Head to head

Avature vs Clockwork

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

Avature

Sales-quoted

Highly configurable enterprise talent CRM for campus, alumni and very large hiring programmes. Quote-based.

Where Avature fits

Global talent teams running campus and alumni programmes
Enterprises with an implementation team
Recruitment marketing at large headcount
Buyers who have outgrown a mid-market CRM

Clockwork

$149/user/mo

Executive search CRM for retained desks, at $149 per user/month.

Where Clockwork fits

Retained executive search firms
Desks that run on relationships rather than requisition volume
Teams that want a search CRM with a published seat price
Firms working in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365

At a glance

Detail	Avature	Clockwork
Starting price	Sales-quoted	$149/user/mo
Free tier	–No	–No
MCP server	–No	✓Yes
Public API	✓Yes	–No
Listed under	CRM, Recruitment marketing	CRM
Capterra	4.6 from 69 reviews	4.4 from 51 reviews

Where they pull apart

Avature

Stands out: You shape the data model to the organisation rather than fitting into a fixed pipeline.

Watch out: It needs a team to configure and maintain, so it is not a quick deployment.

Not the right fit for

Small businesses
Teams that need to go live quickly without consultants

Clockwork

Stands out: A relationship CRM built for search firms rather than a high-volume tracker.

Watch out: Wrong shape for volume hiring, and it is not an ATS.

Not the right fit for

In-house high-volume talent teams
Agencies running hourly hiring

Pros and cons

Avature

Built for campus and alumni at scale
Configurable to your own data model
Public API

No published price
Needs an implementation team
No MCP

Clockwork

Published per-user price
Built for retained search specifically
Connects to the executive-search toolchain

Wrong tool for high-volume hiring
Not an ATS

What each one costs

Avature

Sales-quoted

Enterprise. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 17 Sep 2026

Clockwork

$149/user/mo

One plan with every feature: $149 per user per month when paid annually. Monthly billing is offered at a higher rate. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 20 Sep 2026

Common questions

Can you try Avature or Clockwork for free?

Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

Does Avature or Clockwork have an MCP server?

Clockwork ships a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 17 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?