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 USD 99 per user per month, with the AI, the notetaker and the migration included.
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.
Vincere’s licence carries none of the AI, which comes only in Smart Packs paid per agency on top of the per-user licence.
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| Dimension | keplerKepler |  |
|---|---|---|
| AI Chat and search | 4 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. |
Vincere
Named AI features Candidate scoring, a job ad generator, an email rewriter and a support chatbot. |
| Search |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Ask in plain English AI Chat searches your CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts. |
Vincere
Boolean search With a Search Resume option for keywords inside CVs, wildcards and a fuzzy operator. |
| 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. |
Vincere
No notetaker of its own Meetings and calls are logged by hand. Video interviews are transcribed through Jobma. |
| Email drafting |
Kepler
Both have this.
AI drafts in every composer From the thread, the record and the job. You edit and send. |
Vincere
Both have this.
OptimAIser rewrites emails From the email tab and on candidate and contact profiles. |
| Matching and shortlists | 3 dimensions: 2 Kepler ahead | |
| Candidates scored |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Every candidate, from 0 to 100 Against criteria taken from the job description, which you can edit. |
Vincere
Up to 25 at once On a 1–5 star scale, per its help centre. |
| Explaining a score |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
The evidence under each criterion Each criterion shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it. |
Vincere
Highlights and noted gaps With suggested interview questions. |
| Client shortlist |
Kepler
Both have this.
A client portal for each job Clients rate, comment on and request interviews with the candidates you share. |
Vincere
Both have this.
LiveList A client contact sees the candidates you sent, messages you and confirms interviews. |
| Records and contacts | 4 dimensions: 4 Kepler ahead | |
| Contact enrichment |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Finds emails, mobiles and LinkedIn URLs Included, for one record or in bulk, with a review step. |
Vincere
An enrichment agent Only in the Automate and Elite Smart Packs. |
| Change history |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
History and undo on every field You approve each AI update, and every change can be traced and undone. |
Vincere
An audit trail Edits and deletions, with the user and a timestamp. |
| Inbox |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Email and WhatsApp in one inbox Each message matched to the right record. |
Vincere
Email and calendar sync Listed as included on its Australian pricing page. |
| Automations |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Included, with a switch on each Each shows what it reads, what it writes and when it last ran. |
Vincere
CRM automation Only in the Automate and Elite Smart Packs. |
| Price and plans | 5 dimensions: 4 Kepler ahead | |
| Price |
Kepler
Both have this.
USD 99 per user per month Billed annually, or USD 129 monthly. Every feature is included. |
Vincere
Both have this.
From GBP 69 per user, plus a pack Plus the Base Smart Pack from GBP 25 per agency per month. UK “from” prices, billed monthly, with a tailored quote. |
| AI in the price |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
AI Chat on every plan Monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed. |
Vincere
Only in Smart Packs Paid per agency per month on top of the licence, from GBP 25 for Base to GBP 235 for Automate. |
| What you buy |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
One plan, nothing to assemble Every feature switched on, with unlimited records. |
Vincere
A licence, a pack and modules Further modules are added as needed, each on the quote. |
| Reporting |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Included Billings, delivery and consultant splits, read from real placements. |
Vincere
Advanced analytics is a paid add-on Listed on its UK pricing page. |
| Migration |
Kepler
Kepler ahead.
Done for you, free On every plan, with fifty of your own records to check first. |
Vincere
Setup costs listed separately On its Australian pricing page. |
AI Chat is on every page of Kepler. It searches candidates, CVs, notes, emails and call transcripts, hands back the records it used, and creates or updates them once you approve. Vincere’s AI is a set of named features, such as candidate scoring, a job ad generator and the OptimAIser, and which ones you have depends on the Smart Pack you buy.
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 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. Vincere’s AI scoring rates up to 25 candidates at once on a 1–5 star scale.
| 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’s notetaker joins Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls. It files the summary, the next steps and the full transcript on the right record, where search can find it later. Vincere does not have its own meeting notetaker. Its help centre has you log meetings and calls and type the notes by hand.
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 Vincere 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.
GBP 69 per user / month, UK "from" price, billed monthly
Plus the Base Smart Pack from GBP 25 per agency / month. No annual figure is published.
Base is the cheapest pack that carries Copilot, candidate scoring and the content optimiser, the AI compared here.
Cheaper tiers, not compared above
From Vincere's pricing page, checked 13 Sep 2026.
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. It is one plan at USD 99 per user per month billed annually, with the migration done for you. If you want a modular suite, where you pick a licence, an AI Smart Pack and further modules, Vincere is built for that.
Kepler is USD 99 per user per month billed annually, or USD 129 monthly, with every feature and AI Chat included. Vincere’s like-for-like plan is the UK licence from GBP 69 per user per month plus the Base Smart Pack from GBP 25 per agency per month. Both are “from” prices billed monthly, with the final figure quoted (checked 13 Sep 2026). The licence alone is cheaper but carries none of the AI.
Kepler’s AI Chat is included on every plan, monthly and annual, with no add-on or upgrade needed. Vincere’s is not in the licence. Its AI comes only in Smart Packs, paid per agency per month on top of the per-user licence, starting with the Base pack from GBP 25. The enrichment agent and CRM automation are only in the Automate pack, from GBP 235, and the Elite pack.
Kepler scores every candidate from 0 to 100 against the job, using criteria from the job description that you can edit. Each criterion shows the line from the CV, call or email behind it. Vincere’s help centre describes AI candidate scoring that rates up to 25 candidates at once on a 1–5 star scale, with highlights, noted gaps and suggested interview questions.
Kepler’s notetaker joins Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet calls and files the summary, next steps and transcript on the right record. Vincere does not have its own meeting notetaker. Its help centre has you log meetings and calls and type the notes by hand, and it transcribes video interviews through its Jobma integration.
Kepler runs the migration for you, free, on every plan. You send an export from Vincere, or Kepler pulls through Vincere’s API if that is easier, plus any loose CVs and spreadsheets. Kepler maps, cleans and checks the data, rebuilds custom fields as real fields, and brings activity, stages and history across. You review fifty of your own records before the full load, and you can export your whole workspace at any time with no exit fee.
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.