Talent SummonerBuilt for occasional hiring
A seat licence only pays off if someone uses it daily. Per-role pricing means you pay when you are actually hiring.
Talent Summoner vs LinkedIn Recruiter
LinkedIn Recruiter is built for full-time recruiters who live in a sourcing database. If you hire a handful of roles a year, you are paying an annual licence to operate software yourself. Talent Summoner takes your role brief and returns a ranked shortlist with evidence โ no Boolean strings, no LinkedIn seat.
Side by side
| What matters | Talent Summoner | LinkedIn Recruiter |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | From USD $29 per role, or USD $59/month for 4 Roles. Free to start. | Annual seat licence โ Recruiter Lite is reported at about US$1,680 per year. |
| Who does the work | An AI agent searches, evaluates, and ranks; you review the shortlist. | You (or your recruiter) run every search, filter, and review manually. |
| Search input | A plain-English role brief โ the agent asks follow-up questions. | Boolean strings and dozens of manual filters you have to master. |
| Output | A ranked shortlist with evidence for why each candidate matches. | Raw search results you still have to screen one by one. |
| Outreach | Personalised candidate emails, drafted for you and sent only with your approval. | InMail with monthly credit limits. |
| Commitment | Pay per role. No subscription required. | Annual contract per seat. |
LinkedIn Recruiter pricing as reported on vendor pages and public sources, August 2026. LinkedIn is a trademark of LinkedIn Corporation; Talent Summoner is not affiliated with LinkedIn.
Why teams switch
A seat licence only pays off if someone uses it daily. Per-role pricing means you pay when you are actually hiring.
You get candidates already evaluated against your must-haves, each with reasoning you can audit โ not a database to operate.
Describe the role like you would brief a colleague. There are no Boolean operators or filter trees to learn.
FAQ
No. You can use Talent Summoner without providing your own LinkedIn seat.
We source from LinkedIn profiles and other publicly available professional information.
If you have a full-time recruiting team running continuous pipelines and InMail campaigns at scale, a dedicated seat can be worth it. For occasional, founder-led hiring, per-role sourcing is usually more cost-effective.
Yes โ starting is free. You describe the role and see how the search works before paying for a role.
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Describe the role in plain English. The agent starts searching immediately โ no seat, no annual contract.