About Crelate
Overview
Crelate is a strategic recruiting platform that unifies sourcing, recruiting CRM, and applicant tracking in a single system. Agentic AI discovers talent, enriches contact data, and surfaces the next best action, while customizable workflows adapt to how each team recruits. Founded in 2012, Crelate serves more than 1,500 recruiting teams and has supported more than 25,000 recruiting professionals.
The platform covers the full recruiting lifecycle, from discovery and outreach to hiring, compliant onboarding, and delivery to the back office. Teams choose executive search, in-house talent, or staffing and consulting workflows, and each one gets tailored tools such as branded portals, bulk campaigns, and compliance features.
Key Benefits
- Discover candidates from a database of up to 1 billion people and 20 million companies with the AI Discovery Agent.
- Keep records current through continuous enrichment as candidates change roles, skills, and contact details.
- Automate messaging, status changes, and client communication with drag-and-drop workflows and sequencing.
- Gain real-time insight into pipeline health, time-to-fill, funnels, and productivity.
- Onboard compliantly with digital e-signature, federal and state forms, I-9 and E-Verify.
- Connect to back-office, HCM, and payroll systems through 100+ integration partners, a REST API, and webhooks.
How It Works
Recruiters tell the Discovery Agent the type of people they are looking for, and it searches Crelate's database to return candidates ready to move. Teams drag candidates through customizable workflow stages, and automated, personalized emails send at each stage of the process. Co-Pilot then suggests who to reach and when, from screening through interview preparation.
Use Cases
- Executive search firms run retained, high-touch mandates with relationship-first workflows and branded client and candidate portals.
- In-house talent teams keep a single source of truth for pipeline health, hiring signals, and stakeholder updates.
- Staffing and consulting agencies run the full desk at volume with bulk email and text campaigns and compliant onboarding.
- Corporate recruiters use Co-Pilot AI for screening and interview prep to move faster with fewer tools.
- Small recruiting agencies configure workflows, fields, and portals to fit their business without disruption.
Why Choose This Product
Crelate flexes to each team's workflow instead of forcing teams into a fixed process, with customizable stages, fields, and portals. It extends past placement through compliant onboarding and connects to the back-office systems teams already run. Users rate the platform 4.6 stars on average across G2, Capterra, GetApp, and TrustPilot.
Crelate Pros & Cons
- AI Discovery Agent searches up to 1 billion profiles and 20 million companies
- Drag-and-drop customizable recruiting workflows with automated emails
- Onboarding with I-9, E-Verify, and federal and state compliance built in
- 100+ integration partners plus open REST API and webhooks
- Rated 4.6 across G2, Capterra, GetApp, and TrustPilot
- Essentials plan limits usage to 2 users and 20,000 contacts
- Premium resume parsing and higher API call limits require upper-tier plans
Key Features
AI Discovery Agent
Sources candidates from Crelate's database of up to 1 billion people and 20 million companies with signals and timing built in.
Contact enrichment
Automatically updates, augments, and organizes records as candidates change roles, skills, and contact details.
Co-Pilot AI
Suggests who to reach and when, from screening through interview preparation, with agentic assistants for repetitive work.
Recruiting CRM
Combines relationship intelligence, pipeline predictability, and business development in one workspace.
Automation & sequencing
Customizable drag-and-drop workflows automate messaging, status changes, and client communication at each stage.
Reporting & analytics
Delivers real-time insight into performance, productivity, time-to-fill, and pipeline health.
Client portals
Branded client and candidate portals enable high-touch collaboration on searches and jobs.
Onboarding & compliance
Digital onboarding with e-signature, federal and state forms, I-9 and E-Verify, and location-specific compliance.
Back-office connections
Integrates with HCM, payroll, timekeeping, and invoicing providers through 100+ partners and an open REST API.
Resume parsing
Standard and premium resume parsing turn resumes into structured candidate records for search and ranking.
Crelate Pricing
View full pricing →- Applicant Tracking (ATS)
- Recruiting CRM
- Job portal
- Resume parsing
- Sourcing
- Self service and AI support
- Unlimited jobs and companies
- Up to 2 users and 20k contacts
- Includes Essentials, plus AI Assistant
- Client and team portals
- Job portal and posting
- Resume Toolbox
- Reports and analytics
- Technical support
- Email connections
- Access to Professional Services
- Includes Business, plus Advanced AI Assistant
- Premium client portals
- Increased data storage and customization limits
- Business development workflows
- Automation and sequences
- Full API and integrations
- Access to Marketplace partners
- User or site license pricing
- À la carte Insights Agents and Data Quality Agents
- Priority support
- MCP and webhooks
- Enterprise options for staffing and high-volume hiring
| Feature | Essentials $85/mo | Business $119/mo | Business Plus Custom/yr | Platform Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicant Tracking (ATS) | ||||
| Recruiting CRM | ||||
| Job portal | ||||
| Resume parsing | ||||
| Sourcing | ||||
| Self service and AI support | ||||
| Unlimited jobs and companies | ||||
| Up to 2 users and 20k contacts | ||||
| Includes Essentials, plus AI Assistant | ||||
| Client and team portals | ||||
| Job portal and posting | ||||
| Resume Toolbox | ||||
| Reports and analytics | ||||
| Technical support | ||||
| Email connections | ||||
| Access to Professional Services | ||||
| Includes Business, plus Advanced AI Assistant | ||||
| Premium client portals | ||||
| Increased data storage and customization limits | ||||
| Business development workflows | ||||
| Automation and sequences | ||||
| Full API and integrations | ||||
| Access to Marketplace partners | ||||
| User or site license pricing | ||||
| À la carte Insights Agents and Data Quality Agents | ||||
| Priority support | ||||
| MCP and webhooks | ||||
| Enterprise options for staffing and high-volume hiring |
Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.
Frequently asked questions about Crelate
Is Crelate free?
Crelate is a paid product. See the pricing section for current plans and starting prices.
How much does Crelate cost?
Crelate offers the following plans: Essentials, Business, Business Plus, Platform. See the pricing section for what's included in each tier and any per-seat or usage-based costs.
What platforms does Crelate support?
Crelate is available on: Web, iOS, Android.