Screened vs Talismatic TalentBot

Screened reviews resumes, conducts first-round phone screens and ranks candidates against role requirements. Its AI checks candidates’ skills, experience and other role criteria; AI recruiter Ryan asks about candidates’ experience and follows up on their answers. Results and a link to the full report appear on the candidate profile in the ATS. Screened lists connections to 50+ ATS platforms, including Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Teamtailor and Workable. Other listed capabilities include text screening, custom questions, interview coordination, screening in 100+ languages, job listings and fraud detection. Recruiters can inspect AI reasoning, override recommendations, add notes and make the final decision. Screened says candidate data is processed and stored in US AWS data centers, with configurable retention from 6 months to 5 years; recording retention is controlled separately. It says customer data is not used to train third-party AI models. The web service has a free plan and free trial. Resumes costs $66 a month billed annually, or $99/month month-to-month; Resumes + Calls costs $199 a month billed annually.

Talismatic TalentBot is a web-based conversational chatbot for company career pages. It answers candidate questions, recommends roles, and guides applicants through hiring; candidates can apply in the chat rather than navigate job listings separately. Matching uses skills, experience, and career goals. Recruiters can configure pre-screening questions, score candidates, and filter out unqualified applicants. The chatbot also sends application confirmations, interview reminders, scheduling changes, and next-step updates. ATS Lite includes candidate pipeline management, configurable filters and scorecards, and role-specific AI criteria. Shortlisted candidates move automatically into the TalentAI pipeline. Talismatic describes deployment as adding a chat widget to a career site, and its blog advertises a complimentary three-month trial for a personalized deployment. The First role plan is free; paid pricing is on request. Talismatic is headquartered in Mumbai, India. Its privacy policy says the company makes reasonable efforts to secure data but cannot guarantee account information security.