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LinkedIn Hiring Assistant vs SendScout

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

Starting price

LinkedIn Hiring Assistant is an AI agent inside LinkedIn Recruiter that turns a role brief into sourced candidates, ranked applicants and drafted InMails. It is a quote-based add-on to a Recruiter or RPS+ contract, with no published price or trial. It fits corporate and staffing teams already on LinkedIn Recruiter who handle 3 or more well-defined roles.

Where LinkedIn Hiring Assistant fits

  • Enterprise TA teams already on LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Staffing firms on RPS+ contracts
  • Recruiters juggling 3 or more well-defined roles

SendScout

$224/mo 7 day free trial

An AI recruiter that lives in Slack: it messages candidates from your own LinkedIn, voice-screens the ones who reply and books the people you approve. Pro is $224/mo billed annually ($249 monthly) with unlimited roles, and a 7-day trial needs no card.

Where SendScout fits

  • Founders and hiring managers at startups with no in-house recruiter
  • Small talent teams that already work in Slack
  • Companies hiring several roles at once who want a flat fee instead of agency percentages
  • Teams that want every interested candidate screened the same way

At a glance

DetailLinkedIn Hiring AssistantSendScout
Starting priceQuote-based$224/mo
Free tier–No–No
Free trialNot on record7 day free trial
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underAI sourcing, LinkedIn, AI screening, SourcingSourcing, LinkedIn, AI screening, AI sourcing

Where they pull apart

LinkedIn Hiring Assistant

Stands out: It sources only from LinkedIn's 1B+ member network and uses signals other tools cannot see, such as your team's past Recruiter activity and InMail history, excluding anyone messaged in the last 3 months. RSC+ lets it evaluate applicants from your ATS alongside LinkedIn applicants, and a Microsoft Teams integration brings hiring managers into feedback. It runs in 7 languages.

Watch out: You cannot buy it on its own: it requires a LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ contract, and LinkedIn Recruiter is listed separately in this directory as the parent product. Admins must assign Hiring Assistant licenses per seat, and LinkedIn says access is rolling out gradually, so some accounts may not see it yet. Sourcing is limited to LinkedIn members, and outreach runs through InMail rather than email or phone.

Not the right fit for

  • Small businesses without a Recruiter contract
  • Teams sourcing talent outside LinkedIn
  • Buyers who want self-serve pricing or a trial

SendScout

Stands out: It runs the whole loop, not one step: sourcing outreach from your own LinkedIn, the screening interview, the scorecard and the booking, all reported in Slack. You make one decision per candidate, and a flat fee replaces per-seat or per-hire pricing.

Watch out: Its terms bar recruitment agencies, staffing firms and headhunters from sourcing for clients unless Send Scout approves them in writing under separate recruiter terms. The terms also make you accept the risk that LinkedIn restricts or closes the account Scout operates. It is a young product with one published customer testimonial.

Not the right fit for

  • Staffing agencies and search firms recruiting for clients
  • Recruiters who cannot risk their personal LinkedIn account
  • Teams that need candidates pushed into an ATS

Pros and cons

LinkedIn Hiring Assistant

  • Direct access to LinkedIn's 1B+ member data
  • Evaluates ATS and LinkedIn applicants together via RSC+
  • Works in 7 languages
  • Requires a LinkedIn Recruiter or RPS+ contract
  • No published price or trial
  • Sources LinkedIn members only

SendScout

  • Flat price with unlimited roles and team members
  • Every interested candidate gets the same structured voice screen
  • Runs end to end from Slack, no new tool to learn
  • Recruitment agencies need written approval to use it
  • Automating your LinkedIn account risks restriction under LinkedIn's terms
  • One LinkedIn account per plan
  • Very new, with no outside reviews yet

What each one costs

LinkedIn Hiring Assistant

Quote-based

LinkedIn does not publish a price for Hiring Assistant. It is sold as an add-on to a LinkedIn Recruiter contract, or bundled in Recruiter Professional Services Plus (RPS+) for staffing firms, through LinkedIn's sales team. LinkedIn says Recruiter pricing depends on hiring volume, number of seats, company size, region and contract terms, and is sold on one-year to multi-year agreements. There is no self-serve checkout and no published free trial. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 28 Sep 2026

SendScout

$224/mo

Pro is $224/mo billed annually, charged as one $2,690 payment, or $249/mo billed monthly with no contract. It covers one connected LinkedIn account, unlimited active roles, hires and team members, AI screening interviews, calendar booking and daily Slack summaries. Pro Plus is the same subscription plus access to a 150M+ vetted talent network, with a 10% fee on first-year base salary charged only when you hire someone introduced through that network. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with no card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 8 Oct 2026

Common questions

Can you try LinkedIn Hiring Assistant or SendScout for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing. SendScout offers a 7 day free trial.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 28 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?