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Recruitment and selection with more speed and reach. AI helps with texts and research, but selection decisions require fairness and human judgement.

Professional tool with the strongest GDPR profileAdwayGDPR: Strong
  • Provider based in the EU
  • Data in the EU according to the provider
  • Publishes certification/GDPR safeguards
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General model that fits best hereChatGPTGDPR: Strong
  • Editorial score 8.9 of 10
  • Elo 1485
ChatGPT for recruitment
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Automated selection falls under strict rules (GDPR, discrimination). Use AI as a tool, not as the decision-maker, and be transparent with candidates.

All 45 options

Professional tools with the strongest published GDPR safeguards first, then general assistants by suitability.

45options, 33 field-specific
14free to try
19professional tools from NL or EU
15GDPR strong or good
Strong · 5Good · 6Limited · 15Unknown · 7
#SolutionQualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measurePriceGDPROur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data. For a professional tool: whether the data is held in the EU, whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee, and whether the provider is based in the Netherlands or the EU. For a general model: EU hosting, no training on your data and self-hosting. From Strong to Unknown; Caution only applies to a model with a documented problem. How we measure
18vance professional tool8vance Matching Technologies B.V. (Venlo, NL) · NetherlandsSkills-based matching platform that connects candidates and employees to vacancies and internal mobility through AI profiles.own modelon requestStrong2In2Dialog professional toolIn2Dialog (Rotterdam, Netherlands) · Netherlands · free trial availableAI note-taker for recruiters: transcribes job interviews and automatically fills in ATS fields and candidate profiles.own modelon request (free trial)Strong3Adway professional toolAdway (Gothenburg, Sweden) · EUAutomatically turns job vacancies into social media campaigns on Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn, with AI-generated creatives.on on requestStrong4OTYS Go! professional toolYourIT BV / OTYS, part of Mysolution (Houten, NL) · NetherlandsDutch ATS/CRM platform for staffing agencies, secondment agencies and EOR/PEO firms, with a built-in AI assistant for candidate matching, CV parsing and job descriptions. More than 15,000 users across Europe.own modelfixed monthly subscription from a…Strong5Carerix professional toolCarerix (Rotterdam, NL), part of PIXID Group · NetherlandsRotterdam-based cloud ATS/CRM with separate editions for temp staffing, secondment and recruitment and selection. Carerix Private AI automates candidate processing; CX Sense proactively flags candidate needs.own modelStarter / Essential / Premium / E…Strong6Carv professional toolCarv.com B.V. (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsAgentic AI that automates recruiter admin: note-taking for intakes and applications, candidate profiles, vacancy texts and ATS updates.on on requestGood7Harver professional toolHarver Ops B.V. (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsAssessment platform for volume recruitment that predictively matches candidates on cognitive skills and personality.own modelon requestGood8TestGorilla professional toolTestGorilla (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · Netherlands · free trial availableSkills assessments (350+ tests) with AI interviews and CV scoring to screen candidates objectively before the interview.own modelfree planGood9Textkernel professional toolTextkernel by Bullhorn (Amsterdam, NL) · NetherlandsAmsterdam-based AI company that supplies parsing, matching and labour market intelligence as an API to HR software vendors, staffing agencies and governments. Eight of the ten largest staffing agencies in the world use its technology.own modelon requestGood10VONQ (EQO) professional toolVONQ (Rotterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsTalent attraction platform that automates job copy, job marketing, AI screening and candidate scoring across 85+ ATSs.own modelon requestGood11Carerix Private AI professional toolCarerix (Rotterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsATS/CRM for agencies with Private AI: assisted matching, AI writing support and interview transcription in a shielded environment.own modelon requestGood12HeroHunt.ai professional toolEevee Meets B.V. (NL) · Netherlands · free trial availableAI recruiter that sources and screens candidates from 1 billion+ profiles and automatically sends personalised outreach.on free tier + paid (from ~$10…Limited13hireEZ professional toolHireTeamMate, Inc. dba hireEZ (Mountain View, US) · free to tryAgentic AI sourcing platform that sits on top of your ATS, finds candidates from 800M+ profiles and handles automated outreach.on Solo $494/month (7 days free pro…Limited14Equalture professional toolEqualture (Rotterdam) · NetherlandsBehavioural intelligence platform with games that objectively screens candidates against a 'success model' of top performers.own modelon requestLimited15HireVue professional toolHireVue, Inc. (Sandy, Utah, US)Platform for video interviews, skills assessments and AI screening, with GDPR and compliance features for the EU market.on on request (enterprise)Limited16Paradox (Olivia) professional toolParadox, Inc., part of Workday (Scottsdale, US)Conversational AI assistant 'Olivia' that automates screening, interview scheduling and candidate communication for high-volume recruitment.own modelon requestLimited17Wonderkind professional toolWonderkind (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · NetherlandsProgrammatic job advertising via social media; AI attracts candidates, qualifies them and delivers them interview-ready into the ATS.own modelon requestLimited18Neurolytics professional toolNeurolytics (Utrecht, Netherlands) · NetherlandsAI video assessment that measures candidates' culture fit, stress resilience and motivation through webcam scans.own modelon requestLimited19OTYS Go! AI professional toolOTYS (Houten, Netherlands) · NetherlandsDutch ATS with integrated AI: CV parsing, search and match, writing job descriptions, and AI chat with your own database.own modelon requestLimited20RecruitNow Cockpit professional toolRecruitNow B.V. (Amersfoort, NL) · Netherlands · free to tryAI-driven ATS/CRM for staffing and recruitment agencies; writes job adverts and automatically matches and screens candidates.own modelon request (free demo)Limited21Actonomy professional toolActonomy n.v. (Deurle, Belgium) · EUBelgian AI matching specialist: semantic search and matching of CVs and vacancies, to be built into ATSs and job boards.own modelon requestLimited22Willo professional toolWillo Technologies Limited (Glasgow, UK)Asynchronous video interview platform; Willo Intelligence uses AI to rank candidates on fit, skills and communication.on Willo Lite £49 per live role/month…Limited23Zinc professional toolZinc Work Limited (London, UK)Automated background checks (references, criminal record, qualifications, right-to-work) in 195 countries, with ATS integrations.own modelon requestLimited24Juicebox (PeopleGPT) professional toolJuicebox (San Francisco, USA) · free trial availableAI sourcing platform: PeopleGPT searches 800M+ profiles using natural language and automates personalised outreach.on free planLimited25Bullhorn professional toolBullhorn Inc. (Boston, US, Amsterdam office, NL)The international market leader in staffing software (ATS + CRM + AI). Bullhorn Amplify offers AI Digital Workers that source, screen and carry out outreach 24/7, powered by 26 years of placement data.own modelStarter €85/user/monthLimited26JEX professional toolJEX (Rotterdam, NL) · Netherlands · free trial availableRotterdam-based all-in-one platform for staffing agencies, combining sales automation, AI lead generation, ATS and candidate management. Helps agencies with B2B acquisition and streamlining recruitment workflows.own modelon requestLimited27Textio professional toolTextio Inc.AI writing platform that makes job adverts and feedback more inclusive and effective through language and bias analysis.own modelon request (enterprise)Unknown28Metaview professional toolMetaview Global Ltd. (London, GB) · free to tryAI note-taker that turns recruitment interviews into structured notes, reports and ATS-ready summaries.on Free $0Unknown29SeekOut professional toolSeekOut Inc.Agentic AI recruiting platform for sourcing, screening and approaching talent, with a strong focus on diversity and tech.own modelfrom $149/monthUnknown30Sapia.ai professional toolSapia.ai (Melbourne, Australia)Chat-based AI interviews that screen candidates at scale and deliver a justified shortlist with insights.own modelon requestUnknown31Datapeople professional toolDatapeople / Payscale (New York, USA)AI editor for job descriptions with language, compliance and inclusivity advice, integrated into ATS platforms such as Workday.own modelon requestUnknown32GoodTime professional toolGoodTime (San Francisco, US)AI agent Cori automates interview scheduling, panel rosters, screening and candidate communication for hiring teams.own modelon requestUnknown33DTDaxtra TalentFlow professional toolDaxtra Technologies Ltd. (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)Agentic AI platform built specifically for staffing and recruitment agencies. TalentFlow (launched March 2025) automates three stages: (1) sourcing from ATS, HRIS and job boards, (2) AI matching and ranking of candidates with GenAI summaries, and (3) automated screening conversations via SMS, WhatsApp and email. Integrates with 40+ ATS systems. Over 1,000 staffing agencies worldwide as customers.own modelon requestUnknown34ChatGPT generalOpenAIOpenAI's versatile, agentic flagship with a very large context window and a broad ecosystem of integrations.1485Elo$8 / monthStrong35Copilot generalMicrosoftMicrosoft's AI layer that combines GPT and Claude models with your own organisational data and the Microsoft 365 apps.1485Elofrom €10 / monthCaution36Grok generalxAIThe model from xAI, integrated into X, distinguished by real-time access to live X posts and web data.1471Elo$10 / monthCaution37Claude generalAnthropicFamily of language models from Anthropic that excels at long documents, careful reasoning, coding and reliable, safe output.1506Elo$20 / monthStrong38Gemini generalGoogleGoogle DeepMind's natively multimodal model family, deeply integrated into Workspace, with a very large context window.1526Elo€4.99 / monthStrong39Qwen generalAlibaba Cloud · free to tryChinese model family from Alibaba Cloud with a free chat app, a large open-weight catalogue and the proprietary flagship Qwen3.8-Max with 1 million tokens of context.1484Eloon requestCaution40GLM (Z.ai) generalZ.ai (Zhipu AI) · free to tryChinese AI lab (Zhipu, international Z.ai) with the open-weight GLM family under MIT licence, particularly strong at programming and agent tasks at low prices.1483Elo$18 / monthCaution41Kimi generalMoonshot AI · free to tryChinese AI lab (Moonshot AI) with the open-weight Kimi K2 family and an assistant that focuses strongly on agents, deep research and long documents.1487Elo$19 / monthCaution42Le Chat (Mistral) generalMistral AIFrench/European AI lab with open-weight and commercial models and the Le Chat assistant, with EU data residency as its core proposition.1427Elo$14.99 / monthStrong43DeepSeek generalDeepSeek · free to tryOpen-weight (MIT) Chinese language model with a 1M context window and a built-in reasoning mode, at very low API costs.1475Eloon requestCaution44Perplexity generalPerplexity AI · free to tryUS AI search engine that delivers answers with source citations via its own Sonar models and external frontier models, with separate Enterprise agreements on data use.–Elo$20 / monthUnknown45Llama generalMeta · free to tryMeta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.–Eloon requestCaution
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Last checked: 9 November 2026 · How we check

How to get started in recruitment

  1. Try it this weekStart free with In2Dialog on non-confidential work. In under an hour you'll get a feel for what AI can do for recruitment.
  2. Sort the basics (GDPR)Choose the business variant, sign a data processing agreement and turn off training on your data. See the GDPR check per option.
  3. Go deeper with field softwareBook a demo with Adway: built for recruitment, with the strongest published safeguards.

Where AI does the most in this field

The core tasks we track for this profession. Tools in the list above can be compared on these tasks.

  1. 1Write job postings and recruitment campaigns
  2. 2Shortlist CVs and profiles
  3. 3Approach and follow up candidates
  4. 4Drafting job profiles and interview questions

Per recruitment task

A separate comparison for each task, with the top pick shown.

AI for recruitment and selectionTop pick: Adway33 toolsAI minutes takerTop pick: In2Dialog3 tools

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What is the best AI for recruitment?

That depends on your requirements. Field-specific solutions such as 8vance are built for recruitment; general assistants such as ChatGPT are more widely usable and cheaper to start with. At the top of this page are our picks.

What is the difference between a 'field-specific tool' and a 'general assistant'?

A general assistant (such as ChatGPT or Claude) is a clever all-rounder you talk to yourself. A field-specific tool is a ready-made product for recruitment, often built on top of such an assistant, with its own domain knowledge, integrations and GDPR arrangements. The 'Quality' column shows which model a tool runs on.

May I use confidential data?

Automated selection falls under strict rules (GDPR, discrimination). Use AI as a tool, not as the decision-maker, and be transparent with candidates.

What does the GDPR profile mean?

Our summary of what the provider publishes about data protection: EU hosting, no training on your data, certifications and provenance. 'Strong' = several safeguards published; 'Unknown' = the provider shares little, so ask them. It is a tool, not legal advice.