Candidate Sourcing Software

LinkedIn Recruiter and the AI sourcing platforms that find candidates and their contact details for you, compared side by side.

Last checked October 10, 2026.

What makes the list

Every tool on this page passes four tests:

  • It searches people you don’t already know: a network or database of hundreds of millions of profiles, not just your applicants.
  • You can search on more than a job title: filters, or the role described in your own words.
  • It gives you a way to reach the people it finds: contact details or messages.
  • The price is public: published by the vendor, or widely reported where the vendor shows it only at sign-up.

Prices are per user per month, in US dollars, from each vendor’s own pages. LinkedIn doesn’t publish its prices, so its row shows the widely reported price.

Inside LinkedIn

ToolSearchesHow you searchReach themPaid from
LinkedIn Recruiter LiteYour 1st, 2nd and 3rd-degree LinkedIn network20+ filters, saved searches and daily recommendations30 InMail messages a monthRecruiter Lite, about $170, or $140 billed annually (not published by LinkedIn)

AI sourcing platforms

ToolSearchesHow you searchReach themPaid from
Pin850M+ profilesAI agents score candidates against the job’s requirementsMultichannel sequences, 500 contact lookups a monthSolo, $99 (billed annually)
Juicebox800M profiles from 30+ data sourcesThe role in plain language; can draw on the job description and intake callEmail outreach, 500 contact credits a monthStarter, $119, or $99 billed annually
SeekOut1B+ profiles, plus your ATSThe role in your own words, or 30+ filtersEmail sequences, 500 contact credits a monthCore, $179, or $149 billed annually
hireEZ1B+ profiles across 45+ platformsBrief the AI agent like a sourcer; it explains each pickPersonalized email campaignsSolo, $494 (billing period not stated)

The problem these tools solve

What you’re feeling

What’s causing it

Finding candidates eats your week.

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Candidate Sourcing