Hyranse

Overview

Hyranse brings public-source candidate search, job-description matching, and contact lookup into one recruiting platform. It is best suited to freelance recruiters, agencies, and in-house teams that want to organize sourcing, as well as developers and operations teams building search into their tools. Its appeal is the combination of AI-assisted discovery and paid API/MCP access; recruiters who need a dependable hiring judgment from automation should look elsewhere.

Key features

AI Candidate Search takes a job description and returns suggested profiles with match indicators, matched skills, and gaps. That gives recruiters a useful way to narrow a search, but the percentages are indicative: profile review and the decision about whom to contact remain human work. Free searches allow 5 or 20 candidates per request, while paid plans raise the ceiling to 75, better suited to broader searches.

Paid plans include unlimited projects and saved history for organizing shortlists and tracking candidates through a hiring pipeline. That is a practical advantage for recurring searches, although Free users do not get those project features. Hyranse also offers bulk export, candidate outreach, and ATS integrations, but the plan descriptions do not establish which tiers include them.

The free Chrome extension can request available email, phone, Telegram, and GitHub details from supported individual profile pages. It is useful for targeted lookups without a paid plan, but contact availability depends on the profile and the user must click to request details. Hyranse says its index draws on publicly available professional sources, not private profiles, restricted areas, or non-public accounts. Its Candidate Privacy Center supports access, correction, deletion, and opt-out requests.

REST API and MCP integration support tools including Cursor and Claude Desktop, as well as other MCP clients using Streamable HTTP. This makes Hyranse relevant to teams incorporating candidate search into internal workflows. API and MCP are unavailable on Free, and paid-plan usage draws on the account’s shared credit balance, so integrated use competes with other contact-credit needs.

Pricing

Free costs nothing and includes 5 monthly contact credits, two AI searches, and limited daily searches. It is a no-cost way to assess the search workflow, but the small credit allowance and lack of API or MCP make it a poor fit for sustained sourcing or integrations. Signup requires no credit card.

Paid plans start at $1,280 a month, billed Monthly. Standard, Scale, and Max also offer annual billing with 15–20% savings. These plans provide 500 to 4,700 monthly contact credits, unlimited search and projects, and API and MCP. The large gap between the Free allowance and paid credits matters for teams doing regular outreach; the shared balance also means API and MCP draw from the same pool. Paid subscriptions follow a 30-day refund policy.

Business has custom pricing and a custom monthly credit allowance, plus onboarding, training, and a dedicated manager. It is the more suitable option for organizations that need a tailored allowance and guided setup rather than a fixed listed tier. Support is available by email and in-app. The free signup includes two AI searches, rather than a separate paid trial period.

Platforms

Hyranse is available on the web and through a browser extension, with API access for integrations on paid plans. Its MCP support is also restricted to paid plans and Business.

Who it's for

Freelance recruiters and agencies can use Hyranse to find and organize candidates across public professional sources, while in-house teams can use projects and saved history to manage shortlists. Developers and operations teams have a stronger case when they need API or MCP access, but should account for the shared credit balance. It is less suitable for users who need fully automated candidate decisions or robust free-tier volume.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Job-description search shows matched skills and gaps, giving recruiters more context than a bare profile list.
• Pros: The extension can request several types of contact details at no cost, subject to profile availability.
• Pros: Paid plans combine unlimited projects with API and MCP, serving both recruiter workflows and tool integrations.
• Cons: Free users receive only 5 monthly contact credits and two AI searches, with limited daily searches and no API or MCP.
• Cons: Paid API and MCP use shares the account’s contact-credit balance, which can constrain teams with multiple sourcing needs.
• Cons: AI match percentages are only indicative, so the platform cannot replace profile review and recruiter judgment.

Alternatives

Candidate Sourcing Software is the broader category for comparing sourcing tools. Consider Avery instead if a free web tool focused on vetted European profiles, ranked matches, and market views is a better fit; its free plan excludes outreach and contact details. Choose Coresignal instead if you want a paid API-and-web option with a free tier that provides 2,000 credits, 5 requests per second, and a 7-day trial. Jobin.cloud is another freemium API, extension, and web option, with a free plan offering 30 enrichment credits, up to 50K contacts, and unlimited jobs and projects. Consider Nebula for a free extension-and-web option that combines AI matching with 100 verified contact lookups per organization and email/SMS outreach. Pin is an alternative freemium API, extension, and web product whose free plan provides five contact lookup credits per week, one job position, one AI Agent, and email-only sequences. SignalHire offers a free plan with five credits and 10 monthly extension credits, and a paid Emails plan at $69 a month. Sprad is a web-based alternative with a free ATS Core plan covering career-site and Google for Jobs support, pipeline and candidate management, team roles and analytics, and MCP/AI connection. Talsense is a freemium API-and-web option oriented around AI interviews and resume reviews, with a free plan including five AI interviews and 50 resume reviews per month.

Verdict

Choose Hyranse if you want job-description-led candidate discovery, contact lookup, and a paid route to API or MCP integration in one recruiting workflow. Its free searches and extension make it possible to start without a card, but the low contact allowance limits ongoing use, while paid integration consumes the same credits as other activity. Look elsewhere if you need AI to make candidate decisions, or if your sourcing volume does not justify the paid credit commitment.