Instant Expert vs Fetcher: start with the part of recruiting that eats your week

Fetcher helps recruiters build and contact candidate lists. Instant Expert lets you offer selected people payment for a call or reply about a role. If finding enough plausible candidates takes most of your week, evaluate Fetcher. If you already have people in mind and want an invitation worth their time, use Instant Expert.

Fetcher sources and reviews candidates in bulk

Fetcher's bulk-review feature evaluates groups of profiles against your criteria and explains its recommendations. Its Self-Serve plan includes search, bulk review and email sequencing. Higher packages add separate allowances for Fetcher-sourced talent and inbound applicant reviews. Compare Fetcher plans.

Software your recruiter operates and a service that supplies candidates are different purchases, so ask which one your quote includes.

Fetcher's official announcement lists Self-Serve at $115 a month, or $99 per month on an annual plan, with 300 candidates per month. Confirm current terms before subscribing. Instant Expert prices each request instead, so the two have no meaningful one-to-one price comparison.

Test Fetcher with two profiles that look alike

Here is a made-up example. You need an implementation manager who has led enterprise customer onboarding with engineering. Someone who ran internal IT projects might share the title but not the background.

Bring one profile of each kind to a Fetcher demo and read the reasoning it gives for both. Does it tell customer implementation apart from internal project management? A recommendation helps only if you can see why it fits.

Write an Instant Expert invitation that says what the job is

In Instant Expert, search for that experience or import known contacts. Write an invitation with the role, working arrangement and salary range. For example:

We are hiring an implementation manager to lead enterprise customer onboarding and work with engineering. Would you take a paid 15-minute call about the opening? I would like to explain the work and hear whether it interests you. The payment covers your time; you do not need to apply.

If a kind of experience is essential, say so and ask about it on the call.

Try Fetcher for volume and Instant Expert for selected people

Try Fetcher for a repeatable way to produce, review and email candidate lists, and check its sourcing service and integrations along with the headline price.

Try Instant Expert to approach selected people with a paid introduction. A paid reply can also ask whether the role is worth discussing; the recipient chooses text or voice. Acceptance means they agreed to the exchange, not that they want the job, so keep the next hiring step a separate, mutual decision.