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Tools our reviews flag as a good fit for recruitment and staffing agencies: agency ATS and CRM, sourcing, contact data and outreach.
How we ranked
| # | Tool | Starting price | Capterra | MCP | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From $125/user/mo | 4.3 (380) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2 | From $95/user/mo | 4.9 (476) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3 | From $8.25/mo | 4.9 (276) | – | – | |
| 4 | From £85/user/mo | 4.8 (329) | – | ✓ | |
| 5 | Quote | 4.8 (313) | – | – | |
| 6 |  Recruitly | From $25/user/mo | 4.9 (53) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7 | From $29.99/check | 4.8 (116) | – | ✓ | |
| 8 | From €50/user/mo | 4.9 (45) | – | – | |
| 9 |  Breakcold | From $59/mo | 4.8 (94) | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10 | From $37.60/mo | – | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 11 | From $19/user/mo | 4.7 (886) | – | ✓ | |
| 12 | From £105/user/mo | – | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 13 | From $139/user/mo | – | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 14 | From $149/user/mo | 4.6 (134) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 15 | From $64/sender/mo | – | ✓ | ✓ |
Why it's here: A live MCP server that lets Claude or ChatGPT search, summarize and update your own PCRecruiter records, now included in the standard price, plus an open REST API.
Best for: Staffing agencies on a recruiting CRM
Watch out: The $125 is a starting rate per user: a one-time setup fee applies, migration from another ATS is quoted separately, and there is no free trial. The per-user rate drops with volume, so teams of more than about ten seats should ask.
Why it's here: A hosted MCP at agent.recruitcrm.io plus agency hotlists and GDPR controls.
Best for: Boutique staffing agencies
Watch out: MCP access has to be switched on per role before an assistant can connect.
Why it's here: Runs as its own browser on your machine or a VPS, not as a LinkedIn extension that injects into the site.
Best for: Agencies buying many licenses with bulk discounts
Watch out: One license is one LinkedIn account. Cloud storage costs extra. Standard caps many actions at 20 per day.
Why it's here: An agency CRM with a published per-user starting price and desk automation.
Best for: UK and EU agency desks
Watch out: Priced in pounds only, with a 12-month minimum term, and there is no MCP.
Why it's here: It is priced and built by care segment rather than as a generic ATS: locations for senior living and skilled nursing, aides for home health and BCBAs for behavioral health. Hiring, onboarding with ongoing license verification and scheduling with cross-location staff sharing sit in one system, and it connects to Workday, Paycom and ADP. Users rate it 4.8 on Capterra across 313 reviews.
Best for: Home health agencies hiring aides
Watch out: Prices are not published. Some Capterra reviewers mention slow page loads and statuses that cannot be customized or reordered. It targets post-acute and community care, so hospitals and physician recruiters are better served elsewhere.
Why it's here: Every plan, including Free, gets the full feature set, and plans differ only by record limits and seats. API keys come on every plan too, with a REST API, Zapier and an MCP server for Claude, and the Simi AI Copilot works on the same candidate record.
Best for: New agencies eligible for the startup discount
Watch out: The $25, $80 and $120 prices assume annual billing, and Solo allows just one user. SMS, e-signatures, sourcing and AI agent actions are metered on top, with AI agents charged at $0.50 to $3.00 per action.
Why it's here: SMBs can actually see a rate card: Basic $29.99, Essential $59.99, Complete $94.99 per check, with a self-serve path under 50 checks a year instead of a mandatory sales call.
Best for: Staffing and hourly desks that want FCRA-compliant ordering from the ATS
Watch out: Those prices are for fewer than 50 checks a year. Volume is a custom quote. County, state, and federal searches, drug tests, MVR, and education/employment verifications stack on. Third-party pass-through fees apply. Do not budget $29.99 as the all-in cost of a hire.
Why it's here: Cloud sending (no Chrome extension) with dedicated 5G proxies. Basic covers LinkedIn plus email and 250 enriched leads/month. Ultimate adds X and 1,000 enrichments at the same €120 list price as Pro.
Best for: Agencies that can commit 6 identities for 6 months
Watch out: The pricing page switches between euro, dollar and pound, so confirm which currency you are quoted. Each identity is billed separately. Basic enrichment stops at 250 leads/month and campaigns pause until you buy more credits. Agency plans start at 6 identities with a 6-month minimum.
Why it's here: Few CRMs pull LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Telegram conversations into the same inbox as email, and Breakcold adds unlimited person and company enrichment plus an MCP server that the vendor says exposes 62 tools.
Best for: Agencies managing LinkedIn and WhatsApp conversations
Watch out: It is a CRM, not a sequencer: pair it with HeyReach, lemlist or Instantly to send outreach. AI actions, email and phone finding, call recording and API calls all spend tokens, so the bill depends on usage.
Why it's here: Warmup, unibox, and volume send with hosted MCP and a public API.
Best for: Agencies running many sending accounts
Watch out: Deliverability still depends on your domains and inboxes, not the tool alone.
Why it's here: Dialer plus SMS with Bullhorn named next to HubSpot and Salesforce: agency recruiting actually shows up in the connector list.
Best for: Recruiting agencies that call and text
Watch out: Engage is $15/user/mo; the $47 rung is the fuller sales/HR suite. Conversational AI, cadence, and CRM autofill are add-ons.
Why it's here: Public per-user price plus AI sourcing and a 14-day trial on an agency CRM.
Best for: Agency desks that want CRM plus AI sourcing
Watch out: Every plan runs on a 12-month commitment, and pricing is in pounds.
Why it's here: Public per-user price plus first-party MCP on an agency ATS.
Best for: Staffing firms replacing Bullhorn or Loxo
Watch out: Enrichment credits are charged on top of the seat price.
Why it's here: An ATS plus a sourcing database and MCP, built for agency desks.
Best for: Agencies that outgrew a spreadsheet and a job board
Watch out: The published Core price is annual billing, and the MCP URL is issued in-product.
Why it's here: Agency and Unlimited plans cover 25-plus or unlimited LinkedIn senders for one flat monthly fee.
Best for: Agencies running many LinkedIn accounts
Watch out: Growth is priced per sender. The next plan, Agency, starts at $999/mo for 25 senders, so there is a big jump between tiers.
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Most agencies need an ATS or CRM built for client work, a sourcing tool, a contact data tool for emails and phone numbers, and an outreach tool. This list covers all four.
Each tool's Work Insiders review names agencies, staffing firms or search firms as a best fit. We then rank them by Capterra rating, with a lift for our own picks.
It depends on your desk size and budget. We cover that in our guide to the best ATS for a new recruitment agency.
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