Choosing a tool
ShortlistLoop is a client facing shortlist page for a small search desk, so the fair comparison is against the platforms that try to run your entire agency.
Most boutique recruiters are not choosing between shortlist tools. They are choosing between a full agency platform they will use a fraction of, a spreadsheet plus a Friday status email, and something narrow that fixes the complaint clients actually make, which is that they never know where the search stands between submissions. The three products below are the ones that come up most often when a two person firm starts shopping.
We describe each alternative at the level of category and approach only: what kind of tool it is, which shape of firm it assumes, and how wide its scope runs. We do not quote anyone's pricing, plan names or feature lists here, because those change and we will not guess at them. Check the vendor directly for current terms before you sign anything, and treat this page as a fit question rather than a scoreboard.
ShortlistLoop vs Bullhorn
Bullhorn suits firms running a broad staffing operation across many desks, while ShortlistLoop suits two recruiters who need the client to see the slate without another status email.
ShortlistLoop vs Crelate
Crelate is for a firm that wants its pipeline, contacts and business development in one recruiting system, while ShortlistLoop is for the moment you hand four names to a hiring manager.
ShortlistLoop vs Loxo
Loxo suits a firm whose bottleneck is finding and reaching candidates, while ShortlistLoop suits a firm whose bottleneck is getting the client to respond to the ones it already found.
Free tools
Two working calculators for recruiters who bill on placements, built to answer the questions a two person firm argues about at the end of a quarter.
Working document
Everything that has to be true before a slate goes to a hiring manager, and what to do in the days after it lands.
Every product on this page can eventually hold a candidate record, so the real choice is where your searches stall: at sourcing, at the paperwork, or in the eleven days a hiring manager takes to respond to a slate. Book a demo and bring one live search with you. We will build the shortlist page for it on the call and tell you plainly if what you need is an applicant database instead.