Kepler is one plan at USD 99 per user per month, with AI Chat, matching, the careers site, reporting, automations and the API included and the migration done for you. Recruit CRM Business, the first tier with fifty AI matches, MCP and the open API, is USD 135, and analytics, automation and LinkedIn messaging are billed on top of it.
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.
Recruit CRM builds AI into individual tasks across three tiers, and its Business plan is USD 135 per user per month with add-ons billed on top.
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| Dimension | keplerKepler |  |
|---|---|---|
| Price and plans | 5 dimensions: 5 Kepler ahead | |
| Price per seat |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
USD 99 per user per month Billed annually (USD 1,188 a year), or USD 129 monthly. Every feature is included. |
Recruit CRM
Business, USD 135 Per user per month billed annually, USD 159 monthly. Pro at USD 95 has two AI matches and no API or MCP. |
| Plans |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
A single plan Every feature is included, monthly or annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed. |
Recruit CRM
Pro, Business and Enterprise Below Enterprise, several features are billed separately. |
| Entry-plan gating |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Nothing is gated The price is the whole product. |
Recruit CRM
API, MCP and de-branding start on Business Open API access, MCP and removing Recruit CRM branding are not on Pro. |
| Paid extras |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
No feature add-ons More AI capacity is available on request. |
Recruit CRM
Add-ons below Enterprise Advanced Analytics USD 25 and LinkedIn Messages USD 12 per user per month, plus automation, Recruit Craft, multiposting and enrichment. |
| Migration |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Done for you, free, on every plan However large or messy the export. You check fifty of your own records first. |
Recruit CRM
Free import tool, or paid migration CSV and Excel import is free. Done-for-you migration is priced by data volume. |
| AI Chat and search | 4 dimensions: 3 Kepler ahead | |
| Search |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Ask in plain English AI Chat searches CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts together. |
Recruit CRM
Boolean over profile fields and the CV Recruit CRM does not have a plain-English AI search across your own database. |
| AI Chat |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
On every page, across the whole workspace It reads everything you own and works across records. |
Recruit CRM
AI Assist inside the record Writes and summarises inside a note, an email or a transcript. |
| AI taking actions |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Finds, shortlists and updates once you approve Results can be saved as a list. Nothing is written until you say yes. |
Recruit CRM
Task-level AI features Fourteen are documented, including matching, summaries and a submission agent. |
| AI email drafting |
Kepler
Both have this.
Drafts in every email composer Written from the thread, the record, recent notes and the job. One click summarises a thread. |
Recruit CRM
Both have this.
AI Smart Email Replies Listed among their AI features. |
| Matching and contacts | 3 dimensions: 2 Kepler ahead | |
| Matching |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
A 0 to 100 score, with the evidence Based on criteria from the job description, which you can edit. Each criterion shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it. |
Recruit CRM
A 0 to 100 score From a job description or an ideal profile. A candidate needs a CV in the default Resume field. |
| Matches per job |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Included in the seat price Part of the monthly AI allowance, with more on request. |
Recruit CRM
Two on Pro, fifty on Business and Enterprise Set by plan in their pricing table. |
| Contact enrichment |
Kepler
Both have this.
Emails, mobile numbers and LinkedIn URLs One record or in bulk, with a review before saving. |
Recruit CRM
Both have this.
Emails and phone numbers An add-on below Enterprise. 25 free credits on every plan, 500 per user per month on Enterprise. |
| Records and the desk | 4 dimensions: 3 Kepler ahead | |
| Field history and undo |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Every field keeps its history, with undo Each change shows who or what made it, and AI changes show where they came from. |
Recruit CRM
A 30-day admin audit log On Business and Enterprise. Actions made through the API are not recorded. |
| Profile updates |
Kepler
Both have this.
Suggested updates you approve Read from the emails, calls and WhatsApp messages already on the record. |
Recruit CRM
Both have this.
A form the candidate fills in Self Updating Profiles emails the candidate a form. |
| Meeting notes |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
A notetaker on Teams, Zoom and Google Meet Files the summary, next steps and transcript on the record. |
Recruit CRM
Transcripts for calls placed in Recruit CRM Recruit CRM does not have its own meeting notetaker. |
| Careers site |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
On your own domain, included Applicants are parsed and scored as they arrive. |
Recruit CRM
Recruit Craft, an add-on below Enterprise A careers website builder, included on Enterprise. |
| Outreach and clients | 3 dimensions: 0 Kepler ahead | |
| Outreach sequences |
Kepler
Both have this.
Email sequences that send for you Reminders when it is time to call or reach out on LinkedIn or WhatsApp. Daily caps per mailbox, a ramp for new mailboxes, A/B tests and results tied to placements. |
Recruit CRM
Both have this.
Email and SMS sequences One sequence on Pro. |
|
Kepler
Both have this.
Search LinkedIn from Kepler It shows whether a person is already in your database and what has changed since you last spoke, and adds them if not. |
Recruit CRM
Both have this.
LinkedIn messaging costs extra A paid add-on at USD 12 per user per month on Pro and Business. Only Enterprise includes it. |
|
| Client portal |
Kepler
Both have this.
A client portal for each job Clients sign in from an email link, rate candidates 1–5, comment and ask for interviews. CVs can be shared blind. |
Recruit CRM
Both have this.
A hiring manager portal For working with clients on the hire, per their FAQ. |
Kepler’s AI Chat is on every page and reads the whole workspace: CVs, notes, email threads and call transcripts. It shows the records it used, and creates or updates them once you approve. Recruit CRM’s AI is built into individual tasks, such as AI Assist for notes, summaries and a submission agent.
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 |
Kepler scores every candidate from 0 to 100 against the job. The score is based on criteria taken from the job description, which you can edit, and each criterion shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it. Recruit CRM allows two matches on Pro and fifty on Business and Enterprise.
| 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.
92
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
Criteria · 3 of 4
Kepler sends a notetaker into Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls and files the summary, next steps and full transcript on the right record. Calls on a connected Ringover, RingCentral, Twilio, JustCall or Telnyx line can be transcribed too, and every transcript becomes part of what AI Chat searches. Recruit CRM does not have its own meeting notetaker.
Screening call for the Senior Data Engineer role at Northwind Capital. James is interested and available.
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.
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.
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.
Fifty of your own records, fully parsed. Your people, not a demo set. Tell us what we got wrong and we re-run.
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.
Kepler's one price next to the Recruit CRM plan that carries the features compared on this page. Cheaper tiers are listed underneath with what they leave out.
USD 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.
USD 135 per user / month, billed annually
USD 159 billed monthly
The first tier with fifty AI matches, MCP and open API access. Pro does not include them.
Cheaper tiers, not compared above
From Recruit CRM's pricing page, checked 13 Sep 2026.
It depends on how you want to work. If you want a simple, modern CRM with the AI included, where you ask AI Chat in plain English and it finds, ranks and updates records for you, choose Kepler. It is one plan at USD 99 per user per month billed annually, with every feature included and a free done-for-you migration. If you want a broad all-in-one system sold in tiers, with add-ons you switch on as you need them, Recruit CRM is built for that.
Kepler is USD 99 per user per month billed annually (USD 129 monthly), on a single plan with every feature, unlimited records and free migration. Recruit CRM Business, the first tier with fifty AI matches, MCP and open API access, is USD 135 per user per month billed annually or USD 159 monthly (checked 13 Sep 2026). Recruit CRM Pro is USD 95, with two AI matches and no API or MCP access.
Kepler scores every candidate from 0 to 100 against the job. The score is based on criteria taken from the job description, which you can edit, and each criterion shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it. Matching is in the seat price. Recruit CRM also ranks candidates from 0 to 100, from a job description or an ideal profile. A candidate needs a CV in the default Resume field, and the number of matches is set by plan: two on Pro, fifty on Business and Enterprise.
Kepler includes reporting, automations, a careers site on your own domain and the data migration on its one plan at USD 99 per user per month billed annually. On Pro and Business, Recruit CRM bills Advanced Analytics at USD 25 and LinkedIn Messages at USD 12 per user per month, and sells Workflow Automation and Recruit Craft, its careers website builder, as add-ons. It charges for done-for-you migration by data volume.
Yes. Ask AI Chat in plain English and it searches candidates, CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts together, so a recorded call or an email thread is searchable text, not an attachment nobody opens. Recruit CRM does not have a plain-English AI search across your own database. Its Boolean search covers the record’s profile and the CV in the default Resume field.
Kepler runs the migration for you on every plan, at no cost. You send the export plus any loose CVs and spreadsheets, and Kepler handles the extraction, mapping, de-duplication and checks. Custom fields are rebuilt as real fields, and activity, stages and history come across. You review fifty of your own records, fully parsed, before the full load.
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.