Sprout network
1.2M candidates
External data
850M profiles
Recruiter bench
8Shortlist
Three sources. One shortlist.
We pull from our 1M+ candidate network, an 850M-profile data provider, and our recruiter bench — then narrow ruthlessly.
Hire faster. Hire better.
Pay less.
Vetted shortlist in 48 hours, not weeks. Hand-picked for culture fit, not keyword match. Below standard agency rates, with no retainer.
850M+ profiles indexedFree profiles in hours90-day replacement guarantee
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Open role
Senior Product Manager · Fintech
5 vetted candidates · 22h turnaround
Maya Patel
Screened·Refs 3/394Daniel Cho
Screened·Refs 3/391Lena Brooks
Refs in·Refs 2/388Tomás Ruiz
Screened·Refs 3/386Ari Solomon
Refs in·Refs 2/382
Active candidate pool from
Engineers, PMs, and AEs from top startups and global tech leaders.
The state of hiring in 2026
Hiring problems that shouldn't exist anymore.
You shouldn't have to choose between flooding your team with junk applications and writing a five-figure agency check.
"We got 200 applicants and only 3 are qualified."
8 hours/week on LinkedIn outreach
Agency invoices for $36,000
A recruiter who emails once a week
Candidates who ghost after stage 2
"Send me 50 resumes by Friday"
Pasting candidates into Greenhouse by hand
Retainers and 6-month exclusivity clauses
Mass-appliers who tailored nothing
Sourcing tools that just dump LinkedIn at you
A 6-week time-to-hire on a senior IC
"Can you also write the job description?"
Spreadsheets named "Candidates_FINAL_v3.xlsx"
Paying $40/seat for a board with no candidates
Why Sprout
More signal, less noise. Here's how.
Maya Okafor
Live screening
"I owned issuing onboarding end-to-end — took new merchant TTFC from 11 days to 3."
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Notes captured
- 7y PM
- $175–185K
- 4-week notice
Every candidate, on a real call.
Human recruiters run every screening — AI handles prep, notes, and skill verification in the background.
Maya O.
Reference check
- Senior PM
- 3y 2m tenure
- Manager confirmed
Senior PMFraud check passed
Reference checks before any offer goes out.
Once you pick a finalist, we verify employers, titles, and dates — and our fraud layer catches inflated claims before you sign.
All in one place
From sourcing to signed offer, without the swivel chair.
One workflow that replaces five tools and three vendors.
Sourcing engine
Search 850 million profiles. See ten that matter.
Filter by seniority, comp, location, timeline, and fit. We narrow the funnel before you ever see a name.
Multi-sourceSmart filtersSaved searches
Sourcing funnel · Senior PM
8
Shortlist
Profiles indexed850M
Title + level match12,400
Comp + location fit1,820
Reviewed by recruiter47
Shortlisted8
Screening calls
Every shortlist goes through a real conversation.
Our recruiters run the call. AI takes notes, structures the output, and flags claims worth verifying.
Human-ledAI-augmented notesSkill verification
Recording
Recruiter
Walk me through ownership of the metric.
Maya P.
Owned end-to-end. Set the goal, ran the experiment portfolio, presented to exec.
Recruiter
Time-to-decision when an experiment failed?
Maya P.
5 days. Hard cutoff at 2-week mark.
Reference checks
Catch the misfire before the offer goes out.
Reference checks happen at the offer stage — once you pick a finalist. We verify employers, dates, and titles, then ask managers about the things the candidate claimed.
Manager interviewsFraud detectionInline flags
Reference: Daniel Cho
Senior Eng · Acme
- Manager interviewChecking…"Top-quartile IC, ships fast"
- Reported direct reportsChecking…4 (matches resume)
- TenureChecking…2y 8m (verified)
- Promotion claimChecking…✓ confirmed
Fraud checkRunning…
- Title verified
- Dates verified
- No inflated claims
Integrations
See all integrations
Every handoff lands where your team already works.
ATS push, Slack and Teams pings, calendar holds, video links — shortlists, updates, and interviews drop into the tools you already use. No copy-paste, no parallel system.
Sprout shortlist
Senior PM · 5 candidates
- Maya Patel
- Daniel Cho
- Lena Brooks
- Tomás Ruiz
- Ari Solomon
The market
There are three ways to hire. Only one checks every box.
 | Traditional agency | Job board (DIY) | In-house TA team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vetted shortlist in 48 hours | ||||
| Human-led screening call | ||||
| Reference checks included | Built in | Add-on | ||
| Fraud + AI-claim detection | ||||
| Native ATS integration | Manual | |||
| Pay only on hire | $500 deposit | Per-seat upfront | Salary | |
| Replacement guarantee | 90 days | |||
| Predictable, capped fee | 15% flat | 20–30% | $200K/yr |
How it works
Easy as one, two, three.
Role brief
Senior PM — Fintech
$160–200KSeries BRemote · NYCFintech depth
Live in 1h
01 — Tell us the role.
Tell us the role.
5-minute brief. Pay $500 to kick off. Live in our system within the hour.
Maya Patel
Senior PM · Verified
Daniel Cho
Senior PM · Verified
Lena Brooks
Senior PM · Verified
22h since brief
02 — Get a vetted shortlist in 48 hours.
Get a vetted shortlist in 48 hours.
5–10 candidates, every one screened on a real call. Reference checks come at the offer stage on whoever you pick.
Invoice · INV-0042
15% of $185K base$27,750
Maya Patel — Senior PM · Northwind Financial
03 — Hire — pay only when you do.
Hire — pay only when you do.
Candidates push into your ATS. Pay 15% on first-year base, on start date.
Customer love
Don't take our word for it. Take theirs.
"They moved a lot faster than expected — 5 pre-vetted candidates almost immediately. We hired one as our UGC Marketing Lead, and they gave us candid, unbiased guidance on the final decision."
"Most affordable, fastest — filled the role in 1.5 weeks. They even recommended a cheaper candidate because they felt he was the best person for the job, even though it meant less revenue for them."
By the numbers
Performance at a glance.
Time to shortlist
48h
Vetted shortlist after kickoff. Want it faster? Free preview lands 10 culture-fit profiles in under 24 hours.
Cost per hire
15%
Of first-year base. No retainer, no exclusivity, no surprises.
Profiles indexed
850M+
Across 100+ external data sources, plus 1.2M+ candidates in our own Sprout network.
Common questions
Answers, up front.
LinkedIn is a database — you do everything. An agency does the work but charges 20–30% over 4–8 weeks. Sprout runs your full top-of-funnel — sourcing, screening, background + reference checks — at 15%. (Or start with a free preview: 10 culture-fit profiles in hours, no commitment.)
Tell us about a role you're hiring for.
10 hand-picked, culture-fit profiles in hours — free. Want us to run your full top-of-funnel? Book a call.