--- title: "Juicebox & PeopleGPT Alternatives (2026)" lang: en canonical_url: "https://www.lemonly.ai/alternatives/juicebox" last_updated: "2026-10-10" last_updated_source: page summary: "Juicebox (PeopleGPT) is a natural-language AI sourcing search engine over 800M profiles, $99–179/seat/month billed annually ($119–199 monthly) plus $199/month per AI agent. It finds people; outreach and screening stay with you. lemonly covers the whole funnel at $8,000 per hire." --- # Alternatives to Juicebox > **Summary:** Juicebox (also known as PeopleGPT) is an AI-native talent sourcing platform: natural-language search over 800 million profiles drawn from dozens of data sources. Pricing (October 2026): a free tier, Starter at $99 and Growth at $179 per seat per month on annual billing ($119 and $199 month-to-month), Business custom, plus Juicebox Agents – an automated sourcing/outreach add-on – at $199 per agent per month. Outreach, screening interviews, and closing remain your team's work. lemonly is the managed alternative: $8,000 flat per hire due only on placement, AI assessment of 20,000+ candidates per role, human screening interviews before any introduction, and a 90-day guarantee. Juicebox may be the best people-search engine on the market. A search engine finds people – a hire still needs outreach, screening, and closing. The short answer Juicebox is a best-in-class sourcing search engine – it finds people brilliantly. Outreach, screening, and closing stay on your desk. lemonly delivers those parts too, at $8,000 flat per hire. $8,000 flat fee per hire On placement the only time you pay 90 days guarantee ## What Juicebox is – and who it's really for Juicebox – widely known by its search engine's name, PeopleGPT – let recruiters retire Boolean strings: you describe who you need in plain English and it searches [800 million profiles drawn from dozens of data sources](https://juicebox.ai/). Pricing is per seat: [a free tier, Starter at $99 and Growth at $179 per seat per month on annual billing ($119 and $199 month-to-month), and a $199-per-agent monthly add-on for automated sourcing agents](https://juicebox.ai/pricing) with unlimited contact and email credits on the agent plan. Among sourcing tools, it's genuinely excellent – fast, precise, and pleasant to use, which is why recruiting teams adopted it in droves. The scope is worth being clear about: finding the right people is the first quarter of a hire. The outreach that gets a reply, the screening call that separates interested from right, and the close all still happen on your side of the table (the Agent add-on automates the outreach part). If you have a recruiter or a sourcing-savvy founder in-house, Juicebox makes them faster. If you don't, the alternative is to buy the whole funnel as one product instead of a search box – which is where lemonly comes in. ## And what lemonly is lemonly is an AI talent-sourcing platform with human recruiters in the loop, built in Vancouver and serving teams across Canada and the US. For every role, lemonly's AI sources and assesses 20,000+ candidates – including the passive people who never see a job post – and our recruiters interview the strongest before you meet anyone. What reaches you is a short list of candidates already worth your calendar, each with a fit briefing. The pricing is published: [$8,000 flat per hire](https://www.lemonly.ai/pricing.md), due only when you hire, with a 90-day replacement guarantee and a non-exclusive agreement. The full process – brief, sourcing, screening interviews, warm introductions – is laid out on [how lemonly works](https://www.lemonly.ai/how-lemonly-works.md). With both halves introduced, here's how they actually differ. ## The three differences that matter A search engine and a search service overlap less than they sound like they do. 01 ### Search engine vs search service Juicebox finds people brilliantly – natural-language search over 800M profiles. Finding is the first quarter of a hire; lemonly also does the outreach, the screening interviews, and the scheduling. 02 ### Per-seat vs per-hire $99–179 per seat billed annually ($119–199 monthly), plus $199 per AI agent. lemonly has no seats and no subscription – $8,000 per hire, due on placement. 03 ### Your pipeline vs our interviews Juicebox results and replies land with your team to screen. lemonly introduces only candidates a human recruiter has already interviewed. ## The real cost: search plus everything after Juicebox is cheap as software – the comparison is what it takes to turn a search result into a signed offer. Juicebox Starter, 6 months $594–714 + your outreach & screening time Growth + AI Agent, 6 months ~$2,400 + your screening time lemonly, one hire $8,000 flat – outreach & screening included For a team with in-house recruiting capacity, Juicebox is money well spent – it makes a good sourcer faster. The bars turn honest when nobody owns the search: the tool cost stays low while the hire waits on outreach and screening hours that never materialise. [Try the interactive cost calculator →](https://www.lemonly.ai/cost-calculator.md) ## lemonly vs Juicebox The core differences at a glance: | Dimension | lemonly | Juicebox | | --- | --- | --- | | Model | Managed search with human screening | AI sourcing search engine (PeopleGPT) | | Pricing | $8,000 flat per hire | $99–199/seat/month + $199/month per AI agent | | When you pay | Only when you hire | Monthly subscription | | Candidate pool | 20,000+ assessed per role | 800M+ profiles from dozens of sources | | Outreach & scheduling | Included | You run it, or add the $199/month agent | | Screening interviews | Human interview before every introduction | Your team screens respondents | | Best for | A few key hires without the pipeline work | Recruiters and teams sourcing continuously | ## How the two approaches work ### Hiring through Juicebox 1. 1Type the role into PeopleGPT's natural-language search 2. 2Filter the 800M-profile results into a longlist 3. 3Run outreach yourself, or via the $199/month Agent add-on 4. 4Your team screens, interviews, and closes every reply ### Hiring through lemonly 1. 1Brief the role with our team – non-exclusive, no minimum 2. 2lemonly's AI sources and assesses 20,000+ candidates for the role 3. 3Our recruiters interview the strongest before you meet anyone 4. 4You interview a screened shortlist – $8,000 due only when you hire, backed by a 90-day guarantee ### Juicebox makes sense if you... - Are a recruiter or sourcing team searching continuously across many roles - Want the best natural-language people-search on the market - Have outreach and screening capacity in-house already - Are building talent maps and pipelines, beyond filling one seat ### lemonly makes sense if you... - Want the whole funnel handled – sourcing through screened introductions - Are hiring a handful of key roles, not sourcing every week - Prefer one flat fee to seats plus add-ons - Want candidates pre-interviewed by a human recruiter Keep comparing ## Other alternatives worth a look [Pin](https://www.lemonly.ai/alternatives/pin.md) – Pin automates sourcing and outreach impressively – you still run the interviews. Compare [Wellfound](https://www.lemonly.ai/alternatives/wellfound.md) – Wellfound owns the startup job board and wraps AI sourcing around it. Compare [GoPerfect](https://www.lemonly.ai/alternatives/goperfect.md) – GoPerfect gives an in-house talent team an autonomous sourcing agent. Compare Or zoom out: [the best startup recruiting options in 2026](https://www.lemonly.ai/best-recruiters-for-startups.md), compared across every category. ## Common questions ### How much does Juicebox (PeopleGPT) cost? As of October 2026: a free tier, Starter at $99 per seat per month and Growth at $179 per seat (up to 5 seats) on annual billing – $119 and $199 month-to-month – and custom Business pricing on annual contracts. Juicebox Agents, its automated sourcing and outreach add-on, cost $199 per agent per month with unlimited contact and email credits. ### What is PeopleGPT? PeopleGPT is Juicebox's natural-language people-search engine: describe the person you're looking for in plain English and it searches 800 million profiles aggregated from dozens of data sources – replacing Boolean search strings. ### What is the difference between Juicebox and lemonly? Juicebox is a sourcing tool: it finds candidates, and (with the Agent add-on) automates outreach – your team screens and closes. lemonly is a service covering the whole funnel: AI sourcing, outreach, human screening interviews, and scheduling, at $8,000 flat per hire due only on placement. ### Is Juicebox worth it for a single hire? If you have someone with sourcing and screening time, a couple of months of Starter is a cheap way to run one search. The honest caveat: the subscription is the small cost – the hours to work the longlist are the real one. Without those hours, a managed, pay-on-placement service usually gets the seat filled. --- _Markdown version of [this page](https://www.lemonly.ai/alternatives/juicebox) for AI agents and LLMs. More lemonly content: [llms.txt](https://www.lemonly.ai/llms.txt) · [full index](https://www.lemonly.ai/llms-full.txt)._