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Demure and the eight platforms firms consider.

Juicebox, Gem, Recruiterflow, Spott, Loxo, Recruit CRM, Ashby and Greenhouse come up in most evaluations. In September 2026 we read each one's published pricing, sign up path and migration process and scored them on the same five steps. The table is below. The adjectives are not.

The five steps

What every platform is judged on.

A search is five steps. A platform that does two of them well still leaves you buying the other three somewhere else.

  1. Add a role
  2. Find people you have never seen
  3. Get their contact details
  4. Run the outreach
  5. Manage the hire

Only two of eight connect all five. Demure is built around all five.

Our competitive read, September 2026.
The table

Eight platforms and Demure, on the same columns.

Every cell comes from the read or from a price the platform publishes. Where the read did not score something, the cell says so.

PlatformPrice for the full workflowCloses the full loopOwns an index, and its size as each publishes itBuilt for the person who is not a recruiter1LinkedIn as a managed budget2Sign up without a sales callPrice on the pageTime to first useMigration
Juicebox$99 per seat per monthNoYes, 800M+ profilesPartialNoYesYes60 secondsNo ATS to migrate into; CSV export
GemFrom $130 per monthYesYes, 800M+ profilesPartialNoUnder 30 FTE; otherwise a quote3Yes, an entry priceDemo firstDedicated team; 24 hours claimed
Recruiterflow$149 per user per monthPartialNo, Chrome extension onlyNoNoYesPartial, platform tier onlyMinutesGuided, inside implementation; time not published
Spott$179 to $199 per user per monthPartialNo, your own records onlyNoNoYesYesAbout 4 weeks to migrateIn house; about 4 weeks
Loxo$199 per user per monthYesYes, 850M+NoNoFree tier, one user; paid tiers via sales3Yes, two tiersMinutesSeparate paid service; time not published
Recruit CRMAbout $215 per user per monthPartialNo, Chrome extension onlyNoNoYesYesMinutesFree DIY import or paid engineers; 10 to 12 business days
Ashby$400 per monthPartialNo, import onlyPartialNoNoEntry price only4 to 8 weeksCSV both ways; about 6 weeks reported
GreenhouseAbout $6,500 a year plus sourcingPartialNo, add on moduleNoNoNoNo4 to 6 weeksVendor handled; 4 to 6 weeks
Demure$79 a seatYesNearly 900 million, licensedYes, the Hiring RoomYesYesYesThe same afternoonCSV in and out, included

1. The read scored how usable each platform is for someone who is not a recruiter; none of the eight publishes a room the client opens.
2. No platform in the read shows the LinkedIn budget before you send or logs reply rate by channel.
3. Gem and Loxo self serve access is described inconsistently across sources; confirm by attempting a signup.
Gem, Ashby and Greenhouse price on company headcount; the rest price per seat. Greenhouse figures are third party estimates.
Index size as published by our licensed data partners, September 2026.

Where each is strong

One honest line per platform.

From the strengths the read recorded, in the read's order.

JuiceboxFast natural language sourcing that builds a shortlist quickly and explains each match.
GemStrong sourcing and sequencing, useful contact discovery, and excellent recruiting analytics.
RecruiterflowAn easy to use agency ATS and CRM with strong sequences, automation and responsive support.
SpottContext based matching, one inbox for every conversation, interview notes built in, and workflows an agency can shape.
LoxoA broad all in one platform with customizable pipelines and strong candidate and client management.
Recruit CRMAn intuitive interface, easy implementation, and strong agency ATS and CRM fundamentals.
AshbyBest in class analytics, strong scheduling and customization, and one place for several recruiting tools.
GreenhouseA mature, dependable ATS with strong structured hiring workflows and a large integration ecosystem.
Where the gap is

Three things the table shows.

The indexThree of eight can find someone you have never seen: Juicebox, Gem and Loxo own an index. The other five search your own records, a Chrome extension or an add on. Demure searches a licensed index of nearly 900 million people. Twenty contact lookups a month are included; after that they are $0.25 each, or a lookup subscription.
The person who is not a recruiterThe read scored every platform on how usable it is for someone outside recruiting. Three scored partial and five scored nothing. Nobody else builds the client's room. In Demure the hiring manager opens one link, no account, reviews the shortlist and requests interviews on the page. Open a sample Hiring Room
LinkedIn as a budgetNobody else shows the budget before you send, or learns reply rate by channel. Demure puts the LinkedIn budget in the header, warns in the sequence builder before a step spends it, and logs reply rate by channel so the next decision is made on your own numbers. Read LinkedIn as a budget
The price

$130 to $199 to sit in the gap. $99 for sourcing alone. $79 for the whole search.

Twenty contact lookups a month are included; after that they are $0.25 each, or a lookup subscription. No seat minimum, and the price is on the page.

  • Every feature included
  • Twenty contact lookups a month included
  • The Hiring Room for every client
  • LinkedIn as a managed budget
  • No seat minimum
  • CSV in and out, included
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Switching

What moving your records takes.

The read's migration notes, one line each.

PlatformHow it worksTime
JuiceboxNo ATS to migrate into. Integrates with 41 ATS and 21 CRMs, plus CSV export.Not applicable
GemDedicated team. Greenhouse and Lever move by API sync; self serve CSV import per job.24 hours claimed
RecruiterflowGuided migration and training inside implementation. The least published detail of the group.Not published
SpottIn house extraction, validation and go live. Names Bullhorn, Vincere and JobAdder as sources.About 4 weeks
LoxoSeparate paid service, priced by data volume. Custom implementation billed again for larger teams.Not published
Recruit CRMFree DIY import by XLS and a resume parser, or paid migration engineers priced by volume.10 to 12 business days
AshbyCSV both ways with published guides. Email templates arrive archived and need manual rework.About 6 weeks reported
GreenhouseVendor handles historical data while you keep recruiting elsewhere. Bulk import gated to Plus and Pro; 8,000 row cap.4 to 6 weeks
DemureCSV in and out, includedThe same afternoon

CSV in and out here, included, the same afternoon.

Figures from our competitive read, September 2026, and each platform's published pricing on that date. Greenhouse figures are third-party estimates.

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