Choosing a tier when your searches need live tooling

Start by comparing the one-app lifetime tier with the three-app tier above it. Both buy finished builds rather than a period of access, so the question is how many separate tools your desk actually needs. If you are still proving a search approach, the single slot is the honest comparison point.

Your work is sourcing a specific person in a specific place. A brief that describes the role, the location filter and the data your team needs is the unit you are buying. The platform builds from that written brief and includes data, logins and payments in what ships, so you are not pricing those separately.

The store sells every deal we run, which keeps the tiers consistent across buyers. That matters when you compare plans because the published lifetime tiers are the same structure a hiring team or an agency sees. Nothing on the price list is tied to seats or to how many colleagues log in.

For most recruiters sourcing one specialism, the three-app lifetime tier is the sensible middle. It gives room for a live candidate search tool, a separate role-and-location matcher, and one spare slot when a new brief appears without forcing an early upgrade. The single tier stays the right choice when you have one clear search to prove.

Ask what the second tool would actually do. If it repeats the first, a higher tier ties up a slot you cannot use. If it handles a different location set or a different role family, the three-app tier earns its place. Write that second brief before you buy so the slot has a job from day one.

The ten-app lifetime tier suits someone running several distinct briefs, but only after the first builds show your brief style works. There is no need to reach for it on day one. The cautious path is one slot, then a second purchase when the first build has settled into your sourcing routine.

The objection you bring is stale data. The platform builds data into what ships, which is a better starting point than a static list, but a complex build can need review before it goes live. A demanding brief for a niche specialism may sit in that step longer than you expect.

A lifetime slot holds one app only. That sounds simple until you plan a second tool and realise each one needs its own slot. Count your briefs before you pick a tier, and treat the count as the real limit rather than the app total as a loose allowance.

Store rules apply to what you buy, and they sit alongside the tier you choose. Read them before paying, because they are part of the deal rather than fine print off to the side. If they conflict with how your team sources candidates, that is the moment to stop and ask.

Comparing one tier with the next is a comparison of finished builds. The one-app tier gives you a single result to judge. The three-app tier gives you the same result three times over, with the freedom to point each slot at a different role or location. That is the whole difference you are paying for.

The three-app against ten-app move is about how many distinct briefs your desk can honestly use. Ten slots only pay off if you have ten separate searches, not ten variations of one. Be strict with that count, because a slot that has no clear brief is wasted budget.

Try the smallest tier, then move up when a second brief is written and waiting. That sequence lets your search approach settle before you commit more slots. A recruiter who buys the ten-app tier first and writes one brief has paid through the nose for space that sits idle.