ATS and CRM with AI search. At $199 you are buying the database, the agents and the credits that let you cancel two other subscriptions.
Pick Core if your candidates come from your own database and your network. Pick Professional if your recruiters spend their mornings sourcing, because that is the tier the product was designed around. Either way, model the annual payment up front rather than the monthly figure, and compare it against a Recruiterflow head to head before signing.
Sources: Loxo pricing, Recruiterflow pricing, Bullhorn pricing, Crelate pricing, Spott pricing