Agentic Index
Paraform vs Qureos (2026)
Two very different bets on what AI changes about recruiting.
Paraform keeps humans central, pairing specialized recruiters with custom agents that source, match and surface candidates, delivering interview ready people in about ten to twelve days on an outcome based contingency fee around twenty to twenty five percent, documenting 8.5 of 14. Qureos removes them, with an AI recruiter called Iris automating sourcing, screening and multichannel outreach and returning ranked shortlists in seconds, with a free plan. Contingency on results against software you run yourself, which is a cash flow decision as much as a hiring one.
Choose Paraform if
- You want to pay on placement, not on software you may not use.
- Human recruiters in the loop are what make hard roles fill.
- Interview ready candidates in ten to twelve days is the outcome you are buying.
Choose Qureos if
- Volume hiring makes a contingency fee per placement prohibitively expensive.
- A free plan lets your team prove the sourcing quality before spending anything.
- You have recruiters already and want them faster, not replaced by an agency model.
| At a glance | Paraform | Qureos |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Enterprise operations agent | Enterprise operations agent |
| Entry price | Outcome based: a contingency placement fee around twenty to twenty five percent of first year salary, paid only on a hire, with no retainers | Free plan available; paid pricing not public |
| Free / trial | No upfront cost to post roles; companies pay only on a successful hire, and the recruiter toolkit is free | — |
| Pricing confidence | public partial | public partial |
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Pricing snapshot
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| Pricing | P Paraform |
Q Qureos |
|---|---|---|
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Outcome based: a contingency placement fee around twenty to twenty five percent of first year salary, paid only on a hire, with no retainers | Free plan available; paid pricing not public |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public — partial | Public — partial |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
outcome based contingency fee as a percentage of first year salary per placement | — |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
High variable cost | Medium variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tier
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Free tierTrial
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Mixed | Mixed |