Key takeaway: Loxo has retired its old free tier and $119 Professional price. Per its current pricing page (checked August 2026), plans start at $149/user/month for Core (the ATS + CRM of record) and $199/user/month for Professional (adds Loxo Source on its 850M+ profile talent graph plus agentic AI credits), both billed annually and paid up front. Enterprise is custom. For a 5-person team on Professional that is roughly $11,940/year.
What does Loxo cost in 2026?
Loxo publishes current pricing at loxo.co/pricing (re-verified 21 September 2026: Core still starts at $149 and Professional at $199 per user per month billed annually, with 2,500 credits per user per month included on Professional and Boost 2x at 5,000). For broader context on how Loxo fits into the wider toolkit, see our guide to recruiting tools. For agency-ATS peers, compare Crelate and Recruiterflow:
| Plan | Per User/Month (annual billing) | Key Features |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $149/user/mo | AI-native ATS + CRM, natural-language AI search, email + calendar sync, Chrome extension |
| Professional | $199/user/mo | Full platform: Loxo Source (850M+ talent graph), agentic workforce, 2,500 AI credits/user/mo |
| Enterprise | Custom | Governance, security, and scale requirements |
Older reviews referencing a free Loxo tier or a $119 Professional plan describe retired packaging; Loxo now offers a 7-day full-Professional free trial instead of a permanent free plan. The pricing page also flags a "new customer limited time offer" on the Professional plan (checked 21 August 2026), so the effective first-year rate is worth asking about rather than assuming list.
How the credit pool works, and what Boost costs
The part of Loxo's pricing that decides whether the platform is cheap or expensive for you is not the seat price, it is the credit pool. Loxo's pricing page frames the whole plan around one question: how many fully agentic searches can it run per seat, per month.
| Credit tier | Credits per user per month | What the page says it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Included with Professional | 2,500 | Pooled across the team, refreshed monthly, enough to start using AI Chat and the agents |
| Boost 2x | 5,000 | "For a busy desk," priced by your account team |
| Higher Boost tiers | Sized with your account team | Boost pricing is quoted, not published |
Two implications for budgeting. First, credits are pooled and refreshed monthly rather than banked, so a quiet month does not fund a busy one. Second, natural-language AI search is included on every plan, including Core, so credits are consumed by the agentic workflows and data reveals rather than by ordinary searching. If your desk runs continuous agent searches, model Boost into the annual number from the start rather than treating it as an exception.
What does Loxo cost for a real desk?
Because Loxo prices per user with annual prepayment, the useful comparison is the annual invoice for the team sizes agencies actually run. At list, before any new-customer offer:
| Team | Core (annual) | Professional (annual) | Included credit pool per month on Professional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo recruiter | $1,788 | $2,388 | 2,500 |
| 3-seat boutique | $5,364 | $7,164 | 7,500 pooled |
| 10-seat agency | $17,880 | $23,880 | 25,000 pooled |
| 25-seat firm | $44,700 | $59,700 | 62,500 pooled |
The gap between Core and Professional is $600 per seat per year, which is the price of Loxo Source and the agentic workflows. For a boutique running two or three retained searches at a time, that is usually worth it because the alternative is a separate sourcing database. For a 25-seat firm the $15,000 difference is real money, and the decision turns on how many seats actually source versus manage. The pricing page presents one tier per account, so ask your account team explicitly whether a firm with 10 sourcers and 15 account managers can mix Core and Professional seats or has to pay for Source on all 25.
For context against the other agency ATS and CRM vendors, Crelate and Recruiterflow sit in a similar per-seat band, while Zoho Recruit is a fraction of the price at $50 per recruiter per month on Enterprise but has no sourcing database and caps active jobs. Our ranking of the best applicant tracking systems places the agency-first platforms against the corporate ones.
Questions to settle before you sign a Loxo contract
The questions buyers most often raise with us about recruiting software contracts, in order of frequency, are the pricing model itself, contract terms, how usage limits and credits work, and what is included versus sold as an add-on. For Loxo, translate those into four written answers: the per-credit or per-tier price of Boost, since it is not on the pricing page; whether unused pooled credits carry into the next month (the page says the pool refreshes monthly, which implies they do not); whether the new-customer offer applies to the renewal year; and the migration scope for a Professional team, since free migration is documented only for Core teams of three or more seats.
What the paid tiers add
Core covers the ATS/CRM system of record with AI search included. Professional adds Loxo Source sourcing on Loxo's talent graph and its agentic AI workflows, with 2,500 credits per user per month pooled across the team. Enterprise adds governance, security, and custom annual terms. Migration is free for Core teams of 3+ seats; complex or Professional/Enterprise migrations are scoped as fixed packages.
What features does Loxo include?
All-in-one platform
- ATS: full applicant tracking with customizable pipelines
- CRM: candidate and client relationship management
- AI sourcing: AI-powered candidate search across Loxo's proprietary database
- Automated outreach: multi-channel sequences (email, LinkedIn, phone)
- Contact data: verified emails and phone numbers (credit-based)
- Analytics: pipeline, outreach, and placement reporting
What makes Loxo different
Loxo is the only ATS that bundles sourcing, outreach automation, and contact data into the same platform. Competitors like Bullhorn require separate subscriptions for sourcing tools, outreach automation, and contact data providers.
What are Loxo's limitations?
Credit limits: The credit system is the primary constraint. Professional includes 2,500 AI credits per user per month (pooled across the team); heavy agentic usage or high-volume contact reveals can consume the pool quickly.
Data coverage varies: Loxo markets an 850M+ profile talent graph, but as with any aggregated database, contact accuracy and coverage vary by niche and geography. Test coverage for your roles during the trial.
Agency-first design: While Loxo works for corporate teams, its interface and workflow are optimized for recruitment agencies. Corporate recruiting teams may find the UX less intuitive.
Enterprise maturity: Loxo is newer than Bullhorn and lacks some enterprise features like VMS integration and advanced compliance tools.
How does Loxo compare to alternatives?
| Feature | Loxo | Bullhorn | Crelate | Manatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | No (7-day trial) | No | No | No (14-day trial) |
| Starting paid | $149/user/mo | ~$99/user/mo (quote-based) | $85/user/mo | $15/user/mo |
| AI sourcing | Included | No | No | No |
| Outreach automation | Included | Add-on | Business plan | No |
| Contact data | Included (credits) | No | No | No |
| Best for | All-in-one agencies | Enterprise staffing | Budget agencies | Budget ATS |
When Loxo is the right choice
Loxo is ideal for agencies that want one platform for everything, sourcing, outreach, tracking, and CRM, without managing multiple tool subscriptions. The all-in-one approach simplifies your tech stack and reduces total cost versus buying separate tools.
When alternatives are better
For agencies working with enterprise clients through VMS platforms, Bullhorn remains necessary. For teams that only need an ATS without sourcing, Crelate or Manatal are significantly cheaper.
How does Loxo compare to Noon AI?
Loxo and Noon AI both offer AI-powered sourcing, but they take different approaches. Loxo bundles sourcing into an ATS/CRM platform, convenient but with contact credit limits and a smaller database. Noon AI is a dedicated AI sourcing platform with whole-web sourcing reach beyond any single database, more sophisticated AI matching, and unlimited email and SMS outreach on a single plan with no credits or per-seat fees. The two also work together: Noon's Loxo integration pushes sourced candidates and outreach activity into Loxo, so a firm can keep Loxo Core as the system of record and run sourcing on Noon rather than paying the Professional uplift on every seat. The full side-by-side is on our Noon vs. Loxo page.
Teams that want everything in one tool may prefer Loxo. Teams that want best-in-class sourcing paired with their preferred ATS may get better results from Noon AI plus a dedicated ATS. You can book a demo to see how Noon's whole-web sourcing compares to database-limited approaches.
Frequently asked questions
Does Loxo still have a free plan? No. The free tier referenced in older reviews has been retired. Loxo now offers a 7-day free trial with full Professional access, no credit card required.
How do Loxo's AI credits work? Professional includes 2,500 credits per user per month, pooled across your team and refreshed monthly. Agentic actions and data reveals consume credits; plain natural-language search does not, since Loxo includes AI search on every plan.
What happens if you run out of Loxo credits? You move to a Boost tier. Boost 2x doubles the monthly pool to 5,000 credits per user, and larger allotments are sized by your account team. Boost prices are not published, so get the per-credit or per-tier cost in writing before you commit to an annual term.
What is included in Loxo's base price versus paid separately? Core covers the ATS and CRM with AI search included. Professional adds Loxo Source on the 850M+ profile talent graph plus the agentic workflows and the 2,500-credit pool. Extra credits (Boost) and complex migrations are the main separately priced items, and migration is free for Core teams of three or more seats.
Is Loxo good for corporate recruiting teams? Loxo works for corporate teams but is designed primarily for recruitment agencies. Corporate teams may find platforms like Greenhouse or Ashby more intuitive for their workflows.
Can Loxo replace LinkedIn Recruiter? Partially. Loxo's sourcing and contact data can reduce reliance on LinkedIn Recruiter, but LinkedIn's network and InMail system remain unique. Many teams use both.
Is Loxo worth it for a solo recruiter? At $2,388 a year for Professional, Loxo is one of the more expensive single-seat setups in the agency ATS market, but it replaces both an ATS and a sourcing database. A solo recruiter who already pays for a sourcing tool and a lightweight ATS should add those two invoices together before deciding; if the total is above $2,400, Loxo consolidates at no extra cost.
Does Loxo integrate with external sourcing and outreach tools? Yes. Loxo exposes an API and supports integrations with sourcing and outreach platforms that write candidates and activity back into the ATS. The buyer question that matters most here is duplicate handling: confirm that any external tool checks Loxo's records before it contacts a candidate, so a person already in a colleague's pipeline is not approached twice.
What is Loxo's contract length? Loxo's published plans are annual, paid up front, per its pricing page. Confirm current terms before signing.
