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hyreflow vs xhuman

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

Starting price

hyreflow

$49/mo Free tier

For agency recruiters who already live in Claude or ChatGPT: hyreflow lets the assistant run your sourcing databases, enrichment waterfalls, sequencer and recruiting CRM in one request, and asks before it spends a credit or writes a record. Free with 25 credits, then from $49/mo for 500 credits.

Where hyreflow fits

  • Agency recruiters who already use Claude, ChatGPT or Codex daily and want it to act on their real tools
  • Small recruitment agencies running signal-based business development across Apollo, a sequencer and a recruiting CRM
  • Desks that already pay for Apollo, Lusha or ZoomInfo and want to reuse those keys without markup
  • Recruiters working a dormant database or speccing a candidate out to many target companies

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

Detailhyreflowxhuman
Starting price$49/mo$99/mo
Free tier✓Yes–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes–No
Listed underSourcing, Lead generation, Outreach, Workflow automationSourcing, Lead generation, LinkedIn, Outreach

Where they pull apart

hyreflow

Stands out: It has no interface of its own to learn. hyreflow plugs into the assistant you already use over MCP or a CLI and drives your existing Bullhorn, Loxo or Recruit CRM, your Lemlist or Instantly account and your Apollo or ZoomInfo keys, so one prompt such as 'shortlist this spec, write each a message and park them in the CRM for approval' spans the whole stack. Calls on your own keys and every CRM or sequencer write cost nothing.

Watch out: You pay in credits, and a credit's value depends on the method: paid calls range from 0.01 to 13.9 credits, so a phone reveal costs far more than an email check, and the vendor tells you to dry-run unfamiliar steps before a bulk pull. Many connectors are bring-your-own-key only, including Apollo, ZoomInfo and every CRM and sequencer, so you still pay those vendors. It is a new product with no Capterra reviews yet.

Not the right fit for

  • In-house talent teams that want a finished ATS with its own interface
  • Recruiters who do not use an AI assistant and do not want to install a connector or CLI
  • Buyers who need a fixed per-seat price rather than metered credits

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

hyreflow

  • Works inside the AI assistant you already use instead of adding another app
  • Your own vendor keys, CRM writes and sequencer calls cost no credits
  • Approval gates and spend caps before any credit is spent or record written
  • Free plan with 25 credits and every tool unlocked, no card needed
  • Credit cost varies widely by method, so spend is harder to predict than a seat price
  • Many connectors, including Apollo, ZoomInfo and every CRM, need your own paid account
  • New product with no independent reviews yet

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

hyreflow

$49/mo

Free gives 25 credits on signup with no card and every tool unlocked for one seat. Starter is $49/mo for 500 credits and up to 2 seats, Essential $189/mo for 2,000 credits and up to 5 seats, and Pro $449/mo for 5,000 credits and up to 10 seats; Enterprise is quoted. A credit works out at roughly $0.09 to $0.10 on a plan, unused credits roll over up to twice the monthly allotment, and top-ups cost $0.10 to $0.12 a credit. Calls made on your own vendor keys, and all sequencer and CRM writes, cost no credits; bringing your own data provider keys needs Essential or above. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 28 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 hyreflow cheaper than xhuman?
hyreflow starts lower, at $49/mo against $99/mo for xhuman. That is the entry plan on each side, so the real number depends on seats and the tier you land on.
Can you try hyreflow or xhuman for free?
hyreflow carries a free tier on our listing. xhuman offers a 7 day free trial.
Does hyreflow or xhuman have an MCP server?
hyreflow 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 28 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?