Recruiter Outreach Intelligence at One-Sixth the Cost of Gem
Solo recruiters and small agencies finally get a tool built for them — $49/mo at launch, no sales call, no annual lock-in.
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Cadence from one Q1 2026 recruiter
Typical solo recruiter cadence
email + LinkedIn · last 30 days
clicks · repeat clicks · reply timing
avg $8.4k billings per placement
Pre-launch noteReviews open after Product Hunt launch. For now: the numbers above are one recruiter’s real Q1 2026 cadence, reconstructed from her Sheets + Gmail after two weeks on PingBack’s closed beta.
The silence problem
Enterprise-priced out of the one tool that would work?You're the ICP we built for.
Every current outreach intelligence tool assumes you have a 50-seat team and $40k/yr budget. Solo recruiters keep bookmarking Gem-alternative lists. This is that alternative.
- PAIN·01//
Gem demoed great but $3,600+/year is impossible to justify when you bill 4-8 placements a year.
- PAIN·02//
Every 'enterprise' outreach tool wants a sales call, a procurement form, and a 12-month contract.
- PAIN·03//
Free trackers like Mailtrack don't know what a candidate is — you need recruiter-shaped analytics.
How it works
Navigation, not autopilot.
Three quiet steps, one morning ritual.
PingBack will never send a message on your behalf. It watches what happens after you send, scores the response, and tells you where the signal is hiding.
- 01CAPTURE
Every outreach, tracked the moment you hit send.
The Chrome extension will quietly rewrite the links in your Gmail and LinkedIn messages with a tracking redirect. Zero copy-paste. Zero spreadsheet upkeep. Your message goes out; PingBack logs the record.
- 02SCORE
Multi-signal engagement — not open pixels that Apple Mail already killed.
Clicks get the heaviest weight. Repeat clicks lift the score. Reply latency dampens or boosts it. A candidate who clicked twice then wrote back at 11pm will rank higher than one who opened an email three times in Outlook.
- 03SURFACE
Three ranked follow-ups in your inbox by 8 AM.
Daily digest email plus the Signal Feed dashboard. Top signals first, cold contacts silenced. Open the digest at 8, clear the beacons by 9, get on the phone by 9:30. You stop maintaining a spreadsheet — you start running a territory.
The 8 AM ritual
One glance. Three calls. Day started.
This is what your Signal Feed looks like the morning after a push of 50 outreaches. Heat-ranked. Noise suppressed. Beacons mark the top three follow-ups — your whole morning is already shortlisted.
Signal Feed · Tuesday 08:47
3 warm candidates this morning
Pricing
Transparent. Monthly. No sales call, ever.
No charge today. Monthly billing when the extension ships. No annual lock-in, no minimum seats, no procurement gauntlet.
Solo
Built for one recruiter holding their own desk.
- Unlimited tracked outreaches
- Signal Feed + daily digest
- Multi-signal scoring
- Chrome extension (Gmail + LinkedIn)
Pro
For recruiters who charge clients for placements.
- Everything in Solo
- Client reports (co-branded)
- CSV exports + Sheets sync
- Priority support under 4 hours
Team
3-seat minimumFor small agencies with 2 – 5 recruiters.
- Everything in Pro
- Shared candidate pool
- Per-seat scoring + attribution
- SSO (Google Workspace)
Comparing? Gem is $3,600/yr. Covey is $150/seat/mo. 100hires is $69/seat/mo. Why we’re cheaper →
Objections, handled
The questions you’d ask if the demo was on Zoom.
Still stuck? Email hello@pingback.io — a founder answers in under four hours on weekdays.
Same engagement intelligence the $3,600/yr enterprise tools sell to 50-seat teams — priced for solo recruiters.
Transparent pricing: Solo $49, Pro $79, Team $59/user. No hidden fees, no minimum seats, no procurement gauntlet.
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