# NeverApply vs SmartRecruiters (slim)

> SmartRecruiters scores 63.2 (B) to NeverApply's 55.5 (C) for recruiting applications. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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SmartRecruiters scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against NeverApply's 55.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. NeverApply leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do recruiting applications.

- NeverApply: C 55.5, rank #870 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/neverapply.min.md
- SmartRecruiters: B 63.2, rank #525 of 1513 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartrecruiters.min.md
- NeverApply, good for Agents helping one job seeker search jobs, explain matches, tailor resumes and send applications the person approves one by one, on that person's own NeverApply account. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 66 against 51; Payments & pricing, 45 against 3. Also Free to start without a card.
- SmartRecruiters, good for An agent working inside a company that already runs SmartRecruiters, for reading jobs and candidates, adding candidates, moving applications between stages, creating interviews and pulling reports. Ahead on Reliability, 95 against 45; Schema & documentation, 75 against 57; Maintenance & community, 58 against 50; Transparency & trust, 79 against 57.

| Category | NeverApply | SmartRecruiters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 95 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 57 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 51 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 66 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 3 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 58 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 57 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | NeverApply | SmartRecruiters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Kasovy LLC | SmartRecruiters, Inc. (an SAP company) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://neverapply.co/mcp` | `https://api.smartrecruiters.com` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Price for recruiting applications | $0.19 per transaction | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Kasovy LLC's terms (last updated 18 October 2026, Wyoming law). The public plugin repository of manifests, skills and an icon is MIT, copyright Kasovy LLC | Proprietary service under the SmartRecruiters Master Subscription Agreement |
| Tools exposed | 15 | none |
| MCP registry | `co.neverapply/neverapply` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-31 | 2026-10-13 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | not read yet | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Reliability, SmartRecruiters +50: NeverApply 45 (Hosted reading, for the MCP server at https://neverapply.co/mcp with the Jobs API described.); SmartRecruiters 95 (Graded on the public REST API.)
- Payments & pricing, NeverApply +42: NeverApply 45 (No x402, MPP or L402 on the pricing page, llms.txt, auth.md or the MCP page; plans are Stripe subscriptions and the terms say MCP tools perform no financial tra…); SmartRecruiters 3 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)
- Transparency & trust, SmartRecruiters +22: NeverApply 57 (Closed hosted service under terms (last updated 18 October 2026) naming Kasovy LLC, registered in Wyoming, with Wyoming law and a liability cap of 12 months' fe…); SmartRecruiters 79 (Editorial half.)
- Schema & documentation, SmartRecruiters +18: NeverApply 57 (MCP reading, with the Jobs API described.); SmartRecruiters 75 (Each reference page carries an OpenAPI 3.0.1 definition and a Swagger page exists.)
- Agent ergonomics, NeverApply +15: NeverApply 66 (MCP reading.); SmartRecruiters 51 (List endpoints take `limit` up to 100 with a default of 10, and webhooks carry IDs only.)
- Maintenance & community, SmartRecruiters +8: NeverApply 50 (Closed service.); SmartRecruiters 58 (Newest changelog entry 13 October 2026, exposing external source metadata on job and candidate properties in the Configuration API (30).)