# Juicebox vs hyreflow: price per seat, Claude support and agency fit (https://www.hyreflow.ai/blog/juicebox-vs-hyreflow) By Niklas Huetzen, Co-founder, hyreflow. Published 3 Oct 2026, updated 5 Oct 2026. > Juicebox and hyreflow both use AI to source candidates, but they are different kinds of product. Juicebox is a standalone recruiting application with its own search screen, priced per seat at $119 a month, or $99 billed yearly. hyreflow (hyreflow.ai) works inside Claude or ChatGPT. One prompt searches several data providers, finds contact details, adds business development and updates your ATS, from $49 a month for a workspace of up to 2 seats. Prices checked 3 October 2026. - hyreflow works inside the AI assistant you already use, so there is no separate application to learn or to keep open. - hyreflow adds business development and writes to your ATS on every plan. Juicebox's help centre puts ATS and CRM integrations on its Business plan. - The two charge in different units. Juicebox is priced per seat; hyreflow per workspace, with the seats included in the plan. - Starting price: hyreflow $49 a workspace; Juicebox $119 a seat - Where you work: Claude or ChatGPT; Juicebox in its own app - ATS write: hyreflow from Starter; Juicebox on Business ## What is the difference between Juicebox and hyreflow? [#what-is-the-difference-between-juicebox-and-hyreflow] Juicebox is an application you log in to; hyreflow is a set of recruiting tools your AI assistant uses. Juicebox has its own search screen, its own database and its own outreach. hyreflow has none of those on purpose: you add it to Claude or ChatGPT as a connector, and the conversation is the interface. The difference matters because most recruiters now use AI somewhere, and the question has become where it sits. Bullhorn's [2026 Recruitment Industry Trends Report](https://www.bullhorn.com/grid/2026-industry-trends/report/), a survey of nearly 2,300 recruitment professionals, notes that competition between firms is rising "with almost everyone now using AI to some degree". Take a live role on a Tuesday morning. In hyreflow you paste the job spec into Claude and ask for ten people who meet the must-haves, with a personal email for each. You read the reasoning, drop the ones you disagree with, and the rest are ready to contact. You did not open a search screen, choose a data provider or export a file. ## Juicebox vs hyreflow: feature comparison [#juicebox-vs-hyreflow-feature-comparison] Juicebox and hyreflow differ most in where you work, what the price covers, and business development. The table shows 13 points, checked on 3 October 2026. | | hyreflow | Juicebox | | --- | --- | --- | | Where you work | Inside Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant | Its own web app, plus a Chrome extension (juicebox.ai, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Candidate data | Several people-data providers, chosen per search | One index: 800M+ profiles from 30+ data sources (juicebox.ai, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Business development: vacancies, hiring managers, spec campaigns | Yes | Agents docs list business development prospect lists as a use case; vacancy search and spec campaigns not advertised on the pages read (Help Center, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Use your own data-provider accounts | Yes, from the Essential plan | Not advertised on the pages read (Pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Push candidates to your ATS or CRM | Every plan, with your own ATS account; 100 requests a month per tool on Free | Business plan: two-way sync with 50+ systems. CSV or PDF export on Starter and Growth (Help Center, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Outreach | Through your own sequencer, such as Lemlist, Instantly or HeyReach | Built-in email sequences, 1 to 6 mailboxes depending on plan; 100 emails a day per mailbox by default (Help Center, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | How you run a search | Describe the brief in conversation inside your assistant; the assistant shows its reasoning | Describe the person in plain language in its PeopleGPT search screen, then refine with filters (Pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Before you commit to a search | Quotes the size and the cost of the search first | Talent Insights pool view, on Growth and above (Pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Works inside Claude or ChatGPT | Yes, every tool | MCP server on paid plans, 10 tools: outreach analytics and agent management on Starter and Growth; shortlist, candidate and project tools on Business (Help Center, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Runs without you starting it | Scheduled workflows, set up through the CLI or API | Juicebox Agents, an add-on at $199 per agent per month; an agent that is sourcing, paused or awaiting action occupies an Agent seat (Pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Unused credits | Roll over, up to twice the monthly allowance | Do not roll over on monthly plans; annual plans receive the year of credits upfront (Help Center, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Starting price | $49 a month for 500 credits, up to 2 seats (hyreflow pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | $119 per seat per month, or $99 billed yearly; 500 contact credits (Pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | | Free to try | 25 credits on signup | Free plan: 1 seat, 5 one-off contact credits (Pricing, seen 3 Oct 2026) | Juicebox prices were read on its pricing page on 3 October 2026, with both the monthly and the yearly billing view. 'Not advertised' means the feature was not found on the Juicebox pages listed under Sources on that date; it is not a statement that the feature does not exist. ## How does hyreflow work? [#how-does-hyreflow-work] hyreflow gives your AI assistant recruiting tools, and you ask for the outcome in plain language. There is nothing to configure per search. Prompt (Claude): > Use hyreflow and build me a shortlist of 10 candidates for this job spec. Score each one against the must-haves, show your reasoning, and find a personal email for the ones who make the list. Tell me the cost before you spend anything. What comes back: A ranked shortlist with a reason for each candidate and a personal email or LinkedIn profile, delivered in the conversation and as a file. Behind the prompt, the assistant picks from the tools in the [hyreflow catalog](/tools): people-data providers for the search, contact-data providers for emails and phone numbers, your sequencer for outreach, and your ATS for the record. A contact lookup asks several providers in turn and stops at the first verified result. The setup takes a few minutes and is described in [How to source candidates with Claude](/blog/how-to-source-candidates-with-claude). ## How does Juicebox work? [#how-does-juicebox-work] Juicebox's homepage says its agents "learn how you search, then source around the clock". You describe the person you want, and its PeopleGPT search returns profiles from a database that Juicebox puts at more than 800 million profiles. Saving candidates, revealing contact details and sending email sequences all happen inside the Juicebox application. According to its help centre, revealing an email costs one contact credit and a phone number costs three. ## Does Juicebox work inside Claude or ChatGPT? [#does-juicebox-work-inside-claude-or-chatgpt] Partly. Juicebox released an MCP server on 12 August 2026 for customers on paid plans, and it is listed in Claude's connector directory. Its help centre lists 10 tools. On Starter and Growth they cover outreach analytics and creating and managing Juicebox Agents; reading shortlists, candidate details and projects needs the Business plan. A tool for running a people search directly or revealing contact details is not among the ten listed (3 October 2026). With hyreflow, the search, the contact lookup and the ATS update are themselves the tools the assistant calls. There is no separate search screen behind the connector. ## How does Juicebox pricing compare with hyreflow pricing? [#how-does-juicebox-pricing-compare-with-hyreflow-pricing] They are charged in different units. Juicebox charges per seat. hyreflow charges per workspace, and the plan price includes the seats. | | hyreflow | Juicebox | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Unit | Per workspace, per month | Per seat, per month | | Entry plan | Starter: $49, 500 credits, up to 2 seats | Starter: $119 per seat, or $99 billed yearly; 500 contact credits, 500 export credits; one user | | Middle plan | Essential: $189, 2,000 credits, up to 5 seats | Growth: $199 per seat, or $179 billed yearly; 1,500 contact credits and 1,500 export credits per seat, up to 5 seats | | Top plan | Pro: $449, 5,000 credits, up to 10 seats | Business: custom price, annual only | | What a credit buys | Most empty lookups are free, some searches are charged per request; a 25-candidate shortlist with contact details is estimated at 42 to 150 credits | 1 credit per email, 3 per phone number | | Unused credits | Roll over, up to twice the monthly allowance | Do not roll over on monthly plans | What that means for three team sizes, at list price on 3 October 2026: | Team | hyreflow | Juicebox | | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 recruiter | Starter: $49 a month ($44 billed yearly), 500 credits | Starter: $119 a month ($99 billed yearly), 500 contact credits. Starter allows one user | | 3 recruiters | Essential: $189 a month ($170 billed yearly), 2,000 shared credits | Growth: 3 seats at $199 is $597 a month ($537 billed yearly), 1,500 contact credits per seat | | 5 recruiters | Essential: $189 a month ($170 billed yearly), 2,000 shared credits, or Pro: $449 a month ($404 billed yearly), 5,000 | Growth: 5 seats at $199 is $995 a month ($895 billed yearly) | The credits are not like for like. A Juicebox contact credit reveals one email, or a third of a phone number, and searching is unlimited on paid plans. A hyreflow credit is spent whenever a provider returns data, including during the search. hyreflow's [job spec to shortlist](/skills/job-spec-to-shortlist) playbook estimates a 25-candidate shortlist at 42 to 150 credits ($4.20 to $15), depending on how many providers each lookup has to ask. It is an estimate from list prices, not a measured run. A hyreflow credit costs about $0.09 to $0.10 depending on the plan, and a call made through your own provider account uses no credits. The current plans are on the [hyreflow pricing page](/pricing). ## What does hyreflow do differently from Juicebox? [#what-does-hyreflow-do-differently-from-juicebox] Three things are specific to this comparison: seats, the ATS, and business development. * A second recruiter does not change the plan. hyreflow Starter covers 2 seats and Essential covers 5; Juicebox Starter allows one user, and Growth is priced per seat. * Shortlists reach your ATS on every plan, with 100 requests a month per tool on Free. hyreflow writes to Loxo, JobAdder and other ATSs with your own account, and connects Bullhorn and Vincere on request; Juicebox's help centre puts ATS and CRM integrations on its Business plan. * Business development starts from a reason to call: a [live vacancy](/skills/who-is-hiring-right-now), the [hiring manager behind a job advert](/skills/find-the-hiring-manager-behind-a-job-ad), or a strong candidate [taken to market](/blog/how-to-run-a-spec-campaign-with-claude). In-house talent teams use the same shortlist workflow for open roles, with candidates synced into an ATS such as Ashby, Lever or SmartRecruiters. ## Can you use hyreflow alongside Juicebox? [#can-you-use-hyreflow-alongside-juicebox] You can add hyreflow without replacing anything. Both connect to Claude through MCP, so a Juicebox subscriber can add hyreflow as a second connector and use it for what sits around the search: business development, contact data from other providers, and pushing results into an ATS or sequencer. Juicebox is listed in Claude's connector directory, and hyreflow is added as a custom connector. Anthropic's help centre says free Claude accounts are limited to one custom connector. ## How do you test Juicebox and hyreflow on the same role? [#how-do-you-test-juicebox-and-hyreflow-on-the-same-role] Run one live role through both in the same week and compare the first ten people each returns. Both can be tried without paying. 1. Pick a role with three or four clear must-haves, so "fits" is not a matter of opinion. 2. In Juicebox, describe the person in PeopleGPT on the free plan, which includes 5 one-off contact credits. In hyreflow, paste the job spec with the prompt above; hyreflow tells you the cost first, so ask for a shortlist of about 4 candidates to stay inside the 25 signup credits. 3. For each tool, count how many of the first ten meet every must-have, how many come with a personal email, and what the contact details cost. 4. Then ask hyreflow who is advertising that role this week, and judge whether a list of hiring managers is worth having beside the shortlist. ## Is hyreflow the right Juicebox alternative for a recruitment agency? [#is-hyreflow-the-right-juicebox-alternative-for-a-recruitment-agency] hyreflow is the right Juicebox alternative for an agency that already works in Claude or ChatGPT and needs business development as well as sourcing. It is not the right fit for a team that wants a standalone application with outreach built in. ### hyreflow fits a recruitment agency that - already works in Claude or ChatGPT every day - has more than one recruiter and does not want to pay per seat - wants shortlists in its ATS and business development without a top-tier plan ### hyreflow is not the right fit if you - want a standalone application with its own search screen - want email sequences built in, sent from your own mailbox, with no sequencer to connect - do not use an AI assistant and do not plan to ## Questions recruiters ask about Juicebox and hyreflow [#questions-recruiters-ask-about-juicebox-and-hyreflow] ### Is hyreflow a Juicebox alternative? Yes, for agencies that already work in Claude or ChatGPT. hyreflow builds a scored shortlist with contact details from a job spec, the job Juicebox's PeopleGPT search does in its own application, and adds live vacancies, hiring managers and ATS updates on every plan. ### Which is cheaper, Juicebox or hyreflow? For one recruiter, hyreflow Starter is $49 a month and Juicebox Starter is $119, or $99 billed yearly. For three, hyreflow Essential is $189 a month for the workspace and Juicebox Growth is $597 for three seats (3 October 2026). The credits are not like for like, so check them against your own searches. ### Can I send candidates to my ATS from each tool? hyreflow pushes candidates to a connected ATS or CRM on every plan, using your own account with tools such as Loxo, Ashby, Lever or JobAdder; Bullhorn is connected on request. On the Free plan each tool gets 100 requests a month. Juicebox's help centre says ATS and CRM integrations are included on its Business plan, with CSV or PDF export on Starter and Growth. ### Does hyreflow have its own candidate database? No. hyreflow searches several people-data providers for each brief instead of holding one database of its own. Juicebox states that it searches 800M+ profiles from 30+ data sources. ## Sources - [How can I add team members to the Growth Plan?](https://docs.juicebox.ai/help/plans/add-team-members), Juicebox Help Center. Checked 3 Oct 2026 - [Juicebox pricing](https://juicebox.ai/pricing), Juicebox. Checked 3 Oct 2026 - [Juicebox, AI recruiting platform](https://juicebox.ai/), Juicebox. Checked 3 Oct 2026 - [All About Credits](https://docs.juicebox.ai/all-about-credits), Juicebox Help Center. Checked 3 Oct 2026 - [Juicebox integrations](https://juicebox.ai/integrations), Juicebox. Checked 3 Oct 2026 - [ATS and CRM integrations](https://docs.juicebox.ai/ats-integrations), Juicebox Help Center. 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