HireXL
AI applicant tracking system for Indian recruiters
About HireXL
HireXL is an AI applicant tracking system from Gurugram, India, built for recruitment agencies and in-house HR teams. It pairs a Kanban hiring pipeline with four AI agents for sourcing, JD extraction, resume screening, and workflow automation, and runs candidate screening, scheduling, and offers over WhatsApp. Agencies also get a client portal and placement revenue tracking.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Free plan plus a 14-day free trial with no credit card
- WhatsApp-native screening and scheduling fits how candidates in India communicate
- Agency-specific tooling: client portal, candidate briefs, and placement fee and commission tracking
- Published INR pricing with a 17% discount on annual billing
- Optional per-placement pricing add-on for outcome-based agencies
Cons
- Built for the Indian market; pricing is in INR and integrations center on WhatsApp and Indian job boards
- Very few independent user reviews on G2, Capterra, or similar sites
- Client portal, workflow agent, and unlimited AI runs require the ₹14,999/mo Growth plan
- API access, SSO, and custom workflows are limited to the custom-priced Scale plan
- WhatsApp features require your own WhatsApp Business API account
Key Features
Four AI recruiting agents
A Sourcing agent mines your talent pool, a JD Extraction agent structures job descriptions, a Resume Screening agent parses and tags resumes, and a Workflow agent triggers pipeline actions and reminders.
Multi-model AI routing
Routes extraction, classification, matching, and tagging tasks across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and Llama models depending on the job.
WhatsApp recruitment
Runs screening questionnaires, interview scheduling, document collection, offer letters, and status updates through the WhatsApp Business API.
Resume parsing and smart tagging
Auto-tags resumes by skills, seniority, industry, and role type, with semantic search across the candidate database.
Visual hiring pipeline
Kanban boards with drag-and-drop stages, stage analytics, and bottleneck detection.
Client portal for agencies
Hiring managers review shortlists, leave feedback, and approve candidates without email back-and-forth.
Revenue and placement tracking
Tracks placement fees, recruiter commissions, invoice status, and revenue per client.
AI candidate briefs
Generates one-page candidate summaries and side-by-side comparison reports to send to clients.
Branded career pages
Embeddable, SEO-friendly career pages with custom application forms per role that feed applications into the pipeline.
Candidate portal and scorecards
Candidates self-schedule interviews and track status; interviewers fill structured scorecards with aggregated feedback.
Pricing
- 1 user
- 25 AI agent runs per month
- 50 candidate profiles
- 2 active job postings
- Basic ATS pipeline
- Limited resume parsing
- Email support
- Up to 3 users
- 200 AI agent runs per month
- Unlimited candidates, 15 active jobs
- Sourcing and JD extraction agents
- WhatsApp messaging (500 msgs/mo)
- Candidate portal and Google Calendar sync
- Posting to 2 job boards
- Extra seats ₹1,499/user/month
- Up to 10 users
- Unlimited AI screening and sourcing
- All 4 AI agents and all AI models
- Unlimited WhatsApp flows
- Client / hiring manager portal
- Revenue, placement, and commission tracking
- Interview scorecards and advanced analytics
- Priority support
- Unlimited users
- Custom workflows and integrations
- API access
- White-label branding
- SSO / SAML
- SLA and dedicated account manager
Best For
Recruitment agencies managing multiple clients
Track jobs across clients, share shortlists through a client portal, and record placement fees and commissions in the same system.
High-volume resume screening
Use the Resume Screening and Sourcing agents to parse, tag, and rank hundreds of applicants against open roles.
WhatsApp-first candidate engagement
Screen, schedule, and send offers to candidates over WhatsApp instead of email.
In-house hiring for Indian SMBs
Run a branded career page and Kanban pipeline with interview scorecards for small HR teams.
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