[solved] and LinkedIn Recruiter
A tool your team runs, or a search run for you.
LinkedIn Recruiter is a sourcing and messaging tool: your team searches LinkedIn's members, sends InMail messages and runs the rest of the hiring process itself. [solved] is a complete search service. One of our senior talent partners defines the role with you, approaches the market, assesses and identity-verifies every candidate, and brings you a shortlist ready to interview.
Who does the work
LinkedIn Recruiter gives your team search and messaging. A search needs more than that. Switch views to see who carries each step.
8 of 8 steps on your team
- Define the role and the outcomesYour team
- Build the list of people to approachYour team, with LinkedIn's search and messaging
- Write and send personal outreachYour team, with LinkedIn's search and messaging
- Screen and assess candidatesYour team
- Verify each candidate's identityYour team
- Schedule interviewsYour team
- Keep every candidate informedYour team
- Interview and decideYour team
Side by side
How each works
LinkedIn Recruiter
A seat gives your team advanced search across LinkedIn's members, InMail credits to reach people outside your network, and tools to track candidates in projects. Your recruiters or hiring managers run the searches, write the messages, screen the replies and manage the process from there.
[solved]
One of our senior talent partners defines the role with you in one working session and confirms the direction with a few calibration profiles before anyone is contacted. Each shortlisted candidate is assessed on the outcomes you approved, identity verified, and arrives with a Candidate Evidence Brief.
When LinkedIn Recruiter is the better choice
- You have a recruiter with time to source, and you hire often enough for a seat to earn its cost.
- You want to build and own a long-term pipeline inside your own team.
When [solved] fits better
- The hire is consequential, and you want evidence before your team spends interview time.
- You want a fixed fee, known before the search begins.
- You want your team's time on the interviews and the decision.
- You want most of the fee tied to a signed hire. Three-quarters of the fee is due only when your hire signs, and the retainer is returned in full if the shortlist misses the criteria you agreed.
- You want to see the search as it moves, in one Hiring Workspace.
Looking at my calendar a few weeks in, I realized recruiting hadn't taken over my life. I still met the people and made the call, but I wasn't spending Sunday night on LinkedIn or trying to remember who I had to reply to.
Questions
How much does LinkedIn Recruiter cost?
Recruiter Lite is about $170 a month per seat, with 30 InMail messages a month. Recruiter Corporate is quoted by LinkedIn per seat, commonly reported at $10,800 to $15,000 a year, with about 150 InMail messages a month per seat.
Is LinkedIn Recruiter worth it for a startup?
It depends on how often you hire and whether someone on your team has time to source. A seat earns its cost when a recruiter uses it steadily across many roles. For an occasional, consequential hire, the seat gives access, and the search itself still needs someone to run it.
What is the difference between Recruiter Lite and Recruiter Corporate?
Recruiter Lite is about $170 a month per seat, with 30 InMail messages a month and core search filters. Recruiter Corporate is quoted by LinkedIn per seat, commonly reported at $10,800 to $15,000 a year, with about 150 InMail messages a month per seat, pooled across the team, plus team collaboration tools.
Can we use LinkedIn Recruiter and [solved] together?
Yes. Many teams keep LinkedIn Recruiter for steady, repeat roles and bring in [solved] for consequential hires. Candidates your team finds can enter the same assessment as everyone we find.
Is anything due before a hire?
A retainer begins the search: $2,500 for Specialist Search or $5,000 for Leadership Search. The balance is due when your hire signs. If the shortlist misses the criteria you agreed, the retainer is returned in full, and if you stop a search, the retainer carries over when the role reopens or a new search begins.
When is LinkedIn Recruiter the better choice?
When you have a recruiter with time to source, hire often enough for a seat to earn its cost, and want to build a long-term pipeline inside your own team.
Tell us about the role. Within one business day, we confirm whether we are the right firm to lead the search.
Bring the job description you have, or the role in your head. We define the role with you.
Sources: LinkedIn Recruiter Lite pricing and InMail allowances as listed by LinkedIn and reported by buyers, 2025 to 2026; Recruiter Corporate figures as reported by buyers, since LinkedIn quotes them privately; Gem, Email Outreach for Recruiters, 2026; our team's record, as set out in How we measure. Last reviewed October 2026. LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter are trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation. [solved] is not affiliated with LinkedIn.