Compare/Head to head

1Recruit.ai vs Alex

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

1Recruit.ai

$30/mo Free tier

1Recruit.ai is a low cost AI workspace for solo recruiters, small agencies and in-house teams that covers CV matching, branded CV formatting, job specs and job ads. It suits people who want these four jobs done in one place rather than a full ATS. There is a free plan, and paid seats run from $30/mo billed annually ($36 monthly) to $45/mo billed annually ($54 monthly).

Where 1Recruit.ai fits

  • Solo recruiters and small agencies that format a lot of client CVs
  • In-house recruiters who want quick job specs and ads from a few inputs
  • Teams that want CV matching without buying a full ATS
  • Budget buyers who want a free plan to test on real roles

Alex

Sales-quoted

Alex (formerly Apriora) is an AI interviewer for live voice, video, and text screens. The company is Alex at alex.com. Pricing is sales-quoted after a demo. There is no public rate card.

Where Alex fits

  • High-volume TA teams that cannot staff enough first-round interviewers
  • Companies that want one AI recruiter across phone, video, and text
  • Orgs already on one of the 33 supported ATS platforms
  • Global hiring that needs 30-language screens

At a glance

Detail1Recruit.aiAlex
Starting price$30/moSales-quoted
Free tier✓Yes–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underAI screening, Job descriptions, CRMInterviewing, AI interviewing, AI screening

Where they pull apart

1Recruit.ai

Stands out: Each role gets its own application link, so CVs from your job ads land straight in the tool where they are matched and can be reformatted. Recruiter Pro gives unlimited matching, CV formatting and job specs for $45/mo billed annually.

Watch out: Every plan is for one user, and the CRM that would track pipelines and clients is still listed as coming soon. The job boards it names, PNet and CareerJunction, are South African, and there is no published integration with any ATS or a public API.

Not the right fit for

  • Agencies that need ATS or CRM integration today
  • Large teams that need multi-user plans and pipeline tracking

Alex

Stands out: Alex has run 1,000,000 candidate interviews, supports 30 languages, and lists 33 official ATS integrations. It handles outreach, screening, interviewing, verification, and scheduling so TA does not add headcount for first rounds.

Watch out: Every commercial path is a 30-minute demo. No self-serve SKU, no published per-interview rate, and no trial. This is built for high-volume screening, not a $99/mo SMB seat.

Not the right fit for

  • SMBs that need a published per-interview or per-month price
  • Teams that only want a human notetaker, not an AI that runs the interview

Pros and cons

1Recruit.ai

  • Free plan, then paid plans from $30/mo
  • Matching, CV formatting, job specs and ads in one tool
  • Each role gets its own CV upload link
  • All plans are single user
  • CRM still marked coming soon
  • No ATS integrations or API listed

Alex

  • Voice, video, and text in one AI interviewer, 30 languages
  • 33 official ATS integrations, so reports can land where recruiters already work
  • Scale story: 1,000,000 interviews, built for thousands of screens a day
  • Sales-quoted only. Demo-gated, no trial
  • Overkill if you just need notes on human interviews
  • Review corpus is split across the Apriora and Alex names

What each one costs

1Recruit.ai

$30/mo

Kickstarter is free for 1 user with 2 active roles, 50 CVs per role, 30 AI CV matches, 5 CV formats and 5 job specs a month, and a basic match score only. Recruiter Plus+ is $36/mo, or $30/mo billed annually, for 1 user with up to 20 roles, unlimited CV uploads and AI matches, 100 CV formats and 80 job specs a month. Recruiter Pro is $54/mo, or $45/mo billed annually, for 1 user with unlimited roles, matching, CV formatting and job specs, plus candidate summaries and team collaboration. A CRM add-on is listed as coming soon at $45/mo per extra user billed annually. The terms say subscriptions are billed monthly by direct debit with one month's notice to cancel. Corporate packages are available on request. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Alex

Sales-quoted

Alex does not publish plan prices. Access is quoted after a demo. The product is the AI interviewer formerly sold as Apriora, now at alex.com. No self-serve trial is offered. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 19 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try 1Recruit.ai or Alex for free?
1Recruit.ai carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 15 Oct 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?