Honest comparison · 2026

Raffi vs HireEZ

HireEZ finds the candidate. Raffi finds them and interviews them. One step in your funnel vs four.

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TL;DR

Raffi vs HireEZ in one paragraph: HireEZ finds the candidate. Raffi finds them and interviews them. One step in your funnel vs four.

HireEZ: AI sourcing across the open web (formerly Hiretual). HireEZ aggregates candidate profile data from across the open web (LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, conference talks, etc.) and lets recruiters search with natural language. One of the most-funded sourcing tools, popular with corporate recruiting teams. Pricing: Per-seat SaaS, public pricing from around $149/user/month. Enterprise tiers above. Pick HireEZ when: Deep cross-web profile aggregation (broader than LinkedIn-only tools). Pick Raffi when: you want real conversational voice interviews, a live operator room to query candidates by name, and SaaS pricing instead of placement or enterprise contracts.

Raffi

Agentic AI recruiter, two rooms.

One room interviews every applicant. One room talks to you about who to hire next.

Pricing

$25 starter credit free · $199/mo Pro ($100 grant) · $599/mo Growth ($300 grant). No placement fees, no hire fees. SaaS.

Why this wins

  • Real conversational voice interview, not async video Q&A
  • Operator room where you ask Raffi about candidates by name
  • Talent Directory for outbound + inbound in one tool
  • Self-serve onboarding in ~25 minutes, no sales call

HireEZ

AI sourcing across the open web (formerly Hiretual).

HireEZ aggregates candidate profile data from across the open web (LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, conference talks, etc.) and lets recruiters search with natural language. One of the most-funded sourcing tools, popular with corporate recruiting teams.

Pricing

Per-seat SaaS, public pricing from around $149/user/month. Enterprise tiers above.

Genuine strengths

  • Deep cross-web profile aggregation (broader than LinkedIn-only tools)
  • Strong natural-language sourcing UX
  • Diversity-sourcing features (well-marketed)
  • Established brand in the corporate-recruiter segment

Raffi vs HireEZ · side-by-side

Dimension-by-dimension comparison. Honest where HireEZ wins, honest where Raffi wins.

Dimension
Raffi
HireEZ
Primary capability
Interview + rank, plus outbound sourcing
Cross-web profile aggregation + search
Funnel coverage
Source + reveal + interview + rank
Source + reveal only
Pricing
$199/mo Pro · $599/mo Growth
~$149/user/month, team tiers above
Pool source
Talent Directory (~200M people)
Open-web aggregation (LinkedIn + GitHub + Twitter + conference talks)
Per-seat or platform pricing
Platform pricing — Growth includes unlimited seats
Per-seat pricing scales linearly
Conversation with candidate
Yes — voice interview built in
No — you reach out yourself
Best for
Teams whose bottleneck is interview throughput
Teams whose bottleneck is finding niche/passive candidates
Diversity sourcing features
Talent Directory filters + anti-bias rubric scoring
Strong diversity-sourcing positioning + features
Or, in motion

Watch how Raffi runs the loop HireEZ doesn't.

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The numbers, with sources

Every claim links to a real public source.

HireEZ's per-seat pricing model scales with team size — five recruiters on HireEZ at ~$149/user/mo = ~$745/month, before any interview tooling is added.

HireEZ uses per-seat SaaS pricing, which scales linearly with how many recruiters need access. Mid-sized recruiting teams find total cost climbs quickly compared to platform-priced alternatives.

Source: HireEZ pricing page

Sourcing tools surface candidates but don't engage them — the recruiter still does outreach, scheduling, and the screening interview manually.

HireEZ's product is contact discovery and search. Downstream outreach, scheduling, screening, and interviewing remain manual or require additional tools layered on.

Source: HireEZ product page

Raffi's Talent Directory + interview engine compresses the four-step sourcing → outreach → screening → interview loop into a single platform.

Raffi reveals contacts at $0.30-$1.50 per candidate and interviews them at $0.45/min — total per-shortlist-of-5 spend is typically $30-50 including 12-minute interviews, all in one tool.

Source: Raffi pricing page

Already on HireEZ? Here's the path to Raffi.

Most teams don't rip-and-replace — they stack, then decide.

  1. 1Keep HireEZ for highly specific passive-candidate searches where the breadth of cross-web aggregation matters (e.g., 'staff engineer who has shipped fintech compliance in EU').
  2. 2Use Raffi for outbound on common roles (engineering, sales, ops, customer success, marketing) — Raffi's Talent Directory + interview engine covers most volume needs.
  3. 3Stack on the senior/niche searches: HireEZ surfaces the candidate, Raffi runs the outreach + interview. Two-tool stack with clean ownership.
  4. 4Reconsider HireEZ seats annually. Most teams find the per-seat cost only justifies itself for dedicated sourcing recruiters; everyone else can work off Raffi's Talent Directory.

Common misconceptions

Isn't HireEZ's open-web data broader than Raffi's Talent Directory?

HireEZ's aggregation includes GitHub, Twitter, conference talks, etc. — genuinely broader for technical/passive sourcing. Raffi's ~200M-person pool covers most common professional roles globally. Use HireEZ for niche, Raffi for common.

Can I use HireEZ-found candidates inside Raffi?

Yes — export HireEZ contacts as CSV and import them into Raffi's outbound flow. Raffi takes it from there: first-touch message, scheduling, interview, ranking.

Where HireEZ runs out of room

Honest, fact-based gaps — the kind real buyers hit during evaluation.

  • 1Sourcing tool — once HireEZ finds the candidate, you still have to reach out and screen them
  • 2No interview, scoring, or shortlist output
  • 3Outbound-only — doesn't help with inbound applicant volume
  • 4Per-seat pricing adds up for larger recruiting teams

Which one fits your stack?

Pick the column that sounds like you. We'll tell you which tool to start with.

Pick HireEZ when…

You're a corporate recruiter doing heavy passive sourcing across multiple roles per quarter, and your bottleneck is finding the right people — not interviewing them.

Pick Raffi when…

Your bottleneck is screening 50-500 applicants per role into a shortlist. Or you want one tool that handles both sides — Raffi's Talent Directory reveals contacts and Raffi interviews them in the same loop.

Frequently asked

Is Raffi a HireEZ alternative?

Yes. Raffi covers most of what HireEZ covers, plus the two-room operator model where you actually talk to the AI about your candidates. SaaS pricing, $25 starter credit, no card required.

What's the main difference between Raffi and HireEZ?

HireEZ finds the candidate. Raffi finds them and interviews them. One step in your funnel vs four.

When should I pick HireEZ over Raffi?

You're a corporate recruiter doing heavy passive sourcing across multiple roles per quarter, and your bottleneck is finding the right people — not interviewing them.

When should I pick Raffi over HireEZ?

Your bottleneck is screening 50-500 applicants per role into a shortlist. Or you want one tool that handles both sides — Raffi's Talent Directory reveals contacts and Raffi interviews them in the same loop.

How much does HireEZ cost vs Raffi?

HireEZ: Per-seat SaaS, public pricing from around $149/user/month. Enterprise tiers above.. Raffi: $25 starter credit, then $199/mo Pro or $599/mo Growth. No placement fees, no hire fees.

Try Raffi before you commit to HireEZ.

$25 starter credit, no card required. Interview your next 5 applicants with Raffi tonight, then decide.

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