How much does MeritHyre cost?

MeritHyre starts at $99/month for staffing agencies and startups. SMBs and mid-market teams start at $199/month. Enterprise is $299/month with volume pricing available. No long-term contract required.

What is an AI-native recruitment platform?

An AI-native recruitment platform is built from the ground up around autonomous AI execution — not a traditional ATS with AI features added later. MeritHyre automates sourcing, screening, ranking, scheduling, and interviewing as core pipeline stages, not optional add-ons.

Is MeritHyre compliant with NYC Local Law 144 and EEOC guidelines?

Yes. MeritHyre was built with NYC LL144, EEOC, FEHA, and EU AI Act compliance as core architecture requirements. Every AI scoring decision is auditable, thresholds are set by your team, and all evaluations are held for human review before any candidate advances.

How long does it take to get from job post to shortlist with MeritHyre?

MeritHyre compresses the hiring process from the industry average of 36 days to hours. AI sourcing, screening, and interviews run continuously — your recruiter reviews a ranked, interviewed shortlist the next morning.

Does MeritHyre replace the recruiter?

No. MeritHyre automates the process stages of recruitment — sourcing, screening, scoring, scheduling, and first-round interviews. Every advancement decision remains with your team. No candidate moves forward without explicit human approval.

AI Recruitment Automation Platform

AI Native
End-to-End
Recruitment

MeritHyre AI sources candidates, screens every application, conducts structured interviews, and delivers a ranked shortlist with decision-ready reports — all before your recruiter starts their morning.

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- The Shift

Old SaaS built AI on top.

We built the platform AI-Native.

Legacy approach AI-Added Recruitment Tools

Bolt-on AI — machine learning features layered onto ATS infrastructure built a decade ago
Manual screening — recruiters still read every application to decide who passes
Tool fragmentation — ATS, scheduler, assessment platform, chatbot: you are the integration layer
Inconsistent decisions — different recruiter, different day, different standard. No audit trail
Enterprise pricing — six-figure annual contracts. AI automation was out of reach for most recruiting teams
36-day average time-to-hire — most of it waiting on a manual process that could have run itself

MeritHyre’s Native AI Recruitment

AI-native architecture — every pipeline stage designed around AI intelligence from day one
Automated screening — every applicant is evaluated, scored, and ranked the moment they apply
End-to-end platform — source, screen, rank, shortlist, schedule, interview, report. One system
Consistent, auditable decisions — same criteria, every candidate, full compliance trail. Always
From $99/month — enterprise-grade AI recruitment automation accessible to every team size
Hours to shortlist — AI works around the clock. Your pipeline moves without manual intervention

- How IT works

Seven steps. Zero manual hand-holding.

Source

AI actively scans connected job boards — LinkedIn, Indeed, and others — surfacing matching candidates before a single application arrives. In parallel, AI generates a job description from your organisational context. You review and approve. The job posts to all boards simultaneously.

Screen

Every applicant is automatically assessed against your criteria the moment they apply. Ranking criteria are fully configurable — weight experience, certifications, education, and other factors as you define them. Same standard. Every candidate. Every time.

Rank

All candidates are scored and sorted by fit. Your dashboard shows a ranked list — not a pile of unread CVs. Bonus-point logic handles tie-breaking on secondary attributes. Your team sees the best candidates first, with the data to understand why.

Shortlist

The recruiter reviews the ranked list and selects who advances to the interview pipeline. This decision always belongs to your team — the system presents ranked data, the recruiter makes the call. Candidates can also be added manually at any point.

Schedule

For AI-conducted stages, interviews run on-demand — no scheduling required. For human-led stages, candidates self-book available slots directly via a built-in scheduling interface. No back-and-forth. No ghosting. Configurable reminder sequences keep candidates moving.

AI Interview

AI conducts structured interviews by voice, video, or text — any time of day, at any volume. Questions are generated from the job description and fully editable before launch. Gate questions use pass/fail logic. Competency questions are scored against defined anchors at five levels.

Candidate Insights Report

Every completed interview generates a structured report: full word-for-word transcript, AI evaluation summary, competency scores per question, identified strengths and gaps, and a written assessment of overall candidate performance. Decision-ready, not data-heavy.

Average US time-to-hire. MeritHyre compresses the process, not the decisions.

0 Days

Of recruiter time spent on tasks MeritHyre handles automatically.

50 %

Starting price — significantly less than legacy enterprise tools. Enterprise-grade AI hiring, accessible to every team.

$ 0 /mo

- What Customers Say

Recruiting teams that made the switch.

From staffing agencies to enterprise TA teams — here’s what hiring looks like when AI does the work.

James Mitchell Founder & Managing Director of a Staffing Company

"We went from drowning in applications to waking up every morning with a ranked shortlist, screened and interviewed overnight. Our submission speed to clients has transformed. MeritHyre didn't just save us time — it changed how we compete."

Sarah Reynolds HR Manager of a Logistics Company

"I was managing 40 open roles with a two-person team. The application pile was unmanageable. MeritHyre screens everything now — same criteria every time. I finally have time to actually talk to candidates instead of filtering them."

Amanda Park VP Talent Acquisition of a FinTech Company

"Every AI hiring tool we'd seen was a chatbot bolted onto an ATS. MeritHyre is different — it's the first platform where AI actually conducts the interview, scores it, and gives my team a decision-ready brief. The compliance architecture gave us the confidence to move fast."

Hours

Average time from job post to ranked shortlist

Zero

Manual CVs read before the shortlist is ready

Always

Human approval required before any candidate advances

- Why Merithyre

We help recruiting teams hire well, not just hire fast.

MeritHyre was built by people who ran a staffing agency for 20 years. We placed thousands of candidates. We know exactly where the process breaks down — and it is not because recruiters are not good at their jobs.

It is because the tools they have been given were built as ATS software first, with AI features bolted on later. The AI doesn’t actually do the work — it suggests, it assists, it auto-fills. The recruiter is still the integration layer.

MeritHyre is different because it was built AI-native: every capability was designed from the ground up around autonomous AI execution, with human oversight and approval built into the architecture — not added as an afterthought.

Founded by recruiters

“Most recruitment tools are built by engineers who have never placed a candidate. We built MeritHyre after 20 years of doing exactly that.”

The MeritHyre founding team
Former staffing agency directors with two decades of active placement experience.

20+

Years staffing agency experience

$99

Starting price — full pipeline included

- Who It's For

Built for teams that hire seriously.

From staffing agencies to enterprise TA teams — here’s what hiring looks like when AI does the work.

No dedicated recruiter yet? You don't need one to hire well.

MeritHyre gives early-stage teams the structured screening process that usually takes an experienced recruiter to build — from day one, without the headcount.

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Your HR team is stretched. Every hire takes longer than it should.

MeritHyre screens every applicant the same way, every time. Ranked, interviewed candidates — ready for your decision, not piling up in your inbox.

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Your recruiting team is skilled. They're just doing the wrong jobs.

Free your TA team from the 60% of their day that doesn't require a recruiter. MeritHyre takes the process. Your team takes every decision.

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Submit faster. Win more mandates. Without adding headcount.

Your AI recruiter sources, screens, and interviews candidates while your team sleeps. Faster submissions, consistent quality, expanded margin.

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- Get Started

Better hiring
starts now.

See MeritHyre running a live role — from job post to ranked shortlist.
No setup. No commitment.

The cost of waiting: every week without MeritHyre is another week of manual screening, inconsistent decisions, and good candidates slipping away while your team coordinates calendars.