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Juicebox alternatives. Current options and the work they cover.

Compare the workflow, public price basis and person responsible for the next step. Fetcher belongs in a retirement transition, and a cheaper search seat does not buy someone to run the role.

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A search need branches into sourcing, a broader stack, records and operated workflow options.
A search need branches into sourcing, a broader stack, records and operated workflow options. Conceptual illustration, created with AI.

The short version

Metix AI is the first alternative to test: Fast Search, Deep Search and an AI Agent through interview booking in one plan from $99 a month. Seven other current options cover search, a broader recruiting platform or an ATS. Check the exact capacity and contract, then test the same authorized vacancy. Fetcher is no longer a new-purchase recommendation.

Decision guide

What must the next tool actually do?

  1. Assign the work

    Name who reviews evidence, approves outreach and owns replies.

  2. Write the bill

    Separate seats, roles, usage, term, invoice dates and retained tools.

  3. Test a real vacancy

    Record useful evidence and unresolved steps before deciding to switch.

Vendor descriptions and budget examples do not establish matching quality, time saved or hiring results.

Metix AI sells recruiting software and publishes this comparison. Official sources checked October 19, 2026. Prices describe the stated package and billing basis; they do not establish a vendor's hiring results.

Start with the work you need to move

Choose a Juicebox alternative for the work your team needs to move. If a recruiter runs the search and conversations, compare discovery, contact access and the exact ATS handoff. If nobody has time to run the role, you need an Agent your team supervises. Metix AI covers both cases in one plan, so it is the first option below. If applicant tracking is the problem, buy for that requirement.

Eight current options from our original list are compared below. Fetcher is a separate transition case because its platform retirement has been announced. It should not appear as a cheap new subscription in your shortlist.

Check the current package and billing basis

Juicebox currently displays Starter at $99 per seat per month on yearly billing, or $119 monthly. Growth is $179 on yearly billing or $199 monthly, with up to five paid seats. Business requires an annual quote and lists ATS/CRM integration. See Juicebox's pricing page.

The Agent add-on is $199 per Agent per month. Its card lists unlimited contact and email credits, with auto-email or auto-shortlist modes. Juicebox therefore offers more than a search list. Confirm the distinction between Agent usage and ordinary seat allowances. The Starter card says email and phone credits, while the detailed grid marks phone numbers unavailable on Starter; get that entitlement resolved before budgeting phone outreach.

The current pages resolve several purchase questions: GoPerfect now publishes a position price, Leonar shows a different public software offer, and Fetcher is retiring. A surviving price page or an old comparison cannot establish that a product is still available to buy.

Compare units and the full commitment

A seat, a concurrently open position and a monthly Agent allowance buy different capacity. Count the operators first. Record active vacancies, contacts and exports as separate capacity requirements. Ask who owns review, approval, reply handling and scheduling in the exact package.

Download the editable role-test and quote worksheet (CSV). Fill in the real vacancy, evidence standard, operator, approval owner, connector, contract term and invoice dates. Keep missing usage, implementation or tax amounts blank until confirmed. Add retained software and your team's actual hours.

For example, two Juicebox Starter seats at the yearly reference plus one Agent give 2 × $99 × 12 + $199 × 12 = $4,764 for twelve months of that stated scope. Using monthly list rates for twelve unchanged months gives (2 × $119 + $199) × 12 = $5,244. These are service-cost examples, not an assertion that both charges share an annual invoice or that their scope matches another vendor.

Download the worked cost examples (CSV). They also show five GoPerfect positions at $18,000 across twelve unchanged months, and Metix AI Starter at $1,188 across twelve monthly payments versus its published $1,068 annual total. Taxes, extra usage, retained tools and operator time are excluded. This is budget arithmetic, not a savings ranking.

Start with Metix AI: three ways to work in one plan

Metix AI's self-serve subscriptions cost $99, $199, $299 and $499 monthly, including 1, 2, 3 and 5 Agent workflows respectively and monthly Credits. One plan gives a team three ways to work.

Fast Search. A recruiter writes the criteria, gets ranked profiles, filters by language and refines the results round by round. The search itself uses 0 Credits.

Deep Search. A conversation builds a candidate list, and a new requirement continues the search. One list uses 100 Credits. From either search, the recruiter can send Sequences from a mailbox they connect by IMAP.

AI Agent. The Agent carries a role through approved outreach, reply handling, interest qualification and interview booking. Work inside an active Agent's workflow uses 0 Credits; standalone contact unlocks and additional Agents consume Credits.

That covers the recruiter who wants to run every search and the team with no hours for follow-up. Your team defines the brief, reviews match evidence and approves outreach. No Metix AI staff member reviews the shortlist on these subscriptions. If you need staff to operate the assignment from day one, ask about separately quoted Delivery. Current Metix AI plans and Delivery distinction. For the two products head to head, with the price of one seat and one Agent on each side, read Metix AI vs Juicebox.

SeekOut

Recruit Core displays $149 per month paid annually upfront ($1,788), or $179 monthly, with a 14-day trial. Its current page lists 500 monthly contact credits and 1,000 exports. ATS export is not the same entitlement as ATS rediscovery or an integration package. The card describes an individual recruiter while the grid lists three included seats: confirm users and shared allowances before pricing a team. Official plans and our SeekOut cost worksheet.

hireEZ

The public starting point remains $494 monthly for a solo recruiter, with a seven-day trial. Enterprise pricing is scoped around the stack being replaced, rather than a universal seat rate. hireEZ describes sourcing, CRM, outreach, screening, scheduling and analytics above an existing ATS. If consolidation is your reason to switch, use your own retained contracts in the comparison. The vendor's projected savings do not establish yours. Official pricing and the hireEZ budget guide.

Leonar

The current Professional card shows $149 per user per month excluding tax, with $1,788 paid upfront annually. ATS/CRM, AI-assisted sourcing, Copilot, sequences and contact enrichment are listed. Included enrichment volume belongs in the subscription terms. The software subscription and custom agent deployment/support programme have different scopes. Do not reuse the old $95 Starter offer as the current entry point. Official software and programme terms.

GoPerfect

GoPerfect now publishes $300 per concurrently open position per month and unlimited seats. Its five-position example is $1,500 monthly. The FAQ says to close a filled or paused role and open another in its place. That is concurrent capacity. It does not count total hires or guarantee any hires. The GoPerfect FAQ rechecked October 27, 2026 says there are no AI-credit add-ons. Other vendor checks retain their individual source dates. Confirm pilot length, contract commitment and feature availability; the price display alone does not settle them. Official position pricing.

When the decision includes your ATS or talent data

Gem

Gem offers a layer above your existing ATS and an All-in-One package containing its own ATS. Main in-house packages are quoted by company FTE count. Its startup widget is a conditional offer, with company-size and payment-term selections, not a universal per-recruiter price. Current materials include AI sourcing, rediscovery and application review. Confirm AI seats, scheduling/analytics entitlements, offer duration and the renewal invoice. Official packages and our Gem pricing guide.

Findem

Findem's current site describes talent intelligence, sourcing and agent workflows. We did not establish a price for the package comparable to your proposed Juicebox purchase. Ask for the relevant workflow, data coverage, human review and integration scope in the quote. Once those fields are confirmed, compare the full annual total. Current product scope.

Staffed help and the Fetcher transition

Dover

Dover publishes a free ATS and Premium at $199 monthly. Free includes unlimited users, jobs and candidates, with limits on some features and history. Premium adds functions including AI resume review and a notetaker. The recruiter marketplace is a separate service: recruiters set their own rates and engagement model. The free ATS does not itself buy a recruiter or an external candidate database. Official plans, feature grid and marketplace terms.

Fetcher: historical comparison, not a new purchase

Fetcher has announced platform retirement. Juicebox's current official asset-acquisition announcement, checked October 19, says Fetcher is retiring its platform and offers existing customers a transition path. It does not establish automatic transfer of your contract, data, unused allowances or active replies.

Existing customers should confirm the account deadline, export permissions, candidate conversations and suppression records directly. Assign the next owner before recreating sequences. The old Fetcher-hosted announcement returned 404 in our October 19 check. Historical Fetcher prices and transition costs retain the original October 15 price-check basis; today's announcement check does not refresh those old rates. Do not start a new Fetcher purchase, upgrade or trial based on them.

Treat LinkedIn as a separate channel decision

InMail is a message route inside LinkedIn, so it is a channel question and does not replace the options above. Recruiter Lite and full Recruiter have different network reach and entitlements. Use your current localized checkout or quote; one old US-dollar Lite figure is not a global price. Our LinkedIn Recruiter cost guide separates the product tiers and billing questions.

Eight current alternatives and the scope to verify

This is a buying map, not a product-performance ranking. Metix AI is listed first because one plan covers both the search and the full Agent workflow. LinkedIn and Juicebox are comparison baselines; Fetcher is excluded from the current list.

Public prices checked October 19, 2026; USD where a price is shown
OptionPublic price basisConfirm for your role
Metix AI$99-$499 monthly plans with Fast Search, Deep Search and 1 to 5 AI AgentsAgent allowance, standalone Credits and customer approval work; Delivery separate
SeekOutCore $149/month annual upfront or $179 monthlyUsers, shared contacts/exports and the actual ATS connection
hireEZSolo starts at $494/month; Enterprise scopedIncluded operators, modules and retained ATS spend
LeonarProfessional $149/user/month, $1,788 annual prepaid, excluding taxEnrichment allowance, billing mode and separate deployment work
GoPerfect$300 per concurrently open position/monthTerm, pilot and enabled features; no AI-credit add-ons
GemFTE-based quotes; conditional startup widgetATS route, seats, additions, offer expiry and renewal
FindemComparable package price not establishedWorkflow, coverage, review and integration quote
DoverFree ATS; $199/month Premium; marketplace rates separateATS feature limits and any staffed recruiting engagement

Use one authorized role to narrow the choice

Write the must-haves as observable evidence, identify acceptable tradeoffs and assign a reviewer. Give each vendor the same brief and record what you can actually inspect. A large result set can still fail if the mandatory criterion remains unknown.

Use the worksheet to separate profiles reviewed, unresolved requirements, operator hours, approved messages, interested replies and interviews booked. Count bookings separately. Attendance and hires need their own records. Set a continue/change/stop decision and a named owner before the trial ends. Before switching, check existing conversations and do-not-contact records to prevent duplicate outreach.

If your task is a few technical searches and project review, our GitHub sourcing guide offers a manual evidence log. For Metix AI, create an account and run a Fast Search on your own real, authorized vacancy. Then set up an Agent, review the match evidence and approve outreach only when the brief and message are right.

Create a role in Metix AI

Need staff to operate the search? Discuss separately quoted Delivery.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Fetcher still a current Juicebox alternative?

Fetcher has announced platform retirement. Juicebox’s current official asset-acquisition notice was checked October 19, 2026. Treat Fetcher as an existing-account transition, not a new purchase, trial or upgrade. Confirm export permissions, conversations, deadlines and contract treatment; do not assume automatic transfer of data or unused allowances.

Which Juicebox alternative is cheapest?

Metix AI Starter is $99 a month with Fast Search, Deep Search and one AI Agent included. One Juicebox Starter seat plus one Agent is $318 on monthly billing. A free ATS, a sourcing seat, concurrent-position capacity and staffed recruiting buy different work. Add Agent charges, usage, the full contract and your team’s time. The cost examples are arithmetic, not a matched-feature ranking.

Does Juicebox only provide a search list?

No. Its current pricing includes email outreach and a $199-per-Agent monthly add-on with auto-email or auto-shortlist modes. Confirm Agent entitlements separately from the ordinary seat’s contact and export allowances.

Why is Metix AI the first Juicebox alternative to test?

One plan gives a team three ways to work. A recruiter runs Fast Search and Deep Search personally and sends Sequences from a connected mailbox. An AI Agent carries a role through approved outreach, reply handling, interest qualification and interview booking. The four plans cost $99 to $499 a month and include 1 to 5 AI Agents. Your team defines the vacancy, reviews matches and approves outreach. Staffed Delivery is a separate service quoted for the assignment.

Source dates and limits

We read the full Pin and Noon comparisons as research, then checked the official pages linked beside each product. Their rankings, customer stories, response rates and time-saved claims were not adopted. We did not run matched vendor trials.

October 19 is the full source-check and rewrite date. The original July 27 publication date and Gene Dai byline remain. The worksheet and arithmetic are Metix AI editorial designs; missing commercial terms require confirmation. Recheck volatile prices and platform status if you publish or purchase later.

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About the author

Gene Dai

Co-founder & CPO, Metix AI

Gene Dai leads product at Metix AI. He built hiring products at BOSS Zhipin, Liepin and Zuoyebang before this, and studied at Beihang University.