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Fountain vs inploi

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

Starting price

Fountain

Quote-based

High-volume hourly ATS for warehouses, quick-service restaurants and healthcare aides. Text-to-apply and onboarding in one workflow. Quote-based.

Where Fountain fits

  • Warehouses and distribution
  • Quick-service restaurants and hourly retail
  • Healthcare aide and similar volume roles
  • Multi-location hourly employers

inploi

Quote

Candidate experience layer for high volume employers that sits in front of the ATS: branded search and apply, programmatic job ads and AI Talent Agents. Proven with brands like Compass Group, wagamama and NHS trusts, but enterprise priced and quoted only.

Where inploi fits

  • UK and US employers hiring hourly staff at volume
  • Hospitality, retail, healthcare and NHS recruitment teams
  • Teams keeping their ATS but unhappy with the candidate journey

At a glance

DetailFountaininploi
Starting priceQuote-basedQuote
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underATS, Onboarding, TextingRecruitment marketing, AI screening
Capterra4.6 from 39 reviewsNot enough reviews

Where they pull apart

Fountain

Stands out: Text-to-apply paths built for deskless, high-volume hiring.

Watch out: No published price, and the AI recruiter is a paid add-on rather than included.

Not the right fit for

  • Professional salaried hiring
  • Agencies placing permanent office roles

inploi

Stands out: It improves the candidate side of high volume hiring without ripping out the ATS, and ties job advertising spend to hires. Named hospitality and NHS customers give it real proof in shift based hiring.

Watch out: No published pricing and an enterprise sales process. The AI Talent Agents were still being built out as of its 2026 raise, so check which agents are live today.

Not the right fit for

  • Small businesses hiring a few people a year
  • Teams that need a full ATS
  • Buyers who want self serve pricing

Pros and cons

Fountain

  • Text-to-apply built for deskless candidates
  • Onboarding in the same hourly flow
  • Public API
  • No published starting price
  • No MCP
  • AI screening is a paid add-on

inploi

  • Keeps your ATS and improves the candidate front end
  • Job ad spend optimised for hires
  • Third party AI audit and ISO 27001
  • Quote only pricing
  • Enterprise focus
  • Agents still being built out

What each one costs

Fountain

Quote-based

Quote-based. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 7 Sep 2026

inploi

Quote

inploi does not publish prices. It sells subscriptions to enterprise and mid market employers, scoped to hiring volume and the modules used, and quoted by sales. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 23 Sep 2026

Common questions

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Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 7 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?