SeekOut Review
SeekOut is an AI recruiting platform for sourcing: search across 1B+ public profiles, your ATS, employees and alumni, with power filters, contact data and AI campaigns. Sourcing Core starts at $149 a month billed annually.
- Company size
- Small businesses, enterprises
- Pricing model
- Per user
- Free trial
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud
Best for
- Enterprise sourcing teams that want external search and ATS rediscovery in one tool
- Solo sourcers who want a self-serve seat with a published price
- Teams that want to trial a sourcing seat for 14 days before buying
Not ideal for
- Teams that want SSO on the entry plan (it starts on the Sourcing plan)
- Buyers who want month-to-month billing on team plans
How we evaluated SeekOut
This review rests on 17 facts checked against SeekOut’s official pricing pages and documentation, most recently on . We did not test the product hands-on: the score and the pros and cons use only those verified facts, as our methodology explains, and third-party ratings are quoted, never scored.
Our verdict
SeekOut is an AI sourcing platform founded in 2017 in Bellevue, Washington, that searches 1B+ public profiles together with your ATS, employees and alumni, with power and diversity filters, contact credits and AI campaigns. Sourcing Core costs $149 a month billed annually after a 14-day trial; larger plans are per seat or custom, and it is SOC 2 Type II certified.
Strengths
Large searchable pool
1B+ public profiles searched together with your ATS, employees and alumni.
Evidence: Candidate database search: Yes
Published entry seat
Sourcing Core is $149 a month paid annually or $179 monthly, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.
Evidence: Free trial: Yes
Security record
SOC 2 Type II and GDPR, SAML single sign-on, AES-256 encryption and hosting on Microsoft Azure.
Evidence: SOC 2 Type II: Yes
Major ATS partners
Integrates with Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Lever, Taleo, SuccessFactors and SmartRecruiters.
Evidence: ATS and CRM sync: Yes
Weaknesses
Team plans are quoted
Sourcing, Sourcing + Integration and Full Recruiting Funnel are custom and billed annually.
Evidence: Contract term: Annual
Core limits
Sourcing Core includes 500 contact credits a month and no SSO or additional seats.
Price at a glance
Starting price per user
$149/user/mo
Pricing model
Per user
Price transparency
Partly published
Free trial
Yes
Contract term
Annual
SeekOut cost at 10 to 100 users
- Sourcing Core (Recruit Core)$149/user/mo
| Users | Sourcing Core (Recruit Core) |
|---|---|
| 10 | $1,490/mo |
| 25 | $3,725/mo |
| 50 | $7,450/mo |
| 100 | $14,900/mo |
Monthly list price before discounts, add-ons and taxes, from the published price model of each plan.
Quick answers
- How much does SeekOut cost?
- SeekOut Sourcing Core costs $149 a month paid annually ($1,788 a year) or $179 billed monthly. Sourcing, Sourcing + Integration and Full Recruiting Funnel are custom, billed annually.
- Does SeekOut have a free trial?
- Yes. A 14-day trial gives full access to Sourcing Core with no credit card and no contract commitment.Based on Free trial: Yes
- How many profiles does SeekOut have?
- It searches more than 1 billion public profiles, plus your ATS, employees and alumni in one search.Based on Key features: Search across 1B+ public profiles, your ATS, employees and alumni, Power filters and diversity filters, Contact credits and exports, AI multi-step campaigns, ATS rediscovery of silver medalists
- Which ATS does SeekOut integrate with?
- Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Lever, Taleo, SuccessFactors and SmartRecruiters, among others, with bidirectional sync.Based on Notable integrations: Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Lever, Taleo, SAP SuccessFactors, SmartRecruiters, Bullhorn, Ashby
Coverage of core candidate sourcing tools capabilities
Each core capability we evaluate in Candidate Sourcing Tools, checked against SeekOut’s own documentation. “Not verified yet” means we have not confirmed it either way, not that it is missing.
10 verified of 11 core capabilities
Candidate Sourcing Tools
- Candidate database search
- Boolean and advanced filters
- Contact data
- Browser extension capture
- Outreach sequences
- Email compliance controls · not verified yet
- ATS and CRM sync
- AI candidate matching
- Talent pools and lists
- Privacy and deletion requests
- Credit and usage reporting
Specifications
Product
- AI features
- AI search, Applicant evaluation and AI screening, SeekOut AI Coworker, SeekOut MCP
Support
- Support channels
- Help center, Dedicated customer success
SeekOut integrations
Native integrations
SeekOut integration coverage
The 8 apps that candidate sourcing tools products document most often, and whether SeekOut documents each.
6 of the 8 most-connected apps documented by SeekOut; median of the 8 products compared: 4.5
- Greenhouse · documented by 8 of 8
- iCIMS · documented by 6 of 8
- Lever · documented by 5 of 8
- Workday · documented by 4 of 8
- Ashby · documented by 3 of 8
- SAP SuccessFactors · documented by 3 of 8
- Bullhorn · documented by 2 of 8
- SmartRecruiters · documented by 2 of 8
Integrations each vendor documents (native, marketplace, Zapier or API), 8 live candidate sourcing tools products. Not documented does not mean not possible.
Where it ranks
- #2 of 3 scoredCandidate Sourcing Tools
- #1 of 1 scoredCandidate Sourcing Tools for Enterprises
- #2 of 2 scoredCandidate Sourcing Tools for Small Business
SeekOut alternatives
Security and compliance
- SOC 2 Type IIYes
- GDPR programYes
- Single sign-onYes
About SeekOut
- Founded
- 2017
- Headquarters
- Bellevue, Washington, USA
Official profiles
SeekOut: frequently asked questions
Is SeekOut SOC 2 certified?
Yes. SeekOut is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant, with SAML single sign-on and data encrypted with AES-256 on Microsoft Azure.
Where is SeekOut based?
SeekOut was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
What is SeekOut used for?
SeekOut, on the market since 2017, is a candidate sourcing tools product built for small businesses and enterprises. Its main features include Search across 1B+ public profiles, your ATS, employees and alumni, Power filters and diversity filters, Contact credits and exports, AI multi-step campaigns, and 1 more.
Is SeekOut legit?
SeekOut is sold by the company of the same name, which was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA. SeekOut states that it holds a current SOC 2 Type II report.
What are the best alternatives to SeekOut?
In our candidate sourcing tools ranking, the highest-scored products other than SeekOut are Juicebox and Loxo. Compared side by side, by reason to switch: SeekOut alternatives.
What are the pros and cons of SeekOut?
Strengths documented on the vendor’s own pages: large searchable pool, published entry seat, and security record. It is less suited to teams that want SSO on the entry plan (it starts on the Sourcing plan) and buyers who want month-to-month billing on team plans.
Is SeekOut good for small businesses?
SeekOut lists small businesses among the company sizes it is built for (small businesses and enterprises); for 10 users its lowest published plan comes to $1,490 a month. It ranks #2 of 2 in our candidate sourcing tools for small businesses.
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