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Gem vs xhuman

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

Starting price

Gem

$130/mo

Recruiting CRM that sits on top of Greenhouse or Ashby, with sequences, rediscovery and analytics. From $130/mo for small teams.

Where Gem fits

  • Mid-market talent teams already on Greenhouse or Ashby
  • Sourcing desks that need sequences in the CRM
  • Teams re-engaging past applicants
  • Small companies in the published entry band

xhuman

$99/mo 7 day free trial

People-search agent for search firms: describe the mandate in a sentence, xhuman searches the open web and your own network, shows the evidence behind every match, then drafts and paces the outreach from your own mailbox. Pro is $99/mo with a 7-day free trial, and credits pay for matches, contact reveals and live lookups.

Where xhuman fits

  • Search consultants working mandates where job titles do not identify the right people
  • Agency owners who want candidate search and client business development out of the same tool
  • Recruiters reactivating past placements and dormant contacts already in their network
  • Individual billers whose real asset is a personal network rather than a database seat

At a glance

DetailGemxhuman
Starting price$130/mo$99/mo
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes–No
Listed underOutreach, CRM, SourcingSourcing, Lead generation, LinkedIn, Outreach
Capterra4.7 from 124 reviewsNot enough reviews

Where they pull apart

Gem

Stands out: CRM and outreach layered onto the ATS you already have, with a hosted MCP.

Watch out: Pricing scales with company headcount, and anything past a small team is quoted.

Not the right fit for

  • Agencies that want a staffing CRM
  • Buyers who need a published enterprise price

xhuman

Stands out: Every match opens to show why it matched, tracing each criterion back to the talk, post or profile the claim came from, and saying so when the evidence is not strong enough rather than filling the gap. It also reads your own side: connect a mailbox and your LinkedIn network and it can tell you who you already know inside a target account, which a database-first sourcing tool cannot do.

Watch out: The product is in private beta and everything runs on credits that reset at the start of each calendar month in UTC, not on your billing date, and do not roll over, so a heavy search week can outrun the plan. The 7-day trial is Pro only, takes a card up front and grants 2,500 of the 11,000 monthly credits; Max and Ultra bill from day one. The vendor describes SOC 2 as a programme on its Trust Center rather than a finished report.

Not the right fit for

  • Agencies that need a shared pipeline, ownership rules and team reporting
  • Buyers who want a predictable per-seat cost rather than credit consumption
  • Anyone who needs a completed SOC 2 report and general availability today

Pros and cons

Gem

  • Published entry price for small teams
  • Hosted MCP
  • Sequences and rediscovery on one desk
  • Larger companies are quote-only
  • Priced on headcount, not recruiter seats
  • Not a cheap agency CRM

xhuman

  • Every match traces back to its source evidence, and weak matches are flagged instead of filled in
  • Searches your own inbox and LinkedIn network, not only a purchased database
  • Sending is approved by you, capped per day and held to working hours
  • Private beta, and the free trial covers the Pro plan only
  • Credits do not roll over and reset on the calendar month, not the billing date
  • No shared team pipeline below the quoted Teams plan

What each one costs

Gem

$130/mo

Published on gem.com/pricing. Enterprise Gem + ATS and All-in-One are custom by FTE. Startup self-serve shows from $130/mo for 1–10 FTE on yearly (10% off). Under 30 employees: All-in-One free for six months, then 50% off paid; 30–100 FTE get reduced rates from day one.

Checked 15 Sep 2026

xhuman

$99/mo

Pro is $99/mo with 11,000 credits a month and a 7-day free trial that grants 2,500 of them; a card goes in up front and nothing is charged if you cancel before it ends. Max is $200/mo for 25,000 credits and Ultra $449/mo for 64,000, both billing from day one, and Teams is quoted for five or more people. Credits pay for the work that costs money, such as matching a person, revealing a contact or a live lookup, and reading what you already have is free. Top-ups run $0.007 to $0.009 a credit on a plan against $0.012 without one, and unused credits do not roll over. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 22 Sep 2026

Common questions

Is Gem cheaper than xhuman?
xhuman starts lower, at $99/mo against $130/mo for Gem. That is the entry plan on each side, so the real number depends on seats and the tier you land on.
Can you try Gem or xhuman for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. xhuman offers a 7 day free trial.
Does Gem or xhuman have an MCP server?
Gem and xhuman ship 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 15 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?