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Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.
Starting price
Sales-quoted
Recruiter marketplace with AI agents. You pay a flat percentage of first-year base salary, only on hire.
Where Paraform fits
£699/mo
Via is a London hiring service founded in 2025 that promises 5 pre-vetted, interview-ready candidates within 24 hours of a role going live. It charges a flat monthly fee per job slot on a 12-month term, from £699/mo for one slot, with no placement fee and a free first role. It fits employers filling finance, sales, HR, operations and admin roles.
Where Via fits
| Detail | Paraform | Via |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Sales-quoted | £699/mo |
| Free tier | –No | –No |
| MCP server | –No | –No |
| Public API | –No | –No |
| Listed under | Sourcing | AI screening, Sourcing, AI sourcing |
Paraform
Stands out: Expert recruiters plus custom AI agents, with $0 due until someone accepts an offer.
Watch out: There is no self-serve rate card. The fee is a contingency cut, not a SaaS seat.
Not the right fit for
Via
Stands out: The subscription is built on swappable job slots, so one slot can cover a sales hire one month and a finance hire the next. Scoring uses fixed, shareable weights with a senior recruiter approving every shortlist, which Via documents against UK GDPR Article 22 and the EU AI Act. Via says it has 100k candidates on the platform.
Watch out: Published prices are in pounds sterling only (Growth £699/mo, Scale £1,499/mo, excluding VAT), and most customer quotes on the site come from London. Plans lock in for 12 months and auto-renew. Coverage is limited to business support functions, so skilled trades, healthcare and frontline roles are outside its scope.
Not the right fit for
Paraform
Via
Paraform
Sales-quoted
Sales-quoted contingency. Paraform works on a success-based model: a flat percentage of first-year base salary, paid only upon hire. The vendor site does not publish the percentage. If a hire does not work out within 90 days, the replacement search is free. No public SaaS rate card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 4 Nov 2026
Via
£699/mo
Via publishes prices in British pounds only, excluding VAT. Plans are sold per live job slot on a 12-month term invoiced monthly: Growth is £699/mo for one slot, with extra slots at £699 each, Scale is £1,499/mo for three slots, and Enterprise is priced on hiring volume with a named account manager. A slot can be swapped to a new role as often as needed, and no placement fee is charged on any plan. The first role is free with no card required, covering permanent and fixed-term hiring. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 4 Nov 2026
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