Redsun vs RecruiterWEB for recruitment agencies
RecruiterWEB has built recruitment websites since 2004 and publishes its prices. Redsun charges the same two monthly prices, so the differences are in how the site gets built and where the work after launch sits.
RecruiterWEB is a UK recruitment website platform that has built sites since 2004. It offers four plans from £149 to £599 plus VAT a month with no build fee and a 12-month minimum contract in the first year. Its designers build each site over three to ten weeks, and it sells SEO and AI Surfacing as a service from £299 a month. Redsun costs £299 or £599 a month with no build fee and can be cancelled at any time. It writes the first draft of the site from your sectors and CRM data in about ten minutes, and builds Answer Engine Optimisation into every page, with a page-level scorecard on Grow.
The short answer
RecruiterWEB is a long-running specialist. It has made recruitment websites since 2004, took on the Recruitwise platform and its customers in 2016, and names Pentasia, LA International and Cobalt Recruitment among its clients. Its own designers build every site, from a template plan at £199 a month to a fully bespoke plan at £599, and it lists integrations with 21 ATS and CRM vendors.
On price the two are close. RecruiterWEB's semi-bespoke plan and Redsun's Build plan are both £299 a month, its fully bespoke plan and Redsun's Grow plan are both £599, and neither charges a build fee. The terms differ: RecruiterWEB asks for a 12-month minimum in year one and a 90-day rolling contract after that, while Redsun bills monthly or annually and can be cancelled at any time.
The bigger split is where the work after launch sits. RecruiterWEB sells SEO and AI Surfacing as a managed service from £299 a month on top of the website plan. Redsun puts that work in the platform, with question-led headings, FAQ and Article schema and an /llms.txt file on every page, Conversion Wells for candidates and employers, and pages that update from your Atlas, Crelate, Ezekia, Firefish, Invenias, itris, JobAdder, JobDiva, Loxo, Manatal, Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow, SourceWhale, Spott and Top Echelon records.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Redsun | RecruiterWEB |
|---|---|---|
| Platform focus | Recruitment marketing platform | Recruitment website platform with its own CMS |
| Design | Curated recruitment themes | 40 templates, semi-bespoke or fully bespoke designs |
| Time to a first site | A first draft in about ten minutes | 3–4 weeks (template) to 8–10 weeks (fully bespoke) |
| Site copy | Written from your sectors and CRM data | Your own, or RecruiterWEB's copywriting service |
| Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) | Built into every page on both plans | Pages structured for AI search; AI Surfacing service from £299/mo |
| Page-level AEO scorecard | On Grow: grades each page and lists the fixes | AI citation tracking within the AI Surfacing service |
| CRM integrations (breadth) | Atlas, Crelate, Ezekia, Firefish, Invenias, itris, JobAdder, JobDiva, Loxo, Manatal, Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow, SourceWhale, Spott and Top Echelon (more coming) | 21 ATS and CRM vendors |
| What the CRM data does | Live site content, refreshed as often as your CRM | Jobs sync to the site; applications go back to the ATS |
| Two-sided conversion funnels | Conversion Wells (candidate + employer) | Job alerts, CV upload, vacancy submission, salary survey |
| Visitor intelligence | Intent scoring, known-visitor ID, CRM writeback | Visitor counts by date range, plus Google Analytics |
| Pricing model | £299–£599/mo, no build fee, cancel any time | £149–£599 + VAT/mo, no build fee, 12-month minimum in year one |
The same price, two ways to build
RecruiterWEB's designers draw the site. Its own pages put a template build at three to four weeks, semi-bespoke at about six and fully bespoke at eight to ten, starting with a design discovery meeting. That suits an agency that wants a designer's hand on every layout and can wait for it. Redsun writes the first draft from your sectors, locations and CRM records in about ten minutes, on a curated recruitment theme, and you edit it in the builder before paying anything. With the monthly price the same on both sides, the choice comes down to which of those processes fits your agency.
Where the AI-search work sits
RecruiterWEB describes its sites as SEO, AEO and GEO ready, and sells AI Surfacing, built on the KaizenIQ Content Protocol, as a managed service from £299 a month that includes tracking which AI engines cite your content. Redsun builds the structure into the product on both plans: question-led headings, FAQ and Article schema and an /llms.txt file on every page. On Grow a scorecard grades each published page for its odds of being cited and lists the specific fixes. If you want a team doing the AI-search work for you, RecruiterWEB offers that. If you want it in the platform and inside the plan price, that is Redsun.
How many CRMs, and what each one does
RecruiterWEB lists 21 ATS and CRM vendors, a longer list than Redsun's, and if your CRM is on theirs and not ours that settles the question. Redsun connects to Atlas, Crelate, Ezekia, Firefish, Invenias, itris, JobAdder, JobDiva, Loxo, Manatal, Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow, SourceWhale, Spott and Top Echelon, and uses each connection for more than a job feed. Consultant profiles, live roles and sector pages update from the CRM records your team already keeps, and enquiries, well submissions and intent scores are written back into those records.
Contract terms
RecruiterWEB's plan pages set a 12-month minimum contract for the first year, then a 90-day rolling contract. Its FAQ also says it offers flexible terms, so ask which applies to you. Redsun bills monthly or annually, with annual billing saving 20%, and you can cancel at any time. You build the whole site before you pay, so you see what you are buying first.
The verdict
Choose RecruiterWEB if you want a designer to draw your site, a UK team running SEO and AI Surfacing for you, or a CRM that only RecruiterWEB's list covers.
Choose Redsun if you want a site written from your own CRM data on the first day, AEO inside the plan price, and no minimum term.
Frequently asked questions
Is Redsun an alternative to RecruiterWEB?
Yes. RecruiterWEB is a UK recruitment website platform whose designers build each site over three to ten weeks. Redsun is a recruitment marketing platform that writes the first draft from your sectors and CRM data in about ten minutes and builds Answer Engine Optimisation into every page.
How much does RecruiterWEB cost compared to Redsun?
RecruiterWEB publishes four plans at £149, £199, £299 and £599 plus VAT a month, with no build fee and a 12-month minimum contract in the first year. Its SEO and AI Surfacing service starts at £299 a month on top. Redsun is £299 a month on Build or £599 on Grow, with no build fee, AEO included, and you can cancel at any time.
How long does a RecruiterWEB site take to build compared to Redsun?
RecruiterWEB's pages put a template site at three to four weeks, semi-bespoke at about six and fully bespoke at eight to ten. Redsun writes a first draft of the whole site in about ten minutes, which you edit and publish when you are ready.
Does RecruiterWEB integrate with more CRMs than Redsun?
Yes. RecruiterWEB lists 21 ATS and CRM vendors. Redsun integrates with Atlas, Crelate, Ezekia, Firefish, Invenias, itris, JobAdder, JobDiva, Loxo, Manatal, Recruit CRM, Recruiterflow, SourceWhale, Spott and Top Echelon, and uses each connection to keep consultant profiles, roles and sector pages current and to write enquiries and intent scores back into the CRM.
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