Blosto vs Curately Messaging

Blosto is a web recruiting tool for searching and evaluating candidates before they enter a customer's ATS, which remains the system of record. Users can describe a role in plain language, paste a job description, or use Boolean strings and exact filters. The homepage says the service searches more than 850 million profiles. Candidate scores explain matches against must-haves, preferences, and exclusions with evidence for each criterion. Before committing to a search, recruiters can see how many candidates match combined requirements in a location. Blosto prepares targeted email and LinkedIn sequences for shortlisted candidates, and scheduled follow-ups stop when a candidate replies. Candidates are not contacted without user approval. The product is aimed at in-house recruiters, hiring teams, founders, and agencies, particularly those hiring for technical, specialized, or senior roles. The free start does not require a credit card. Starter costs $125 a month billed annually and includes one seat and 250 shortlist credits per month. Team costs $185 a month billed annually per seat, with up to 10 seats. Scale pricing is custom and includes ATS integration.

Curately Messaging is a two-way SMS workspace for recruiting teams that works over an ATS and records conversations on candidate profiles. Its browser extension provides a searchable, filterable conversation sidebar, and recruiters can start a text from a phone number on a page. Outreach includes individual messages, personalized broadcasts, templates, merge fields, scheduled texts, attachments, emojis, and signatures. AI Copilot can draft replies, adjust tone, summarize conversations, and suggest next steps, while recruiters decide what to send. Teams can share inboxes and phone lines, add internal notes and mentions, delegate inboxes, and see when a colleague is contacting a candidate. Safeguards include opt-out language, STOP/START/HELP handling, landline detection, delivery tracking, carrier warnings, send limits, and suppression rules. Messages are logged in real time, with the ATS remaining the system of record. Listed integrations include Bullhorn, Avionté, JobDiva, LaborEdge, Tracker, Greenhouse, iCIMS, Lever, Workday, and Workable. Pricing is on request; the product page invites visitors to book a demo.