Loxo vs Manatal, or how a sourcing engine stacks up against a budget AI ATS

Feature by feature: sourcing and candidate data, ease of use and price, outreach, analytics. Where each platform pulls ahead for a recruitment agency in 2026, and where both leave a gap.

Or meet the third option built for recruiters: Jarvi.

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TL;DR

Positioning

Loxo fits agencies that live in proactive sourcing and want a built-in, enriched candidate database with contact data, and can absorb a premium, sales-led price. Manatal fits small and mid-size teams that want an all-in-one AI ATS and CRM that is cheap, quick to adopt and transparent to buy.

Why it matters

Manatal publishes pricing from $15 per user per month with a 14-day free trial, while Loxo starts at $169 (Basic) and is not fully published, with professional contracts commonly landing much higher. Loxo answers with a built-in talent database enriched with contact information, an email finder and stronger outreach automation, which a sourcing-heavy desk uses every day.

The catch

Where both stop: neither runs a single outbound sequence across email, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram and SMS at once. Loxo automates email follow-ups and can advance the pipeline on a reply, but only over email; Manatal leaves the cadence to the recruiter.

At a glance

CriterionLoxoManatalEdge
Sourcing & candidate dataBuilt-in enriched database, email finderBulk LinkedIn import, AI recommendationsLoxo
Ease of use, onboarding & priceFrom $169, sales-led, steeperFrom $15, free trial, fast setupManatal
Outreach & sequencesAutomation, email finder, trackingEmail, SMS and nurturing, no phoneLoxo
Analytics & reportingCustom dashboards, source effectivenessStandard reports, process statsEven

Detailed technical comparison

Cross-analysis of tools: Sourcing, Data, and Pricing.

Comparison table: Loxo and Manatal (ATS & CRM features)
LoxoManatal
Sourcing
1-click company importImport of companies with automatic data enrichment
1-click profile import via Chrome extensionA browser extension that adds a candidate to your ATS in one click, with their profile data
Professional Network SyncImport your professional network, with profile enrichment
External sourcing results importImport a sourcing project's pipeline, keeping its stages and metadata
External leads list importImport and sync prospect lists built outside the ATS
Legal data synchronization during importsSyncs company registration and legal identifiers (via Pappers or similar sources) during LinkedIn imports to maintain compliant, up-to-date client data
Email finder / contact discoveryFind verified email addresses for profiles on LinkedIn or other sites, allowing you to contact them directly
Automatic data completionAutomatically finds and adds missing data to profiles, such as a candidate's new job title, company logo, or company industry
AI & Automation
Outreach
ATS
CRM
Analytics
Integrations
Collaboration & UX
Data Security
Market proof
Support
Pricing
01

Loxo brings its own enriched candidate database, Manatal sources through the browser

LoxoManatalEdge: Loxo

Sourcing decides how much a recruiter retypes and how many contacts they can reach. The core question is whether the candidate data lives inside the platform or has to be captured and enriched from outside.

Loxo

Loxo is built around a talent-intelligence database: a large pool of candidates enriched with contact information, plus AI sourcing that surfaces matches and a native email finder. A Chrome extension captures profiles, and outreach can start from the enriched record without a separate enrichment tool. The trade-off is LinkedIn: native LinkedIn messaging is limited and leans on a LinkedIn Recruiter integration rather than a unified inbox, and there is no bulk LinkedIn import.

Manatal

Manatal sources through a Chrome extension with bulk LinkedIn import, including from Recruiter and Sales Navigator lists, plus AI parsing that fills profiles on import and AI candidate recommendations and scoring. What it lacks is Loxo's built-in enriched talent pool: there is no large pre-populated database, and contact discovery is lighter than Loxo's native email finder. For a team that brings its own candidates from LinkedIn, inbound and referrals, that is enough; for a desk that lives off an enriched database, Loxo's pool does more.

Verdict. For a sourcing-first desk, Loxo's enriched database and email finder remove more manual work up front. Manatal imports in bulk from LinkedIn and adds AI recommendations, but expects you to bring the candidates rather than draw them from a built-in pool.

02

Manatal is cheap, transparent and live in a day, Loxo is a premium, sales-led buy

LoxoManatalEdge: Manatal

Two things decide how quickly a team gets value: how much it costs and how transparent the buy is, and how long onboarding takes before the first placement runs through the system.

Loxo

Loxo starts at $169 per user per month on its Basic plan, with Professional pricing not published and third-party reports putting real contracts between roughly $250 and $400 per user per month depending on modules. Reviewers praise the interface and support, but the platform is deep, so onboarding and the learning curve take longer, and buyers note that pricing lacks transparency. It rewards a firm that will invest in sourcing and keep the system for years.

Manatal

Manatal publishes its pricing: $15 per user per month on Professional (annual), $35 on Enterprise and $55 on Enterprise Plus, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card. It is designed to be live in a day, with fast onboarding and a clean interface that suit small and mid-size teams. The trade-off is depth: CRM and automation are lighter than Loxo's, so a heavy sourcing operation can outgrow it.

Verdict. For a small or mid team that wants to see the price, try the product and start this week, Manatal is the clear pick. Loxo earns its premium and longer setup when the sourcing engine is the point.

03

Loxo leans into outreach automation, Manatal keeps it light

LoxoManatalEdge: Loxo

Outreach turns a sourced profile into a conversation. The question is how much of the cadence the platform runs and across how many channels.

Loxo

Outreach is a core part of Loxo: email sequences with tracking, an email finder to reach candidates directly, phone through providers, and nurturing campaigns. Multichannel sequences reach email and LinkedIn, though LinkedIn messaging is constrained and there is no native WhatsApp or Telegram. For an outbound desk, the built-in email finder plus sequences is the draw.

Manatal

Manatal covers two-way email sync, native SMS to candidates (US and Canada numbers) and nurturing campaigns, with a small automation that adjusts greetings to the time of day. It has no phone and no cross-channel sequence builder, so outreach stays email-and-text rather than a multichannel cadence. It fits a team that works candidates over email, text and its career page rather than running heavy outbound sequences.

Verdict. Loxo gives a sourcing-and-outreach desk more of the toolkit, with an email finder, tracking and automation. Manatal keeps outreach to email and text. Neither runs a true email-to-LinkedIn-to-WhatsApp sequence on its own.

04

Both report the pipeline, Loxo goes deeper on dashboards

LoxoManatalEdge: Even

Reporting is where an agency sees whether the desk is working: which sources produce, which recruiters convert, where candidates stall. Both tools ship dashboards, with a difference in depth.

Loxo

Loxo provides standard pipeline reports plus more configurable dashboards, source-effectiveness tracking and team performance, in line with a platform aimed at data-driven sourcing teams. The reporting supports a firm that wants to see which channels and recruiters produce, though the deepest customization sits with its higher tiers.

Manatal

Manatal offers standard reports with pipeline and process statistics and team performance, enough for a small or mid agency to track throughput. Its dashboards are less configurable than Loxo's, and source-effectiveness reporting is lighter, but the essentials are covered at its entry price.

Verdict. Both give an agency the reports it needs day to day. Loxo goes deeper on configurable dashboards and source attribution; Manatal covers the standard set at a lower price. Call it even unless deep BI is a priority.

Pricing at a glance

per user / month

LoxoManatal
Entry$169 BasicATS, CRM, sourcing, analytics$15 Professional15 jobs, 10,000 candidates
GrowthCustom Professionalreported $250 to $400, more modules$35 Enterpriseunlimited, automations, CRM
AdvancedCustom Enterprisecustom quote$55 Enterprise PlusSSO, open API, priority support
AI includedAI sourcing and candidate enrichment across plansAI candidate recommendations and scoring on all tiers

Which fits which team?

Neither tool wins outright. The right pick comes down to how central proactive sourcing is, and whether you value a deep, premium engine or a cheap, fast, all-in-one ATS.

Choose Loxo if:

  • Proactive sourcing is the core of your desk
  • You want a built-in, enriched candidate database with contact data
  • You want an email finder and tracked outreach sequences built in
  • You will invest in onboarding and keep the platform for years
  • You can absorb a premium, sales-led price

Choose Manatal if:

  • You run a small or mid-size team on a tight budget
  • You want published pricing from $15 and a free trial
  • You want to be live in a day with a clean, simple interface
  • You value AI candidate recommendations and scoring included cheaply
  • Your desk works candidates over email and a career page more than heavy outbound

If neither profile fits cleanly, for example a team that wants exposed agentic AI, native multichannel sequences and EU data hosting at transparent pricing, it is worth widening the shortlist.

Jarvi: the third option that closes the gap Loxo and Manatal leave open

Loxo runs outreach around email at a premium, sales-led price; Manatal keeps outreach to email and text. Loxo can act on an email reply, but neither runs one sequence across email, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram and SMS that moves the pipeline from any channel.

Vs Loxo. Against Loxo, Jarvi runs multichannel outbound in one sequence at transparent, published pricing, instead of an email-centric engine behind a sales-led quote.

Vs Manatal. Against Manatal, Jarvi goes past email-first outreach and light automation. Sequences run across five channels at once, and an AI copilot suggests the next best action for each candidate instead of leaving the follow-up cadence to the recruiter.

The Jarvi differentiator

The difference is AI reply detection that spans every channel. Loxo can act on an email reply; Jarvi reads replies across every channel in the sequence and moves the pipeline from any of them. A candidate answers with interest, Jarvi stops the sequence and alerts the recruiter. They reply 'not now', Jarvi schedules a six-month recall. They decline, the record is archived cleanly with its notes. That cross-channel automation takes hours of manual follow-up off each recruiter every week.

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About Loxo

Loxo was founded in 2012 by Ilia Cheishvili and Matt Chambers in Denver and positions itself as a talent-intelligence platform: an ATS, a CRM and sourcing in one, built around a large candidate database enriched with contact information. It grew past $100M in revenue without outside funding, then took a $115M growth investment led by Tritium Partners in 2025 to accelerate its AI. Pricing starts at $169 per user per month on the Basic plan and is not fully published, with professional contracts commonly landing higher. It holds 4.6 on G2 and 4.6 on Capterra (about 126 reviews), praised for its interface and support. Its distinctive strength is built-in sourcing and enriched candidate data.

Loxo interface

About Manatal

Manatal was founded in 2019 in Bangkok by Jeremy Fichet and Yassine Bel Mamoun, and raised a $5.1M seed led by Surge, Sequoia's accelerator, in 2022. It is an affordable all-in-one ATS and CRM for small and mid-size agencies, with AI candidate recommendations and scoring, a Chrome extension for sourcing, and a career-page builder. Pricing is published from $15 per user per month on annual billing, with a 14-day free trial. It holds about 4.6 on Capterra and 4.4 on G2, with fast onboarding and value for money its most cited strengths, and serves more than 10,000 recruitment teams across 135+ countries. Its distinctive strength is an AI ATS at an entry-level price.

Manatal interface

FAQ: Loxo vs Manatal

This comparison guide analyzes the critical differences between Loxo and Manatal: pricing policy, free trial, customer support quality, and sourcing power. Use this data to choose the best-fit ATS for your agency.

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Loxo analyzed on December 17, 2025 • Manatal analyzed on December 5, 2025 — If you have any updates or corrections to share, please help us keep this article accurate and up-to-date via the chat in the bottom right corner.