See how DirectHire and PartnerHire compare at your hiring volume, with an in-house recruiter as a reference. Enter your numbers, get a real estimate.
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Your hiring
Enter your typical volume and salaries to compare the cost of each model.
Recruiting capacity
1 team covers most hiring; 2 for high volume
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Expected hires per month1
Drives DirectHire (per placement) and PartnerHire's $1,000 placement fee.
Average first-year salary of your hires$100,000
DirectHire is 15% of this per hire.
In-house recruiter cost (fully loaded, per year)$130,000
Salary, benefits, payroll overhead, and recruiting tools for one internal recruiter.
Why compare all three: DirectHire is cheapest at low volume, PartnerHire wins as volume rises, and an in-house recruiter is a fixed cost that only pays off at sustained high volume. This shows where you land today.
Monthly cost comparison
Based on your inputs, updated in real time
In-house recruiter (reference)
Fully loaded
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DirectHire
15% of first-year salary per hire
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PartnerHire
Retainer + $1,000 per placement
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Best-fit BizFirst model at this volume
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Adjust the inputs on the left to see how the models compare.
No surprise fees, no tool upsells, no junior handoffs. Here's what's in the monthly retainer.
Dedicated recruiting team
A dedicated recruiting team on your account, with a Client Delivery Lead as your single point of contact and experienced senior oversight.
Full lifecycle recruiting
Sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer management, and close. We handle everything from intake call to accepted offer.
All tools and infrastructure
ATS access, LinkedIn Recruiter, job board postings, and sourcing tools are included. You don't pay for any of it separately.
Weekly pipeline reporting
Structured updates on active candidates, pipeline health, and market feedback every week. No chasing required.
Aligned to your priorities
As a retained partner, we focus on whatever matters most each week -- billable roles, internal hires, proposal staffing, or backfills. Your priorities drive the work.
Flexible scaling
Add capacity when hiring heats up, scale back when it cools. Month-to-month flexibility without the cost of carrying permanent headcount.
Methodology: This calculator compares three ways to cover the same hiring. In-house is the fully loaded annual cost of an internal recruiter (salary, benefits, payroll overhead, and tools). DirectHire is contingent placement priced at 15% of each hire's first-year salary. PartnerHire is a monthly retainer ($8,500 for one recruiting team, $16,000 for two) plus a $1,000 fee per placement. All figures are illustrative, based on the inputs you enter, and do not constitute a binding quote. The in-house figure excludes manager oversight, onboarding, time-to-productivity ramp, and hiring risk, which typically widen the gap in BizFirst's favor.
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