Monthly
$7,500
per slot / month
Maximum flexibility. Week-to-week terms: pause when hiring slows, ramp when it returns.
- One dedicated search slot
- Full embedded team per role
- HumanOS portal & scoring reports
- Pause between roles
Pricing
One subscription.No placement fees,ever.
Contingency firms charge around $40,000 for a single hire, and the meter resets on the next one. A FoundHuman slot is a flat weekly subscription that runs as many searches as you can feed it.
QuarterlyMost common
$6,750
per slot / month
Ten percent off for a quarter's commitment. The fit for a planned hiring push.
- Everything in Monthly
- 10% savings vs monthly rate
- Quarterly hiring roadmap session
- Priority slot expansion
Annual
$5,750
per slot / month
The best rate, for teams that treat recruiting as a standing function rather than an emergency.
- Everything in Quarterly
- 23% savings vs monthly rate
- Annual talent strategy review
- First call on new capacity
Every tier includes the full embedded team, the HumanOS portal, and the 15-month placement guarantee. Most engagements begin with a free pilot week on a single role.
The math
Three hires, six months,one slot.
Contingency firm
≈ $120,000
Three placements at roughly $40,000 each (25% of a $160K first-year salary), charged per hire, with the meter reset on every new role.
FoundHuman subscription
≈ $45,000
Six months of one slot at the monthly rate, with every search, every candidate report, the portal, and the playbook included. The fourth hire wouldn't cost a dollar more.
Questions
The fine print,in plain language.
What is a slot?
A slot is one actively-worked search at a time. When a role closes, you point the slot at the next one, back-to-back, with no per-hire charge. Most clients run one or two slots; a hiring push might run more.
Are there really no placement fees?
None, ever. The subscription is the entire price. Three hires from one slot in a quarter cost exactly the same as one.
Can we pause between roles?
Yes. On monthly terms you can pause when there's nothing to work and resume when there is. You pay only for the weeks we're actively searching.
What's included in every engagement?
A dedicated team per role (senior operator, sourcer, scheduler, candidate manager) plus the HumanOS portal: live pipeline, blind-scored candidate reports, and the playbook your team keeps when we're done.
How does this compare to a contingency firm?
A contingency firm typically charges 20-25% of first-year salary: around $40,000 for a single $160K hire, and the meter resets on every role. One slot here costs $7,500 a month at most and produces as many hires as you can feed it.
The conversation beginsupstream of the role.
The first calls that matter are strategic. They surface what the business needs to accomplish over the next four quarters and where the talent question actually sits. Fifteen minutes is enough to start. We come prepared.