HireEZ vs Perfectly

Summary

HireEZ is a sourcing software you buy per seat. Perfectly is an AI recruiting agency you hire as a service. HireEZ gives your team access to aggregated candidate data from 45+ sources, boolean builders, diversity filters, and a LinkedIn Chrome extension for $169 per user monthly. You run the searches, build the lists, manage the outreach. Perfectly replaces that work entirely: their AI agents handle candidate search, outreach, and screening end-to-end. They claim 20x efficiency and 4x faster time-to-hire, but pricing is unlisted and likely custom per engagement. The split is ownership versus outsourcing. HireEZ keeps recruiting in-house. Your sourcers and recruiters control the workflow, own the pipeline, customize the process. It works when you have skilled recruiters who need better data coverage and faster list-building, not when you need bodies to run the searches. Perfectly works when you lack recruiting capacity or want to offload high-volume sourcing entirely. You're buying outcomes (filled roles) rather than tools, but you lose direct control over candidate touchpoints and proprietary process. Accuracy and cost matter differently here. HireEZ contact data quality fluctuates depending on source freshness, but you see what you're getting before paying per profile. Perfectly's data accuracy is similarly dependent on profile recency, but you're paying for completed placements or sourcing volume, not software seats. HireEZ scales linearly with headcount ($169 per recruiter adds up fast for agencies or lean teams). Perfectly's cost structure is opaque but likely higher per hire in absolute terms, justified only if it replaces multiple recruiting salaries or contract recruiters.