SeekOut

SeekOut is an AI-powered recruiting and talent intelligence platform founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States. It helps enterprise talent acquisition teams and recruiters identify candidates, evaluate applicants, engage passive talent and understand labour market trends. The platform is designed to complement existing applicant tracking systems (ATS) rather than require organisations to replace their recruitment infrastructure.

SeekOut Recruit provides AI-powered candidate search across a database of more than one billion profiles. Recruiters can search using natural-language queries, job descriptions, skills, experience and advanced filters. Smart Match identifies candidates against role requirements, while talent rediscovery helps teams find relevant people already recorded in their ATS. Additional capabilities include contact discovery, candidate exports, talent pool insights and recruitment market analysis.

The platform supports personalised candidate outreach through AI-generated messages and multi-step email campaigns. Recruiters can organise candidate lists, track engagement and use messaging analytics on eligible plans. ATS integrations can connect external sourcing with existing applicant records, helping reduce duplicate work and making previous applicants easier to identify. Available integrations and usage limits depend on the selected subscription.

In 2026, SeekOut has expanded its agentic AI recruiting offering with applicant evaluation, AI screening, agentic workflows and the SeekOut AI Coworker. Recruiters can use SeekOut MCP to access recruitment capabilities through compatible assistants, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Amazon Quick. AI can evaluate candidates against job-specific criteria, provide supporting evidence, draft outreach and help develop sourcing plans. Recruiters retain control over hiring decisions, with available capabilities varying by product tier.

SeekOut Recruit Core is published at $149 per month when billed annually upfront, equivalent to $1,788 per year, or $179 per month with monthly billing. The plan includes three seats, 500 contact credits per month and 1,000 exports per month. A 14-day free trial is available. Sourcing, Sourcing + Integration and Full Recruiting Funnel plans use customised annual pricing, with additional features and support depending on the tier.

SeekOut may suit enterprise recruiting teams that need broad candidate sourcing, talent intelligence, ATS rediscovery and AI-assisted screening. Its large profile database and sourcing tools can be useful for hard-to-fill roles, although contact credits, export limits and the cost of higher-tier plans deserve careful evaluation. Smaller agencies seeking an integrated recruitment CRM, candidate management and placement workflow may also compare iSmartRecruit. Even so, teams should carefully assess profile accuracy, geographic coverage, integration depth, AI screening validity, diversity and bias controls, data protection, contract terms and total cost of ownership before committing.