AI resume screening software pricing: 1,200 CVs, $84 to $3,588

You have 3 vendor tabs open to compare AI resume screening software pricing, 200 CVs landing per role, and a budget line due. 2 of the 3 tabs say book a demo.

Resume screening software cost is hard to compare, because vendors bill a CV, a credit, a seat, a capped flat plan or an ATS plan. Of 21 vendor pricing addresses we opened on 13 November 2026, 8 showed no price.

The unit decides your bill. The same 1,200 CVs a year cost $84 at 7 cents a CV and $3,588 inside an ATS plan.

Below is every published price with its date, 1 workload under all 4 models, and the costs the price card leaves out. We make Flowmingo, a free AI hiring platform, so it is 1 row in each table.

Key takeaways

• What does AI resume screening software cost for 1,200 CVs a year? From $84 at 7 cents a CV to $3,588 inside an ATS plan, at prices read on 13 November 2026.
• Which pricing model is cheapest at my volume? Paying 7 cents a CV, below about 1,400 CVs a year. Above that, Recrutly's $100 pass with $1 top-ups, if 5 users and 20 jobs are enough.
• How many CVs will I pay for? Fewer than you think. On Flowmingo the median project scored 3 CVs, and 1.5% of projects held 33.5% of all scored CVs.
• What does an agency pay per placement? $2.78 to $141.60 at 8,000 CVs a year. 8 seats and job caps make the gap of about 51 times.
• Who pays for the bias audit? Usually you, the employer. New York City's rule says the vendor "is not responsible" for it.

1. AI resume screening software pricing: what does a team hiring 6 roles a year pay per month?

For 1,200 CVs a year, published prices run from $0 to $299 a month.

The example is 6 roles a year at 200 CVs a role: 1,200 CVs, 6 hires and 1 recruiter. The 200 is your case, and jobs on Greenhouse's North American platform averaged 244 applications in 2025.

Per month, that is $7 at 7 cents a CV on resumescreening.ai and $15 for 1 Manatal seat. It is $66 on Screened and $299 on Workable Standard at 1-20 staff.

12-month cost of 1,200 CVs: from $84 at $0.07 a CV to $792 on Screened's flat plan and $3,588 on Workable's ATS plan. Flowmingo Free is $0.

The sums assume 1 seat, list prices read on 13 November 2026 and roles that land in different months. Breezy's line adds $180 of AI credits to its $1,884 plan, and JazzHR sits at Plus because its AI matching starts there.

We did not read which Manatal plan carries AI scoring or whether it is charged by use, so ask.

Per hire, the software costs $14 to $598 across the 11 paid prices, a gap of about 43 times. SHRM's 2025 survey put the average cost per hire at $5,475 for nonexecutive roles. This means Screened's $132 is about 2.4% of that average, and Workable's $598 about 10.9%.

Our other guides use SHRM's median of $1,200. We use the average here because SHRM's October 2025 release reports it.

Our guide to AI CV screening software covers what the tool must do.

2. Which vendors publish AI resume screening software pricing, and which make you book a demo?

Of 21 vendor pricing pages we read on 13 November 2026, 13 showed at least 1 price. 8 gave a quote form, a demo button or no pricing page at all.

Each price comes from the vendor's own page, with its billing basis, and nothing from a list article. We also loaded the 8 pages with no price in a browser the same day, because some sites draw prices with a script.

The table runs by how each vendor charges, cheapest unit first. We make Flowmingo, so read its row with that in mind.

Read the billing basis as part of the price. Screened's $66 a month is the yearly price of its $99 monthly plan, Breezy's $157 of $189 and Manatal's $15 of $19. Recrutly's Growth pass costs $100 once for 1 year.

Quote pages help too: Greenhouse says its "pricing is customized based on your company's hiring needs", and Skima AI's form asks for recruiters and applications per year. So bring both numbers to any sales call, since a cv screening software price you cannot see still comes from seats and volume.

3. Per CV, per seat, flat plan or bundled in an ATS: which pricing model is cheapest at my volume?

Below about 1,400 CVs a year, paying $0.07 a CV is the cheapest paid price we read. From 1,429 CVs, Recrutly's $100 pass with $1 top-ups is the cheapest published paid price, within 5 users and 20 active jobs.

The 4 price models: per CV grows with applicants, and a flat plan is capped by CVs and active jobs. Per seat grows with logins, and an ATS plan with company size.

Per CV or credit grows with applicants, so it punishes a flood.

A flat plan by volume stays fixed until the CV or job cap, so it punishes agencies. For example, Screened allows 5 active jobs on its $792 plan and 15 on its $2,388 plan.

Per seat grows with logins, so it punishes teams that give hiring managers access. 3 CVViZ seats cost $1,044 a year, more than Screened's flat $792.

Inside an ATS plan, the bill grows with company size and AI credits, which punishes buyers who only wanted screening. Workable costs $3,588 a year at 1-20 staff and $5,028 at 21-50, as its size picker showed on 10 November 2026.

3.1 At what volume does each model flip?

The figure prices 5 yearly volumes under the 4 models.

Cost by volume: at $0.07 a CV, 500 CVs cost $35 and 12,000 cost $840. 3 seats stay at $540, a flat plan at $792, and an ATS plan runs $3,588 to $4,588.

At $0.07 a CV, 3,000 CVs cost $210 and 8,000 cost $560. Workable's ATS plan costs $3,588 up to 3,000 CVs, $4,188 at 8,000 and $4,588 at 12,000. Those sums count its 3,000 AI credits once (section 7).

The break-evens compare per-CV billing with each other model 1 by 1. Paying $0.07 a CV beats 1 Manatal seat at $180 below 2,571 CVs a year and a $200 plan below 2,857. It beats 3 seats below 7,714 and the flat plan below 11,314.

Recrutly's Growth pass covers 2,500 screenings for $100, which beats $0.07 a CV from 1,429 CVs. With top-ups at $1 per 500, 3,000 CVs cost $101, 8,000 cost $111 and 12,000 cost $119, the cheapest published paid price at each volume.

4. What does AI resume screening cost per CV when one role brings in 200 CVs?

For 6 roles of 200 CVs, published prices work out at 7 cents to $2.99 a CV. With only 1 such role a year, Screened's $792 over 200 CVs is $3.96 each, against $14 in total at $0.07 a CV.

An unused allowance pushes the price up: Screened's plan covers 12,000 CVs a year, so using 1,200 makes each cost $0.66. That is 9.6 times its own overage rate of $0.069 a CV.

So the real cost depends on how many CVs you will pay for.

Flowmingo data · 65,588 scored CVs · 49,787 candidates · 3,458 hiring projects · 1,390 companies · 14 Aug to 11 Nov 2026, through the employer's own channels

• 3 scored CVs was the median for a hiring project, and the 75th percentile was 13.
• 40 scored CVs marked the 90th percentile of hiring projects, and 78 marked the 95th percentile.
• 1.5% of hiring projects had 200 or more scored CVs, and they held 33.5% of all scored CVs.

Counts CVs scored inside a 90-day window, so long-running roles are undercounted. Flowmingo is free, so small and trial roles are common, and these are Flowmingo users, not the market. Only CVs that got a score count, so totals sit below counts of CVs received. The 200 line is this post's example, not a measured break-even.

Scored CVs per project: the median project had 3 CVs and the 75th percentile 13 CVs. The 90th percentile had 40 CVs and the 95th percentile 78 CVs.

This means a 200-CV role sits in the top 1.5% of projects on Flowmingo, while jobs on Greenhouse's North American platform averaged 244.

Greenhouse counts every application on its paid ATS. Ours counts CVs that got a score on a free tool, where many projects are small or trials. Your own count beats both, so find last year's biggest role and price that month.

The biggest role matters because caps bite in a single month. 1 role with 250 CVs overruns Truffle Starter's 200 credits, which its page calls "a hard cap with no overages".

5. What does AI resume screening cost per hire for an agency filling 40 roles a year?

At 40 roles and 8,000 CVs a year, published prices work out at $2.78 to $141.60 a placement. Seats and job caps, not CVs, now set the bill.

The agency example is 40 roles at 200 CVs each: 8,000 CVs, 40 placements and 8 recruiters. About 10 roles stay open at once, our assumption.

Recrutly's line is its Growth pass at $100 plus 11 top-ups at $1 each, $111 in all. Its 20 active jobs fit 10 open roles.

CVViZ Standard is 8 seats x $59 x 12 = $5,664. That is about 51 times the $111 and about 10 times the $560 of paying per CV. We did not read its screening credits, so its line is seats only.

Cost per placement at 8,000 CVs a year: from $2.78 on Recrutly's Growth pass with top-ups to $141.60 on 8 CVViZ seats. Flowmingo Free is $0.

3 things flip against the small-team order. First, the job cap rules out the entry tier on Screened (5 jobs), CVViZ (2) and Recrutly Starter (5). Second, 8 seats turn a $15 to $59 price into $1,440 to $5,664 a year.

Third, a user cap can rule a plan out. Recrutly's Growth pass covers 5 users, so 3 of the 8 recruiters could not log in. Its Scale plan, $600 a year at $50 a month, has the same 5-user cap.

Against SHRM's $5,475 average cost per hire, $141.60 is 2.6% and $2.78 is about 0.05%. In other words, even the dearest row stays under 3% of that average.

Ask each vendor whether client work needs another licence, because Tellent Recruitee's page tells agencies to contact it for a custom quote.

6. What hidden fees sit on top of AI resume screening software pricing?

6 costs sit outside the headline price: overage, shared credits, the billing term, job and seat caps, setup, and getting your data out.

Overage works 4 ways. Brainner charges $9.95 per 100 extra candidates automatically unless you unpublish the job, and Screened adds $69 per 1,000 resumes "to your next invoice". Truffle Starter stops instead.

The 4th way is a pack you buy in the app. Recrutly sells extra screenings at $1 per 300 on Starter and $1 per 500 on Scale and Growth.

Shared credits come next. On Truffle a video interview uses 5 credits and an assessed candidate 2, so 40 interviews use the same 200 credits as 200 CVs. Our post on AI interview cost per candidate covers interview prices.

The billing term matters, because the lower price is usually the yearly one, as section 2 shows.

Job and seat caps force the next tier. CVViZ Starter allows 2 active jobs, so 1 recruiter with 3 open roles moves to Standard at $59 a seat. That is $708 a year, not $348.

Setup is the unknown. No setup or onboarding fee appears on the 13 pages that show a price, so ask in writing.

Data on exit is the last cost. California's rules, in effect from 1 October 2025 per the Civil Rights Department's announcement, require employers to keep automated-decision data for at least 4 years. So you need an export when you leave a vendor.

How Flowmingo helps

On Flowmingo's pricing page, CSV export starts on the Growth plan at $99 a month billed monthly. The Free plan allows 3 PDF or DOCX report downloads in total.

7. Does my ATS plan already include AI screening, or is it a paid add-on?

Often it is in the plan but charged by use. Workable's screening runs on AI credits, Breezy bills scoring credits on top, and JazzHR puts AI matching 1 tier above its entry plan.

Workable's page says "Screening Agent Uses AI credits", and each ATS plan comes with 3,000 of them. After that, a credit costs $0.12 in a 5,000 bundle and $0.095 at 50,000.

Its page counts 1 credit each time a candidate is screened. We count the 3,000 credits once, because Workable's page does not say whether they renew, so ask. So 1,200 CVs fit inside the 3,000 credits, and 8,000 CVs need 1 bundle of 5,000 for $600.

Breezy HR charges $157 a month on yearly billing, and its AI scoring uses credits from $30 per 100,000. By its own estimate, 100,000 credits score about 200 applicants, which adds about $180 a year at 1,200 CVs.

JazzHR lists "AI-Powered Candidate Matching" from Plus at $3,480 a year, while Hero costs $1,000. Lever lists "AI Screening by VONQ" as a quoted add-on.

If you already pay for the ATS, the extra cost is only the credits. If you would buy it only for screening, compare its $1,884 to $3,588 with the stand-alone prices in section 1.

8. Is free AI resume screening software enough for a recruiter, and what is the limit?

For CV screening alone, yes, if the free plan has no CV cap. Check 3 limits before you rely on it: how many CVs, how long data is kept, and whether you can export.

Several vendors give you an allowance before you pay, read on 13 November 2026. Truffle gives 7 days and 30 credits, and Recrutly 7 days and 10 screenings. Breezy HR gives a trial with 100,000 AI credits, and resumescreening.ai 71 screenings.

Most of these cover 1 small role, enough to compare a tool's ranking with your own.

A free plan differs because it has no end date, so its limits sit elsewhere. Zoho Recruit Free allows 1 active job per recruiter licence, read 10 November 2026.

Free stops being enough in 3 cases. You need scores inside your ATS record, you need a CSV export on day 1, or you need a published bias audit.

Flowmingo sits in this post on 1 criterion: the published price for CV screening at 1,200 and 8,000 CVs a year. There it is the $0 row, and we rank it on nothing else.

How Flowmingo helps

CV Evaluation has no CV cap, no per-CV fee and no AI credits on every plan, read on 13 November 2026. The Free plan is permanent and needs no card. It allows 3 report downloads in total, keeps the latest 300 videos for 30 days and shows our brand next to yours. Paid plans start at $49 a month billed monthly. They keep videos longer and add your branding and exports, not more screening.

Flowmingo's ATS connections page describes sending the AI interview or role-play from a stage in your ATS. It does not mention CV scores, so ask us before you rely on that. We have not published a bias audit, and our FAQ says "we have not measured the size of the effect".

9. Who pays for the bias audit when I use AI to screen resumes?

Usually you, unless the contract says otherwise. In New York City the law puts the bias audit on the employer, not the vendor.

These rules depend on where you hire and how much the score decides, and this is not legal advice.

New York City's foundational 2023 FAQ says "The vendor that created the AEDT is not responsible for a bias audit of the tool". You can rely on a vendor's audit only if you gave the auditor your own data, or it is your first use.

A foundational 2024 study found 18 of 391 New York City employers had posted an audit (Wright and colleagues).

Audit rules: New York City's audit sits with the employer, and EU duties start 2 Dec 2027. From 1 Jan 2027 Colorado wants the tool's role in plain language within 30 days, and California at least 4 years of data.

Ask each vendor 1 question per rule:

• New York City. The employer, not the vendor, must make sure a bias audit under 1 year old exists. Who pays for the audit, and can we rely on yours?
• EU. The Commission calls CV-sorting software high-risk, and duties apply from 2 Dec 2027. Who covers logging, documents and human oversight?
• Colorado. SB26-189 applies to employers using covered tools from 1 January 2027 (signed act, Section 5). It asks for notice and the tool's role in plain language within 30 days of an adverse decision. It adds human review on request where commercially reasonable, and developer document duties start the same day. Can the tool show its role for 1 candidate?
• California. Employers keep automated-decision data for at least 4 years. Can we export every score when we leave?

Audits exist because models can prefer names. In a foundational 2024 lab study, 3 text-embedding models preferred White-associated names in 85.1% of race tests (Wilson and Caliskan). It tested general models, not any product in this post.

Of the 13 pages that show a price, 2 mention an audit. Breezy's says its scoring "is independently audited by Warden AI, and the results are public", and Brainner's lists "Monthly AI bias audits". No page prices an audit or says you may rely on it.

10. What should I ask about AI resume screening software pricing before I sign an annual contract?

Ask 9 questions and get the answers in writing.

1. What is 1 billable unit, and do duplicates and re-scores count?
2. What happens at the cap: stop, auto-charge or the next tier?
3. How many active jobs and users does this tier allow?
4. Is this the monthly or the yearly price, and can I pause in quiet months?
5. Do unused CVs or credits roll over, and for how long?
6. Is AI screening in this plan or on credits, and how many credits does 1 screen use?
7. Is there a setup, onboarding or integration fee?
8. How do I export every score when I leave, and how long do you keep the data?
9. Has the tool had an independent bias audit, who paid, and who pays if a claim follows?

In Mobley v. Workday, a US court granted preliminary collective certification on an age-discrimination claim on 16 May 2025, and the claims remain allegations.

The UK's data regulator made almost 300 recommendations to AI recruitment tool providers in a foundational November 2024 intervention, and published questions for buyers.

10.1 How do I check whether a dearer tool screens better?

Test it on your own CVs, because no page we read gives evidence by price tier. Run last quarter's CVs for 1 filled role through each tool's allowance before you pay, then compare its top 10 with the people you interviewed.

How Flowmingo helps

The Free plan scores CVs with no CV cap and no card, read 13 November 2026. Use it as the $0 row when you compare Flowmingo with any other AI resume screening software pricing.

11. Sources

Every price, law and study in this guide links to a source below; Flowmingo figures come from Flowmingo's own platform data.

• Ashby (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Ashby.
• Brainner (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Brainner.
• Breezy HR (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Breezy HR.
• California Civil Rights Department (2025). Civil Rights Council secures approval for regulations to protect against employment discrimination related to artificial intelligence. Press release, 30 June 2025.
• Colorado General Assembly (2026). SB26-189: Automated decision-making technology. Colorado General Assembly.
• Colorado General Assembly (2026, May 14). Senate Bill 26-189, signed act. Colorado General Assembly.
• CVViZ (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. CVViZ.
• European Commission (n.d., read 2026). AI Act: regulatory framework for AI. European Commission.
• European Parliament and Council (2026). Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, the Digital Omnibus on AI. Official Journal of the European Union.
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• Greenhouse (2026). The Hire Standard: Greenhouse benchmark report, North America. Greenhouse.
• Greenhouse (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Greenhouse.
• HireVue (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. HireVue.
• Information Commissioner's Office (2024). ICO intervention into AI recruitment tools leads to better data protection for job seekers. ICO, 6 November 2024 (foundational).
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• Lever (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Lever.
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• Screened (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Screened.
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• Skima AI (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Skima AI.
• Teamtailor (n.d., read 2026). Pricing. Teamtailor.
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• Zoho (n.d., read 10 November 2026). Zoho Recruit pricing. Zoho.