Directory/Sourcing
Candidate sourcing tools help recruiters find people who are not actively applying for jobs. They search across LinkedIn, GitHub, portfolio sites, and other public profiles to build a list of potential candidates. Many also find contact details so you can reach out directly. Sourcing tools are the top of the recruiting funnel. Without them, you are limited to inbound applicants.
Coverage and filters matter most. A good sourcing tool searches more than one network and lets you filter by skills, location, seniority, and current employer. Next, check how it handles contact data. The best tools pair sourcing with verified email lookup so your outreach does not bounce. Look for Boolean search support, browser extensions for LinkedIn, and one click export to your ATS or CRM.
Most sourcing tools index public profiles and let you search them with filters. Some use AI to match profiles against your job description and rank the results. A few can even trigger outreach automatically once a candidate looks like a fit. The underlying data varies a lot between vendors, so the same search can return very different lists.
Pricing ranges widely. Browser extensions with basic search often start around 30 to 60 dollars per month per seat. Platforms with larger databases and AI matching can run into the hundreds per month. Many charge per credit, per seat, or per successful contact found, so read the pricing model before you commit.
Start with where your candidates live. Technical hires respond to tools that search GitHub and Stack Overflow. Executive hires need LinkedIn depth. Run a trial on a real role, compare the number of qualified profiles each tool returns, and check how many emails verify. The directory below lists the top tools in this category so you can compare features side by side.
Prices last checked 16 Oct 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page. How we check · Missing a Sourcing tool? Suggest it
Our 3 picks are listed first, then every other tool A to Z. How we pick
Email finders · Lead generation · Sourcing
Verified emails and direct dials from LinkedIn.
From $57/mo
Email finders · Lead generation · Sourcing
Tech sourcing browser extension.
Sales-quoted
AI interviewing · Interviewing · Sourcing
AI voice recruiter for staffing agencies that sources, runs phone screens and scores every candidate.
From $99/mo
AI sourcing · Email finders · AI outreach · Sourcing
Betterleap is an AI sourcing and outreach agent for healthcare recruiting, with licensing data on 35M+ clinicians. Quote-based.
Quote-based
Sourcing · EOR · AI interviewing
Talent marketplace with 2M+ vetted freelancers, a 15% client fee and an AI interviewer called AIR for screening.
15% client fee on talent payments
ATS · Sourcing
AI Recruitment OS that layers on top of staffing ATS systems.
From $99/mo
Job boards · Recruitment marketing · Sourcing
Job board and resume database for US security-cleared professionals, used by defense contractors and federal agencies.
Quote-based
Email finders · Sourcing
B2B contact intel with buying intent signals.
Free plan, paid from $99/mo
Sourcing · Email finders · Outreach · AI sourcing
AI sourcing agent Sherlock searches 800M+ profiles from a brief or an ideal candidate, then reaches the shortlist by email, chat and WhatsApp.
Free plan, paid from €95/seat/mo
Email finders · Lead generation · Sourcing
Company and people enrichment APIs with official MCP.
From $49/mo
Email finders · Lead generation · Sourcing
B2B company, employee, and jobs data APIs with official MCP.
From $49/mo
Sourcing
Trust-first developer hiring channel that matches roles inside daily.dev and delivers double opt-in introductions.
From $350/mo
Sourcing · Email finders · Lead generation
Live people and company data API with an MCP server, for enrichment, sourcing and AI agents.
From $39/mo
Sourcing · Healthcare recruiting · Job boards · Outreach
Physician recruiting on the Doximity network: search 3M+ verified clinicians, message them with DocMails and post Smart Jobs.
Quote-based
Sourcing · Recruitment marketing · AI screening · AI sourcing
AI recruiters for manufacturing and skilled trades hiring that source passive candidates, market your jobs and screen applicants by conversation.
Quote-based
Email finders · Lead generation · Outreach · Sourcing
AI prospect discovery and multi-channel outreach platform with ranked matching, sequences and a developer API.
From $99/mo
Employee referrals · Sourcing
Network search for hiring and warm intros, not classic Boolean sourcing.
Free plan, paid from $24/mo
Sourcing · Healthcare recruiting · AI sourcing
AI sourcing agent for healthcare, insurance, construction and other frontline hiring, with licences checked at source.
From $12,000/user/yr
Job boards · Healthcare recruiting · Sourcing
Healthcare job board with published pay-per-post and slot-subscription pricing, including candidate database access and bulk messaging.
From $150/posting
Sourcing · Healthcare recruiting · AI interviewing · Job boards
AI-powered nurse hiring marketplace for permanent hospital roles, with matching, automated outreach and an AI voice interviewer.
Quote-based
ATS · Interviewing · CRM · Sourcing
AI-native ATS and recruiting CRM for agencies and TA teams, with a first-party MCP connector for ChatGPT and Claude.
Sales-quoted
AI sourcing · AI outreach · Sourcing
Jill is an AI recruiting agent that introduces you to opted-in candidates from Jack's career network. Free plan, then $199/slot.
From $199/slot/month
AI sourcing · Reference checks · Sourcing
Pay-per-job AI sourcing for SMEs (Crystal AI) plus background checks, an AI CV typist, salary benchmarking and an agency service.
Quote-based
Job boards · Recruitment marketing · Sourcing
Tech job board and employer branding on the Levels.fyi salary site, with free job posts and paid promotion plans.
Free tier, paid from $1,000/mo
Lead generation · LinkedIn · Outreach · Sourcing
LinkedIn automation API with official MCP and cloud browser workflows.
From $49/user/mo
AI sourcing · LinkedIn · AI screening · Sourcing
LinkedIn Hiring Assistant is the AI agent add-on to LinkedIn Recruiter that sources, evaluates and messages candidates. Quote-based.
Quote-based
Job boards · LinkedIn · Sourcing
The default sourced database.
Quote-based
Email finders · LinkedIn · Sourcing
LinkedIn’s separate sales prospecting SKU with advanced search, InMail, and lead alerts, not Recruiter.
From $119.99/mo
ATS · Outreach · CRM · AI sourcing · Sourcing
AI-native recruiting platform: source 800M+ profiles, multi-channel outreach, optional ATS/CRM, plus MCP.
Free plan, paid from €49/mo
Job boards · Healthcare recruiting · Sourcing
Nurse job board and candidate database with live leads and database unlocks, priced monthly from $365.
From $365/mo
Job boards · Healthcare recruiting · CRM · Sourcing
Physician job board with an opted-in candidate database, recruitment CRM, MedNavigator outreach and live and virtual career events.
Quote-based
Job boards · Healthcare recruiting · Sourcing
Physician and advanced practitioner job board with interviewed candidate databases, outreach tools and career fairs.
Quote-based
Email finders · Sourcing
People search and contact discovery.
Free plan, paid from €7.99/mo
Sourcing · Email finders · Healthcare recruiting
Physician recruiting database focused on residents and graduating physicians, sourced by an in-house interview team.
Quote-based
Interviewing · AI interviewing · Sourcing
AI recruiter agent for sourcing, screening, and ATS-connected hiring workflows.
From $49/mo
Sourcing · AI screening
Chrome extension that scores LinkedIn profiles against your job descriptions, with a free plan and Pro at $9/mo.
Free plan, paid from $9/mo
Lead generation · Outreach · AI sourcing · Sourcing
Four Slack specialists sharing one desk memory.
From $600/mo
Sourcing · AI interviewing · AI screening
Enterprise AI recruiting suite (SniperAI, JeevesAI, VScreen) for sourcing, screening and video interviews inside your ATS, sold by quote.
Quote-based
Sourcing · Email finders · Healthcare recruiting
Self-serve physician contact database of 250,000+ profiles with unlimited search and reveals, from $199/mo.
From $199/mo
Job boards · Sourcing
UK-focused CV database and job board for recruiters.
From $348/mo
Sourcing · AI interviewing · AI screening · AI sourcing
Low cost AI recruiter that sources from 800M+ profiles, screens resumes and runs AI interviews, from $49/mo.
From $49/mo
Sourcing · ATS · AI screening · AI sourcing
AI recruiter AiRA writes the job description, sources passive candidates, screens and schedules. Job slots from $199, 7-day free trial.
From $199/job slot
Job boards · Healthcare recruiting · AI screening · Sourcing
Healthcare jobs marketplace of 2.8M+ nurses, allied and APP clinicians, with an AI assistant that engages and screens candidates.
Quote-based
Job boards · Sourcing
Candidate attraction, multiposting, and CV search for agencies.
Sales-quoted
Job boards · Recruitment marketing · Sourcing
Employer brand, job matching, sourcing and an AI ATS in one quoted suite; the platform that absorbed Otta.
Quote-based
Job boards · Sourcing
Y Combinator's job platform where YC-funded startups hire engineers and other staff from one shared candidate pool.
Free for YC companies
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147. Each listing records its starting price, free plan, free trial, MCP and API support the same way, so the cards can be compared line for line.
75 of the 147 list a US dollar starting price, and the median of those is about $99. Units differ by vendor (per seat, per month, per check or credit pack), so compare the unit on each card, not just the number. 55 are priced by quote, so the vendor sets the number after a call.
26 of them have a permanent free plan rather than a timed trial. 28 offer a free trial.
44 of the 147 ship a first party MCP server, and 49 publish a public API. MCP is only marked where the vendor runs the server themselves, so an agent can query the tool directly.
The tools we use ourselves are marked as picks and listed first, then everything else runs A to Z. There is no paid ranking: a sponsored slot is labelled as such and never changes a listing, its category or its position.
Counted from every published listing in this category, so the numbers move with the directory.
