01 FIND
All your candidates in one place
Add a LinkedIn profile in one click, or upload a CV. Anyone already in your system is skipped, so nobody gets contacted twice.
Your own recruiting system. Already built. Running in 8 weeks*.
Finds, scores and messages candidates. Paid once, no fee per recruiter. And finally shaped to your process: with us or without us.
Go-Live Guarantee: if a delay is on our side, we keep working for free until Lynk runs, and we refund you $5,000. Conditions
Anna KellerSenior Backend Engineer · Munich94 %
- ✓Python, Go, Kafka and Kubernetes in her current role
- ✓8 years of experience, payments platform
- ✓Senior title matches the role
- ~CV not uploaded yet, requested
Automated estimate, not a hiring decision. Demo data.
“We ran two recruitment agencies for 5 years. The system we wanted didn’t exist. So we built it.”
AI does the busywork. Your recruiters decide.
Placements come from conversations, not from copying profiles. Here is a day with Lynk.
- LYNK38 new profiles added for “Controller Vienna”
- LYNK12 candidates above 80 points, with reasons
- LISA9 first messages approved
- LYNKFollow-up sent to 4 candidates who have not replied
- CANDIDATEJulia W. books Thu, 10:30 herself
02 RANK
A score out of 100 you can check
You see what the score is based on: skills, job title, experience, education and location. It guides you. It is not a hiring decision.
03 YOU REACH OUT
A personal first message, ready to check
Lynk drafts a personal first message for each candidate. Your recruiter checks it and sends it. Follow-ups go out on schedule, and sending limits protect each LinkedIn account.
04 TEST & BOOK
Tests and interviews, no endless emails
Send tests from your question library. Candidates pick their own interview time and get a calendar invite.
All 22 features that work today
- Find and add candidates
- Score out of 100 for every candidate
- A written reason behind every score
- AI-written first messages
- Scheduled follow-ups
- All LinkedIn chats in one inbox
- Candidates book their own interviews
- Connection to your ATS or CRM (one included, list)
- Upload and read CVs
- Applications by email
- Past candidates suggested for new jobs
- Approve many messages at once
- Pause automation per job
- Sending limits for each LinkedIn account
- A daily to-do list for each recruiter
- Tests for candidates
- Outlook calendar
- A status page for candidates
- A notice to candidates when AI is used
- A record of every decision, plus reports
- Teams, roles and secure login
- App in 9 languages
Five reasons to stop renting your recruiting software. Lynk gives you all five, live in 8 weeks.*
Your ATS stays. Lynk sits next to it and replaces the rented tools around it.
REASON 1 · GROWTH
“Every new hire means another seat licence.”
With Lynk you pay the licence once. Recruiter number eleven adds no licence fee.
Run the numbers with your own tools →What does recruiter number eleven cost?
Same assumption as the calculator: $350 in tool subscriptions per recruiter per month. Lynk: no fee per recruiter, only AI usage, paid directly to your AI provider.
With per-seat software, every recruiter you hire adds a seat to each tool. And at renewal, the price is the vendor’s to set.
1 At $350 per recruiter per month (the calculator default) for the tools Lynk replaces (outreach, scheduling, assessments, extra CRM seats), not counting LinkedIn and your ATS. The Lynk figure includes server, LinkedIn connection and AI usage, not your IT partner.
REASON 2 · CONTROL
“Years of subscription fees. Nothing to keep.”
No licence key. No off switch. If we disappeared tomorrow, your Lynk would keep running.
Read the sample contract (PDF) →What happens when you cancel?
Rented: access and running workflows end with the subscription. Lynk: a perpetual licence, nothing gets switched off.
Lynk comes with a perpetual, irrevocable licence and the full source code. You decide what gets built next: with us, with your own developer or with anyone else. Rent is a bill every month. Lynk is paid once and stays with your agency.
Selling or handing over your agency? The licence can be transferred as a whole, under clause 3.4 of the sample contract.
REASON 3 · YOUR DATA
“Our best asset sits on someone else’s server.”
With Lynk, the data your team builds from now on sits on your own server, in your own cloud account, in the region you choose.
See the data protection pack (PDF) →Where is Julia W.’s record stored?
Same record, different place. With Lynk, it sits in your own cloud account.
Every candidate, note and conversation is years of your team’s work. With rented software, it sits on the vendor’s servers, under their prices, their export formats and their terms.
You pay the server provider directly, not us. Running costs →
REASON 4 · YOUR EDGE
“Same tool as everyone. Same way of working.”
And for 5 years, no other agency in your region and niche gets Lynk from us. Terms
What does the agency next door see?
Fictional example. We or your developer set the weighting for your niche.
Your feel for a good candidate is why clients hire you. In Lynk, it flows into the system: how the five score factors are weighted for your niche (skills and keywords, experience, job title, location, education), your process steps and your name towards candidates.
5 developer days · usable for the first 12 months after go-liveREASON 5 · ONE SYSTEM
“Too many tools. Nothing connects.”
Lynk takes a candidate from search to score, first message, follow-up, test and booked interview in one system.
See everything that works today →How many tabs are open right now?
Lynk replaces the rented tools for sourcing, outreach, assessments and scheduling. Your ATS and LinkedIn stay.
LinkedIn here, outreach there, a scheduler, tests, a spreadsheet. Your team copies data by hand, and the candidate nobody followed up with gets lost.
The honest comparison: rent, have it built, or Lynk
Renting wins on speed, on who runs it and on updates. We show that on purpose.
| Rented software typical | Having it built custom build | Lynk $32,500 once | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1No licence fee per recruiter | No | Yes | Yes |
| 2Perpetual licence, source code, your own roadmap | No | Yes | Yes |
| 3New data in your own cloud account | Partlyoften EU-hosted, but with the vendor | Yes | Yesyour ATS data stays where it is |
| 4Your scoring, process and brand | Partlysettings within the vendor’s limits | Yes | Yes |
| 5Search to interview in one system | Partlyseveral tools needed | Yes | Yes |
| Copyright in the code | the vendor | you | HP Capital; you hold a perpetual licence with source code |
| Fits your exact process | Partly | Yes | Partlyfinished base; the rest with the source code |
| Cost | ongoing, per recruiter, can change at each renewal | $40–50k + upkeep | $32,500 once + running costs |
| Time until your team works | immediately | 6–12 months | 8 weeks after kickoff* |
| Updates | ongoing, included | at your cost | first 12 months included, then an optional maintenance contract |
| Day-to-day running | the vendor | your IT | your IT |
| AI usage | often included | you pay the provider | you pay the provider, ≈ $200–300/month for 10 recruiters |
Rented software typical
- NoGrowth
- NoControl
- PartlyYour dataoften EU-hosted, but with the vendor
- PartlyYour edgesettings within the vendor’s limits
- PartlyOne systemseveral tools needed
- Copyright
- the vendor
- Cost
- ongoing, per recruiter, can change at each renewal
- Time
- immediately
- Updates
- ongoing, included
Having it built custom build
- YesGrowth
- YesControl
- YesYour data
- YesYour edge
- YesOne system
- Copyright
- you
- Cost
- $40–50k + upkeep
- Time
- 6–12 months
- Updates
- at your cost
Lynk all five reasons, one price
- YesGrowth
- YesControl
- YesYour datayour ATS data stays where it is
- YesYour edge
- YesOne system
- Copyright
- HP Capital; you hold a perpetual licence with source code
- Cost
- $32,500 once + running costs
- Time
- 8 weeks after kickoff*
- Updates
- first 12 months included, then an optional maintenance contract
Typical = tools priced per user. Based on public price lists, as of October 2026.
* With the Go-Live Guarantee. Conditions under “Our promises”.
Honest limits
- Lynk is licensed, not sold: the copyright stays with HP Capital. Updates are included for the first 12 months, then there is an optional maintenance contract. Lynk keeps running without it.
- What sits in your ATS today stays there. Lynk connects to it; one connection is included.
- Your LinkedIn accounts and your ATS stay, and so do their fees. Each recruiter adds about $5 a month for the LinkedIn connection, plus AI usage.
- A developer sets the score weights in the code; there is no settings screen. Bigger changes to scoring or candidate messages can make your agency the legally responsible “provider” under the EU AI Act. We tell you before you make one.
You have a quote for building your own system? Then Lynk is the first version it describes: built, tested, with the full source code, and in use in 8 weeks*. Your developer builds on top of it. Let your developer check the code →
Rent, have it built, or Lynk: what you pay over 5 years.
Recruiters
Rented tools per recruiter per month (outreach, scheduling, assessments, extra CRM seats; not LinkedIn or your ATS)
Difference vs renting, over 5 years
Recruiter number 6 costs you in Lynk: no licence fee, just about $5 a month for the LinkedIn connection and about $25 of AI usage.
How we calculate
$40–50k to build, upkeep at about 15% of that per year, plus the same running costs as Lynk. 6–12 months before your team can use it. Tests and bug fixes: with you.
Lynk and a system you have built carry the same running costs, paid straight to the providers: about $100 a month for the server and, per recruiter and month, about $5 for the LinkedIn connection and about $25 of AI usage (around $200–300 for 10 recruiters). Many rented tools include AI in their price. Not included: your IT partner and an optional Lynk maintenance contract after the first 12 months.
Pricing
The 8-Week Program
All five reasons. One price.
$32,500one-time · for businesses only · plus VAT or taxes where applicable
Prices in US dollars.
- Perpetual licence + source codeirrevocable once paid
- Set up in 8 weeksin your cloud account, ATS connected
- No user limitevery recruiter you hire later
- Your brand, 5 developer daysscoring and process for your niche
- Training for your teamplus LinkedIn guide
- 12 months of updatesthen an optional maintenance contract
Who runs it: your IT team or IT partner. No IT partner yet? We can recommend one.
Everything included, in detail
- The Lynk software, perpetual licencefull source code, irrevocable once paid
- No user limitevery recruiter you hire later
- Set up in your own cloud account in 8 weeks*installed, connected to your ATS or CRM (one connection included), tested; with Go-Live Guarantee
- Your brand and 5 developer daysname, logo, colours, web address; days usable for the first 12 months after go-live. The legally required provider details stay in the app’s legal notice.
- One system, and training so your team uses itteam training + LinkedIn guide: limits and risks
- 12 months of updatesthen an optional maintenance contract
Stays with you: a perpetual licence, irrevocable once paid, with the full source code, for your agency and its affiliated companies. The copyright stays with HP Capital GmbH. Renting Lynk out, running it as a service for others, sub-licensing and passing on the source code are not allowed. You can transfer the licence only as a whole, under clause 3.4 of the sample contract. Lynk is a product of HP Capital GmbH.
*Go-Live Guarantee with conditions, see “Our promises”.
Our promises. In writing.
- Go-Live GuaranteeRunning within 8 weeks of kickoff. If the delay is on our side, we keep working for free and refund you $5,000.
- First-Shortlist PromiseYour first real job after purchase: at least 10 ranked candidates within 14 days. If not, we fine-tune Lynk with you for free.
- No off switchOnce paid, we cannot take the licence away from you.
Full conditions
Go-Live Guarantee
Lynk runs no later than 8 weeks after kickoff. Kickoff happens once the licence fee is paid and your cloud account and access details are ready. Delays on your side or at third-party providers extend the deadline. If the delay is on our side, we keep working for free until Lynk runs, and we refund you $5,000. Details: clauses 6 and 7 of the sample contract.
First-Shortlist Promise
For your first real job, Lynk delivers a ranked list of at least 10 candidates within 14 days, from the sources you have connected (LinkedIn, CVs, ATS import), as long as you give us a complete job profile. If it doesn’t, we fine-tune Lynk with you, free of charge, until the list is there.
No licence key. No off switch.
Once paid, we cannot take the licence away from you. The software has no licence key and no switch we could use to turn it off. If HP Capital no longer existed, your Lynk would keep running in your account.
Running costs: paid to your providers, not to us
Running costs: paid to your providers, not to us
- Server ≈ $50–150/month
- AI provider ≈ $200–300/month for 10 recruiters
- LinkedIn connection ≈ $5 per recruiter/month
- Email sending: small, depends on your provider
Rough guide. We set Lynk up on your own server or cloud account, in a data centre you choose. For EU agencies, we recommend the EU. Setup, training and calls are scheduled in your time zone. Your IT team or IT partner runs Lynk day to day. No IT partner yet? We can recommend one.
Territory: for 5 years, no other agency in your region and niche gets Lynk from us. Is your region and niche still open? Answer within 24 hours (working days) →
Terms and limits
Your competitor in your region and niche won’t get Lynk from us.
For 5 years, we grant no other licence in your region and niche, for example IT recruitment in Bavaria or executive search in Texas. It’s written into the contract, and we agree both with you before you sign. We start at most 5 agencies per month, because we set up each one ourselves.
Honest limitThis binds us, not the market. Other agencies can still work anywhere, including with Lynk licences from other regions, and an existing licence can be transferred as a whole where the law allows. Details and exceptions: clause 4 of the sample contract.
Several branches or a franchise network?
Talk to us. You get one installation, with a separate area for each branch.
Ask about the Network licence →Your own IT team will set it up?
Software Only for $27,500: the complete software and documentation, no setup service.
Ask about Software Only →Connect to your system. Your ATS stays.
Your team keeps working in its ATS or CRM. Lynk handles sourcing, outreach and booking.
1 connection includedto your ATS or CRM, set up and tested within the 8 weeks
Each extra one: $2,500one-time, plus VAT or taxes where applicable
System not listed?If it has an API, we build the connection, also $2,500 one-time.
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For your developer or IT partner. Let them check the code before you buy.
The technical overview covers the architecture, deployment, tests and the handover package. In a 60-minute walkthrough, we show your developer the code itself.
Six services · Python/FastAPI and Node · React · MongoDB and Redis · Docker and Helm · around 10,000 automated tests
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Technical overview (PDF)
With the licence, they get the full source code with its history, the documentation, runbooks and automated tests.
Bullhorn on request only: Bullhorn requires written approval for AI vendors, and we apply for it with you. Whether Lynk only reads or also writes back depends on the system and your plan (Personio, for example, is read-only). We check this with you before you buy. You connect Lynk with your own account at the vendor.
All names and logos are trademarks of their owners. They are shown only to indicate what Lynk can connect to and do not imply a partnership, certification or endorsement.
Built by recruiters. The system we couldn't buy.
Before we offered it to anyone, Lynk was tested on more than 200 real roles.
HP Capital GmbH · Mayrwiesstraße 11, 5300 Hallwang (Salzburg), Austria · FN 631120 v · hello@lynk-recruiting.com
- 5 yrsbuilding and running 2 recruitment agencies (AT & DE)
- 4,500+placements in our own agencies
- 200+real roles tested with Lynk
- 8agencies already use Lynk
Talk to an agency that uses Lynk.
After your first call, we can put you in touch.
Questions agency owners ask us
$32,500 is a lot of money.
It is. At a 25% fee on a $70,000 salary, about two extra placements cover it. After that, you pay no fee per user, however many recruiters you add.
What does it cost to run, and what grows with the team?
You pay the providers directly, not us. As a rough guide: about $50–150 a month for the server, about $200–300 a month for the AI provider with 10 recruiters, and about $5 per recruiter a month for the LinkedIn connection. As your team grows, mainly the LinkedIn connection and AI usage grow. The server and email sending can rise a little with use. There is no licence fee per recruiter. You pay your LinkedIn accounts and your ATS as before.
We're not technical. Who runs it?
You don't have to be. We set Lynk up in your own cloud account and train your team. Your IT partner handles the day-to-day running. Don't have one? We can recommend one.
What happens to our data and our Lynk if HP Capital no longer exists?
Your Lynk keeps running. It runs in your own cloud account, you already have the full source code, and the software has no licence key or off switch. Your data stays where it is: in your account, in the region you chose. We don’t host it. Only the services you pick – your AI provider and the LinkedIn connection – receive data, and only what their task needs. Updates from us would stop, but a developer of your choice could take over.
Does it replace our ATS?
No. Lynk works next to your ATS and replaces the extra tools around it: outreach, scheduling and tests. Your existing data stays in your ATS. One connection to your ATS or CRM is included; each extra one is $2,500 one-time. Whether Lynk only reads or also writes back depends on your system and plan; we check that before you buy. Bullhorn is on request, subject to Bullhorn’s approval. See all systems.
Is it safe for our LinkedIn accounts?
LinkedIn’s User Agreement prohibits third-party software that automates activity or scrapes data, and LinkedIn can restrict or suspend accounts. Lynk connects each recruiter’s own account through Unipile, keeps sending volumes low and never sends a first message a recruiter hasn’t checked. That lowers the risk but does not remove it. You decide whether to use the LinkedIn connection. Lynk also works with CVs, email applications and ATS imports. Details: clause 13 of the sample contract. Lynk works with standard LinkedIn accounts. If you use Sales Navigator or LinkedIn Recruiter, check your LinkedIn contract first: these products have their own rules for third-party tools.
Can I talk to an agency that uses Lynk?
Yes. After your first call, we can put you in touch with an agency that uses Lynk. We don’t name customers on this page, so just ask Paul Hagler on the call.
We’re outside Europe. How does setup and support work?
Remotely. We set Lynk up in your own cloud account, in the region you choose, and train your team online. Setup, training and calls are scheduled in your time zone. Support questions come to us by email. We are based in Austria and don’t offer fixed US office hours. Your IT partner handles the day-to-day running.
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Contract and costs
Can we pay in instalments?
No. You pay once, and after that there is no licence fee. That’s the point of it.
What exactly may we do with the software?
Use it with unlimited users, change it, put your name on it and keep developing it. The licence covers your agency and its affiliated companies. You can pass it on only as a whole, under clause 3.4 of the sample contract. Renting it out, offering it as a service and passing on the source code are not allowed.
What happens after the first 12 months?
Your Lynk keeps running under your perpetual licence. If you want further updates and support, you can sign an optional maintenance contract. The price is on request. Without it, Lynk keeps running as it is.
Can Lynk go with the agency if we sell it?
Talk to us before you sell. The rules are in clause 3.4 of the sample contract, and we will go through them with you. What your agency is worth is for the buyer to decide; we don’t promise a number.
What does “1 agency per region and niche” mean?
For 5 years, we grant no other licence for your niche in your region, for example IT in Bavaria or executive search in Texas. We agree both with you before you sign. It’s written into the contract, with the details and exceptions in clause 4. Enter your region and niche in the form below, and we confirm within 24 hours (working days) whether it is still open.
Data, running and tech
Don’t we just depend on you instead of a software vendor?
Far less than on a subscription. The code, the data and the server are with you. Your IT partner runs Lynk, and a developer of your choice can keep building on it. After the first 12 months, a maintenance contract with us is optional. Without it, Lynk keeps running as it is. You still depend on your AI provider and the LinkedIn connection, as you would with any tool; their terms and prices apply.
Where is our candidate data stored?
On your own server or cloud account, in a data centre you choose. For EU agencies, we recommend the EU. We don’t host your data. Only the services you pick – your AI provider and the LinkedIn connection – receive data, and only what their task needs. We access your system only during setup and support, under the data processing agreement. You choose the AI provider yourself; Lynk works with any OpenAI-compatible one, and you sign the data processing agreement with them. What sits in your ATS today stays there.
What does our developer get, and can they check the code first?
They get the full source code with its history, the documentation, runbooks for deployment, backup and rollback, and around 10,000 automated tests. At handover, you receive all access details. Before you buy, your developer can go through the code with us in a 60-minute code walkthrough. If they change the code later, they can still merge our updates like any upstream branch.
We were going to have our own system built.
Then you know the quotes: $40–50k and 6–12 months. With Lynk, your developer doesn’t start from zero. They build on a finished base with the full source code and around 10,000 automated tests, and your team works with it 8 weeks after kickoff*.
Day to day
Can we tune the scoring to our niche?
Yes. Lynk scores on five factors: skills and keywords, experience, job title, location and education. We weight them for your niche and set up your process steps and your brand, using your 5 developer days; we estimate the effort before we start. A developer sets the weights, ours or yours. It is not a settings screen. Location and education weights move only within documented, bias-tested ranges. Your 5 developer days typically cover your niche weighting, your process steps, templates and your brand. Bigger changes to scoring or candidate messages can make your agency the legally responsible “provider” under the EU AI Act. We tell you before you make one.
Won’t many agencies use the same system?
The base is the same. The difference is your scoring and your process. Lynk gives you room for both, and the source code.
Are there US rules on AI in hiring?
Rules on AI in hiring differ by country and, in the US, by state. Ask your own counsel. We show them how Lynk scores candidates, so they can check it.
Who is Lynk for?
Recruitment agencies that source candidates on LinkedIn and earn $10k or more per placement: IT, executive search, finance, engineering, sales and similar. It is not built for high-volume hourly staffing, healthcare, trades or hospitality staff.
See Lynk live. 30 minutes, your questions.
- Pick a time30 minutes, online, in your time zone
- Live demo with Paul Haglerthe real software, your niche, your ATS
- Afterwards, if you likea code walkthrough for your developer and an introduction to an agency that uses Lynk
Paul Hagler
Co-founder. Ran two recruitment agencies for 5 years.
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