Direct answer: at annual public per-seat prices, Manatal Professional is USD 15/seat/month (USD 19 monthly), Enterprise 35 (39) and Enterprise Plus 55 (59); Zoho Recruit Standard is USD 25/seat/month (USD 30 monthly) and Enterprise 50 (60); Loxo Core is USD 149/seat/month (billed annually). For three recruiters: Manatal Pro USD 45/month, Zoho Standard 75 and Loxo Core 447; at ten: 150 / 250 / 1,490; at twenty-five: 375 / 625 / 3,725. The gap is not “who is more AI” but whether job/candidate caps, sourcing data, AI/video interviews, SSO/API and credits are inside the seat fee. hireEZ’s USD 494/month is a solo sourcing plan; team pricing is custom, so it is not a 25-person ATS quote.
This guide is for HR, talent-acquisition leaders and procurement teams replacing an ATS, adding AI screening/interviewing, or buying sourcing tools. Data cut-off: 3 November 2026; prices are US public list prices in USD, excluding tax, with no FX conversion; the models are editorial calculations, not quotes. Manatal/Zoho “seats” are recruiter licences, not free access for every hiring manager; Loxo’s sourcing/agents sit in higher or custom tiers, and this article compares only what the public pages verify.
Separate the ATS/CRM, sourcing data and AI-agent layers; check how many jobs/candidates the seat fee includes and which AI features are add-ons; then add video interviews, employee licences, SSO/API, credits, migration and job-board fees. The gap between USD 15 and 149 is mostly sourcing data and agent capacity, not model quality.
Three layers: ATS/CRM, sourcing, AI agents
Manatal and Zoho Recruit are mainly ATS/recruiting CRMs: priced per recruiter seat, with AI screening/recommendation/automation tiered by plan. Loxo Core is ATS+CRM+AI search; Professional adds Loxo Source (850M+ talent graph) and the full agent workforce. hireEZ is a sourcing/outreach layer at USD 494/month for a solo recruiter, with custom team pricing. They are not identical categories: first decide whether you lack process software, talent data, or AI execution.
| Platform | Primary layer | Billing unit | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manatal | ATS + recruiting CRM | Recruiter seats; job/candidate caps by tier | An affordable ATS/CRM with AI screening/recommendation included |
| Zoho Recruit | ATS + recruiting CRM | Recruiter seats; active jobs per seat by tier | Zoho ecosystem; Standard includes AI, Enterprise adds AI matching |
| Loxo | ATS + CRM + AI search; Professional adds sourcing/agents | Seats + credits | One talent graph, agent workforce and AI search |
| hireEZ | Sourcing / outreach / screening | USD 494/month solo; team custom | Missing sourcing data/outreach, not necessarily an ATS replacement |
Sources: Manatal Pricing, Zoho Recruit Pricing, Loxo Pricing and hireEZ Pricing (all accessed 3 November 2026). This is editorial grouping, not a vendor taxonomy; Manatal/Zoho also have sourcing integrations and Loxo Core includes AI search, so the boundary follows each product page.
The official 2026 price lists
Manatal annual: Professional USD 15, Enterprise 35 and Enterprise Plus 55 per seat/month; monthly 19/39/59. Zoho Recruit annual: Standard 25 and Enterprise 50; monthly 30/60; Free is USD 0 but one active job. Loxo Core is USD 149/seat/month billed annually; Professional/Enterprise are custom. hireEZ is USD 494/month for a solo recruiter, team custom, with a seven-day trial.
| Platform | Plan | Annual (USD/seat/month) | Monthly (USD/seat/month) | Key cap/note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manatal | Professional | 15 | 19 | 15 jobs/account, 10,000 candidates, unlimited hiring managers |
| Manatal | Enterprise | 35 | 39 | Unlimited jobs/candidates, workflow automation |
| Manatal | Enterprise Plus | 55 | 59 | Adds LLM integration, Open API, SSO, candidate portal, MCP, priority support |
| Zoho Recruit | Free | 0 | 0 | One active job/recruiter licence |
| Zoho Recruit | Standard | 25 | 30 | 10 active jobs/recruiter; includes AI |
| Zoho Recruit | Enterprise | 50 | 60 | 20 active jobs/recruiter; adds AI Candidate Matching, portals, automation |
| Loxo | Core | 149 | — | Unlimited jobs/candidates; AI search, ATS+CRM, MCP; excludes Loxo Source/full agents |
| Loxo | Professional | Custom | — | Adds Loxo Source 850M+, full agent workforce, 2,500 credits/seat/month |
| Loxo | Enterprise | Custom | — | SSO/SAML, governance, dedicated support |
| hireEZ | Solo | — | 494 | One recruiter; 1B+ profiles, 45+ channels; seven-day trial; team custom |
Sources: Manatal Pricing (annual/monthly), Zoho Recruit Pricing (annual/monthly; local tax extra), Loxo Pricing (Core annual; Professional/Enterprise require a demo) and hireEZ Pricing (USD 494/month solo; team custom). USD, excluding tax; Manatal notes GST for Singapore tax residents. Loxo annual plans are paid upfront; Zoho annual saves up to 16%.
Three, ten and twenty-five recruiters: annual TCO
Three recruiters: Manatal Pro USD 45/month (540/year), Zoho Standard 75 (900), Manatal Ent+ 165 (1,980), Zoho Enterprise 150 (1,800), Loxo Core 447 (5,364). Ten: 150 / 250 / 550 / 500 / 1,490. Twenty-five: 375 / 625 / 1,375 / 1,250 / 3,725. Manatal Pro still caps at 15 jobs/10k candidates at 25 seats, so the USD 15 per-seat price cannot be applied blindly.
| Team size | Manatal Pro | Manatal Ent+ | Zoho Standard | Zoho Enterprise | Loxo Core |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 45 / 540 | 165 / 1,980 | 75 / 900 | 150 / 1,800 | 447 / 5,364 |
| 10 | 150 / 1,800 | 550 / 6,600 | 250 / 3,000 | 500 / 6,000 | 1,490 / 17,880 |
| 25 | 375 / 4,500* | 1,375 / 16,500 | 625 / 7,500 | 1,250 / 15,000 | 3,725 / 44,700 |
Editorial calculation, not a quote. Format: monthly/yearly (USD), annual seat price × headcount × 12; excludes tax, add-ons, video interviews, job boards, migration, implementation and internal labour. *Manatal Professional has only 15 jobs/account and 10,000 candidates, so a 25-person team usually needs Enterprise/Enterprise Plus; Zoho Standard’s 10 jobs are per recruiter licence, Enterprise 20. Loxo Core excludes Loxo Source/full agents; Professional requires a demo quote.
The real point is that cheap tiers have caps: Manatal Pro at USD 15/seat suits teams with few jobs and a small candidate pool; at 25 people, 15 jobs becomes the binding constraint even if the per-seat price looks low. Zoho Standard’s 10 jobs per recruiter is more generous at 25 people, but AI Candidate Matching needs Enterprise. Loxo Core’s USD 149 buys unlimited jobs/candidates + AI search + ATS/CRM, but not sourcing data; Loxo Source and the full agents require Professional.
USD 15 versus USD 25: not the same thing
Manatal Pro at USD 15: 15 jobs/account, 10k candidates, AI enrichment/recommendations/Copilot, but no workflow automation or SSO/API/LLM integration. Zoho Standard at USD 25: 10 jobs/recruiter, AI included, sourcing/job boards/career site/assessments, but AI Candidate Matching is in Enterprise. Manatal Ent+ at USD 55: unlimited jobs/candidates + SSO/API/LLM/MCP. Zoho Enterprise at USD 50: 20 jobs/recruiter + AI matching + portals/automation. Loxo Core at USD 149: unlimited + AI search + ATS/CRM, with sourcing/agents in a higher tier.
| Capability | Manatal Pro 15 | Zoho Standard 25 | Manatal Ent+ 55 | Zoho Enterprise 50 | Loxo Core 149 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job/candidate cap | 15 jobs / 10k candidates | 10 jobs/recruiter | Unlimited | 20 jobs/recruiter | Unlimited |
| AI screening/recommendation | Enrichment/recommendations/Copilot | AI included; matching in Enterprise | Included | AI matching included | AI search included; agents in Professional |
| Sourcing/talent data | LinkedIn/Indeed integrations; no 850M graph | Sourcing, job boards, career site | Same as Pro | Same as Standard | Core excludes Loxo Source; Professional includes it |
| Automation/workflow | No workflow automation | Enterprise includes it | Included | Included | ATS/CRM workflow included |
| SSO/API/LLM | No | Enterprise-grade to confirm | SSO/Open API/LLM/MCP | Field security, Teams/Meet; SSO to confirm | MCP; SSO in Enterprise |
| AI/video interview | AI Interviewer add-on | Video Interviews USD 12/job | AI Interviewer add-on | Video Interviews USD 12/job | AI Notetaker/agents in Professional |
Sources: Manatal Pricing/feature comparison, Zoho Recruit Pricing and Loxo Pricing (accessed 3 November 2026). This is an editorial comparison, not a full feature list; “included/not included” follows the official page and contract. Manatal AI Interviewer is an add-on with no public price; Zoho employee licences, vendor portal and video interviews are separate add-ons.
All four can say they have AI, but they sell different layers: Manatal/Zoho embed AI in the ATS workflow; Loxo makes AI search/agents the core product; hireEZ makes sourcing/outreach the core. A team with no ATS should start with Manatal/Zoho; a team with an ATS but no sourcing data should look at hireEZ or Loxo Professional; a team that wants agents to run a full search needs Loxo Professional.
Add-ons: the five costs cheap tiers miss
Zoho employee licence USD 8.34/month annual (sold in packs of 10), vendor portal USD 6/month, video interviews USD 12/job; Manatal’s AI Interviewer is an add-on with no listed price; Loxo Professional/Enterprise and credits require a demo, and Boost 2x/5x list 5,000/12,500 credits but no price; hireEZ team pricing is custom. Add job boards, migration, implementation, tax and internal labour, and the USD 15/seat “low price” may not survive.
| Add-on | Public price/rule | TCO impact |
|---|---|---|
| Zoho Employee Licence | USD 8.34/month annual or 10 monthly; packs of 10 | Hiring manager/employee referrals; ten licences about USD 83.40/month annual |
| Zoho Vendor Portal | USD 6/month annual | External recruiters/channels; add as needed |
| Zoho Video Interviews | USD 12/job opening | Per job, not per seat; accumulates with interview volume |
| Manatal AI Interviewer | Add-on; no public unit price | Quote required for 24/7 video screening |
| Loxo Professional/credits | Demo quote; 2,500 credits/seat/month included; Boost 5,000/12,500 credits, price not listed | Loxo Source/full agents require the custom tier |
| hireEZ team | USD 494/month solo; team custom | Do not use the solo price as a team sourcing budget |
| Job boards/migration | Quoted separately; Loxo Core free migration for 3+ seats | Multi-board posting, migration and training are extra |
Sources: Zoho Recruit Pricing, Manatal Pricing, Loxo Pricing and hireEZ Pricing (accessed 3 November 2026). Excluding tax; Zoho local taxes extra, Manatal GST for Singapore tax residents. “No public price” means the official pricing page does not publish a number; this article does not guess.
How to compare AI capacity: Loxo credits versus “AI included”
Loxo Professional includes 2,500 credits/seat/month, pooled and refreshed monthly; Boost 2x is 5,000 and Boost 5x is 12,500, with no public price. Manatal includes AI enrichment/recommendations/Copilot in the seat and sells AI Interviewer separately; Zoho Standard includes AI, with AI matching in Enterprise; hireEZ includes AI screening in its sourcing platform with custom team pricing. None publishes a single “credits per AI action” unit, so capacity is not directly comparable.
| Platform | AI meter | Public allowance/price | Ask in procurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manatal | Included in seat; AI Interviewer add-on | AI features included; Interviewer price not listed | Interviewer pricing, concurrency/minute limits |
| Zoho Recruit | Standard includes AI; Enterprise adds matching | Included in seat; video USD 12/job | Whether AI matching has usage limits; video per job |
| Loxo | Credits, pooled across the team | Professional 2,500/seat/month; Boost 5,000/12,500, price not listed | Credits consumed by one full agentic search |
| hireEZ | AI screening/outreach inside the platform | USD 494/month solo; team custom | Team seats, profile/credit caps, overage |
Sources: Loxo Pricing, Manatal Pricing, Zoho Recruit Pricing and hireEZ Pricing (accessed 3 November 2026). Loxo credits meter completed work and are pooled/refreshed monthly; the other vendors do not publish an equivalent credits unit. Do not convert “2,500 credits” into “2,500 AI interviews” or “2,500 candidates”.
Which option fits which scenario?
Three to ten recruiters, few jobs, budget-first: Manatal Professional USD 15/seat; more jobs/AI matching/automation: Zoho Standard/Enterprise; 25+ people needing unlimited jobs/candidates + SSO/API/LLM: Manatal Enterprise Plus; sourcing data + full agents + AI search: Loxo Professional (custom); existing ATS but missing sourcing/outreach: hireEZ (USD 494 solo, team custom).
| Scenario | First choice | Why | Watch out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3–10 people, few jobs, budget-first | Manatal Professional | USD 15/seat/month; AI included | 15 jobs/10k candidates cap |
| 10–25 people, AI matching/automation | Zoho Enterprise | USD 50/seat; 20 jobs/recruiter | Video/employee licences extra |
| 25+ people, unlimited + SSO/API/LLM | Manatal Enterprise Plus | USD 55/seat; unlimited jobs/candidates | AI Interviewer add-on |
| Sourcing data + agents + AI search | Loxo Professional | 850M+ graph, full agent workforce | Custom price; credits |
| Existing ATS, only sourcing/outreach | hireEZ | 1B+ profiles, 45+ channels | USD 494 solo; team custom |
| Multi-brand/multi-entity governance | Loxo Enterprise / Manatal Ent+ | SSO/permissions/audit | Contract quote |
“First choice” is an editorial judgement, not a vendor recommendation; the final decision depends on job volume, candidate pool, sourcing needs, AI interviews/video, compliance and internal implementation. Prices are public list prices, excluding tax and discounts.
What should procurement and acceptance specify?
At least eight things: the seat definition (recruiter vs hiring manager), job/candidate caps, AI feature boundary (screening/recommendation/interview/agents), AI metering and overage, video interview/employee licence add-ons, sourcing data coverage, SSO/API/audit, and migration/implementation/tax. Then run a four-week POC on the real hiring flow and record résumés per job, screening time, scheduling time, AI errors and human takeover.
- Seats: whether recruiter licences include hiring managers, employee referrals and external recruiters; Zoho employee licences are packs of 10, Manatal’s hiring managers are unlimited but feature-limited.
- Caps: Manatal Pro 15 jobs/10k candidates; Zoho Standard 10 jobs/recruiter and Enterprise 20; upgrade before the cap, not after.
- AI boundary: which tier has screening/recommendation/interview/agents; Manatal AI Interviewer is separate, Zoho AI matching is Enterprise, Loxo agents are Professional.
- Metering: how Loxo credits are consumed, whether pooled, refreshed or expired; whether other vendors’ “AI included” has usage or concurrency limits.
- Add-ons: video interview, employee licence, vendor portal, job boards, premium support and migration, item by item.
- Data: sourcing coverage by country/industry, contact accuracy, GDPR/CCPA/PDPA compliance, export and deletion.
- Compliance/security: SSO, SCIM, audit, roles, data residency, AI training use; Loxo Enterprise/Manatal Ent+ are more complete.
- POC: four weeks, three real jobs, 5–10 recruiters; record résumé volume, screening/scheduling time, AI errors, human takeover and candidate experience.
FAQ
Which is cheapest for three recruiters?
Annual public prices: Manatal Professional USD 45/month (540/year), Zoho Standard 75 (900), Manatal Enterprise Plus 165 (1,980), Zoho Enterprise 150 (1,800), Loxo Core 447 (5,364). Manatal Pro is lowest, but capped at 15 jobs/10k candidates; upgrade if job volume or the candidate pool is larger.
What about ten recruiters?
Manatal Pro USD 150/month, Zoho Standard 250, Manatal Ent+ 550, Zoho Enterprise 500, Loxo Core 1,490. Budget-first: Manatal Pro; AI matching/automation: Zoho Enterprise; unlimited + SSO/API/LLM: Manatal Ent+; sourcing/agents: Loxo Professional (custom).
What about twenty-five recruiters?
Manatal Pro USD 375/month but capped at 15 jobs/10k candidates; Zoho Standard 625 (10 jobs/recruiter); Manatal Ent+ 1,375; Zoho Enterprise 1,250; Loxo Core 3,725. At 25 people you usually need unlimited or higher job caps, so Manatal Pro’s low price cannot be applied directly.
What is the difference between USD 15 and USD 149?
Manatal Pro USD 15 buys ATS/CRM + AI enrichment/recommendations/Copilot with 15 jobs/10k candidates; Loxo Core USD 149 buys unlimited jobs/candidates + AI search + ATS/CRM, but Loxo Source 850M+ and full agents are in the custom Professional tier. The gap is sourcing data, agent capacity and integration depth, not simply “more AI”.
Are AI/video interviews extra?
Manatal AI Interviewer is an add-on with no public unit price; Zoho Video Interviews are USD 12/job opening; Zoho employee licences are USD 8.34/month annual (packs of 10) and vendor portal USD 6/month. Loxo AI Notetaker/agents sit in Professional/credits and require a demo quote.
Can hireEZ’s USD 494/month be used as a team price?
No. USD 494/month is the solo-recruiter sourcing plan with a seven-day trial; team/enterprise pricing is custom. It is mainly a sourcing/outreach/screening layer, not a full ATS/CRM. If you already have an ATS and only lack sourcing, hireEZ can be negotiated separately; if you are replacing an ATS, compare Manatal/Zoho/Loxo first.
How much do annual and monthly differ?
Manatal monthly is USD 4/seat more (15→19, 35→39, 55→59); Zoho monthly is Standard 30 and Enterprise 60 versus annual 25/50, up to 16% savings; Loxo Core lists only annual USD 149/seat/month; hireEZ solo is USD 494/month with no annual discount listed.
What hidden costs remain?
Job boards/advertising, sourcing data/contact info, video interviews, employee licences, vendor portal, premium support, migration/implementation, higher SSO/API tiers, tax (Zoho local tax, Manatal Singapore GST) and internal training. The seat TCO here excludes these; add them back in procurement.
Research method and limitations
This article separates “official facts” from “editorial modelling”: plan prices, seats, job/candidate caps, AI features and add-on prices come from the four vendors’ official pricing pages; the 3/10/25-person TCO is arithmetic on annual seat prices, not a vendor quote.
Eight limitations: (1) only US public list prices are compared, without enterprise discounts, tax, implementation or training; (2) Manatal/Zoho “seats” are recruiter licences, and hiring manager/employee/recruiter access differs by vendor and tier; (3) Manatal AI Interviewer, Loxo Professional/Enterprise and hireEZ team pricing have no public number, so they remain unknown rather than guessed; (4) Loxo credits and other vendors’ “AI included” are not the same unit, so capacity is not directly comparable; (5) this article does not compare AI screening/interview accuracy, bias or candidate experience, only pricing and feature boundaries; (6) job boards, sourcing data, video interviews, migration and internal labour are excluded from the main table; (7) only four vendors are compared, not the whole ATS/sourcing market; (8) mainland China recruiting platforms/local compliance are excluded. Treat this as a unit-alignment template and replace the assumptions with a four-week real-hiring POC.
Sources and basis
- Manatal, Pricing: manatal.com/pricing. Annual Professional USD 15, Enterprise 35, Enterprise Plus 55 per seat/month; monthly 19/39/59; Professional 15 jobs/10k candidates; Enterprise unlimited; Plus adds LLM/Open API/SSO/MCP; AI Interviewer add-on; GST for Singapore tax residents. Accessed 3 November 2026.
- Zoho Recruit, Pricing: zoho.com/recruit/pricing. Free USD 0 (one job); Standard annual 25/monthly 30 (10 jobs/recruiter, AI included); Enterprise annual 50/monthly 60 (20 jobs/recruiter, AI matching); employee licence 8.34/10, vendor portal 6, video interviews USD 12/job; local tax extra. Accessed 3 November 2026.
- Loxo, Pricing: loxo.co/pricing. Core USD 149/seat/month annual; unlimited jobs/candidates, AI search, ATS+CRM, MCP; Professional custom with Loxo Source 850M+, full agent workforce and 2,500 credits/seat/month; Enterprise custom with SSO/SAML/governance; Boost 5,000/12,500 credits, price not listed. Accessed 3 November 2026.
- hireEZ, Pricing: hireez.com/pricing. Solo USD 494/month, seven-day trial; 1B+ profiles, 45+ channels; team/enterprise custom; AI sourcing/screening/outreach. Accessed 3 November 2026.
Data cut-off 3 November 2026; prices are public list prices excluding tax; all models are editorial calculations. This is not procurement, legal or HR-compliance advice.