Crelate alternatives for recruitment agencies
The US recruiting platform for search and staffing desks, with AI on every plan and a native time-and-billing module, hosted in the United States.
Why agencies look beyond Crelate
Geography and the add-on bill. A UK agency finds US hosting, dollar pricing and none of the UK job boards, and the extras add up on top of the licence.
What its own users say they would change
- Add-on costs: email campaigns, text messaging, e-signature and contact enrichment carry an additional fee, and 'additional costs for add-ons can add up'.
- Reporting and performance: 'harder to get information out of the system than to put it in'; a 2025 review cites slow search.
- US-only hosting and USD pricing, with no UK office or UK job boards listed.
What to look for instead
- 1
UK or EU hosting and pounds on the page.
- 2
The extras inside the price rather than fee by fee.
- 3
A contract desk shaped for UK limited-company contractors and self-billing.
AI-native or bolted on
Where Crelate’s AI sits
AI on every plan, including an external sourcing agent, with the insights agents, enrichment, texting and MCP sold separately and the data hosted in the United States. Kit runs inside a UK-hosted desk and does the whole loop in the Pro price: the call to the record to the ranked book to the draft to the filed reply, through to the fee set from signed terms.
Five alternatives to Crelate
Chosen for the gaps above. We are one of them.
Vayora
The AI-native CRM and ATS for recruitment agencies
A UK company hosted in Ireland with pounds on the page, the extras inside the Pro price, and a contract desk built for UK limited-company contractors.
Recruit CRM
The modern all-in-one, priced in the open, now with timesheets and invoicing of its own.
$95 per user a month for Pro, $135 Business and $215 Enterprise, as shown
Loxo
The outbound sourcing engine with a database attached.
$149 per user a month, billed annually and paid up front, for Core
Bullhorn
The incumbent, and the one most of these conversations start from.
£80 per user a month (Starter) and £120 (Core) on the UK pricing page
JobAdder
The SEEK-owned ATS and CRM from Sydney, sized by seat band, with timesheets built in and the money handled by partners.
Pricing on request
Crelate and Vayora at a glance
| Crelate | Vayora | |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | The US recruiting platform for search and staffing desks, with AI on every plan and a native time-and-billing module, hosted in the United States. | Your own database, with one agent in every workflow |
| Company | Eagle, Idaho, United States; no UK office; founded 2012; private, venture-backed; Series A in 2019 and Series B in 2022; CEO and co-founder Aaron Elder | London, UK; founded 2026 |
| Built for | Executive search, direct hire, staffing, in-house search, corporate recruiting; '1,500+ recruiting teams' | Small and mid-sized UK agencies, perm and contract |
| Pricing | Published: $85 per user a month paid annually for Essentials (up to two users), Business $119; Business Plus and Platform custom; USD only | Published: Core £65, Pro £129 a seat a month, plus VAT; annual £55 and £109 |
| Getting live | Guided setup, training and data migration offered; support included; professional services from the Business tier; no fees or timelines published | An import you run; no fee; 30-day trial, no card |
| Contract pay and bill | Native: Crelate Deliver collects and approves hours against assignments, generates client invoices from approved time and exports calculated time to payroll; margin reporting is not described for Deliver; self-billing is not mentioned; Deliver pricing not published | Native: timesheets, self-bill, invoicing, margin and pay runs (limited-company contractors) |
| AI | Discover Agent (external sourcing), Co-Pilot, an advanced assistant, Insights and Data Quality agents, contact enrichment and an MCP server; 'AI-native on every plan', with the insights agents, MCP and enrichment sold separately | Kit, one agent through the whole desk, in the Pro price and not metered; see where the AI sits, above |
| UK and data | No UK office; USD pricing; 'Crelate hosts client data in the United States'; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; GDPR page; no UK job boards in the marketplace | UK company, GBP, hosted in Ireland, never trains shared models |
| Integrations | 'Over 80 integration partners' on the marketplace page and '100+' on the home page | About 24 named plus signed webhooks |
Crelate column checked 22 October 2026; sources below.
When to stay with Crelate
If you are a US search or staffing firm, or a UK firm whose clients and contractors are American, and you want AI on every plan with a US back office behind it. For that firm Crelate is a sensible choice.
Questions
- What is the best alternative to Crelate for a UK recruitment agency?
- It depends on what you are leaving for. UK or EU hosting and pounds on the page. The extras inside the price rather than fee by fee. A contract desk shaped for UK limited-company contractors and self-billing. The five below each suit a different desk, and Crelate itself remains right for some.
- Does leaving Crelate mean losing contract pay and bill?
- What Crelate offers: crelate Deliver collects and approves hours against assignments, generates client invoices from approved time and exports calculated time to payroll; margin reporting is not described for Deliver; self-billing is not mentioned; Deliver pricing not published. Vayora runs the contract desk natively, so the money moves with you.
- How long does switching from Crelate take?
- On Crelate's side, its own guidance: guided setup, training and data migration offered; support included; professional services from the Business tier; no fees or timelines published. On ours, an import rather than a project.
Want the wider field? Our ranking of fourteen systems places Crelate among the alternatives above.
Sources, read 22 October 2026
- www.crelate.com/pricing
- www.crelate.com/deliver
- www.crelate.com/ai
- www.crelate.com/marketplace
- www.crelate.com/gdpr
- www.crelate.com/about
- crelate.com/customers/professional-services
- www.g2.com/products/crelate/reviews
- www.capterra.com/p/133064/Crelate-Talent/
Not verifiable from public pages on that date: investor names and amounts (third-party records only); onboarding fees and timelines.