Spott vs. Loxo (and Sprad): the honest comparison for 2026

Spott and Loxo solve different problems inside the same category. Spott is an AI-native CRM that gets more out of the candidates already in your database — a unified inbox, auto-updating records, AI notetaking. Loxo pairs a similar ATS with its own 1.2-billion-profile sourcing database. Neither is cheap, and neither ships a German interface. If your agency needs external sourcing plus an AI-native workspace without Loxo's annual-only pricing, Sprad is worth a third look.

Spott vs. Loxo vs. Sprad at a glance

All prices are per recruiter seat, per month, as published in September 2026.

Spott: an AI-native CRM for the pipeline you already have

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Spott: homepage, September 2026.

Founded in Leuven, Belgium in 2024, Spott's pitch is consolidation: a unified inbox for email, WhatsApp, SMS and calls, an AI notetaker that summarizes calls in under a minute, and semantic search across your own candidate and client notes. Its G2 reviews are almost uniformly enthusiastic, though the base is thin — 11 on G2, 2 on Capterra, at least one explicitly tagged "Source: G2 invite."

What's consistently missing, according to reviewers and independent editorial coverage, is a built-in way to find candidates who aren't already in your database — Spott is a database-enrichment tool, not a sourcing engine. Reviewers also flag a notetaker capped at roughly a minute (versus 45 minutes on some competitors) and no team-wide visibility into a colleague's LinkedIn messages.

Loxo: a sourcing platform with an ATS attached

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Loxo: homepage, September 2026.

Founded in Denver in 2012 — a decade before Spott existed — Loxo's core asset is Loxo Source, a genuinely bundled database, not a reseller integration like most CRM-first tools rely on. On top sits a self-updating CRM plus an AI notetaker for Zoom, Teams and Google Meet calls. Its G2 reviews praise having "everything in one interface instead of a tool sprawl," and several say the Chrome extension "halves research time."

The recurring complaint is cost-to-value: multiple reviewers describe the feature set as "disappointing for the price," and both G2 and Capterra reviews mention email-automation outages and deliverability problems. Mobile is repeatedly called "terrible," and Loxo has no German interface or DACH-specific pricing.

The real difference: enrichment vs. sourcing

This is the axis that actually decides which tool fits: Spott makes your existing pipeline smarter and faster to work with; Loxo helps you find candidates you don't have yet. A Capterra reviewer who switched from Loxo to Spott put it directly: "Loxo was not only too expensive, but it was not meeting my functionality needs when it came to candidate matching." That's a real trade-off, not a marketing line — it just runs in the opposite direction if your bottleneck is finding new candidates rather than managing existing ones. An agency that already has a strong network and wants faster follow-up will lean Spott; one that needs to build reach into markets or niches it doesn't already cover will lean Loxo.

What five recruiters actually pay

On Spott's Core plan, five recruiters cost 5 × $119 = $595/month, or roughly €6,570/year at Spott's own published EUR rate of €109.50/seat. On Loxo's Core plan, the same team costs 5 × €137.08 = €685.40/month, or about €8,225/year — and Loxo bills annually only, so there's no lower monthly-commitment fallback. Neither figure includes Spott's separate enrichment credits or the cost of Loxo's Professional tier if the team needs Talent Graph AI search ($199/seat/month annual). On Spott's full pricing breakdown and on Sprad, the same five-recruiter team pays a €295/month base (€3,540/year) for the ATS and talent pool, then spends credits only on searches, outreach and interviews it actually runs — a full application review costs around 3 credits, an external search across the 1B+ profile pool costs 2 credits per profile that passes the check (at most 100 credits per run), and every account gets 200 free credits a month.

The third option: Sprad

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Sprad for recruitment agencies, September 2026.

Sprad combines what Spott and Loxo each do separately: a requirement search across more than a billion external profiles — describe the role in plain language and get a score with a reason for each criterion — plus a talent pool that candidates actively consent to join and that stays with the agency after it cancels. In a benchmark run on 15 August 2026, Sprad's sourcing found 38% of the candidates the other tools combined found, against 9% for the best-performing alternative.

Sprad also adds voice and video interview screening in 12 languages, which neither Spott nor Loxo offers, and is EU-hosted with DACH agencies as a starting market.

Which one fits your agency?

• You have a strong existing network and want faster follow-up: Spott's unified inbox and notetaker save real time — accept that external sourcing isn't built in.
• You need to find candidates who aren't in any database you already own, and can commit to annual billing: Loxo's bundled 1.2B-profile search is the most complete built-in sourcing engine of the three.
• You need both — sourcing and a database you keep — without a US-only interface or a year-long contract: Sprad is built for that combination, with a talent pool and external search in the same workspace.
• You run contract or temp staffing with payroll needs: none of the three has a payroll module; look at a staffing-specific platform instead.

FAQ

Does Spott have its own candidate database like Loxo?

No. Spott enriches and organizes candidates you already have; external sourcing runs only through third-party integrations, not a bundled database. Loxo's 1.2-billion-profile Loxo Source is built in.

Is Loxo cheaper than Spott?

Not on the entry tier. Loxo's Core plan is $149/seat/month annual versus Spott's $119, and Loxo only offers annual billing — Spott at least publishes a (higher) monthly rate as a fallback.

Can an agency use Spott and Loxo together?

Nothing prevents it technically, but most agencies pick one as their system of record — running both means paying two per-seat prices for overlapping ATS/CRM functionality.

Which is better for a DACH-based agency?

Neither has a German interface or DACH-specific pricing as of September 2026. Sprad is built with DACH agencies as a starting market and is EU-hosted by default.

What does Sprad cost compared to Spott and Loxo?

€59 per recruiter per month for the ATS and talent pool, plus credits only for searches, outreach and interviews actually run — with 200 free credits every month. Spott and Loxo both charge a flat per-seat price regardless of usage. See the full breakdown at sprad.io/pricing.

Is Loxo's mobile app usable for recruiters in the field?

Multiple G2 and Capterra reviewers describe it as "terrible" as of September 2026 — worth testing directly if your team recruits on the move.

The bigger question behind the comparison

Every recruiting agency's real asset is its network, not its software license. Cancel a per-seat CRM and, in most cases, the reach you built inside it goes with the subscription. Sprad's approach keeps a candidate pool that stays yours, searchable alongside a requirement search across more than a billion external profiles — starting with 200 free credits a month and no credit card. See what that looks like for your team size at sprad.io/industry/recruitment-agencies.