Everything Your RPO Delivers. Without the Retainer.
Visage delivers qualified, interested, pre-screened candidates directly into your ATS — with no monthly fees, no black-box process, and no IT project to get started. Pay per outcome. Scale with demand.
A Fortune 100 company saved $3.4M annually by switching from RPO to Visage
Why Enterprise TA Teams Are Moving Away from RPO
RPOs made sense when sourcing required large teams and long timelines. The model hasn't kept up with how enterprise hiring actually works today.
Retainers that run regardless of results
RPOs charge monthly fees whether they deliver candidates or not. You're paying for capacity, not outcomes.
Zero visibility into what's happening
Candidates appear (or don't) with no transparency into sourcing strategy, outreach volume, or rejection reasons.
Months to onboard, months to exit
RPO contracts take 2–3 months to activate and are notoriously difficult to wind down when your needs change.
Misaligned incentives
RPOs optimize for volume and contract renewal, not for the quality of candidates your hiring managers actually want.
Autonomous Pipeline Building. Zero Lift for Your Team.
Visage builds your candidate pipeline autonomously. Human-led sourcers, assisted by AI, identify and engage qualified candidates across 35+ global databases. You define the criteria. We deliver the pipeline. Your recruiters and hiring managers only see candidates who are already qualified and already interested.
No sourcing work. No outreach management. No screening calls to schedule. Just shortlists — ready to move forward.
RPO vs. Visage: Side by Side
The same sourcing and screening outcomes — at a fraction of the cost and complexity.
RPO | Visage | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Monthly retainer (regardless of output) | Flat fee per search or per shortlist |
| Time to start | 2–3 months to onboard | Days (agency portal) or weeks (integration) |
| Procurement path | Complex vendor onboarding | Register as agency — standard process |
| IT lift | Often requires integration project | Zero — works through your existing ATS |
| Visibility | Black box — limited reporting | Full — every profile in your ATS |
| Screening | Varies by contract | Optional — human or AI-powered |
| Shortlist recipient | Typically recruiter only | Recruiter or hiring manager directly |
| When demand drops | Retainer continues | Scale to zero — pay nothing |
| Candidate quality | Volume-driven | Qualified, interested, and screened |
Two Ways to Replace Your RPO
Start lightweight and embed deeper only when you choose.
Agency Portal
Register Visage as a recruiting agency in your ATS. We operate through the same agency portal your other vendors use — no new logins, no IT project, no procurement complexity beyond standard vendor onboarding.
ATS Integration
For teams that want deeper workflow automation, Visage integrates directly with your ATS via API. Candidates flow in automatically, pipeline data syncs in real time, and your team gets full analytics inside the tools they already use.
$3.4M saved annually
A Fortune 100 company replaced their RPO sourcing model with Visage — sourcing and screening thousands of roles per year with zero additional headcount.
The savings came from eliminating RPO retainers, reducing internal sourcing headcount, and cutting time-to-fill by removing sourcing bottlenecks.
Who Visage Is For
Visage is built for enterprise TA teams that need sourcing and screening capacity without the overhead.
Teams without a sourcing function
Recruiters handling full-cycle hiring who need sourcing capacity without adding headcount. Visage acts as your sourcing team.
Teams replacing or reducing RPO
TA leaders looking to cut RPO retainers and move to an outcome-based model with full visibility and control.
Teams scaling for peak hiring
Organizations with seasonal or project-based hiring spikes who need elastic capacity without long-term commitments.
Frequently Asked Questions
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