Crelate is a recruiting CRM, ATS and AI sourcing platform for staffing and search firms. Plans start at $85 per user per month. See features and pricing.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Crelate is a recruiting platform that combines a recruiting CRM, an applicant tracking system and sourcing tools with AI agents. The company positions it as a single place to find talent, manage candidates and clients, and carry the relationship through onboarding. Its name blends create and relationships, reflecting a stated belief that recruiting starts with relationship building.
The platform is built for professional recruiting teams, including executive search firms, direct hire agencies, staffing firms and corporate recruiters, as well as niches such as legal, healthcare and nonprofit recruiting. Crelate says it has served more than 25,000 recruiting professionals since 2012 and reports a 4.6 average rating across G2, Capterra, GetApp and Trustpilot.
Recruiters work in a browser-based desk where candidates move through customizable stages by drag and drop. Each contact keeps its history, notes and activity, which Crelate calls the full story behind every candidate. Automated emails and status changes can be tied to stages, and sequences keep follow-ups on schedule.
AI sits alongside that workflow. Discover Agent searches for people beyond the firm's own database when given a plain-language description of the role. Contact Enrichment and Insights Agent keep records current, while Co-Pilot summarizes resumes, drafts emails and suggests the next step. The company describes the approach as agentic when you want it and human when you do not.
The core toolset includes an ATS, a recruiting CRM, full-text and Boolean search, resume parsing, job portals with custom application forms, client and hiring manager portals, and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Engagement tools cover bulk email, text campaigns, email tracking, calendar and Outlook integration, and RingCentral VoIP.
Reporting includes custom reports and dashboards, recruiting ratios and forecasting. Crelate Hire handles digital onboarding with e-signature, federal and state forms, I-9 and E-Verify, and location-specific compliance. For developers, Crelate provides an open RESTful API, webhooks and an MCP server that connects Claude, ChatGPT and custom agents.
Crelate is a recruiting platform that combines a recruiting CRM, applicant tracking system and sourcing tools with AI agents. It is used by staffing firms, executive search firms and in-house recruiting teams.
Essentials costs $85 per user per month, paid annually, and Business costs $119 per user per month, billed annually or monthly. Business Plus and Platform pricing are custom and require contacting sales. Some features, such as email campaigns and text messaging, carry additional fees.
Yes. The site offers a Start free trial option alongside a demo request. The sources do not describe the trial length or limits.
Crelate is aimed at executive search firms, direct hire agencies, staffing firms, corporate recruiters and niche teams in areas such as legal, healthcare and nonprofit recruiting. It suits teams that want one configurable platform for sourcing through onboarding.
Its marketplace lists more than 80 partners, including People 2.0, Sense, HireLogic and Whippy, and its plans reference HubSpot, Salesforce, Monday, Dynamics, Zapier, RingCentral, Indeed, Dice and CareerBuilder. It also offers an open REST API, webhooks and an MCP server.
The Essentials plan is built for small teams, with up to 2 users and 20k contacts. A customer quote on the site from a small agency praises its flexibility and support, and data migration and training are available.
Yes, through Crelate Hire, which covers digital onboarding, e-signature, federal and state forms, I-9 and E-Verify, and location-specific compliance. It is priced per hire as an add-on.
Yes. Crelate has an open RESTful API and webhooks, with API call limits of 60 requests per minute on Business and 120 on Business Plus and Enterprise. An MCP server for connecting AI tools is listed as available on Business Plus.