Hire a Digital Recruiter

Your AI-powered Digital Recruiter, working over email. Flat monthly fee, no placement commission, working 7 days a week on every role you give us.

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One product, three sizes

Same Digital Recruiter on every plan.

The product is the same across every plan. The only thing that changes is how many roles your Digital Recruiter can carry at once.

Every plan includes
1 named Digital Recruiter, briefed and run over email
Every CV reviewed in full and scored against your brief
Sourcing, screening and shortlisting, end-to-end
Every active candidate managed and followed up
Working 7 days a week, never blocked, never on leave
You and the candidate put in direct contact at interview
Flat monthly fee. No commission, no placement fees.
No software to install, no portal logins, no setup

Pick the capacity that matches your hiring volume.

Single role recruiter
30-day free trial£695

FREE for 30 days

No credit card required. Then £695/month + VAT.
1 live role
For founders and small teams hiring one role at a time.
✓ Cancel anytime
✓ 1 hire a year pays for itself
Most popular
Core recruiter
50% off · Year 1£2,995

£1,499 / month + VAT

Renews at £2,995/month + VAT thereafter.
Up to 5 live roles
The SME sweet spot, balancing volume and budget.
✓ Cancel anytime
✓ Dedicated account manager
✓ 1 hire a quarter pays for itself
Growth recruiter

£3,995 / month + VAT

*Burst above 10 live roles short-term within fair usage.
Up to 10 live roles
Like having your own, on-staff full-time recruiter.
✓ Cancel anytime
✓ Dedicated account manager
✓ Burst capacity included*
✓ 1 hire a month pays for itself
Enterprise · Talent team

Beyond 10 roles? Build a team of Digital Recruiters.

Multiple Digital Recruiters in parallel, sized to your hiring volume. Split agents across teams, departments or regions, with custom SLAs and dedicated account management.

How we compare

Other ways you might hire, and how Referment stacks up.

Most SMEs choose between four traditional approaches. Here is what each one costs, what it takes from you, and where a Digital Recruiter is different.

  DIY (job board) Recruiter Embedded RPO Internal talent team Referment
What you pay £100s in ad fees
+ your time
£10–20k per hire
(15–25% of salary)
£8–15k/mo per recruiter
+ desk & tooling
£50–100k+ salary
+ NI, pension, benefits, desk & tooling
From £695/mo flat
No fees per hire
Time to first shortlist 2–4 weeks 1–2 weeks 1 week 1 week Days
Working hours Spare time only Mon–Fri, office hours Mon–Fri, office hours Mon–Fri, office hours 7 days a week, around the clock
Onboarding Job board accounts Briefing call + contract Multi-week setup Hire & train them first Nothing, just email
Lock-in Per job Per-role contract 3–6 month minimum Permanent hire Month-to-month
Indicative figures, based on UK SME hiring norms in 2026. Your mileage may vary.