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Naukri and LinkedIn give you a large pool of applicants to filter through. Cutshort gives you a shortlist of candidates who actually fit your role — so you spend less time screening and more time interviewing the right people. Same category, better starting point. Naukri / Resdex alternatives · LinkedIn Recruiter alternatives · Hiring tools landscape

Recruitment agencies are often slow and lack the depth to understand modern engineering roles. Since Cutshort platform focuses on modern tech roles, it offers better funnel conversion, higher joining ratios, and faster closures at a fraction of the cost. That said, if you are short on recruiting bandwidth, we also offer a pay-per-hire contingency model. Cutshort Assisted · Hiring tools landscape

Cutshort is built for tech and product hiring — roles like Software Engineering, Data Science, DevOps, Product Management, and UI/UX Design, typically in the 1–12 year experience range. These are roles where generic job boards flood you with irrelevant profiles. Cutshort cuts through that noise.

Companies that care about quality of hire over volume of applications — from fast-growing startups like Step Security, Averlon, Shiprocket to GCCs like Deepintent and AI consulting firms like Fractal, Quantiphi Analytics and so on. They use Cutshort to find high quality talent within the tight hiring deadlines.

Cutshort offers two pricing models. You can buy subscriptions and use the platform with your own team. Freedom plans in 2026 offer unlimited recruiter logins, resume downloads and all features. If you are low on recruiting bandwidth, our Assisted team can deliver shortlisted candidates for your roles on a success-fee basis at 8.33% of CTC. Talk to us to find the right fit for your hiring needs. Pricing · Assisted model

Find 10 top candidates who meet all your key requirements in 11 mins — active people who match salary, location, skills and competencies, whom you can make offers to. Companies start making offers in 3 days. Assisted sourcing starts after a role briefing (often the same day) and is not on the 11-minute clock.

Yes. You can start a free trial of the subscription model — post roles, see candidate matches, and experience the shortlist quality firsthand. No payment required to get started.

It starts with the pool itself — Cutshort attracts professionals who are interested in product companies and startups, people looking for meaningful work, not just any opening. From there, candidates are evaluated on quality signals that generic job boards ignore: career growth trajectory, salary progression, tenure patterns, educational background, and experience at funded startups. When needed, candidates also go through a screening conversation that validates fit beyond what a resume can show. The result is a shortlist you can act on with confidence, not just a list of keyword matches.

For companies hiring for mainstream skill sets in high volume, Naukri offers the biggest resume database your team needs to process. However, companies choose Cutshort when they need higher quality talent across newer skill sets like solid backend, frontend, fullstack, AI, Data Engineering, ML & SDET. On pricing, Naukri charges per user login and hikes prices often arbitrarily every year. Cutshort pricing is one small flat fee that depends on your company size — simple and predictable. Naukri / Resdex alternatives · Instahyre alternatives

No. Cutshort is a talent sourcing platform focused on finding candidates who fit your roles. It integrates with popular ATS platforms so you can sync candidates into your existing workflow easily. Hiring tools landscape

We support 50+ ATS systems including Lever, Greenhouse, Freshteams, Keka & Workable. Our optional Smart ATS Sync feature sends only top candidates for your job roles automatically to your ATS job pipeline.

Yes. If you are short on recruiting bandwidth, explore Cutshort Assisted — our team can help deliver shortlisted candidates for your roles. Cutshort Assisted

Yes. The Cutshort Public API lets you search India's tech talent, post jobs, unlock profiles, and run outreach from your product, internal tools, or automation. Prefer an AI agent workflow? Connect the Cutshort MCP server with your workspace API key in Claude, Cursor, or other MCP clients. Developer docs

Yes. Connect the Cutshort MCP server to Claude (or Cursor) with your workspace API key. From the chat, you can search India's tech talent database, shortlist candidates, and continue hiring workflows without leaving the agent — the same capability exposed via our REST API. MCP & API docs