Spottpricing, plans and limits

Last updated: 2026-08-16

Spott is a Y Combinator-backed (Winter 2025) AI-native ATS and CRM built for recruiting and staffing agencies, with 1,000+ daily active users across five continents. It uses vector-database matching instead of keyword search, plus an AI note-taker, automated enrichment, and its own MCP connectors for Claude and ChatGPT.

About Spott

Spott is an AI-native applicant tracking system and CRM built specifically for recruiting and staffing agencies. Three former McKinsey, BCG, and Bain consultants, Lander Degreve, Samuel Smeys, and Manu Vanderveeren, started the company in Leuven, Belgium in 2024 after watching recruiters at their old firms fight fragmented, database-first software that was never designed for AI. Y Combinator backed the Winter 2025 batch company, and Base10 Partners led its seed round. Where older platforms treat a candidate profile as a static record, Spott's core is a vector database that reads the meaning inside job descriptions, resumes, and conversation history, so a search for a role surfaces people who fit the intent, not just the exact job title typed into a box. Calls and in-person meetings get transcribed automatically, and the resulting notes suggest field updates on the candidate's record instead of sitting in a separate app. A connected inbox pulls email, WhatsApp, and social messages into one timeline, linked to a recruiter's calendar and meeting tools, and enrichment quietly fills in missing contact details on records that would otherwise go stale. Spott is aimed at agency work rather than in-house talent acquisition: exec search, contingency, temp, and contract desks all run through the same pipeline and CRM instead of bolted-on tools. Recruiters using Claude or ChatGPT can also reach into that same candidate data without leaving either assistant, since Spott built its own MCP connectors for both, on top of a standard REST API for anything else. Presentation-ready shortlists, generated from the same candidate data, land in a client's inbox as a branded Word or PowerPoint file rather than a plain export, and the iOS and Android apps carry note capture and meeting summaries into the field. Spott is priced per seat in three tiers, Core, Pro, and a custom-quoted Enterprise plan, moving from the base AI matching and CRM up through automation, multi-channel outreach sequences, and enrichment, to enterprise contract terms and a dedicated point of contact. There is no permanent free plan; agencies instead get a guided demo or trial before signing up. Token spend for AI matching, note-taking, and outreach drafting is bundled into every tier rather than billed as a usage add-on; only contact-enrichment credits for sourcing new emails and phone numbers cost extra. See the pricing FAQ below for exact current rates. Agencies coming from Bullhorn, Vincere, JobAdder, Loxo, or Recruiterflow don't need an outside consultant: Spott's own team extracts and validates the old data and gets a firm live in roughly a month, with what the company describes as virtually no data loss. Everything is hosted in the EU by default, Spott holds ISO 27001 certification and states it is GDPR compliant, and per its security page, customer candidate and client data is never used to train foundation models.

Pricing

No free tier, demo/trial only. Core: $139/seat/month billed annually ($169 billed monthly), covers the core ATS/CRM and AI matching. Pro: $199/seat/month billed annually ($249 billed monthly), adds automation, multi-channel outreach, enrichment, and priority support. Enterprise: custom quote, adds contract terms, advanced permissions, and a dedicated point of contact.

Key Features

• Vector-based AI matching: AI search and matching reads the meaning behind job descriptions and candidate profiles using vector databases instead of keyword search, and every match is explainable.
• AI note-taker and VOIP support: Transcribes calls and in-person meetings in real time and writes suggested candidate profile updates back automatically.
• Unibox multi-channel inbox: Syncs email, WhatsApp, and social messages into one inbox, connected to Microsoft, Google, and Zoom for calendar and meeting history.
• Official MCP servers for Claude and ChatGPT: Recruiters can query and update the Spott database directly from Claude or ChatGPT through Spott's official MCP integrations, plus an open REST API for custom builds.
• Branded candidate presentations: AI-generated candidate presentation reports export to branded Word or PowerPoint templates in minutes for client-ready shortlists.
• White-glove ATS migration: Spott's in-house team handles extraction, validation, and go-live when migrating from Bullhorn, Vincere, JobAdder, Loxo, or Recruiterflow, typically live in about four weeks.

Pros

• Candidate data can be queried and updated from inside Claude or ChatGPT itself, since Spott built dedicated MCP integrations for both, a feature legacy ATS platforms like Bullhorn or Vincere do not offer.
• AI features (matching, note-taking, outreach drafting) are included in every paid tier at no extra token cost; only contact-enrichment credits are billed separately.
• White-glove migration from Bullhorn, Loxo, Vincere, JobAdder, or Recruiterflow is typically live in about 4 weeks with Spott's own team, no external consultants.
• Reports 1,000+ daily active users across five continents, from Argentina and the US to Australia, South Africa, Thailand, mainland Europe, and the UK.

Cons

• Offers no permanent free plan, unlike budget entry-level competitors such as Recruit CRM; a guided demo or trial is the only way to test it first.
• Mobile app functionality is more limited than the web platform, per a 2026 PeopleManagingPeople review, a drawback for recruiters who work mainly from a phone.
• The full contracting module is still being built out, per the same PeopleManagingPeople review, so agencies running heavy contract/temp placement books may need workarounds.
• Entry-tier seat pricing sits above budget ATS options like Recruit CRM, per pricing published on spott.io.

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