Sophia Bennettto me
Today, 09:12Re: Senior Data Engineer at Northwind
Thanks for sending the details over. The role sounds great, and I can start on 3 October if the timing works for them.
Kepler vs JobAdder: the AI-first choice. Ask Kepler’s AI Chat and it searches your whole database, with nothing to tag first.
Kepler is a recruitment CRM built around AI Chat. You ask in plain English and it searches your CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts, scores every candidate against the job and proposes updates you approve. It is one plan at a published USD 99 per user per month, with the AI and the migration included.
The short answer
The difference is how you work.
Kepler is a simple, modern CRM where you ask AI Chat in plain English instead of searching by hand. AI Chat is included on every plan, monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed.
JobAdder publishes no price, and its Adder Intelligence features are not on its cheapest plan.
- Choose Kepler if
- You want a simple, modern CRM with the AI included and nothing to assemble. You would rather ask a question than tag skills and write a Boolean string, and you want every Teams, Zoom or Google Meet call filed on the record by Kepler’s own notetaker. You want a 0–100 score for every candidate with the line behind each criterion, and a price you can read on a website.
- JobAdder is built for
- Posting jobs to many boards and connecting a marketplace of add-on tools, on quote-only plans.
Written from JobAdder's own public documentation and pricing pages, . Tell us if we have something wrong and we will correct it.
Longer reads: the full JobAdder review and the best JobAdder alternatives in 2026.
Side by side
Kepler and JobAdder, side by side.
- 13 Kepler ahead
| Dimension | keplerKepler |  |
|---|---|---|
| AI Chat and search | 3 dimensions: 3 Kepler ahead | |
| How you work |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Ask AI Chat, and it does the work AI Chat is on every page. It finds people, ranks them and updates records once you approve. |
JobAdder
Four AI features on specific screens Smart Summary, Smart Sync, Smart Skills and Smart Job Descriptions. |
| Search |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Ask in plain English, nothing to tag AI Chat searches your CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts. |
JobAdder
Boolean resume keyword search With predictive search, saved searches and skill tags. |
| Meeting notes |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Its own notetaker on every call Joins Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls and files the summary, next steps and transcript on the record. |
JobAdder
No notetaker of its own Call notes and summaries come through marketplace partners. |
| Matching and records | 3 dimensions: 3 Kepler ahead | |
| Matching |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
A score from 0 to 100 for every candidate Against criteria taken from the job description, which you can edit. |
JobAdder
A relevancy rating From Smart Summary, drawn from the resume, notes and job description. |
| Explaining a score |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
The evidence under each criterion Each criterion shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it. |
JobAdder
Method not published JobAdder does not publish how the rating is worked out. |
| Record updates |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Updates you approve, from emails and calls Each one carries the message it came from. |
JobAdder
Smart Sync suggests updates From notes and activities. It does not read resumes or call transcripts yet. |
| Outreach and jobs | 4 dimensions: 3 Kepler ahead | |
|
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
AI drafts in every composer From the thread, the record and the job. One click summarises a thread. |
JobAdder
One-click messaging By email, SMS or WhatsApp from a record. |
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| Campaigns |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Multi-step email campaigns Sends the emails for you and reminds your team when it is time to call or reach out on LinkedIn. Results are tracked to placements. |
JobAdder
No email sequences yet JobAdder does not have multi-step email campaigns yet. |
| Careers site |
Kepler
Both have this.
A careers site on your own domain Search engines can index every role. |
JobAdder
Both have this.
A hosted Careerspage, widget or feed Alongside posting ads to job boards. |
| API and connections |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
API, webhooks and an MCP server All included, with no add-on. |
JobAdder
API + sandbox is a paid add-on Only for contracted customers, and free only on Recruiter Pro. |
| Price and plans | 4 dimensions: 4 Kepler ahead | |
| Price |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
USD 99, published Per user per month billed annually, or USD 129 monthly. Every feature is included. |
JobAdder
Not published Every plan is a tailored proposal after a demo. |
| AI on the plan |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
AI Chat on every plan Monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed. |
JobAdder
Not on Recruiter Lite Adder Intelligence starts at Recruiter Essential. |
| Add-ons |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
One plan, nothing to assemble AI Chat, the client portal, the API and the migration are all included. |
JobAdder
Six paid add-ons Including API + sandbox, Broadbean, Smart Forms and the Hiring Manager Portal. |
| Migration |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Done for you, free, in days On every plan, with fifty of your own records to check first. |
JobAdder
Managed by JobAdder’s team The cost is not published. |
How you work in Kepler
More on AI Chat Ask the whole database a question, in the words you would use.
AI Chat is on every page of Kepler. It searches everything you hold, from CVs and notes to email threads and call transcripts, and hands back records you can act on. JobAdder publishes four AI features, each working on the screen in front of you: a summary on an applicant, a relevancy rating, suggested skills and job ad copy.
Active data engineers in London who have used Kafka in production, available within a month
Found 4 candidates. Three mention Kafka on their CV; one said it on a recorded call last week.
| Candidate | Current employer | Notice | Why it matched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Bennett | Monarch Analytics | 1 month | Kafka streaming for card transactions at Halcyon CV |
| Amir Hassan | Northwind Capital | 2 weeks | Kafka feed for the risk platform CV |
| James Okafor | Juniper Systems | 3 months | Rebuilt the Kafka clickstream pipeline CV |
| Oliver Chen | Northwind Capital | Immediate | Mentioned running Kafka on the 2 Sep call Call note · 2 Sep |
Why this candidate, and not that one
A score from 0 to 100. And the reason behind it.
Kepler scores every candidate from 0 to 100 against the job. The criteria come from the job description and you can edit them. Each one shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it, so a consultant can check the score and explain it to a client. JobAdder’s Smart Summary gives each applicant a relevancy rating and does not publish how it is worked out.
| Candidate | Match | Role title | Current employer | Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Bennett | 92Strong | Senior Data Engineer | Monarch Analytics | Python, Spark, AWS, Terraform, dbt | |
| Amir Hassan | 81Good | Data Engineer | Northwind Capital | Python, Spark, EMR, SQL, Airflow | |
| James Okafor | 74Good | Senior Data Engineer | Juniper Systems | Spark, Azure, Databricks, Kafka, Scala | |
| Mei Tan | 68Weak | Engineering Manager, Data | Atlas Cloud | AWS, Leadership, Python, Snowflake | |
| Elena Rossi | 55Weak | Analytics Engineer | Forma | dbt, SQL, Python, Looker | |
| Oliver Chen | 49Off spec | Platform Engineer | Northwind Capital | AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Go |
Select a candidate to read the evidence.
Sophia Bennett
1 of 692
judge score
Strong match
3 of 4 criteria met
Assessment
A strong fit for the brief. Sophia has run a production Spark platform on AWS and has managed a team through a migration. Financial services exposure is via a payments client rather than a bank.
Candidate
EmployerMonarch AnalyticsLocationLondonStatusActiveLatest degreeMSc Computer ScienceEmailsophia.bennett@monarch.exampleProfileSophia Bennett
Criteria · 3 of 4
- Financial services“Two years on a payments client; no bank or fund experience stated.”
- Python & Spark in productionmust“Built the ingestion platform in Python and Spark, processing 40 TB a day.”
- AWS data platform“Ran the platform on AWS: Glue, Redshift and S3, with Terraform.”
- Led a team“Managed four engineers across two squads through the warehouse migration.”
Proposed, not applied
A conversation changes a record. You still get the last word.
Kepler turns emails, calls and messages into suggested updates, each with the message it came from. A person accepts or rejects each one, and every field keeps its history so a change can be undone. JobAdder’s Smart Sync suggests updates from notes and activities, and does not read resumes or call transcripts yet.
Three candidates · this week
Amir Hassanonline
WhatsAppAre you still keeping half an eye out?
I handed my notice in this morning, so I am actively looking now.
Catch-up call · 14 minJames Okafor · Today, 11:20
ZoomJames · 11:26For my next move I am looking for £105,000. I would want a step up for a move.
ListsData engineers · London
Assistant
| Candidate | Available from | Status | Expected salary | Notice period | Company | Owner | Skills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Bennett | Not set | Passive | £90,000 | 1 month | Monarch Analytics | Priya Nair | ||
| Amir Hassan | 14 Oct 2026 | Passive | £85,000 | 2 weeks | Northwind Capital | Priya Nair | ||
| James Okafor | Immediate | New | £100,000 | 3 months | Juniper Systems | Tom Reilly | ||
| Mei Tan | Not set | Passive | S$160,000 | 2 months | Atlas Cloud | Tom Reilly | ||
| Elena Rossi | Not set | Active | €78,000 | 1 month | Forma | Tom Reilly | ||
| Oliver Chen | Immediate | New | £88,000 | None | Northwind Capital | Priya Nair | ||
| Rahul Menon | 2 Nov 2026 | Active | £92,000 | 1 month | Juniper Systems | Priya Nair | ||
| Yuki Tanaka | Not set | Passive | ¥14,000,000 | 3 months | Atlas Cloud | Tom Reilly | ||
| Hafiz Rahman | 20 Oct 2026 | Active | S$145,000 | 2 weeks | Meridian Partners | Priya Nair | ||
| Clara Nowak | Not set | New | €84,000 | 1 month | Forma | Tom Reilly | ||
| Daniel Okonkwo | Immediate | Active | £78,000 | None | Northwind Capital | Priya Nair | ||
| Ana Ferreira | 8 Dec 2026 | Passive | €96,000 | 3 months | Juniper Systems | Tom Reilly | ||
| Tomas Novak | Not set | Active | €71,000 | 1 month | Monarch Analytics | Priya Nair | ||
| Grace Adeyemi | 27 Oct 2026 | Active | £105,000 | 2 weeks | Atlas Cloud | Tom Reilly | ||
| Ivan Petrov | Not set | Passive | €88,000 | 2 months | Forma | Priya Nair | ||
| Leila Haddad | Immediate | New | £82,000 | None | Meridian Partners | Tom Reilly | ||
| Marcus Reid | 16 Nov 2026 | Active | £98,000 | 1 month | Monarch Analytics | Priya Nair | ||
| Nadia Kaur | Not set | Passive | S$172,000 | 3 months | Northwind Capital | Tom Reilly |
Where the engine comes from
Not a first attempt at parsing CVs.
Kepler's CV parsing and formatting come from RemakeCV, built by the same team and used by 300+ recruitment agencies. The migration that fills your database on day one runs on an engine that has been reading real agency CVs for years, not on something written for this launch.
The 300+ figure is RemakeCV's agency count. The parser reading your archive is the one those agencies already run.
Migration
Get migrated in days.
Get migrated in days.
We handle the whole move.
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1. Send us the export
Whatever your current system gives you, plus loose CVs and spreadsheets sitting in folders. Not sure how to export? We will walk you through it.
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2. We build the migration
Extraction, mapping, de-duplication and validation, the unglamorous half most vendors leave on your desk. Your custom fields are recreated rather than flattened into notes.
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3. You look at a sample
Fifty of your own records, fully parsed. Your people, not a demo set. Tell us what we got wrong and we re-run.
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4. Everything loads
The full database goes in, mailboxes and calendars connect, and history backfills onto the right records. We stay on it until your team is working.
Pricing
What each one costs, like for like.
Kepler's one price next to the JobAdder plan that carries the features compared on this page. Cheaper tiers are listed underneath with what they leave out.
Kepler
One planUSD 99 per user / month, billed annually
USD 129 billed monthly
One plan, monthly or annual. AI Chat and every feature on this page are included, with no add-on or upgrade needed.
- Unlimited records and storage
- Migration done for you, on every plan
- A monthly AI allowance is included, and more capacity is available on request
JobAdder
Recruiter EssentialNot published
The cheapest tier that lists Adder Intelligence, the AI compared here. No public price, tailored proposal only.
- Every plan is quote-only: see a demo, then receive a tailored proposal.
- Six paid add-ons, including API + sandbox, Broadbean, Smart Forms and the Hiring Manager Portal.
- API + sandbox is for contracted customers only, and free only on Recruiter Pro.
Cheaper tiers, not compared above
- Recruiter Lite · Not publishedDoes not include Adder Intelligence, standard automations and analytics, or API access.
From JobAdder's pricing page, checked 13 Sep 2026.
Questions, answered.
Is JobAdder better than Kepler?
It depends on how you want to work. If you want a simple, easy-to-use CRM with the AI included, choose Kepler. You ask AI Chat in plain English and it searches your CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts, scores candidates against the job and proposes updates for you to approve, with nothing to tag first. It is one plan at a published USD 99 per user per month billed annually, with the migration done for you. If you want a platform built around posting jobs to many boards and connecting a marketplace of add-on tools, JobAdder is built for that.
How much does JobAdder cost compared to Kepler?
Kepler is USD 99 per user per month billed annually, or USD 129 monthly, with every feature included. AI Chat is included on every plan, monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed. JobAdder publishes no price for any plan. Recruiter Essential, the cheapest tier with Adder Intelligence, is quoted as a tailored proposal after a demo (checked 13 Sep 2026). Recruiter Lite, the cheaper tier, does not include Adder Intelligence.
What AI does JobAdder have?
Kepler’s AI is AI Chat, across the whole workspace. It searches, drafts emails and proposes updates you approve. JobAdder publishes four Adder Intelligence features, not included on Recruiter Lite: Smart Summary for candidate overviews and relevancy ratings, Smart Sync for suggested record updates, Smart Skills for skill tags, and Smart Job Descriptions for ad copy. JobAdder’s AI does not read call transcripts yet.
Does JobAdder have a meeting notetaker?
Kepler’s notetaker joins Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls and files the summary, next steps and transcript on the right record, where the transcript becomes searchable. JobAdder does not have its own meeting notetaker. Call notes and summaries come through marketplace partners.
How does search differ between Kepler and JobAdder?
Kepler searches the text as written, by meaning and keyword together, across CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts. A phrase said on a recorded call is as easy to find as a job title on a CV, and nobody has to tag skills first. JobAdder’s published search is Boolean resume keyword search, predictive search, saved searches and skill tags, with bulk skill coding to tag many candidates at once.
How long does it take to move from JobAdder to Kepler?
Kepler’s migration is done in days, free, on every plan, however large or messy the export. You send a JobAdder export plus any loose CVs and spreadsheets, and Kepler maps, cleans and checks the data. You review fifty of your own records, and then Kepler runs the full load with activity, stages and history included. You can export your whole workspace at any time with no exit fee.
See it run on your own database.
Bring your hardest search to a 15-minute call. We will run it live, on real records, and talk through what a migration would look like.