Plans and pricing
Three plan families and four fixed-fee projects, all in US dollars, all with a written guarantee. Placements from 10% of salary. No seat or retainer above $1,500 per seat per month. The typical agency number sits beside each of ours so you can check the gap.
Commission
One role at a time. The fee is a percentage of first-year base salary, invoiced on the start date, net 15. Typical agencies charge 20 to 25% for the same work.
Any role, any industry, below director level.
Typical agency: 20 to 25%
90-day free replacement
Invoiced on the start date, net 15. No exclusivity required. 3 or more hires in a quarter: 8%.
Senior tech, clinical leads, director and above.
Typical agency, senior and niche: 25 to 30%
90-day free replacement. 180 days for 2 extra points.
Invoiced on the start date, net 15. A 30-day exclusive takes 2 points off the fee.
Offshore candidates, salary under $40k.
Flat-fee challengers: $1,999 to $3,900
90-day free replacement
Two invoices, both net 15. Salary threshold applies to the offered base.
How commission placements runNothing is due until the hire's first day.
Seats
A full-time person on your hours, in your tools, with recruiting, HR admin and backup coverage in the price. Hourly equivalents assume 160 hours a month. 3 or more seats: pricing on request.
A full-time dedicated recruiter working your open roles, on your hours.
Onshore embedded recruiter: $8,000 to $15,000 a month
Free replacement any time during the term. Free swap within 30 days.
Invoiced monthly in advance. 3-month minimum, 30-day notice. No setup fees, no tool fees.
Medical billers, AR and denials, prior-auth coordinators, virtual medical assistants.
Managed medical VA elsewhere: $1,900 to $2,400 a month
Free replacement any time during the term
Invoiced monthly in advance. 3-month minimum, 30-day notice. No setup fees.
Virtual assistants, admin, customer support, bookkeeping.
Offshore VA seat, typical: $1,500 a month
Free replacement any time during the term
Invoiced monthly in advance. 3-month minimum, 30-day notice. No setup fees.
Junior to mid engineering, data, QA, DevOps.
Dedicated developer seat, typical: $3,500 to $7,000 a month
Free replacement any time during the term
Invoiced monthly in advance. 3-month minimum, 30-day notice. No setup fees.
What a seat includes, in fullRun the cost calculatorOne invoice a month. The seat price is the whole price.
Retainer
For confidential searches, and for companies that need a talent or HR lead without a full-time salary. Every plan here is capped at $1,500 per seat per month.
Confidential searches, director and above.
Retained search elsewhere: 25 to 33% of first-year cash
6-month free replacement
Engagement fee at kickoff, success fee on the start date. Both net 15.
A hiring lead for companies with 1 to 3 open roles at a time.
Published fractional plans elsewhere: $4,500 to $7,500 a month
Month to month. Stop on 30 days' notice.
One invoice a month, in advance for the month ahead. Net 15. No setup fee.
Policies, compliance and employee relations for teams without an HR lead.
Fractional HR on call elsewhere: $1,500 to $4,000 a month
Month to month. Stop on 30 days' notice.
One invoice a month, in advance for the month ahead. Net 15. No setup fee.
HR projects
Scoped once, priced once. 50% at kickoff, 50% on delivery. If something is wrong inside 30 days of delivery, we fix it at no charge.
Policies, contracts, files and compliance, reviewed and ranked by risk.
Typical: $2,500 to $10,000
30-day fix window
50% at kickoff, 50% on delivery.
The policies your headcount and jurisdictions actually need.
Typical: $2,500 to $5,000
30-day fix window
50% at kickoff, 50% on delivery.
Up to 25 roles, benchmarked to your markets.
Typical: $15,000 to $30,000
30-day fix window
50% at kickoff, 50% on delivery.
Your ATS configured, with a scorecard for every open role.
Typical: $3,000 to $5,000
30-day fix window
50% at kickoff, 50% on delivery.
Volume and exclusivity
Standard placement drops from 10% to 8% of first-year base. The minimum fee and the 90-day replacement stay the same.
Pricing on request. Tell us the mix of recruiter, healthcare, business and technology seats and you get one number per seat, in writing, before anything starts.
Give us the search alone for 30 days and the fee drops by 2 points, from 12% to 10%. The guarantee does not change.
Compare
Words, not ticks. Each cell says what you pay, when, and what you get if it goes wrong.
| Line | Commission | Seats | Retainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee basis | Percentage of first-year base: 10% Standard, 12% Specialist. $1,500 flat for offshore hires under $40k. | Fixed monthly price per seat: $950 business, $1,200 healthcare, $1,500 recruiter or technology. | Retained search: $1,500 engagement fee credited against a 15% success fee. Fractional plans: $1,500 or $950 a month. |
| What you pay and when | Nothing until the hire starts. One invoice on the start date, net 15. Flat fee: $300 at kickoff, $1,200 on start. | One invoice a month per seat, in advance for the month ahead, net 15. | Engagement fee at kickoff, success fee on the start date. Fractional plans: one invoice a month, in advance for the month ahead, net 15. |
| Minimum | $2,500 Standard, $4,000 Specialist. None on the flat fee. | 3-month term per seat. | Retained search: the $1,500 engagement fee. Fractional plans: one month. |
| Guarantee | 90-day free replacement. 180 days on Specialist for 2 extra points. | Free replacement at any time during the term. Recruiter seat: free swap within 30 days. | 6-month free replacement on retained search. Fractional plans: stop on 30 days' notice. |
| Replacement | We run the search again at no fee. Not a refund. | We recruit and onboard a replacement at no fee. Not a refund. | We run the search again at no fee inside the 6 months. Not a refund. |
| Term and notice | Per role. No ongoing term. No exclusivity unless you take the discount for it. | 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice. | Search: exclusive until filled. Fractional plans: month to month, 30-day notice. |
| Best for | One role at a time, any level, any industry. | Steady hiring volume, or an offshore team you want to keep. | Confidential senior searches, or leadership cover without a full-time salary. |
| What is excluded | Paid job advertising, candidate travel, relocation and visa costs. Only if you ask, approved first, billed at cost. | Your own software licences, and hardware beyond the technology seat stipend. | Third-party assessments, candidate travel and relocation. Fractional plans: work beyond the weekly cap is agreed in writing first. |
Never on the invoice
The price on the card is the price on the invoice. These four lines do not exist.
Seats and fractional plans start on the first monthly invoice. No onboarding charge, no deposit, no implementation fee.
Sourcing tools and the screening stack we use are in the price. You are never rebilled for a licence we hold.
No pass-through charges, no admin percentage, no surprise line items. Anything outside the plan is approved by you first and billed at cost.
Candidates never pay us anything, for placement, training or documents. See for candidates and our ethical recruitment statement.
How to choose
Commission. Standard placement at 10% of first-year base, nothing due until they start, 90-day replacement. Recruitment, commission
Seats. A dedicated recruiter at $1,500 a month works every role you have. Offshore staff seats from $950 a month with recruiting and HR admin inside. Offshore team seats
Retainer. Retained search with a $1,500 engagement fee credited against the success fee. Fractional Head of Talent at $1,500 a month. Retained search and fractional talent
Not sure? The calibration call ends with a plan and a price in writing, or a plain "not us".
Pricing questions
Standard placements are 10% of first-year base salary, minimum $2,500. Specialist and senior searches are 12%, minimum $4,000. Offshore remote hires under $40k salary are a $1,500 flat fee. Seats are $950, $1,200 or $1,500 per seat per month. Retained search is a $1,500 engagement fee credited against a 15% success fee. Fractional Head of Talent is $1,500 a month and a fractional HR partner is $950 a month. HR projects are fixed fees from $900 to $1,500.
Everything is net 15. Commission: one invoice on the hire's start date. Flat fee: $300 at kickoff, credited, then $1,200 on the start date. Seats and fractional plans: one invoice a month per seat, issued in advance for the month ahead. Retained search: the engagement fee at kickoff, the success fee on the start date. Projects: 50% at kickoff, 50% on delivery.
If a hire leaves inside the guarantee window, we run the search again at no fee until the seat is filled. It is a replacement, not a refund, and the terms of business say so plainly. Windows: 90 days on commission placements, 180 days on a Specialist placement for 2 extra points, 6 months on retained search, and any time during the term on seats. The window starts on the start date.
US dollars. Every price on this page is USD. If your books run in pounds or dirhams, we can invoice in GBP or AED on request, with the USD price as the reference.
One person or one role. On a seat plan, a seat is one full-time person working for you. On commission and retained search, a seat is one open role. On fractional plans, the seat is the plan itself: one Head of Talent or one HR partner for your company. Every price is per seat, so the invoice scales with what you use and nothing else.
Yes. Tell us before the next invoice. A commission client who reaches three hires in a quarter gets the 8% rate. A client with steady volume usually does better on a recruiter seat, and we say so when the numbers cross. A seat can start at any time and runs its own 3-month term. Fractional plans change or stop on 30 days' notice.
No. Commission searches run without it. If you give a Specialist search a 30-day exclusive, the fee drops by 2 points. Retained search is exclusive by design, which is what the engagement fee and the weekly report are for.
Rubric and comp note within 2 business days of the calibration call. Shortlist of 3 to 5 within 5 to 10 business days of rubric sign-off. Retained searches: shortlist in 15 to 25 business days. Seat staff: we agree the start date on the first call. The full timetable is on the process page.
Next step
A 15-minute call ends with the plan, the fee and the shortlist date on one page. If we are not the right fit, we say so and point you somewhere useful.