Brokers Recruiter is recruiting software: agent search, calling, texting and email for $199 a month, and someone on your team does the outreach. BrokerStaffer is a done-for-you service: we email the agents you choose, follow up until they’re ready, and you pay $150 per interested agent, with no monthly fee.
Choose Brokers Recruiter if you have a recruiter with time to prospect every day and want the lowest monthly cost. Choose BrokerStaffer if nobody on your team has time to prospect and you only want to pay when an agent is ready to talk about joining you.
BrokerStaffer vs Brokers Recruiter at a glance
What is Brokers Recruiter?
Brokers Recruiter is a recruiting platform for real estate brokers. Its site describes a real-time agent search engine that finds active agents by state, city and zip code, with production statistics, and sends those agents into your account. From there, your team reaches out with the tools the platform includes: unlimited calls, unlimited text messages, unlimited email marketing, pre-written emails, automated relationship nurturing and a dedicated recruiting website.
The published price is $199 a month. Their site also lists $79 per user per month for multi-office managers. Contract terms and trials aren’t described on the homepage, so ask them before you sign.
The key point: Brokers Recruiter gives you the tools. Someone at your brokerage still has to search, call, text, email and follow up.
What is BrokerStaffer?
BrokerStaffer is agent recruiting you only pay for when it works. We build a list of the agents you want in your market from your MLS data vendor (Courted, Relitix, MarketView or BrokerMetrics) or our own agent database. We take out your current agents and anyone on your Do-Not-Contact list. Then our team emails each agent at their personal inbox and follows up and nurtures them until they’re ready.
When an agent says they’re open to a conversation about joining you, they go to your team right away with their MLS production and the full conversation, in a recruiting CRM that syncs with Follow Up Boss. Across our campaigns, 5 to 10% of the agents we email reply.
The details, side by side
Who does the work, what you pay, what you get and how fast, line by line. Where Brokers Recruiter doesn’t publish something, we say so.
Brokers Recruiter pricing vs pay per result
Brokers Recruiter charges for access to the software every month, whether or not anyone joins the conversation. BrokerStaffer charges only for results: $150 per interested agent, $250 per interested agent who matches your production filters, $500 per call that shows up, or $5,000 per salaried hire. There’s a one-time $500 infrastructure fee and a deposit that’s refunded after your first bill.
Here’s a year side by side. The Brokers Recruiter line uses their published $199 a month. The BrokerStaffer line assumes 20 interested agents over the year, as an example.
On software cost alone, Brokers Recruiter is cheaper. The real question is what your recruiter’s time costs. Prospecting well means building lists, sending personal messages and following up for weeks. If that time already exists on your team, the software is a good deal. If it doesn’t, the $199 a month buys tools nobody uses.
Who does the prospecting?
This is the biggest difference. With Brokers Recruiter, your team runs the campaigns. With BrokerStaffer, our team does.
- We build the target list with you, from MLS production data
- We write and send personal emails to each agent’s own inbox
- We follow up and keep nurturing the agents who say “not now”
- We hand you only the agents who are open to a conversation about joining you
Your recruiter’s day changes from prospecting to having conversations with agents who already said yes to one.
Calls and texts vs personal email
Brokers Recruiter includes unlimited calls and texts, which is useful if your recruiter likes the phone. The challenge is that productive agents screen calls from numbers they don’t know, and recruiting texts often go unanswered.
BrokerStaffer uses email only. A short, personal email to the inbox an agent actually checks lets them reply when they have a minute. We don’t call or text agents. If you want agents on your calendar, our pay per call plan charges $500 per call the agent shows up to.
Do you still need recruiting software?
Not necessarily. Every BrokerStaffer client gets our recruiting CRM, which shows each interested agent with their production and the full conversation, and syncs with Follow Up Boss. Some teams keep a recruiting tool they already like and use BrokerStaffer to fill the pipeline. Others drop the extra subscription.
How fast each one gets you results
With software, results depend on how much time your team puts in. A recruiter who prospects every day will see conversations sooner than one who fits it in between closings.
With BrokerStaffer, you’ll see your first interested agents within 48 hours of launch, and each one is handed to your team the moment they reply.
Proof: what each one can show you
Brokers Recruiter’s homepage shows a testimonial from a real estate business coach and says it’s trusted by top broker firms, without naming them.
BrokerStaffer publishes case studies with named clients and real numbers:
Clients close 5 to 15% of the opportunities we generate. We don’t guarantee interviews or hires on our lead and call plans.
Is Brokers Recruiter worth it, or is BrokerStaffer the better alternative?
- You have a recruiter with hours every week to prospect
- You want calls and texts, not just email
- You want the lowest fixed monthly cost
- Nobody on your team has time to prospect
- You only want to pay when an agent is ready to talk about joining you
- You want MLS production on every interested agent
- You want a CRM that syncs with Follow Up Boss included
BrokerStaffer bills every two weeks for what we delivered, with no monthly fee, and you can pause or cancel anytime.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Brokers Recruiter cost?
Their site lists $199 a month, plus $79 per user per month for multi-office managers. Contract terms aren’t described on their homepage.
Does Brokers Recruiter do the outreach for me?
It gives you the tools: agent search, calls, texts, email and automated nurturing. Your team runs the outreach.
What does BrokerStaffer cost?
No monthly fee. $150 per interested agent, $250 per interested agent who matches your production filters, $500 per call that shows up, or $5,000 per salaried hire, plus a one-time $500 infrastructure fee.
Does BrokerStaffer call or text agents?
No. We reach agents by personal email and follow up until they’re ready. Interested agents go straight to your team.
Can I keep my recruiting software and use BrokerStaffer?
Yes. Many teams keep their tools and use BrokerStaffer to fill the pipeline. Every client also gets our CRM, which syncs with Follow Up Boss.
Does BrokerStaffer guarantee hires?
Not on the lead and call plans. Clients close 5 to 15% of the opportunities we generate. Pay per hire comes with a one-year money-back guarantee.
