Loxo is a recruiting CRM that bundles sourcing agents and contact data into its Professional plan. Spectacled is built for agencies and staff augmentation firms that want every candidate graded against the role, a free plan to start on, and the option to pay month to month.
Updated · prices from each vendor's own site · Sources
| At a glance | Spectacled | Loxo |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, 1 seat | None listed; a 7-day trial of Professional |
| First published price | $99 a seat a month, billed annually | Starts at $149 a user a month (Core) |
| Month-to-month billing | Yes, $119 a seat | Annual plans, paid up front |
| Candidate grading | Every plan, never metered | AI search in Core; agents in Professional |
| Single sign-on (SAML) | Not yet | In Enterprise |
Most agencies know within a minute which list sounds like them. If it's the second one, Loxo is the better fit today.
Spectacled Professional is $99 a seat a month billed annually, or $119 month to month. Loxo Core starts at $149 a user a month, on an annual plan paid up front; Loxo Professional and Enterprise are quoted.
| Spectacled | Loxo | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Starter, free forever1 seat, 5 active jobs, 500 candidates, 100 AI actions a month | None listed"Start your free 7-day trial": full Professional access, no credit card |
| First paid plan | Professional: $99Billed annually, or $119 month to month. Unlimited jobs, candidates and AI actions. | Core: starts at $149"Billed annually." "Annual plans, paid up front." Marked "New customer limited time offer". |
| Second plan | Agency: $199Billed annually, or $239 month to month. Professional, plus migration, setup and training by our team. | Professional: quoted"Book a demo to see pricing for your team, billed annually." Adds Loxo Source, agents, contact data and API access. |
| Higher plans | NoneAgency is the top plan | Enterprise: "Custom annual agreements"Adds SSO/SAML, advanced roles and permissions, a dedicated success team |
| Candidate matching | Every planAn A–D grade with a written reason for every candidate, never metered | Core and upNatural-language AI search, relevance-ranked, in Core |
| Claude and MCP | Every planThe Claude connector reads and updates your desk, never deletes | Core and up"MCP access" is listed in Core |
| Moving your data | Done for you on AgencyOn any plan, import candidates from a CSV, 500 rows a file | Free on Core for 3+ seatsGuided self-serve below 3 seats; Professional and Enterprise migrations "scoped as fixed packages before you sign" |
Loxo's $149 is a "starts at" price, so a quote for your team may differ. Loxo pricing in detail, with the cost at 3, 10 and 25 seats
An agency desk from the first client call to the placement, in one system. The last column is what we don't do yet, so you can decide before a demo.
Five questions that decide the real price. Our answers are under each one; Loxo's are theirs to give.
A letter, the words that go with it, one written reason and a checklist of the job's must-haves. Here is Diego Ramírez on the Senior Backend Engineer role at Fintech Co: Kafka isn't on his profile, so he's held at B.
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