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Skima AI vs SquarePeg

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

Starting price

Skima AI

Quote-based 14 day free trial

Explainable AI resume screening and rediscovery inside your ATS, with a 14-day trial.

Where Skima AI fits

  • Talent teams that must explain scores to hiring managers
  • Teams re-engaging people already in the ATS
  • Organisations on Greenhouse, Lever, Workday or iCIMS
  • Buyers who want a 14-day trial

SquarePeg

Pay as you go Free tier

SquarePeg is an AI screening layer that sits on top of your ATS and ranks every applicant with the resume evidence behind each score. It suits lean teams with high applicant volume or a fake-candidate problem, and you can test it on a live role with 2,000 free credits.

Where SquarePeg fits

  • High-volume applicant pipelines
  • Lean recruiting teams on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or Workable
  • Teams seeing fake or misrepresented candidates
  • Companies hiring tech, finance and healthcare knowledge workers

At a glance

DetailSkima AISquarePeg
Starting priceQuote-basedPay as you go
Free tier–No✓Yes
Free trial14 day free trialNot on record
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underATS, SourcingAI screening, Candidate fraud & AI detection, Sourcing

Where they pull apart

Skima AI

Stands out: Match scores you can defend to a hiring manager, plus a long list of supported trackers.

Watch out: No published price beyond the trial, and it needs an ATS with data in it to be useful.

Not the right fit for

  • Desks with no ATS to score against
  • Agencies that need a staffing CRM

SquarePeg

Stands out: Scores are glass box: every criterion shows a subscore, a written reason and the exact resume lines, and rescoring is free. Eligibility rules run before scoring so ineligible applicants are never charged, and an authenticity check combines LinkedIn, phone, email and resume signals.

Watch out: The per-credit price is only shown in an estimator, not as a list price, so budget from a quote. It is built for resume-based knowledge-worker hiring, and it does not write scores into ATS fields; you see them in SquarePeg or its Chrome extension.

Not the right fit for

  • Hourly or no-resume hiring
  • Teams that want an all-in-one ATS
  • Buyers needing a published price list

Pros and cons

Skima AI

  • 14-day free trial
  • Works with most major trackers
  • Scores come with reasoning attached
  • No published price
  • Needs an ATS with existing data
  • No API or MCP

SquarePeg

  • Every score shows its resume evidence
  • No seat or platform fees, free rescoring
  • Built-in fake candidate checks
  • No published per-credit price
  • Resume-based roles only
  • Scores do not write into ATS fields

What each one costs

Skima AI

Quote-based

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

Checked 7 Sep 2026

SquarePeg

Pay as you go

SquarePeg charges by credit, with no platform fee and no seat fees. One credit scores one applicant, and rediscovering a past candidate also costs one credit after a one-time indexing fee. New accounts get 2,000 free credits to use within two months, with no credit card. More credits are bought one-time, monthly or yearly, with volume discounts; the per-credit price is shown in an estimator on the pricing page rather than published as a list price. Rescoring and the agent are free, and applicants who fail eligibility rules are never charged. A 90-day paid pilot is also offered. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 20 Oct 2026

Common questions

Can you try Skima AI or SquarePeg for free?
SquarePeg carries a free tier on our listing. Skima AI offers a 14 day free trial.

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