Why we're building
Talio anti-lock-in

Most software in recruitment follows a familiar pattern. Per-seat pricing. Annual contracts with modules you didn't ask for. Integration fees to connect with your ATS. And the moment you want to leave, your data is stuck, your workflows break, and switching costs more than staying.

We built Talio to work differently. Not because it's a nicer business model, but because we think it leads to a better product.

You pay for what you use

Talio's pricing is purely usage-based. No per-seat fees. No charges for features. No integration costs for your ATS, WhatsApp, or any other platform we connect with.

You pay for the conversations Talio has with your candidates. That's it.

Why this matters: it keeps us honest. If Talio doesn't deliver value, you use it less and we earn less. That's a direct incentive for us to build the best possible product. Per-seat pricing doesn't have that feedback loop. You pay the same whether your team uses it every day or never opens it.

No integration fees

Connecting Talio to your ATS should not cost extra. It's not a feature. It's a baseline requirement.

We integrate natively with platforms like Bullhorn, Carerix, and others. During a pilot, we handle the full integration. After that, there's no monthly or yearly fee to keep it running. The integration is part of the product, not an upsell.

We see too many tools in this space that charge thousands for "implementation" and then a recurring fee to maintain the connection. That creates a perverse incentive: the harder it is to disconnect, the less pressure there is to keep improving the product.

Anti-lock-in

This is a deliberate choice. We don't want agencies to stay with Talio because leaving is too expensive. We want them to stay because the product works and delivers consistent value.

That means no long-term lock-in through data silos, proprietary formats, or integration dependencies. Your data flows to your ATS. If you stop using Talio tomorrow, your recruitment process continues. Nothing breaks.

Is that a risk for us? Sure. It means we have to keep earning your business. But we think that's exactly how it should work. The moment a vendor's biggest retention strategy is switching costs instead of product quality, something is fundamentally wrong.

Why this makes Talio better

When your revenue depends directly on how much value customers get from the product, every decision looks different.

We don't build features to check a box on a comparison sheet. We build features that get used. We don't charge for integrations because we want Talio to be deeply embedded in your workflow — across screening interviews, outreach, job matching, and candidate aftercare — not sitting on the side. And we don't lock you into annual commitments with modules you didn't need because that would hide the signal of whether the product actually works.

Our obsession is product excellence. Every feature we ship has to earn its place through actual usage, not through a sales deck.

Usage-based, integration-first, anti-lock-in. It's not just a pricing model. It's how we think a product company should work in 2026.