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Built for people who don't buy hiring suites.
Small businesses, recruitment consultants and startups don't need another platform to roll out. They need the first pass done fast, at a price that makes sense for one hire.
Where Propel is different
Six things worth comparing.
Start in minutes
Sign in, paste a job description, upload resumes. There is nothing to install, integrate or configure, and no onboarding call.
No procurement, no contract
No seat licences, annual commitments or sales conversations. You pay through the App Store or Google Play and cancel in the store.
Pay as you go
Buy 250 credits for $9.99 and use them whenever. They never expire. Subscribe only if you screen every month.
30 resumes in about 90 seconds
Resumes are scored in parallel. You tap Rank and have a ranked list by the time you've made a coffee.
AI screening you can steer
The AI drafts the criteria from your job description. You edit, mute or re-weight them, and the ranking follows. It's automation without the black box.
Low cost per resume
About 4¢ a resume on pay as you go, under 3¢ on Pro and under 2¢ on Max, for resumes of up to two pages.
By approach
Propel against the usual ways to screen resumes.
Applicant tracking suites are broad and priced for teams. Chatbots are general-purpose. Other AI screeners are narrower. Propel is the quickest way to the first ranked list.
| Propel Resume Screener | Manual screening | ChatGPT and other chatbots | Applicant tracking suites | Other AI resume screeners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to a first shortlist | 30 resumes in about 90 seconds | Hours of reading for every batch | Minutes for a few resumes, longer when you work in batches | Once jobs, pipelines and AI add-ons are set up | Minutes |
| Getting started | Sign in and upload. Minutes. | Nothing to set up | Nothing to set up, but you write the prompt each time | Account, jobs, pipeline and team seats | Sign up, sometimes connect your ATS |
| Commitment | None. Buy credits, or a plan you can cancel anytime | None | None, or a chatbot subscription | Monthly or annual plans, usually priced per user or company size | Subscriptions or pay per resume |
| Cost to screen 250 resumes | $9.99 | Your own time | A subscription, plus the time to run and check batches | A subscription from $15 per user a month, and AI screening is sometimes an extra | About $17.50 at $0.07 a resume |
| Coming back to it later | Each position keeps its criteria, resumes and ranking, with a status showing what's next | Your folders and notes | Old chats, if you can find the right one | Jobs and pipelines, once set up | Varies by product |
| How you see why a resume ranked where it did | A 0 to 4 rating per criterion, in criteria you wrote or edited | Your own notes | A paragraph per resume, worded differently each time | Varies by product | Varies by product |
By product
Published prices, side by side.
Each vendor's own list prices in US dollars, as of 13 October 2026. Click a name to check the source.
| Product | Pay per use | Plans | AI screening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Propel Resume ScreenerAI resume screener, mobile app | $9.99 for 250 resumes, about 4¢ each. Credits never expire. | Pro $9.99 a month for 350 resumes. Max $12.99 a month for 700. Annual plans include 2 months free. Cancel anytime. | The product. Criteria drafted from your JD, scored 0 to 4 per criterion. |
| resumescreening.aiAI resume screener, web | $0.07 per resume, with a minimum top-up of $3.50. | Starter $200 a year for 200 resumes a month. Pro $550 a year for 1,000 a month. Shown at annual prices. | The product. |
| BrainnerAI resume screener, plugs into your ATS | Analyses beyond your plan are $9.95 per 100. | Professional includes 2,000 analyses a month and Business 5,000. Billed monthly or yearly. | The product. |
| WorkableHiring suite (applicant tracking) | AI credits at $0.12 each in a 5,000-credit pack ($600). Screening a candidate uses 1 credit. | Standard $299 a month, Premier $599, Enterprise $719 (the last two billed annually). Priced by company size. | Workable Agent, a paid add-on. Paid accounts include 3,000 free credits. |
| Breezy HRHiring suite (applicant tracking) | AI credits from $30 per 100,000. | Free for one open position. Paid plans $157 to $439 a month on annual billing, or $189 to $529 monthly. | Breezy Intelligence, an add-on on every self-serve plan. |
| ManatalRecruitment software (applicant tracking) | No pay-per-use option listed. | $15 per user a month billed annually ($19 monthly), up to $55 ($59) on Enterprise Plus. | Automatic AI candidate scoring is included in the paid plans. |
Prices change, and vendors count a “screening” differently. A Propel credit covers one resume of up to two pages. Hiring suites do much more than screen resumes, so they aren't like for like. Check each vendor's site before you decide.
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