Recrew
AI agents plus expert recruiters for tech hiring in India. Outcome-based success fee, no retainers or upfront fees.
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Bottom line
Recrew is an outcome-based hiring partner for mid- to senior tech roles in India. You pay a success fee only when the candidate joins. No retainers and no upfront fees.
Stands out for: AI agents source, outreach, and schedule around the clock. An expert recruiter reviews every profile before it reaches you. The commercial trigger is joining, not shortlist volume.
Watch out for: The success-fee percentage is not published. This is a service for India tech, engineering, AI/ML, data, product, and leadership, including GCC build-outs, not a self-serve sourcing login.
Overview
Recrew pairs AI agents with India-market recruiters. Agents draft JDs, scan profiles, run outreach, and book screens. Humans own strategy, screening, and the shortlist. Coverage is mid- to senior technology in India, including GCC hiring across time zones.
Commercials are a success fee due when the hire joins. The homepage states zero retainer and zero upfront fee. Time-to-hire and cost-per-hire claims (65% lower time-to-hire, 57% lower cost per hire) are vendor figures, not a public rate card. There is no self-serve plan table with a percentage.
Who it's for
Best for
- US, EU, Japan, or Middle East companies building GCCs in India
- Founders hiring mid- to senior engineers, AI/ML, or product in India
- Teams that will not pay a retainer and want pay-on-join
- Hiring leads who want AI-sourced lists that a human still vets
Not ideal for
- Companies that need a software seat and an API, not a recruiting partner
- Non-India or non-tech hiring. That is outside the stated coverage
Key features
AI agents source and screen around the clock; expert recruiters validate shortlists. Focus on mid/senior tech roles in India and GCC build-outs. First qualified shortlist often within ~48 hours per marketing. Free candidate-side tools (JD builder, ATS scorer) exist separately on talent.recrew.ai.AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Agents source, screen summaries, outreach, and schedule 24/7 | Success fee |
| JD drafting from market data, with role context held across the search | Success fee |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
Recrew charges a success fee only when a presented candidate is hired and joins. No retainers and no upfront fees. The percentage is quoted per search. Coverage is mid- to senior tech and product hiring in India, including GCC build-outs. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Recrew expensive?
Recrew does not publish a price. It is one of 25 quote-based tools among the 83 sourcing tools in our directory. 12 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $99 a month.
- 25 quote-based
- 12 free tier
- 47 public price
Worked out automatically from every sourcing listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Pay only when the hire joins. No retainer
- AI sourcing plus a human review on every shared profile
- India tech and GCC coverage, including US-India time-zone coordination
Cons
- Success-fee rate is quoted, not printed
- Not a sourcing SaaS. You do not get a database login
- Scope is India tech and adjacent functions, not global all-roles RPO
How Recrew compares
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| Tool | Free tier | From | MCP | API | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | – | Sales-quoted | – | – | |
| | – | $149/mo | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $494/mo | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | Sales-quoted | – | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $115/mo | – | – | Compare |
$149/mo MCP API
Self-serve talent graph from $149/mo. You source. Recrew is pay-on-join service.
$494/mo API
Outbound sourcing software. A seat, not an India success-fee desk.
Sales-quoted API
Enterprise talent intelligence, sales-quoted, for the full lifecycle, not India GCC search.
$115/mo
Automated sourcing software. Recrew bills when someone joins, not per month.