Manatal vs Loxo
Manatal is an applicant tracker with a sourcing extension, priced per user from $15 a month with a 14-day trial. Loxo is a sourcing, CRM and ATS bundle with an 850-million-person talent graph, starting at $149 per user per month paid a year up front. The gap is wide: Manatal fits small agencies counting every monthly cost, while Loxo suits teams that want AI sourcing and outreach inside the CRM and accept credit metering. Neither vendor names a headquarters on the pages we read, so location will not decide this pair, and the trial lengths differ too.
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Choose Manatal ifyou are a permanent-placement agency or freelance recruiter who needs an ATS with a Chrome extension at a low per-user price. You can work within 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates on the entry tier, or move up.
Choose Loxo ifyou want sourcing, outreach and an applicant tracker in one system and can pay a year up front. You also accept that heavy AI use draws on pooled credits whose boost prices are not published.
Manatal and Loxo side by side
| Manatal | Loxo | |
|---|---|---|
| Our candidate sourcing software rank | #4 of 14 | #5 of 14 |
| Established in | Not stated by the vendor | Not stated by the vendor |
| List price, 8 November 2026 | $15, $35 or $55 per seat per month on yearly plans ($19, $39, $59 monthly); Custom on demand; 14-day trial, no card | Core from $149 per seat per month, prepaid annually; Professional on contact sales; Enterprise custom; 7-day trial |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Built for | Permanent recruitment agencies and freelancers watching every monthly cost | Recruiting teams that want AI sourcing and outreach inside the CRM |
| Not for | Temp agencies that must run timesheets and billing | Buyers who want monthly billing or a fixed total cost |
Both are reviewed in full in our candidate sourcing software ranking: Manatal and Loxo.
Where they differ
Manatal 2 · Loxo 2 · open 2- 01
From $15 to $149 a seat
Manatal lists Professional at $15 per user per month on yearly plans, Enterprise at $35 and Enterprise Plus at $55, with monthly billing at $19, $39 and $59. Loxo starts Core at $149 per user each month, billed yearly and paid at the outset. Currency is shown as a dollar sign on both pages. For a ten-person desk, Manatal's entry price is a small fraction of Loxo's, which is why it wins this round. Loxo's price buys sourcing depth, covered below.
Edge: Manatal
- 02
Try before paying: 14 days or 7
Manatal's terms offer a free 14-day trial and no card, and its pricing page lists no free plan. Loxo gives a 7-day trial with full Professional access, also without a card, and likewise has no free plan. Loxo's trial is shorter, but it opens the tier where sourcing and outreach live, so a week may be enough to judge the search. Manatal's longer window helps teams testing an ATS workflow with several recruiters, and neither trial asks for payment details.
Depends on the buyer
- 03
Credits against job and candidate caps
Loxo meters AI agent work in credits: Professional carries 2,500 per user per month, pooled across the team, and 2x and 5x Boosts exist with no published price. Manatal limits Professional to 15 jobs per account and 10,000 candidates, while Enterprise and Enterprise Plus are unlimited on both. Manatal's ceiling is visible and fixed. Loxo's cost under heavy use cannot be worked out from its page, which counts against it. Teams on Manatal Enterprise never meet either limit.
Edge: Manatal
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Sourcing reach and the ATS around it
Manatal adds a Chrome extension, 20+ social and public enrichment sources and posting to 2,500+ job boards onto a Kanban ATS and recruitment CRM, plus AI candidate matching. Loxo describes a talent intelligence platform with sourcing, CRM, ATS, outreach and AI agents on an 850-million-person graph it says it owns. Loxo is plainly the deeper sourcing product, and Manatal reads as an ATS that happens to source. Its enrichment sources are public ones, and its AI matching ranks candidates inside the ATS.
Edge: Loxo
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Plan gates for automation and security
Manatal starts workflow automation on Enterprise, and SSO, the open API and the report builder only on Enterprise Plus. It names SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, CCPA and PDPA among security claims. Loxo puts Source, Outreach and API access on Professional, and SSO/SAML, advanced roles and a dedicated success team on its custom Enterprise plan. Loxo opens API access at a lower tier, but its Professional price needs a demo, while Manatal's tier prices are listed openly for every plan except Custom.
Depends on the buyer
- 06
Moving your data in and who runs it
Loxo offers free migration to teams of three or more seats on Core and scopes complex migrations as fixed packages. Its pages credit Loxo, founded in 2012, with Matt Chambers as Founder and CEO. Manatal lists offices in Singapore and Bangkok, and tax residents of Singapore pay 9 per cent GST. Neither vendor states a headquarters, and the pages do not describe any migration help at Manatal. Loxo's offer is limited to Core seats, and larger moves are quoted as fixed packages.
Edge: Loxo
When neither fits
If you need timesheets and billing for temporary staffing, or deep profile search without an ATS attached, look elsewhere. Juicebox and SeekOut are two other tools in our candidate sourcing ranking to compare first.
Manatal or Loxo: questions
3 answersWhich of the two lets a very small team start for the least money?
Manatal, since its Professional tier is listed at $15 a seat monthly-equivalent on yearly plans, or $19 on monthly billing. Loxo's Core tier starts at $149 a seat and is prepaid for the year. Neither page names a currency beyond the symbol.
Do Manatal or Loxo cap how much I can search or store?
Manatal's Professional tier stops at 15 jobs per account and 10,000 candidates, and the higher tiers are unlimited on both. Loxo caps AI work through pooled credits, at 2,500 per user per month on Professional. Loxo's extra credit Boosts carry no published price.
Can I run temp staffing payroll on either platform?
Manatal's pricing page lists no payroll, timesheet or billing function, so a temp desk would need a payroll partner. Loxo's pages we read do not mention payroll either. Both are built around permanent recruiting workflows.
Sources
Checked 8 November 2026- Manatal pricing page: yearly and monthly per-user prices, 15-job and 10,000-candidate cap, automation and SSO gating, Singapore GST.
- Manatal terms of service: two-week trial offered without card details.
- Manatal homepage: Chrome extension, 2,500+ job boards, 20+ enrichment sources, SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR claims.
- Manatal about page: offices in Singapore and Bangkok with no headquarters stated.
- Loxo pricing page: Core at $149 prepaid, Professional credits and Boosts, Enterprise SSO/SAML, 7-day trial, free migration from three seats.
- Loxo homepage: 850-million-person talent graph, sourcing, CRM, ATS and outreach platform, founded 2012 with Matt Chambers as CEO.