Loxo vs Manatal

Summary

Loxo is a talent intelligence platform first, ATS second. It's built for sourcing: AI-powered candidate discovery, data enrichment, and contact finding across the web. You're buying search power and candidate data, with workflow tools wrapped around it. Manatal is an ATS first, with AI matching bolted on. It's built for pipeline management: Kanban boards, career pages, social enrichment, and candidate scoring once they're in your system. You're buying workflow and collaboration, with some sourcing help included. The real split: Loxo costs more (starts around $119/user/month in practice despite the freemium label) because you're paying for proprietary candidate data and advanced Boolean tools. It's overkill if you're hiring from inbound applicants or LinkedIn alone. Manatal starts at $15/user/month because it assumes you're bringing candidates to it-from job boards, referrals, or basic sourcing. Its AI helps you rank and move them through stages, but it won't find passive talent at Loxo's scale. Both serve agencies, but different workflows. Loxo fits agencies doing retained executive search or hard-to-fill tech roles where sourcing is 70% of the job. Manatal fits agencies running high-volume contingent placements where speed and pipeline visibility matter more than deep candidate discovery. In-house teams pick Loxo when they need a sourcer's toolkit and ATS in one; they pick Manatal when they need an affordable ATS that doesn't require a systems admin.