AI Recruiting Bot — Now Available

Replace a $200,000/year recruiting AI
without a second contract

Velaro's recruiting bot syncs your ATS, qualifies candidates 24/7, and routes live to a recruiter mid-conversation — on the same platform your support team already uses.

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Requires Professional plan ($1,497/mo) + Recruiting Bot add-on ($500/mo)  ·  No ATS credentials required to get started
$150K+
What Paradox costs annually
8
ATS platforms supported
24/7
Candidate coverage, no coordinator
10 min
Time to first live candidate
Competitive Landscape

Why pay $150K–$250K/year for one bot?

Paradox (Olivia) does one thing: recruiting intake. Velaro does that and everything else your operations need — for a fraction of the cost.

Paradox (Olivia) — Enterprise

Single-purpose — recruiting only. No customer service, no IVR, no dealer support.
No live agent handoff — if a candidate has a complex question, there is no human fallback.
2–4 week implementation plus ongoing ATS admin involvement for every change.
July 2025 data breach — 64 million applicant records exposed due to an IDOR vulnerability.
One vendor, one use case, one very large invoice.
$150,000 – $250,000 / year

Velaro Recruiting Bot

Same import architecture as Paradox — reads your ATS feed, stores locally, answers instantly.
Live agent handoff built in — route complex candidates to a real recruiter mid-conversation.
Live in under 10 minutes — paste your careers feed URL, sync, run the wizard. No ATS admin required.
IDOR-hardened architecture — candidate data is always scoped to your account only.
Plus all of Velaro: customer support, IVR, ticketing, CRM, email — one platform, one bill.
From $1,997/mo  ·  Full stack from $3,547/mo
Architecture

Live in an afternoon — here is how it works

The same import-and-index architecture that powers enterprise recruiting AI — without the enterprise price tag or the 6-week implementation timeline.

1

Jobs Synced In

Paste your careers feed URL. Velaro imports open positions into its own database. The bot queries Velaro's copy — not your ATS — so it is fast, reliable, and never rate-limits your HR system.

2

Candidate Chats

A visitor starts a chat on your careers page. The bot finds matching roles, shares apply links, answers "why work here?" questions, and collects name, email, phone, work authorization, and availability.

3

Recruiter Gets Notified

When a candidate submits, your recruiter gets an email with all collected details and a direct link to the full conversation transcript. No dashboard to check — it lands in their inbox.

4

Live Handoff

Complex questions? The bot transfers the conversation to a live recruiter mid-chat. Paradox has no live agent capability at all — this is a capability gap no other recruiting-only vendor closes.

Built for high-volume enterprise hiring

Velaro's recruiting bot is designed for organizations with thousands of open requisitions across global locations — the profile of a large manufacturer or distributor hiring at scale.

  • SAP SuccessFactors OData v4 API connection — no public feed required
  • Multi-country, multi-language feed support for global hiring operations
  • EEOC/EEO voluntary self-ID collection with compliant CSV export for federal contractors
  • Routing rules deploy on your existing Velaro site — no second vendor, no second contract
What's Included

Everything in the box

Every capability your recruiting team needs — plus live agent handoff that no single-purpose recruiting bot can match.

ATS Feed Sync

Connect any public or private jobs feed. Supports JSON, XML/RSS, SAP SuccessFactors OData, Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, and any standard feed format.

Candidate Intake Bot

Collects name, email, phone, work authorization status, availability, and open notes. Pre-built wizard template gets you live in under 10 minutes — no bot-building experience required.

Recruiter Email Alerts

Every candidate submission triggers an email to your configured recruiter with a complete summary and transcript link. Works with any email address — no new inbox to monitor.

Multilingual Support

Pair with Velaro's chat translation feature to converse with candidates in their preferred language — critical for global hiring across dozens of countries and facilities.

Paradox charges +$30K–$50K/yr for this

EEOC/EEO Compliance Module

Collect voluntary self-identification data (race, gender, veteran status, disability) during intake and export compliant CSV reports for federal contractor requirements.

Add-on — $300/mo

Interview Scheduling

Auto-book screening interviews via Calendly or Outlook Calendar. The bot offers available slots mid-conversation and confirms the appointment — no coordinator needed.

Add-on — $250/mo

Routing Rules

Use a single Velaro site for both recruiting and customer support. A routing rule (Page URL contains /careers) activates the recruiting bot on the right page — seamlessly.

Activity Log & Sync History

Every sync operation is logged: jobs added, updated, removed, errors. See exactly what the bot knows, when it was last refreshed, and catch feed issues the moment they occur.

Pricing

Base plan + add-ons. No separate contract.

The recruiting bot requires a Professional plan or above. Add-ons stack on top of your base plan. No implementation fee, no multi-year lock-in.

Required Base Plan
Professional
$1,497/mo
  • 3,000 conversations/month included
  • Overage at $0.35 per conversation above limit
  • Full live chat, AI bot, ticketing, CRM, email
  • Unlimited agents — not per-seat pricing
  • Routing rules, reporting, REST API access
Need more volume? Business plan ($2,997/mo) includes 6,000 conversations/mo. Enterprise from $7,997/mo with custom limits and dedicated support. Starter plan ($497/mo) does not include the recruiting bot.
Recruiting add-ons (on top of base plan)

Recruiting Bot Base

$500/mo
Job feed sync, candidate intake bot, recruiter email alerts, routing rules, activity log

ATS API Integration

$400/mo
Private SuccessFactors OData or Workday REST connection — no public feed required

Global Hiring Premium

$600/mo
Multi-country, multi-language feed support for global hiring operations

EEOC Compliance

$300/mo
Voluntary self-ID collection + CSV export for federal contractor EEO reporting

Interview Scheduling

$250/mo
Auto-book screening calls via Calendly or Outlook — confirmed in-conversation

Full Stack Total

$3,547/mo
Professional plan + all five recruiting modules. Comparable Paradox contract: $150,000–$250,000/year ($12,500–$20,800/mo).
ATS Compatibility

Works with every major ATS

If your ATS has a public job board feed — and almost all of them do — no credentials are needed. Paste the URL and sync in seconds.

ATS / Platform Feed Type Typical URL Pattern Auth Required?
Greenhouse JSON https://boards.greenhouse.io/[company]/jobs.json Public
Lever JSON https://api.lever.co/v0/postings/[company]?mode=json Public
Workday Auto-detect https://[company].wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers Public listings
SAP SuccessFactors XML Sitemap https://careers.[company].com/sitemap.xml Career site sitemap
SAP SuccessFactors OData SF OData v4 https://api8.successfactors.com/odata/v4/Job_Requisition Service account (ATS add-on)
iCIMS RSS/XML https://careers.[company].com/jobs/feed.rss Public
SmartRecruiters JSON https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/[company].json Public
Any ATS JSON / XML Any URL returning a job array with title, location, and url fields Depends on ATS

Replace your $200K recruiting AI — in an afternoon.

Set up in minutes. No ATS credentials required to start. Runs alongside your existing support deployment without disruption.

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