Write one sentence about the person you need. Metix AI reads it into criteria and shows the people who match right away, so you can see the market before you fix the brief.
Fast Search answers the first question in any search: how many people fit this role, and where do they work today? You describe the person the way you would describe them to a colleague, and there is no Boolean string to write. Metix AI reads the sentence into criteria as you type, then returns matching people from 900M+ profiles in 190+ countries.
Running the search uses 0 Credits, and so does opening a profile. When the list looks right, Deep Search scores people against the same criteria.
Most searches start loose: you have a title and a city, and you do not know yet how strict the rest should be. Fast Search is built for that moment.
The recording uses one sentence: a senior backend engineer in Singapore, with 5+ years of Go or Java and a fintech or payments background. The search returned 625 candidates and showed the first 200 on the page. It took about nine seconds, and the video shortens that wait.
Recorded on a live Metix AI account on October 26, 2026, with candidate names, photos and contact details replaced during recording. The count belongs to that one search, and yours will depend on the role, the location and the criteria. The drawings on this page use sample names.
A first list rarely settles the brief, so you tighten the years or filter by language and look again. Fast Search lets you run another round at any point. A profile you saw in one round is removed from the next, so you do not review the same person twice.
Fast Search itself uses 0 Credits, and so does opening a profile. From a Fast Search, Credits go on contact details: 10 for an email and 20 for a phone number.
Every plan includes monthly Credits, from 5,000 on Starter at $99 a month to 27,000 on Scale at $499. Metix AI pricing has the plan cards. The free trial runs 14 days, needs no card, and includes 1 AI Agent and 500 Credits.
Fast Search matches and ranks people. It does not score each person against your requirements, and it does not run the outreach for you. Deep Search does the first, and an AI Agent does the second. Continue in Deep keeps your criteria, so you do not start again.
One sentence returns matching people. Each condition you add narrows the pool.
It asks what matters, searches, then scores each person it reviews against every requirement.
It sources, sends the outreach you approve, follows up and books interviews.
| Step | Fast Search | Deep Search | AI Agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write the brief | You | You | You |
| Find people | Metix AI | Metix AI | Metix AI |
| Assess each person | You | Metix AI | Metix AI |
| Unlock contact details | You | You | Metix AI |
| Email and follow up | You | You | Metix AI after you approve |
| Book interviews | You | You | Metix AI |
| Interview and decide | You | You | You |
You can also write to people straight from a Fast Search. Save them to the Shortlist for the role and start a Sequence. It sends a first email, follows up on a timer, and stops when the person replies. The emails can go out from your own mailbox, which you connect by IMAP in Settings.
You are starting out. Run the loose version, read a page of profiles, and let the list tell you which condition matters.
You want to know how many of these people a city has, and where they work today, before you promise a hiring manager a timeline.
Someone asked for a few people to talk to this week. Search, save them to the Shortlist, and send the first email.
Fast Search uses 0 Credits, so you can see who fits the role before you decide how to run it.
Run a Fast Search → Plans from $99 a monthFast Search is the search mode a recruiter steers personally. You describe the person in one sentence, Metix AI reads it into criteria as you type, and matching people appear right away. Use it to see how many people fit a role and to adjust the criteria before you commit to a brief.
No. Running a Fast Search and opening profiles use 0 Credits. Outside an AI Agent workflow, you spend Credits when you unlock contact details: 10 for an email and 20 for a phone number.
No. You write one sentence, the way you would describe the person to a colleague. Job title, location, experience and skills are ticked as Metix AI reads them, and criteria that are still missing stay visible so you can add them.
Fast Search runs another round. A profile you saw in one round is removed from the next, so you do not review the same person twice. You can change the criteria at any point, and you can also filter by language.
View them as cards or as a table, save people to the Shortlist for that role, open the full profile, or send an email. When the results look right, select Continue in Deep and Deep Search scores people against the same criteria, so you do not start again.
Fast Search across 900M+ profiles in 190+ countries, with 0 Credits to search and open profiles.