Loxo vs. Recruiterflow (2026): the comparison for executive search firms and recruiting agencies

Both are ATS and CRM platforms for recruiting firms with AI agents and multichannel outreach. Loxo, developed since 2012 and built around artificial intelligence since 2013, is the Talent Intelligence Platform: a proprietary graph of 850M+ professionals that Loxo built and enriches itself, an agent workforce with Full Agentic Mode in its Professional plan, AI Chat with your choice of frontier model, an open API and MCP, an independent AI assurance listing, and Revenue Operations built for executive search and direct hire from November 9, 2026. Recruiterflow, co-founded in 2016, describes itself as an AI-native ATS and CRM; it publishes its Platform plan at $119 per user per month billed annually and lists its AIRA agents on a separate plan priced on request.

For retained and engaged search, Loxo is built for the way the work is billed and delivered. Retained Fee Schedules bill retainers and milestones from the search, Rate Cards hold engaged-search terms, Finance creates the invoice from the placement and Commissions tracks each consultant’s share, on the Enterprise plan from November 9, 2026. Loxo maps the whole market on its 850M+ graph and runs intake to shortlist with Full Agentic Mode. Recruiterflow’s pages describe AIRA matching from the firm’s own database and do not describe fee terms per client, retained billing or commissions. DHR Global, one of the world’s largest retained executive search firms, evaluated the market and chose Loxo.

For agencies that source beyond their own database, want agents in the plan they buy and run business development in the same system, Loxo is the stronger fit. Agencies that want a low published entry price and place mostly from their own database may find Recruiterflow’s Platform plan suits them; those are Recruiterflow’s own stated strengths. Run the same live role through both before deciding.

Yes, by the definition that matters: built around artificial intelligence from the first day. Loxo has been since 2013. The 2013 loxo.co homepage described the next generation ATS built around artificial intelligence and machine intelligence, development began in 2012, and the first version of Loxo AI shipped in 2015. Loxo’s category is the Talent Intelligence Platform, of which an AI-native ATS and CRM are two of fourteen pillars. Recruiterflow was co-founded in 2016 and dates its own agentic intelligence to 2023.

Recruiterflow now markets AIRA Source for sourcing across 850M+ profiles drawn from external sources and professional networks; its pricing page lists AIRA Source on neither plan, and its own executive search guide describes its native sourcing as coming through AIRA and integrations. Loxo Source is a proprietary graph of 850M+ professionals that Loxo built and enriches itself, searched together with the firm’s own database, ranked by Loxo’s Longlist and Shortlist agents, and now in its ninth generation.

Loxo’s Professional plan includes the agent workforce: intake, job description and Skill DNA, Longlist, Shortlist, data hygiene, deduplication, self-updating CRM, submittals and contact finding, with Full Agentic Mode and the Agent Impact Center. Recruiterflow’s Platform plan lists no AIRA agents; its AIRA plan, priced on request, adds the Notetaker, Matchmaker, Job Change Alerts, Field Updates, Submission and Task agents.

In Loxo, billing starts with the client’s fee terms and the search: Rate Cards and Retained Fee Schedules hold each client’s terms and travel with every search and placement, Finance creates the invoice from the placement and Commissions tracks each consultant’s share, rolling out from November 9, 2026 on the Enterprise plan. Recruiterflow’s pricing, product and comparison pages do not describe fee terms per client, retained or milestone billing, invoices created from a placement, or commissions.

Loxo. The first version of Loxo AI launched in 2015, according to Loxo’s May 2022 press release; independent coverage described Loxo AI in use in February 2018, and Loxo announced AI candidate recommendations in April 2019. Recruiterflow was co-founded in 2016 and says it built agentic intelligence in 2023. Loxo’s agent workforce with Full Agentic Mode has been generally available since August 11, 2026.

Recruiterflow publishes its Platform plan at $119 per user per month billed annually, or $149 monthly, and prices its AIRA plan, which holds its AI agents, on request. Loxo publishes Core from $149 per user per month billed annually and prices Professional and Enterprise for each team; Professional includes the 850M+ graph, the agent workforce, AI Chat, the API and 2,500 credits per seat per month, which refresh every month. Compare the plan that carries the AI.

Loxo holds a SOC 2 Type II attestation, runs quarterly and annual penetration tests, publishes its DPA and subprocessor list, and lists its Candidate Relevancy Engine as Warden Assured by an independent AI assurance provider. Recruiterflow displays ISO 27001 and AICPA SOC 2 badges and links a DPA and trust center from its site footer. Request current reports and certificates from any vendor before signing.

Loxo is built for executive search and direct hire and integrated for contract: Rate Cards carry contract bill and pay rates, and the placement is handed to the pay-and-bill or payroll system the firm chooses. Recruiterflow’s pricing page lists no timesheet, invoicing or pay-and-bill capability on either plan.

Loxo’s 7-day trial is self-serve, requires no credit card and gives full Professional access, including Loxo Source and Full Agentic Mode. Recruiterflow’s pricing page routes both of its plans to a demo request.

Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM for search and recruiting firms at recruiterflow.com, co-founded in 2016 by Manan Shah, its CEO. It describes itself as AI-native, brands its AI agents as AIRA, and says it is trusted by more than 2,100 search firms globally. It is unrelated to other products with similar names.

Loxo wrote it. Every statement about Recruiterflow is drawn from Recruiterflow’s public pages as of the access dates listed in the sources, and every statement about Loxo links to loxo.co or dated third-party coverage. If you believe anything here is inaccurate or out of date, contact us and we will review and correct it.