--- title: "SeekOut Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra" description: "Is SeekOut the right Recruiting solution for you? Explore 189 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/169878/SeekOut/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-21" --- SeekOut 4.7 (189) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/169878/SeekOut/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 21st, 2026 # Reviews of SeekOut Ease of use 4.6 Customer Service 4.8 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Flavia C Senior RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “One of its most useful features is the ability to export profiles in bulk to an Excel file. When several recruiters were sourcing for the same position, we could divide the exported profiles among the team and avoid repeatedly reviewing or contacting the same candidates.“ August 18, 2026 Flavia C Senior RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The primary disadvantage was the price, which eventually led my company to discontinue the platform.“ August 18, 2026 Flavia C Senior RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The platform was easy to learn, offered reliable and detailed filters, and supported complex searches without making the process unnecessarily difficult.“ August 18, 2026 Flavia C Senior RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “They eventually stopped using and the cost was the deciding factor.“ August 18, 2026 Flavia C Senior RecruiterStaffing and Recruiting, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “SeekOut offers strong search filters and makes it easy to maintain control over complex candidate searches.“ August 18, 2026 BP Brittany P ManagerRestaurants, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “It seem to me that the platform is outdated“ March 25, 2025 AC Anna C Technical SourcerHuman Resources, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I could type in a long Boolean or a very short/basic one and it yields very accurate results. When I add different filters, it's very accurate and definitely helps to narrow down the type of profile I'm looking for.“ March 24, 2022 MD Michelle D Sr Principal TA SourcerComputer Software, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I'm not sure if this is a Con or a feature that is optional but I'm not able to download a resume or profile.“ April 14, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 189 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Flavia C. Senior Recruiter Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Powerful sourcing filters and excellent team collaboration features" August 19, 2026 4.0 I used SeekOut for approximately two years, primarily for candidate sourcing rather than outreach. My overall experience was very positive. The platform was easy to learn, offered reliable and detailed filters, and supported complex searches without making the process unnecessarily difficult. The bulk export functionality was particularly valuable when multiple recruiters worked on the same role, as it allowed us to divide profiles clearly and prevent duplicated sourcing work. Although I preferred manual searches over its AI functionality, I could see the AI search being useful for less experienced recruiters or simpler assignments. I had no major usability complaints. The primary disadvantage was the price, which eventually led my company to discontinue the platform. Pros SeekOut offers strong search filters and makes it easy to maintain control over complex candidate searches. One of its most useful features is the ability to export profiles in bulk to an Excel file. When several recruiters were sourcing for the same position, we could divide the exported profiles among the team and avoid repeatedly reviewing or contacting the same candidates. The interface is intuitive and easy to learn. Its AI-assisted search can also be helpful for junior recruiters, beginners, or people conducting less complex searches. Cons SeekOut was expensive, and the cost was prohibitive for a smaller company such as the one I worked at. They eventually stopped using and the cost was the deciding factor. I also did not find the AI search particularly useful for my own work. I prefer to build searches manually because it gives me more control over the criteria and results. However, this is more a matter of working style than a major problem with the platform. Review Source Md Jahan M. Digital Marketing | Web Development & Design Specialist - Freelance Used the software for: 1-3 years ### ""An excellent resource for locating contact information"" May 17, 2022 5.0 Pros SeekOut is a wonderful resource for locating potential candidates and obtaining their contact information. It's a simple and effective tool for recruiting firms. The boolean search feature, in particular, is quite beneficial for sorting certain choices. A fantastic tool! Cons It's a special tool for me, I haven't found any particular bad issue. Review Source R Reviewer Diversity Talent Discovery Partner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "SeekOut review 03.24.2020" March 25, 2020 4.0 SeekOut is a tool that I am happy my company uses Pros Diversity filter. Finding emails. Market insights. Cons Not integrated with applicant tracking system/customer relationship manager. Only has public profiles on LinkedIn and not all profiles. Life sciences features need to evolve for biotech industry. Does not have collaboration features to show work of other users at my company. Review Source R Reviewer Senior Sourcing Specialist Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great tool that speads up the identification of candidates!" March 23, 2020 3.0 Pros I love the fact that you can source for candidates from multiple platforms / networks, manage projects, find contact details and create messaging campaigns on one unique tool. The diversity filter is great too. The insights are very helpful. Cons Unfortunately, messaging campaigns are independent from the projects so you have to manually update the statuses of your candidates when they respond. Xing.com and Viadeo.fr are not supported (FR and DE professional networks) It seems like Seekout finds less candidates than x-ray searching. Review Source R Reviewer Managing Director Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "User Review" March 23, 2020 4.0 Pros The search functions are pretty versatile and accuracy is good; also the Chrome extension is very helpful. Cons The search functions target sites/apps that are oriented more towards software engineers; we recruit in hardware so we don't have much use for them. We can only really leverage LinkedIN with it. Review Source R Reviewer Technical Sourcing & Talent Acquisition Partner Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "My SeekOut comparison with others" March 19, 2020 4.0 Great. The platform is easy to use and the Chrome extension is good too. Pros SeekOut functionality and UI were better than others I demonstrated. Also, SeekOut's outreach messaging automation is pretty good too. Cons SeekOut is a little bit more expensive than others and they limit their contact credits with no rollover. Review Source R Reviewer Recruiter Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Two years and counting" March 23, 2020 5.0 Overall experience is very positive. Pros It's extremely easy to search. Many, many search parameters to consider. Cons Not every email is accurate. I know it isn't possible to get all. Review Source R Reviewer Recruiting researcher Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "This tool saves sourcing time!" March 24, 2020 4.0 A lot to appreciate. Pleas focus on accuracy, integrity than adding new function. Pros Identifying candidates from underrepresented group. Creating a report on the search I run. Cons Diversity filtering is not 100% accurate. (ex. male candidates in female search result, Asian shown on African American target search, etc. some simbols creates error on boolean search. (Ex. A/B testing) Please add period setting for 'shrink profile you already view' (viewed within last 3 months, 6 months, from thid search, etc) Review Source Kate M. Account Manager Assistant Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Seekout daily use" November 7, 2022 5.0 I'm satisfied so far using this software. easy to filter, easy to save hfilter history Pros I like how easy to navigate the filters to find candidates for open job roles we are looking for Cons the least thing I like is just 1 wrong space or spelling the search wont work. but it's fine Review Source James C. J. Founder/Executive Recruiter Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Return on Investment" March 27, 2020 5.0 Great product and value! Pros Seekout is an exceptional tool. It is a real time saver and versatile functionality. I reviewed several tools to simplify and streamline recruitment searches and messaging. For the money it is the best tool for the money. The messaging/campaign system is better than my ATS! Cons They are always working to improve functionality and contact finding has improved greatly in the last year. Review Source Adam A. Talent Acquisition Lead Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "What a great tool for sourcing" March 19, 2020 5.0 Overall, it is my go-to sourcing tool! Pros The power filters are a great feature, I even had the team create custom power filters for me which was a great thing to have done to assist with my daily searches. I use the messaging tool constantly for drip campaigns. The github search is awesome looking for devs Cons The AI sourcing can be improved with better matches Review Source Anna C. Technical Sourcer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "SeekOut is by far the best Sourcing Platform I've used. " March 25, 2022 5.0 I've found amazing and relevant candidates; I love that SeekOut shares a candidates LinkedIn/Github/Publications and other social media links so I rarely have to cross reference on other sites. SeekOut has one of the most accurate filters I've used as well, it makes it so easy for me to narrow down the profiles I'm looking for and also be able to add to projects and easily share with my hiring partners - it has been great to providing my hiring partners insights into specific talent pools. Overall, amazing platform that I use everyday! Pros What I like most about SeekOut is how accurate. I could type in a long Boolean or a very short/basic one and it yields very accurate results. When I add different filters, it's very accurate and definitely helps to narrow down the type of profile I'm looking for. Cons I can't think of any. SeekOut is by far the best sourcing platform I've used. Review Source Frankie C. Talent Acquisition Team Lead, Global Sourcing Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "User friendly with great customized search results and real time market analytics" March 23, 2020 5.0 We are trying to solve the business problem of hiring diverse talent in the market and Seekout does a great job of helping us to identify the right candidates. They don't just do that by showing us who is diverse, but they do it by allowing us access to analytics based on search criteria enabling us to work with our hiring teams to make business decisions that help us achieve these goals... Pros I felt the greatest features were certainly the ability to narrow down searches based on diversity criteria, the search capability and ability to pull personal contact info (including email and phone), and the ability to export that data into a CSV and drop it into our existing ATS (Beamery) with ease (little to no modifications). That being said, the most impactful feature is the People Analytics button. I loved this feature because it gives us the opportunity to share real-time candidate market info with our hiring managers helping make educated decisions on hiring. Especially when considering diversity, remote work hiring decisions, location of hire, etc... Loved this feature! Cons Thus far I have nothing negative to really write about the product that the customer success team has not been able to identify and fix. We have addressed a few minor issues but they were remedied quickly. Very happy to date... Review Source R Reviewer Recruiter Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Good tool for Diversity hiring " April 8, 2022 4.0 Pros URM and DEI aspect of it. Email and Phone number extractor , Github profiles Cons Some of the seek-out candidate profile does not direct to their linkedIn profile. Not sure if its because they do not have LinkedIn profile or any other reason. Review Source R Reviewer Technical Sourcer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Very Useful Product for Sourcing!" August 12, 2021 5.0 Pros I use Seekout often to find candidate emails and profiles I normally don't come across, which I'm able to port over into Linkedin and Greenhouse very easily via the Chrome extension. Cons It would be great if SeekOut provides more up to date data on where a candidate is currently, since usually Seekout reports candidates at their old jobs and is not always the most up to date if the candidates have moved. Review Source R Reviewer Strategic Talent Sourcer Latam Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "I like seekOut more that Talent Insight (LinkedIn)" April 20, 2022 5.0 In general I like the portal because show me candidates from specific regions and qualifications Pros Friendy and easy to use and you canr quickly master it. Cons In some specific positions I need to make two research because the candidates mixed the language at the same time use (Spanish and English) and in this way I can find more possible candidates Review Source JP Jeff P. Senior Technical Recruiter/Delivery Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "SeekOut-NextGEN Recruiting Platform" March 23, 2020 5.0 Experience has been outstanding. Pros Ease of use, intuitive design and functionality, filter options, interface, reporting and campaign outreach abilities. Email/contact information research function. Unparalleled Support (often immediate response and a genuine interest in getting things fixed, interest from SO in the user experience and how they can improve platform) Cons No real CONS/roadblocks come to mind. Review Source JJ Josiah J. Sourcer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Excellent resource for stragetic sourcing" March 23, 2020 5.0 Pros The search functionality and customization options, the automated campaign messaging system (especially the humanization features such as the "send as reply" options), and the ability tag candidates across multiple users to avoid duplicate contacting. Cons There are some features that I wish existed that do not, for instance the ability to search for only candidates who have held a specific job title for a minimum cumulative number of years, even amongst different employers. My only other complaint is that sometimes profiles appear in searches claiming that they contain a specific mandatory keyword, when in fact upon opening the profile the keyword is nowhere to be found. Review Source Bethany B. Sourcer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Best product out there!" April 20, 2022 5.0 I would pick having a seekout license over having access to any other tool. I can't live without it! Pros The boolean search and filters they have are so much better than any other tool. I also love that I can use their contact finder and import it into my ATS. Cons I wish I had a better sense of who is actively job searching and what locations they might consider. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Technical Talent Acquisition Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Awesome! I don't need much more than SeekOut" September 14, 2022 5.0 Pros Expert search is the best for those hard-to-find/hard-to-fill roles. Cons I'd love the ability to automatically seek more ways to find their contact info. Review Source Lauren M. Technical Sourcing Specialist Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Great product, easy to us" April 5, 2022 4.0 Pros SeekOut is intuitive and easy to use. I love that you can build boolean searches and save them to specific projects. The advanced filters are incredible for targeted searching, and I love that there is an option to filter for diversity. The ability to "collapse profiles I've already seen" is ESSENTIAL to my workflow each day. And I especially love that there's a dark mode :) Cons I was not in charge of integrating this software, so I can't speak on that part. I wish that there were a way to target specific companies to source from, and/or to filter companies by type (e.g. "SaaS companies"). Every once in awhile, there will be a profile mismatch (one profile is listed on SeekOut, and a separate or broken profile opens up on LinkedIn when you click it), but that's rare and super minor. Review Source R Reviewer Technical Sourcer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Great software!" April 9, 2022 5.0 Great Software. It is definitely worth it to use in recruitment. Life saver Pros The ability to target specific candidates in the candidate database. Cons Nothing. Very intuitive. Good software. Very useful for recruitment. Review Source R Reviewer Sourcer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Great Tool for Recruiting!" March 19, 2020 5.0 Great tool! Highly recommended. Pros Seekout is easy to use and has so many great features that makes it easy to discover new candidate profiles! Entelo only gives you one email address at a time, but Seekout will try to find all the email addresses and check them if they work. They even give you the candidates phone number which helped me so much with cold texting and calling. The and AI and filters are awesome and it has become one of my go-to recruiting tools. Cons Product is great and works well, no complaints Review Source R Reviewer Sourcer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "SeekOut has been a game changer" April 20, 2022 5.0 It's been wonderful! Pros Easy to use and navigate. \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] and his team have been super helpful with providing trainings to make sure we are utilizing the tool correctly. I use this software more than LinkedIn. Helps to find candidates that aren't coming up in normal searches. Cons The software was more challenging to adapt to at first, but probably because I wasn't giving it a fair shot and also getting familiar with LinkedIn recruiting at the same time. Once I spent the time in this tool, it was easy to pick up. Review Source CE Cassandra E. Researcher Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "SeekOut Is a Great Sourcing Tool" April 3, 2020 5.0 I use SeekOut to source and contact candidates in volume and have had a positive experience doing so. Pros I love the ability to reach technical candidates by sourcing candidates through GitHub and opening their LI profile. The search filters on both GitHub on LinkedIn is wonderful. On GitHub you can specify language, systems, AI, server, cloud, and many other options. The LinkedIn filters are very similar to LinkedIn Recruiter, though they do not have the open for opportunities insight. They also have pretty reliable contact information. Cons The LI profiles can be out of date by up to a year, but the link to LI allows for a quick update. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.