Lovelio
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| Feature | Lovelio | Vincere |
|---|---|---|
| Candidates and your database | ||
| Candidate records with work history and education | Jobs and education held as structured fields on each record. | |
| CVs read into the record automatically | Upload a CV and name, contacts, jobs and skills fill in. | |
| Original CV kept word for word | Original CV file and its text kept exactly as written. | Original CV file kept on the record |
| Duplicates found and merged | Email matches merge on arrival; manual merge is by asking Lovelio. | Merge tool plus duplicate tabs in the data integrity dashboard |
| Tags | Shared tags on every candidate record. | |
| Candidate rating | One to five star rating on each candidate. | Rating is set against a job |
| Salary, location and work-type preferences | Roles, places, pay and work type held as preferences. | |
| Documents on any record | Attach files to candidates, clients, jobs and placements. | |
| Notes with @mentions | @mention a teammate in a note and they are told. | @mentions work in VinnyChat, not in notes |
| Activity timeline on every record | One timeline per record: emails, calls, notes, stage moves. | |
| Share a record with a teammate | Share a record with a teammate from the record. | Record chat in VinnyChat; no send-record action found |
| Bulk edit | Bulk bar covers notes, pools and No; no bulk tags or owners. | Bulk update owner and fields from table view |
| Custom fields | By design: tags and fixed fields instead of custom fields. | |
| Candidate portal | Candidates sign in by email link and fix their own details. | |
| Consent and data-retention tools | Opt-outs honoured; no agency-set retention or deletion rules. | GDPR toolkit, privacy dashboard and consent management |
| Alerts when a candidate or contact changes jobsOnly Lovelio in full | A person's job move shows on their record with history. | none found |
| Search and sourcing | ||
| Search your database in plain English | Type a sentence and it becomes the search. | Evo Navigator chat search; needs an Evo licence |
| Boolean search | Quotes, AND, OR, NOT and brackets run exactly as written. | |
| Search inside CV text | Text match searches the CV text itself. | |
| Search by distance from a place | Search a place with wider or tighter distances. | |
| Search knows job titles that mean the same thing | Job titles that mean the same are found together. | none found; fuzzy and wildcard search only |
| Saved searches | Save a search and be told when someone new matches. | Saved Search exists; Boolean searches are not saved |
| Ranked best matches for a job | Open a job and get ranked matches from your database. | Auto Match plus AI scoring, which is in beta |
| Matching jobs for a candidate | Suggests other open jobs for new arrivals; no fits list on record. | Find Suitable Jobs action on the candidate |
| Each match shows why it fits | Every match shows the reason and evidence behind it. | Only in beta AI scoring: highlights and gaps |
| New matches found for open jobs in the backgroundOnly Lovelio in full | New candidates are checked against open jobs without a search. | Always-on matching sold as an add-on; help shows on-demand only |
| Search the web for peopleOnly Lovelio in full | Search the web for people from the same box. | Through partner apps and the Velocity extension |
| Its own database of people to source from | No Lovelio-owned people database; you search yours and the web. | none found |
| Email and phone lookup | Work email and mobile lookup built in. | none found |
| Similar candidates | Find people like one or several chosen candidates. | Find Similar Candidates action |
| Talent pools | ||
| Talent pools or hotlists | Named talent pools you add candidates to. | Hot lists and talent pools |
| Pools that fill themselvesOnly Lovelio in full | Describe a pool in words and matching keeps adding people. | none found |
| Share a pool with a client | Send clients a shortlist as a submission; pools cannot be shared. | LiveList page for clients |
| Email a whole pool | Select pool members and email them in one go. | Bulk email caps at 100 recipients per send |
| Jobs and job ads | ||
| Every job linked to a client | Every job belongs to a client. | |
| Job ad written for you | Describe the role and the full ad is written. | AI job ad generator; cost not stated |
| Ads written without naming the clientOnly Lovelio in full | Ads never name the client, whatever the instructions. | none found |
| Post to job boards from one place | Post to connected job boards from the job. | Through partner multiposters (Broadbean, idibu) and Indeed |
| Post jobs to social media | Writes LinkedIn and X post drafts; you post them yourself. | Only through partner WaveTrackR |
| Careers page for your agency website | Hosted careers page and embed widget for your site. | Portals jobs page |
| Apply form with CV upload | Candidates apply with a CV and land in the funnel. | |
| Screening questions on applications | No custom screening questions on the apply form. | |
| Screening questions written for you | Writes phone-screen questions for you, not apply-form questions. | none found |
| Applicants scored against the job | Every applicant is scored against the job on arrival. | AI candidate scoring, in beta |
| Job templates | No saved job templates. | Copy job action; no saved job templates found |
| Always-open jobs | Evergreen jobs stay open and keep collecting applicants. | none found |
| Create a job from an email, call or notesOnly Lovelio in full | Paste or describe the role and the job fills in. | none found |
| Several consultants on one job | One owner per job; credit split across consultants at placement. | Add more owners to a job |
| Job brief form for clients | No client-facing job brief form. | Submit-a-job form in Client Portal, a Pro add-on |
| Applications and pipeline | ||
| Stages per job, moved with a click or drag | Candidates move between stages on each job, by click or drag. | Move by Actions menu; drag not shown |
| Your own stage names and order | By design: twelve fixed stages, not renameable. | Custom sub-statuses and CRM stages; main stages fixed |
| Quick yes, no or maybe on each applicant | Mark each applicant Yes, No or Maybe in one click. | Shortlist and reject buttons; no maybe |
| Stage moves on its own when you act | Sending a CV or booking an interview moves the stage. | Sending to client moves stage; interview booking is manual |
| Bulk reject with an email | Reject many applicants at once and email each. | |
| Next step shown for every candidateOnly Lovelio in full | Each candidate shows the next step to take. | none found |
| One view of every pipeline | Jobs page plots every candidate on every job by stage. | Job Stats dashboard counts by stage; no candidate board found |
| Automatic replies to applicants | Acknowledgement email to applicants; admin switches it on. | Portal welcome and verify emails send; apply receipt not confirmed |
| Clients and business development | ||
| Client and contact records | Client companies with their contacts. | |
| Find companies by describing themOnly Lovelio in full | Describe companies in words, searching your clients or the web. | none found |
| Add a client in one click, details filled in | Add a client from its website; details fill in. | Through partner Vente AI, sold separately |
| New jobs at companies you watch, every night | Careers pages of watched companies read every night. | Through partner Vente AI, sold separately |
| Hiring signals across the market | Watches chosen companies' jobs; no funding or market-wide alerts. | Vente AI daily lead feed; partner product |
| Float a candidate with no job open | Float a candidate to clients with no job open. | |
| Anonymous candidate profiles | Anonymous profile written for you before you float. | Formatted resumes; DaXtra Styler redaction needs paid DaXtra |
| Client DNAOnly Lovelio in full | Client DNA feeds ads, questions and scores. | none found |
| Terms of business sent and tracked | Terms link is sent; acceptance is not tracked. | Sent by email or SignRequest; status set by hand |
| Client portal to review candidates | Clients open a link to review candidates, no sign-in. | LiveList page |
| One-click client feedback | Clients give a verdict on a candidate in one click. | |
| Business development pipeline | Tracks prospects' jobs and your floats; no deal stages or values. | CRM stages on companies and contacts, plus job leads |
| Your patch of companies to work | Your patch: up to 200 watched companies per consultant. | Company owner filter; territory map not confirmed |
| Call lists | No call lists. | Candidate call lists with sub-tasks; contacts not confirmed |
| Org charts for client companies | Each contact has a reports-to; no drawn org chart. | Reports-to field on contacts; no chart |
| Reminders for clients you have not heard from | Quiet-client reports and a going-cold score; no active reminder. | Last activity date to filter on; no reminders found |
| Sending candidates and interviews | ||
| Send candidates to a client with their CVs | Send candidates and CVs to a client; the send is logged. | |
| CVs formatted with your branding | No branded CV formatting. | |
| Contact details taken off CVs for you | Client view hides contact details; the CV file is untouched. | DaXtra Styler removes contact details; needs paid DaXtra |
| See when the client opens what you sent | See when clients open floats and submissions. | LiveList alerts recruiter when client opens; email tracking not found |
| Interviews booked with the client | Interviews tied to the job, candidate and client. | |
| Candidates and clients pick a time themselves | Offer times and candidates pick one themselves. | Candidate picks from client-offered time slots; no open link |
| Interview reminders | Interview reminders to candidate and client. | none found |
| Interview feedback captured | Scorecards and feedback recorded against each interview. | Free-text notes and feedback after the interview; no scored form |
| Video interviews built in | Makes the Meet, Teams or Zoom link and records the meeting; no video of its own. | Vinneo is recorded video; VinnyChat video calls are team-only |
| Recorded one-way video interviews | No recorded one-way video interviews. | Vinneo recorded interviews |
| Placements and fees | ||
| Placement records with the fee | Placement holds salary, fee, start date and guarantee days. | |
| Fee scales by salary bandOnly Lovelio in full | Fee worked out from the client's fee schedule band. | Percent, retainer and fixed fee models; no salary-band scale found |
| Fee split between consultants | Credit split across your consultants, always totalling 100 percent. | Profit split per invoice |
| Split fees with other agenciesOnly Lovelio in full | Opt-in marketplace splits fees with other agencies. | HireSplit candidate referrals; fee split not described |
| Revenue forecast from the pipeline | Booked and three-month forecast cards on Home. | Forecaster dashboard |
| Guarantee period and rebates tracked | Guarantee countdown and fell-off status; no rebate amount worked out. | none found |
| Follow-ups after the start date | Contractor check-ins by WhatsApp; none after permanent starts. | none found |
| Commission tracking | Shows each consultant's share of fee and quota; no commission rates. | Profit split data; commission through partner Konquest |
| Invoices raised from placements | Each perm placement becomes a draft invoice in Xero; you approve and send it there. | |
| Sync to accounting software | Xero built in: draft invoices from placements, paid status back on the placement. | Xero built in |
| Contractors | ||
| Contract placements with pay and charge rates | Contract placements hold pay rate and charge rate. | Temp and contract module is a Core add-on |
| Margin worked out for you | Margin shown per unit and per week. | In the temp and Pay & Bill modules, extra cost |
| Contractor documents with expiry dates | Compliance documents tracked with expiry dates. | Expiry dates and reminders; onboarding module costs extra |
| Contractors upload documents with nothing to sign intoOnly Lovelio in full | Contractors send documents from a link, no sign-in. | Onboarding documents; login-free link not confirmed |
| Contract end reminders and extensions | Reminders at 8 weeks, 4 weeks and on the end day. | Renewals and extensions sit in the temp module, extra cost |
| Timesheets | By design: no timesheets; payroll partners use the API. | Timesheets sit in the temp module, extra cost |
| Pay and bill | By design: no payroll or pay and bill. | Pay & Bill is a Pro add-on |
| Shift booking for temps | No shift booking. | Shift scheduler sits in the temp module, extra cost |
| Right-to-work checksOnly Lovelio in full | Right to work, visa and end date recorded and checked. | Right-to-work checks sit in the onboarding add-on |
| Onboarding with e-signatures | No e-signatures or onboarding packs. | Through the SignRequest partner app |
| Email, calendar and messages | ||
| Gmail and Outlook connected | Connect Gmail or Outlook; mail sends from your own address. | |
| Emails filed on the right record automatically | Sent and received mail files on the right record. | Email activity tracked against records |
| Calendar sync | Google syncs both ways; Outlook adds interviews and checks clashes. | Two-way for Google and Outlook; not IMAP |
| Email templates | Editable templates with merge fields for automated and client emails. | |
| Emails written in your own styleOnly Lovelio in full | Learns your writing style from sent mail and your edits. | none found |
| AI drafts emails for you | Drafts outreach, replies and client emails for you. | Content OptimAIser rewrites emails |
| Bulk email | One email to many; each person gets their own copy. | Up to 100 recipients per send |
| Open and click tracking | Shows when clients open floats and submissions; no email open tracking. | none found |
| Email sequences that send on their own | By design: Lovelio drafts, a person presses send. | Sequences through partner apps and Zapier |
| Text messages | No text messages. | SMS through your own Twilio account |
| WhatsApp messages | Interview confirmations and contractor asks; rolling out to agencies now. | Through partner apps only |
| SlackOnly Lovelio in full | Alerts, direct messages and the Lovelio bot in Slack. | Slack through Zapier only |
| Microsoft Teams | Lovelio in Microsoft Teams, on request. | Meeting Assistant records Teams; beta add-on |
| CVs emailed in become candidates | Emailed CVs become applicants through a per-job email address. | Create a candidate from an email in the inbox |
| Unsubscribes handled automatically | Unsubscribe links and suppression stop future mail automatically. | |
| Calls and notes | ||
| Calls recorded and transcribedOnly Lovelio in full | Calls recorded and transcribed with separate speakers. | Meeting Assistant records meetings; beta add-on |
| Notes written from the call for you | Write-up and Do next land on the call. | Meeting Assistant summaries; beta add-on |
| Online meetings recorded | A notetaker joins Zoom, Meet and Teams meetings. | Meeting Assistant, beta add-on |
| Built-in dialler | Aircall connects and logs calls; no dialler of its own. | Through partner phone apps such as CloudCall |
| Dictate notes by voice | Dictate notes and phone-screen answers by voice. | Voice-to-text comments in the mobile app |
| Talk to the system by voiceOnly Lovelio in full | Speak any request, search or question with the mic or Space bar. | none found |
| Calls logged on the record automaticallyOnly Lovelio in full | Aircall and recorded calls file against the person automatically. | Through partner phone apps such as CloudCall |
| AI and automation | ||
| Ask questions about your data in plain English | Ask Lovelio answers questions from your own records. | Evo Copilot; rollout status not stated |
| Tell it what to do and it does it | Ask and it creates jobs, moves candidates, drafts submissions. | Evo Assistants and Workflow listed |
| Keyboard command bar | Cmd+K opens a command bar for finding and actions. | Quick Search finds records; no command bar |
| Connect your own AI assistantOnly Lovelio in full | Connect your own assistant over MCP. | Third-party MCP servers only, through Zapier or StackOne |
| AI agent that sources by itself | Overnight matching drafts floats; nothing is added without you. | Silver Medalist agent resurfaces past candidates |
| Automation rules you build | Built-in automations you switch on and time; build your own with agents, the API and webhooks. | Contact-stage automation rules only |
| Product help answered in the app | Ask Lovelio answers how-to questions from help cards. | Digital assistant for support |
| Learns how each consultant recruitsOnly Lovelio in full | Your Stats and email style learn from your own work. | none found |
| Reports and targets | ||
| Dashboards ready on day one | Home cards and Analytics work with no setup. | |
| Ask for a report in plain EnglishOnly Lovelio in full | Ask a data question and get a computed table. | none found |
| Build your own reports | No report builder; ready-made reports and plain-English questions. | Custom analytics is a paid add-on |
| Activity targets and quotas | Quota targets per agency, team and consultant. | Goals dashboard |
| Leaderboards and recognition | Slack Placement Made post and quota standing; no leaderboard. | Consultant leaderboard and TV dashboard |
| Placement and revenue reports | Billings and forecast on Home and Analytics. | |
| Time to fill and conversion reports | Time to hire, funnel conversion and fill rate. | Job aging and stage counts; no conversion rates |
| Export to a spreadsheet | Funnel CSV and PDF snapshot; other cards export as PDF. | |
| Reports emailed on a schedule | Weekly reports arrive in the app, not by email. | Scheduled exports download; email delivery not confirmed |
| Apps, extension and integrations | ||
| Browser extension to add people from LinkedIn | Chrome extension saves LinkedIn profiles as candidates. | Velocity extension covers LinkedIn, Xing and GitHub |
| Your candidates recognised on LinkedIn | LinkedIn overlay shows who is already in your database. | Velocity duplicate check button |
| iPhone app | iPhone app in testing, not yet in the App Store. | |
| Android app | No Android app is released yet. | |
| Desktop app | Mac app released; Windows app coming soon. | none found |
| Open API | Documented public API with scoped keys. | Documented, but keys only go to partners with an agreement |
| Webhooks | Webhooks with signed events. | Zapier triggers only |
| API docs AI agents can read | Plain-text API reference at llms-full.txt for agents. | none found |
| Partner app marketplace | Directory of partner apps through Lovelio Connect. | |
| Sandbox for developersOnly Lovelio in full | Sandbox agency for every developer workspace. | none found |
| LinkedIn Recruiter integration | Through the Chrome extension, inside Recruiter and Recruiter Lite: adds the person and scores them against the job. | none found |
| Zapier | No Zapier app; API and webhooks instead. | Zapier flagged as early access |
| Connections to VMS platforms | No connections to vendor management systems. | none found |
| Background and reference checks | Reference checks built in; background checks coming soon. | Through partner Referoo |
| Security and your data | ||
| Two-step sign-in or passkeys | Passkeys are the main sign-in. | |
| Roles and permissions | Roles control what each person can do. | |
| Teams that see only their own records | Teams see their own team's work. | Marketing claims per-user record access; help shows team filters only |
| Data held in your region | Region set by your country at sign-up: Sydney, London or US. | AWS regions London, Frankfurt, Virginia, Singapore, Sydney |
| Put your data back to an earlier time | Lovelio restores any minute in 30 days for you. | none found |
| Audit log | Record timelines show who did what; no agency-wide audit log. | Consolidated Activities log; field history for secured fields only |
| SOC 2 report | No SOC 2 report. | none found; hosting provider only |
| ISO 27001 certified | Not ISO 27001 certified. | none found; hosting provider only |
| Single sign-on | Google and Microsoft sign-in; no SAML or Okta. | Access Identity login; SAML or Okta setup not confirmed |
| Export all your data any time | Admins export 500 candidates a time to CSV; full data by API. | Admin exports up to 500,000 records; all-entity coverage unconfirmed |
| Getting started and price | ||
| Free trial with no sales call | 14 days free, no card, no sales call. | none found; startups page says no free trial |
| Prices on the website | Prices published on lovelio.ai/pricing. | Access page lists plan prices; Vincere's own pages say quote |
| Priced by team size, unlimited usersOnly Lovelio in full | Priced by team size; unlimited users and AI agents. | none found |
| AI included in the price | Everyday AI is included; credits pay for web lookups only. | Copilot included; matching, agents and Meeting Assistant cost extra |
| No setup fee | Plan price only at checkout; no setup fee on plans. | No setup fee listed; guided training costs extra |
| Moving your data across included | Free on yearly plans; monthly plans pay a migration fee. | Included per Access page; older Vincere pages say quoted |
| Data moved across automatically | Lovelio runs the move for you; its team starts and checks it. | none found |
| Works the day you sign upOnly Lovelio in full | One short setup screen, then you recruit. | Self-guided setup the same day per Access page |
| Demo data to try itOnly Lovelio in full | Use Lovelio opens a sample agency for seven days. | none found |
| Monthly plan | Pay month to month; cancel in the billing portal. | 30-day rolling terms on Startup and Core |
| Free plan | No free plan; 14 day trial only. | none found |
| Support chat in the app | Ask Lovelio answers how-to questions; Support logs issues. | Digital assistant plus support portal |
| Totals178 features | 115Yes 41Partial 22None found | 66Yes 79Partial 33None found |
Price
What a team of 5 or 12 pays a month
Vincere
Core £95 a user (2 to 7). Pro from £85 a user (7+).
Free trial: Not stated
5 consultants£475
12 consultants£1,020
Rival totals are list price times users on their cheapest yearly plan. Seen 31 October 2026.
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