Atlas 🌍 vs Mercury
Executive search recruitment is fast paced. Speed and efficiency are non-negotiable!
Many staffing agency CRMs say they’re innovative.
But if but if you want that unfair advantage using an AI-powered platform, your search ends here.
Before we get started, let’s explore what Atlas can do for you
Executive search AI
AI-powered ATS
AI note taker
AI-powered CRM
Business development
Candidate report AI
Executive search AI
Want to deliver tailored client experiences using your company’s collective memory?
With Atlas, you gain perfect recall of all client and candidate interactions—imagine impressing your clients with that level of memory!
- No more searching for notes, comments, or emails—simply ask Atlas
- Instantly uncover facts and team insights with our AI-powered search
- Easily format CVs instantly
- Write reports effortlessly with Copilot
Mercury integrates well with Copilot but its integration with Microsoft Dynamics is lacking, potentially impacting recruitment efficiency. Consider Atlas for greater flexibility in executive search.
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AI-powered ATS
When your service is high-quality and personalised, your software should match those standards as well.
- Atlas excels with lightning fast speeds, running 20 times faster than Mercury
- Unlike Mercury, which may have varying approaches to innovation, Atlas pioneers UX-driven innovation – integrating advanced AI features, seamless automation, and robust analytics.
- You can customise search pipelines for each role without disrupting analytics.
- Customise your search pipelines for each role without messing up analytics!
- Easily locate candidates based on all company interactions using Atlas’s advanced capabilities
- Tap into your company’s collective brainpower with just a question – no crystal ball needed!
- Harness collective insights with intuitive querying, tapping into your company’s collective brainpower.
Transform your executive search with Atlas’s innovative features
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AI note taker
Tired of juggling between interviews and notes, and losing track of half the conversation? There’s a better way forward.
With Atlas, it’s like having a personal assistant in your meetings – it transcribes everything for you with AI-generated notes.
- Get detailed notes in any format you prefer
- Customise templates for job descriptions or planning sessions
- Easily search through conversations using AI Copilot
- Double the speed of report creation
- Impress clients with flawless recall of every detail
Unlike Mercury, where you have to manually search through applicant notes in a database, Atlas lets you instantly recall interview details and get specific insights through easily searchable interviews.
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AI-powered CRM
Struggling with data management? Simplify it with our executive search software that automates your tagging process.
- Automatically sync your inbox and candidate database in real-time – reduce your manual effort
- Ensure resumes are consistently synced and parsed with nearly perfect accuracy
- Enhance database searchability with AI enrichment for seniority, industry, and function tags.
While Mercury’s free text searching and tagging system require manual effort, Atlas’s auto-tagging feature enables effortless management and retrieval of candidate and client data in seconds.
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Business development
Are you prioritising business development? It’s a top priority in our software too.
- Obtain phone numbers and emails from prospective clients instantly.
- Customise multi-step, multi-touch campaigns for each person.
- Implement a business development workflow that mirrors your search process.
Mercury has CRM functions, but its business development features can vary depending on the software version or customization. In contrast, Atlas enhances your business development efforts significantly with integrated AI-powered features.
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Candidate report AI
Are you spending a lot of time on candidate reports in executive search?
Prepare for a major upgrade that not only saves time but also enhances the quality of your reports.
- Quickly convert candidate CVs into standardised formats with our perfect CV parser.
- Enjoy a Notion-style text editor for a delightful writing experience and high-value reports.
- Utilise AI Copilot, equipped with comprehensive candidate insights—from emails to interviews—enhancing report accuracy.
- Impress clients with reports built from flawless memory.
- With Atlas, all your reports become AI searchable. You can ask questions such as ‘who shows strong leadership abilities?’ and pinpoint candidates using your team’s feedback, beyond CV statements.
Upgrade your executive search software to align with your superior service quality.
Learn moreFeatures
ATLAS
Mercury
Speed
How fast does it take to load a page
0.1 seconds
+1 second
Chrome Extension
Sync candidate data directly from the platform and launch multi-touch, multi-step campaigns
Does not have a dedicated Chrome extension
Email and phone data
Get email and phone data natively inside the platform
Has AI-powered features to enable deeper insights and faster retrieval of information
Has basic functionality for capturing email and phone data natively
Interview AI
AI generated notes for all your calls
Automatically transcribe and generate notes from calls in real-time
Search everywhere
Search everything your company has ever said, heard, read or wrote for that perfect candidate
Has AI-driven features that enhance search accuracy and efficiency
Basic and search functionalities - limited in scope
Ask AI
Query your companies entire knowledge in real time for anything
Performs AI queries in real time
Basic search functionalities that lack AI-driven query capabilities
Report AI
AI powered report writing
Pipeline customisation
Customisable workflows tailored for executive search professionals
Offers predefined vertical workflows but lacks basic GPT functionality
Client login page
Access specific information, updates, or collaborate directly in the platform
Unique features
The best Chrome extension on planet earth
Our ultimate Chrome extension is fast, flexible, and loaded with features that let you manage campaigns, schedule meetings, and get contact info, all in one powerful tool.
Never tag anything ever again
Forget manual tagging—AI does it all! Enrich your database with industry insights, roles, functions, skills, and more, all automated, bringing it up to speed.
You’ve scribbled your last set of candidate and client notes
Your meetings just got easier! Invite Atlas to your calls and don’t worry about missing details—just relax, chat freely, and let Atlas handle the note-taking.
The combined knowledge of your entire company
Atlas hears every word spoken or written, so you can tap into your company’s collective knowledge, instantly. It’s like unlocking your company’s hive mind in seconds.
The common objections
I've heard that moving platforms is a nightmare.
The entire process can be completed in a few weeks. The Onboarding team manage the migration project from end-to-end including, getting your data from Mercury, mapping the data ahead of migration, migrating the data, clearing up the mess and onboarding your team.
I'm concerned about the privacy and security of our candidate data if we start using AI
Your candidate data is in good hands. Our AI platform is fully GDPR compliant, and we use OpenAI’s API-based models, which are also GDPR compliant, to ensure your data stays private. You can learn more about our security measures at https://openai.com/security.
Customer testimonials
Atlas has been a gamechanger - Combining data collection, outreach and workflow has made my life considerably easier!
Loving the speed of Atlas and the support of the AI throughout the system. Asking a question and getting an answer is great; but it’s even better when you can quickly move/update/change the data on your candidates immediately and move onto the next task of placing great talent.
Atlas has completely transformed how we manage recruitment at Food Recruit. Its intuitive interface, powerful tools, and seamless automation save us hours on every search, allowing us to focus on what really matters connecting with top-tier talent.
Atlas is the next generation of recruitment software the industry has been waiting for. It removes the admin drain from recruiters, to allow them to focus on the human relationships and personal interactions that make all the difference.
With Atlas, tasks like importing candidates and navigating dashboards are effortless. Its AI and call transcription are game-changers, and the team's dedication to updates ensures it only gets better.
Atlas is infinitely better than anything else on the market and if you aren't using it, you are at an incredible disadvantage!
Atlas focus on building the software to automate and blend in human support, they have got the perfect balance.
Atlas is like a breath of fresh air after enduring many years of adapt. It's agile and intuitive and the support function gets me answers to most of my user queries instantly.
Until this year, I’d never used a CRM. Choosing one felt overwhelming—until we found Atlas AI. Built on AI and designed with customer feedback, it’s smart, intuitive, and always improving. The real-time chat, training videos, and hands-on support are game-changing. This isn’t just a CRM; it’s the future of recruitment tech.
Having used other 'market leading' CRMs Atlas feels a class above. It is simply, flexible and intiutive. The rate at which new features are being launched and upgraded is unparalleled to what I have seen in the market.
The Atlas team are an absolute pleasure to work with! Incredibly helpful, very responsive, and clearly geniuses! Their product will change the industry, freeing up hours each DAY to focus on more on sales and relationship building. Very exciting!
Atlas is a game-changer! Unlike clunky ATS platforms I’ve used before, it’s intuitive, efficient, and takes the hassle out of admin tasks. Huge thanks to the team for leveraging AI the right way—what it does is epic!
Having Atlas is worth two VAs - the amount of time I save by not having to fill in data fields, parse CVs manually, retrofit processes to archaic systems, take notes & actually do something with those notes - like, the whole thing's done for me!
Atlas has been a game changer in terms of our ability to deliver in a faster and more effective manner. By removing the time consuming admin, we are able to focus on delivering for our clients and candidates.
Atlas is truly remarkable and it is great to be an early adopter into what I believe is a game changer for the recruitment industry!
Atlas lets me stay focused on the interview by taking notes for me. It also analyzes candidates against the job description, providing valuable insights to help identify the best fit for the role.
I've tried a lot of recruitment tech, but Atlas is next-level. Less admin, more time, and features that actually work! Recruitment agencies, this is the platform you need!
