The modern platform for staffing & RPO.
Elevate Recruit is the AI-first SaaS replacement for old-era ATS/CRM systems like Bullhorn and Avionté. Source candidates, place workers, run payroll, and invoice clients: all in one platform with MEL built in. Wave 1 goes live early October 2026: a limited founding cohort gets in first, at founding rates locked for life.
Your ATS shouldn't cost
$20,000/year to start.
Bullhorn charges $99–$165/user/month with annual contracts that bill for peak headcount through the end of the term. Avionté and its ilk are the same story. Elevate Recruit is purpose-built for SMB and mid-market staffing: modern, affordable, and AI-native from day one.
Bullhorn · Avionté · Crelate
- ×$20K+ annual contracts
- ×6-week implementations
- ×Chatbot tacked onto old UI
- ×Separate billing, payroll, onboarding tools
- ×Built for 2012, maintained for 2026
The Modern Way
- Per-seat pricing, monthly billing, seats you can reduce
- Live in under an hour. We provision founding workspaces for you
- MEL AI assistant built into every screen
- ATS + CRM + Onboarding + Payroll + Billing
- Modern stack. AI-native. Built for 2026.
Your Firm Profile
- ◆Boutique & mid-size staffing firms (5–500 recruiters)
- ◆RPO providers running client programs
- ◆IT, clinical, industrial & professional staffing
- ◆Direct placement, contract, & contract-to-hire
- ◆Firms frustrated with Bullhorn, Avionté, Crelate
From first contact to first paycheck.
Every stage of the staffing lifecycle, unified in one platform with MEL at every step.
① Sales CRM & Deal Pipeline
Track client accounts, open deals, and won business. Kanban pipeline, activity tracking, commission rules.
② Candidate Sourcing & ATS
Resume parsing, AI-scored matches, Boolean search, LinkedIn integration, talent pool management.
③ Submissions & Interviews
One-click submission to clients, interview self-scheduling, scorecard collection, offer management.
④ Placement & Onboarding
Digital I-9, W-4, direct deposit, background checks, drug screens, credential collection: all compliant.
⑤ Contractor Timesheets
Mobile timesheet entry, approval workflows, break/overtime rules by state, manager approvals.
⑥ Client Invoicing
Auto-generated invoices with bill rate math, VMS fee handling, multi-currency support, PDF delivery.
⑦ Payroll & Payouts
Native Stripe integration for contractor pay. Optional payroll provider handoff (ADP, Gusto, Check).
⑧ Analytics & Commission
Pipeline velocity, placement trends, gross margin analytics, recruiter commission statements.
What you get out of the box.
AI-assisted sourcing
that finds the match.
Paste a job description. MEL extracts skills, seniority, location, and pay range: then searches your talent pool and scores every candidate for fit. Submit the top 3 in minutes, not hours.
- Resume parsing with 95%+ field accuracy
- Match scoring across skills, experience, location
- Duplicate detection across candidate records
- Talent pools with custom tags & saved searches
Billing & payroll,
done right.
Stop bouncing between your ATS, QuickBooks, and a payroll provider. Elevate Recruit handles bill-rate math, multi-period invoicing, and contractor payouts natively: and hands off to ADP, Gusto, or Check when you need full payroll.
- Auto-generated client invoices with line-level transparency
- Stripe-powered contractor payouts, 1099 or W-2 flows
- Payroll provider handoff with clean journal entries
- Multi-entity / multi-currency support (USD, CAD, EUR, GBP)
- Recruiter commission tracking & statements
| Sarah Chen · 40 hrs @ $125 | $5,000.00 |
| Marcus Johnson · 37 hrs @ $140 | $5,180.00 |
| Priya Patel · 40 hrs @ $115 | $4,600.00 |
| Subtotal | $14,780.00 |
| VMS Fee (3%) | $443.40 |
| Total Due | $15,223.40 |
Compliance, credentials
& onboarding.
Every hire triggers the right paperwork, automatically. Digital I-9 with Section 2 reminders, W-4 or W-9, state withholding forms, direct deposit, background check orchestration, drug screens, and license/credential tracking.
- Contractor onboarding workflows by placement type
- Background & drug screen vendor integrations
- License/credential expiration alerts (clinical, trades)
- Client-specific requirements per placement
Priced per seat. Cancel anytime.
Per recruiter, like every other agency ATS, with an AI price we actually publish. Month-to-month with seats you can reduce, annual billing saves 15%. Founding members lock today's rates for life and take 40% off year one.
Solo Recruiters & Small Desks
- 1–3 seats
- 100 job orders per month
- 5,000 candidate records
- 50 CRM accounts
- Pipeline board
- Email templates
- Résumé parsing
- AI assistant, everyday depth
Growing Agencies
- Unlimited seats
- 250 job orders per month
- 25,000 candidate records
- 250 CRM accounts
- Advanced pipeline + Kanban
- Email templates + sequences
- Résumé parsing + AI summary
- Advanced analytics and reports
- AI assistant: full depth, no per-token charges
- AI candidate matching
- Custom workflows
Established Firms
- 5 seats minimum, no ceiling
- 1,000 job orders per month
- 100,000 candidate records
- 1,000 CRM accounts
- Advanced pipeline + Kanban
- Email templates + sequences
- Résumé parsing + AI summary
- Custom dashboards and reports
- AI assistant: full depth, no per-token charges
- Custom workflows + approvals
- Full API access
- Dedicated CSM
RPO Providers
- Unlimited seats, job orders, candidates and CRM accounts
- White-label branding
- Custom integrations
- Multi-tenant architecture
- Executive reporting suite
- AI assistant: full depth, no per-token charges
- Custom workflows + approvals
- Full API + webhook access
- Dedicated CSM + TAM
The AI price is the price on this page.
Every other agency ATS makes you ask. Bullhorn quotes its AI tiers privately, Loxo meters yours in credits, Recruiterflow sells AIRA as a separate custom quote underneath a "no extra costs" headline. We publish one number, it includes the assistant at the depth listed for your plan, and there are no per-token charges on top.
Fair use applies: every plan has a daily AI ceiling scaled to your seat count, sized well above what a full day of normal work consumes. You will see it in your workspace settings, not in an invoice.
All plans include unlimited candidates, unlimited clients, unlimited placements. Recruiter seats only. Month-to-month with seats you can reduce. Founding-member benefits apply to the first 25 firms: after launch, standard pricing applies.
Elevate Recruit vs. the incumbents.
| Capability | Elevate Recruit | Bullhorn | Avionté | Crelate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price (per seat/mo) | $79 | $99+ | Custom | $85+ |
| Published AI price | Yes, included | Quote-only | No | No |
| Annual contract required | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Credit card signup | Yes (at launch) | No | No | Yes |
| Native AI assistant (agentic) | MEL built-in | Chatbot add-on | No | No |
| Invoicing & billing native | Included | Add-on | Included | No |
| Stripe contractor payouts | Native | 3rd party | 3rd party | 3rd party |
| Onboarding & e-sign | Native | Add-on | Included | No |
| Time-to-live | Under 1 hour | 4–8 weeks | 6–12 weeks | 1–2 weeks |
| Client portal (branded) | Included | Enterprise only | Included | No |
Questions, answered.
What exactly is the Founders Program?
Elevate Recruit launches publicly soon. Before then, we're inviting 25 founding staffing & RPO firms into VIP early access. Founders lock today's launch rates for life, take 40% off year one, get free white-glove migration on Professional and above, and join monthly calls that directly shape the roadmap. Reserving a spot is free and carries no commitment. You pay nothing until your workspace goes live. Reserve your spot →
How is Elevate Recruit different from Elevate VMS?
VMS is for buyers of staffing services, enterprise procurement teams managing contingent workers across multiple suppliers. Recruit is for sellers, staffing firms and RPO providers who place workers at client companies. Both share MEL and live on the same platform, so an RPO provider running a client's program can seamlessly operate in both.
Can I migrate from Bullhorn or Avionté?
Yes. We have white-glove migration for Professional and Enterprise plans, including candidate records, client accounts, placements, commission rules, and historical timesheets. Migrations typically complete in 1–2 weeks. Starter plan customers use a self-serve CSV/bulk-import tool.
Do you handle payroll, or just payouts?
Elevate Recruit handles contractor 1099 payouts natively via Stripe Connect. For full W-2 payroll (tax withholding, benefits, state filings) we hand off to certified payroll partners (Gusto, Check, ADP, Rippling) with clean journal entries. You pick the payroll provider that fits your setup.
Is the AI assistant really included at every tier?
Yes, though depth differs. Starter includes the assistant at everyday depth. Professional and up get full depth with no per-token charges, plus AI candidate matching and every bundled agent. Fair use applies: each plan has a daily AI ceiling scaled to your seat count, sized well above a full day of normal work. You'll see it in your workspace settings, not in an invoice.
Where are you on SOC 2?
Our SOC 2 Type II audit program starts in Q4 2026 and we’ll share the report with customers on completion. In the meantime we’re happy to complete your security questionnaire today: data is encrypted at rest and in transit, every table is tenant-scoped, and privileged actions are logged to an immutable audit trail. See Security & Trust for the current detail.
How does the price compare to what my firm already spends?
The average staffing agency spends just under $80,000 a year on job boards, a number that fell by more than half last year as sourcing moved elsewhere. A five-person desk on Elevate Professional costs $7,140 a year. That is under 10% of the line item it partly replaces, for the system the whole desk runs on. And unlike the incumbents, we're month-to-month with seats you can reduce, no paying for peak headcount through the end of a term.
25 founding firms.
Rates locked for life.
Join the Founders Program before launch: 40% off year one, free white-glove migration on Professional and above, and a direct line to the team building your platform.