Avery

Avery is a web-based hiring platform for recruiters who need candidate search, role-fit explanations and a view of hiring conditions. It is most compelling when a search calls for both sourcing and market context; ATS-dependent teams should plan for a custom-priced tier.

Overview

Avery searches a proprietary network of 125M+ vetted European professional profiles, according to its maker. It ranks candidates against role requirements and explains what matches and what remains unproven. That makes it easier to inspect the reasoning behind a shortlist, without treating a score as a hiring decision.

Its market views pair sourcing with role and regional salary benchmarks, talent-pool estimates, hiring viability, competitor information and time-to-fill estimates. These can help recruiters assess whether a search is practical before committing to outreach. The trade-off is a Europe-focused network and a web-only platform.

Key features

Candidate search and market context

AI search and explained matching are useful for narrowing a large pool while keeping the recruiter responsible for judging fit. Market estimates add a second perspective: not just who might fit, but how viable the role and location may be to fill. Recruiters looking for a simple contact finder rather than hiring intelligence may not need this broader workflow.

Outreach and screening

Solo and higher plans add verified contact details and enrichment. Avery can draft personalized outreach from candidate profiles and send email through a connected Google, Outlook or IMAP account; it can also automate email sequences through the recruiter's own inbox. LinkedIn messages are drafts for the recruiter to send manually, so this is not fully automated social outreach.

The Screening Agent converts candidate replies into structured details such as compensation expectations, availability and interest. That can make replies easier to compare, while leaving the initial search and subsequent decisions in the recruiter's hands.

Talent Hub and ATS connections

Talent Hub retains and refreshes candidate records, builds pipelines for future roles and resurfaces past candidates when they fit a new search. This makes Solo more than a one-off sourcing tool. But Solo excludes ATS import, export and integration. Team and Max connect with Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Ashby, Teamtailor, Recruitee and 50+ other ATS systems, making them the relevant tiers for teams that need Avery connected to an existing recruiting stack.

Data and security

Avery says candidate profiles are stored and enriched in the EU and model calls run on European infrastructure. Its privacy policy describes TLS encryption in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, MFA for sensitive systems, security audits and access monitoring. Avery says it shares only the data needed for AI outputs with OpenAI and does not permit personal data to train OpenAI models; its policy also notes AI processing may involve transfers outside the EEA. Teams with strict data-location requirements should weigh that caveat.

Pricing

Avery uses a freemium model. Free costs nothing, requires no card and includes search across 125M+ profiles, explained ranked matches and role-and-region market views. The cap is functional rather than a small stated search quota: there is no outreach, contact detail access or Talent Hub, so Free is best for evaluating search and market intelligence rather than running a full recruiting workflow.

Solo costs €299 a month, is cancel-anytime, and adds verified contact details and enrichment, outreach from the recruiter's own inbox and Talent Hub. It suits a solo recruiter or small operation that can work without ATS integration. The price is a substantial step up from free, and the missing ATS connection rules it out for teams that need records and activity synchronized with their system.

Team has custom pricing, scoped on the first call. It includes everything in Solo for the team, shared projects, notes and one inbox, a pipeline view, guided onboarding, priority support and ATS integration. It is the appropriate tier for collaborative teams that need shared workflows and an ATS connection, though buyers must obtain a scoped price. Max also has custom pricing, on a consulting-led basis; it configures the platform to workflows and includes embedded implementation, playbooks and training, with outcomes defined and measured. That makes it a fit for organizations seeking a configured rollout rather than a self-serve subscription.

Platforms

Avery is available on the web. Its email outreach connects to a recruiter's Google, Outlook or IMAP account, but those connections do not make it a native desktop or mobile app.

Who it's for

Avery targets recruitment agencies, consultancy teams, in-house talent acquisition teams and freelance recruiters. Freelancers and agencies can benefit from combining search, fit explanations and market estimates; Solo is the entry point when they also need contact details and outreach. In-house teams that need collaborative pipelines or ATS integration should compare Team and Max, while recruiters who only need free search and market views can begin with Free.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Candidate rankings explain matched and unproven requirements, giving recruiters more to assess than a bare score.
• Pro: Salary, talent-pool, viability, competitor and time-to-fill views add market context to sourcing decisions.
• Pro: Talent Hub can retain and refresh records and bring prior candidates back into view for later roles.
• Con: Free excludes contact details, outreach and Talent Hub, limiting it to search and market intelligence.
• Con: Solo costs €299 a month and has no ATS import, export or integration.
• Con: LinkedIn outreach remains manual, even though email can be sent and sequenced through the recruiter's own inbox.
• Con: The European profile focus and web-only access may not suit recruiters seeking a broader geographic network or native mobile or desktop app.

Alternatives

ContactOut is worth considering when contact lookup across web, extension and API matters more than Avery's market intelligence and fit explanations. Its free plan includes 10 free credits; its Team / API plan offers API access, a bulk license for 700M+ profiles and Salesforce and ATS connections.

Coresignal is an API- and web-based option for buyers seeking a credit-based data service: its free tier has 2,000 credits, 5 req/s and a 7-day trial, while Mini costs $49 a month for 2,500 credits per month. Choose it when that credit and API framing fits better than Avery's recruiter workflow.

Enrich may fit teams focused on API-based enrichment: it offers 100 free credits for new accounts with every product unlocked, and Growth costs $49 a month with 100,000 credits. Avery is the stronger fit when candidate fit explanations and role-market views are also central.

Findem is another option for teams considering an API- and web-based talent product; its Findem Studio can be tried free, with credits and subscription terms presented in applicable purchase terms.

Hyranse offers a free plan with five monthly contact credits, two AI searches and limited daily searches, while paid plans cost $1,280 a month. It may suit a buyer who wants those contact and search allowances in an API, extension and web product.

Jobin.cloud offers a free plan with 30 enrichment credits, up to 50K contacts, unlimited jobs and projects, and limited multi-channel outreach automation. It is a possible alternative when that broader contact and outreach allowance is the priority.

Nebula provides 100 free verified contact lookups per organization, AI candidate matching, email/SMS outreach, projects and shortlists across extension and web. Choose it when those included contact lookups and outreach channels suit the workflow better.

Pin starts with five contact lookup credits per week, one job position, one AI Agent and email-only sequences on its free plan. Its Solo plan costs $99 a month, which may suit a buyer prioritizing a lower-priced entry to those specific limits.

For broader category comparisons, browse Candidate Sourcing Software or AI Recruiting Assistants.

Verdict

Avery is a strong fit for recruiters who want candidate search, explainable fit and market intelligence in one web workflow. Free is a useful starting point for search and market views; Solo makes sense when a recruiter is ready to pay €299 a month for contact enrichment, outreach and Talent Hub. Look elsewhere if ATS integration is essential but a custom-priced plan is not practical, or if manual LinkedIn sending and a European profile focus do not fit the search.