HireZeta vs Recruit CRM

Recruit CRM is a well-regarded ATS and CRM for recruitment agencies, priced in US dollars per user. HireZeta serves companies first and agencies second, is priced in rupees, and gives agencies free recruiter logins inside their clients' accounts.

Facts about Recruit CRM were read on recruitcrm.io/pricing in September 2026. Prices marked approx. come from third-party listings. Tell us if something is out of date: support@hirezeta.io.

At a glance

FeatureHireZetaRecruit CRM
PricingBy database size with recruiter seats included, on request; interviewers free, no loginApprox. $85 to $215 per user per month (third-party), billed in USD
Who needs a seatIncluded in every plan for recruiters and hiring managers. Interviewers are invited by email, free and unlimited, with no loginEvery user
Free trial14 days, every feature, no cardFree trial
Data residencyAWS Mumbai. Isolated per organisation, exportable any timeGlobal cloud
Resume parsingAI credits on every plan (500 to 10,000 a month; 1 per resume parse)Included, with AI formatting
Email-in per roleAn address per role and per organisation, includedEmail integration and sequencing
Agency CRMClients, contacts, notes, fee termsFull CRM with deals and sequences
Companies (in-house)Yes, first-classPrimarily agencies

Recruit CRM pricing: Pro, Business and Enterprise per user per month in USD; approx. $85 to $215 per user per month on annual billing according to third-party listings. Prices were not rendered on the page during our check; figures are from third-party listings.

Where Recruit CRM is stronger

  • Agency CRM: deals, sequences, Chrome extension for sourcing
  • AI agents for resume formatting, replies and submissions
  • Free tools and a large recruiter content library
  • Global footprint across 100+ countries

Best for: Agencies that sell recruitment services and want CRM, sequencing and AI outreach in one tool.

Where HireZeta is stronger

  • Priced in rupees, invoiced with GST, a fraction of the per-user cost
  • Built for companies too: interviewers free, HRMS on the same record
  • Email-in per mandate and per organisation
  • Clients and mandates, sharing with feedback, per-recruiter placement reports
  • Data in India

What you get on day one.

One board per role, match scores on every card, SLAs in red, interviews booked from the card with a Meet link, offers and joining documents on the same record.

  • Import your existing database in an afternoon
  • Interviewers free, no login needed
  • Data in Mumbai, GST invoice, INR pricing
The HireZeta pipeline board

Twelve modules. One login. Nothing bolted on.

Most teams run hiring across a job board, a spreadsheet, a calendar, a mailbox and a chat group. HireZeta replaces the lot, and each part knows about the others.

  • Pipeline board with a candidate peek open

    Pipelines

    One board per role, your stages, SLAs per stage, drag or keystroke, and a peek panel so nobody leaves the board.

  • Candidate profile

    Candidate profiles

    Parsed from the resume: timeline, skills, CTC, notice, documents and every email in one thread.

  • Schedule dialog with free/busy

    Interviews + Google Calendar

    Pick a slot, see the panel's free/busy, and the invite goes out with a Meet link.

  • Scorecard form

    Scorecards

    Structured ratings per round. Panelists get nudged until they score.

  • Compose email dialog

    Candidate messaging

    Templated emails from the profile or the board. Replies land back on the profile.

  • Offer dialog

    Offers

    CTC breakup, joining date, your template or your own PDF, accepted on a link, signed copy back.

  • Document request checklist

    Joining documents

    PAN, Aadhaar, payslips, relieving letter. One link, one checklist, done.

  • Hosted careers page

    Careers page

    Hosted on your subdomain, listed on Google for Jobs, applications parsed straight into the pipeline.

  • Reports

    Reports

    Funnel, time to hire, source quality and recruiter throughput. CSV out.

  • Command palette

    Search and ⌘K

    Boolean search across every resume, ranked against the role. Jump anywhere from the keyboard.

  • Email-in addresses per role

    Imports and email-in

    Excel in any layout, 500 PDFs at once, or forward job-board mail to a per-role address.

  • Team settings

    Team and roles

    Owner, admin, recruiter, agency recruiter, view-only consultant. Features on or off per role. Only recruiters pay.

Questions

Is HireZeta for agencies?
Yes. Organisations of kind “consultancy” get clients, mandates, sharing with client feedback and view-only consultants. Companies are our first audience, agencies our second.

Try HireZeta on your next role.

Fourteen days free, every feature, no card. Import your existing database in an afternoon.

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