What it is
Loxo is the modern recruiting platform that combines ATS, recruiting CRM, and AI-augmented sourcing in one product — primarily targeting staffing firms, recruitment agencies, and executive search firms but increasingly used by corporate recruiting teams as well. Founded in 2014 in Denver, Loxo positions against Bullhorn on UX modernization and against pure ATS platforms on integrated sourcing depth.
Why it shows up in Recruiting stacks
- Modern UX vs legacy staffing platforms. Cleaner interface, faster workflow, mobile-friendly — material productivity advantages for recruiters working in the platform daily.
- AI-augmented candidate matching. ML-based scoring of candidates against open requisitions; surfaces candidates the team’s manual search would have missed.
- All-in-one for staffing firms. Where Bullhorn requires multiple modules (ATS, CRM, Back Office) at additional cost, Loxo bundles much of the same functionality at lower TCO.
Pricing
- Custom only. Per-recruiter pricing typically; effective rates from $80-200/recruiter/month depending on volume and modules.
- Annual contracts standard.
- Implementation typically 30-60 days — faster than Bullhorn for similar scope.
Best for
- Staffing firms, executive search firms, and contract recruiters
- Mid-market recruitment agencies that find Bullhorn too heavy and Crelate too lightweight
- Corporate recruiting teams with high contract-to-hire or specialty-search workflow alongside corporate hiring
Watch-outs
- Smaller installed base than Bullhorn in the US enterprise staffing market — for the largest staffing operations, Bullhorn ecosystem advantages may matter
- Less suited for pure corporate hiring than dedicated corporate ATS (Greenhouse, Ashby, Workable)
- AI features compete with specialist sourcing tools (juicebox, hireEZ) on candidate-discovery quality; Loxo’s strength is in the integrated workflow
- Pricing is opaque; verify TCO against Bullhorn before commitment for staffing-firm deployments