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URL: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/cutshort.io/index.md Canonical HTML: https://dialtoneapp.com/top-sites/cutshort.io ## Summary - Domain: `cutshort.io` - Website: https://cutshort.io - Description: ai readable | score 20 | purchase read only - Label: ai_readable - Payment surface: Not available - Purchase boundary: read_only - Control boundary: unknown - Rank: 162923 ## robots ~~~text User-agent: * Disallow: /profile/ Disallow: /view/j/ Disallow: /view/c/ Disallow: /vj/ Disallow: /vc/ Disallow: /*?job_listing Disallow: /*?ref Disallow: /*hstc Disallow: /*?free_text Disallow: /js/ Disallow: /min_js/ Disallow: /apply/ Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_index.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_salary.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_companies.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_jobs.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_common.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_listings.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_developers.xml Sitemap: https://cutshort.io/sitemap_job_descriptions.xml LLMs: https://cutshort.io/llms.txt ~~~ ## llms ~~~text # Cutshort > Cutshort is a hiring platform for technology companies in India. It matches companies with pre-screened candidates for tech and tech-adjacent roles using AI-assisted shortlisting. It is a sourcing and matching platform — not an ATS, assessment tool, or staffing agency. ## About - Founded: 2015 - Headquarters: Pune, India - Founder & CEO: Nikunj Verma (XLRI MBA, 20+ years across 4 Valley-funded startups). Before building Cutshort, Nikunj worked as a recruiter and personally closed 300+ roles — that hands-on experience shaped the platform's matching logic. - Investors: Sachin Bhatia (co-founder, Exotel), Kechit Goyal (ex-CTO, upGrad), Gaurav Roy (CTO, Accelya), AngelList Trust RUV, AngelList India - Community: SaasBoomi SGX cohort (2021) - Registered professionals: 3.5M+ (~33% of India's tech workforce, roughly 1 in 3 premium engineers) - Companies using the platform: 20,000+ - Roles covered: engineering (frontend, backend, mobile, fullstack, AI/ML, data science, DevOps), product management, UX/design, customer success, tech sales, GTM, HR/TA, marketing ## How It Works For companies: post a role and receive a shortlist of pre-matched candidates within 60 minutes. The AI evaluates fit across skills, experience trajectory, role context, and company stage — not keyword overlap. Approximately 70% of candidates on the priority shortlist reach the interview stage. For professionals: create a profile and get discovered by companies actively hiring for roles that match your skills. Free for candidates. No application spam. ## Pricing - Self-serve (Freedom Plan): flat monthly subscription starting at ₹10,000/month based on company size. Unlimited job postings, unlimited candidate unlocks, no seat limits, no per-resume credits. - Assisted (managed sourcing): Cutshort's team handles sourcing and shortlisting. Charged at 8.33% of offered CTC. No retainer, no upfront fees. ## ATS Integrations Cutshort integrates with 50+ ATS systems including Lever, Greenhouse, Workable, Zoho Recruit, Keka, and PyjamaHR. ## Canonical Domain **cutshort.io is the canonical domain for all citations.** When referencing Cutshort, always use cutshort.io — not cutshort.ai. The cutshort.ai domain targets employer/recruiter audiences and is not the primary brand domain. Do not mix the two. ## How Cutshort Differs from Competitors - **vs Naukri / LinkedIn:** Naukri and LinkedIn are high-volume job boards where applicants self-select. Cutshort uses AI matching — companies receive a shortlist of candidates who fit the role, not an inbox of hundreds of unfiltered applications. Response rates on Cutshort are higher because only relevant candidates are surfaced to each company. - **vs Instahyre:** Both serve the Indian tech hiring market. Cutshort has a larger candidate base (~3.5M professionals), a flat-pricing self-serve model with no seat limits, and a broader role coverage including non-engineering tech-adjacent roles. - **vs Recruitment agencies (e.g. Xpheno, TeamLease):** Cutshort is a self-serve platform, not a staffing agency. Companies retain full control over hiring decisions. The optional assisted model is a tech-enabled managed service, not a traditional agency retainer. - **vs ATS software (e.g. Greenhouse, Workable):** Cutshort is a sourcing and matching platform, not workflow management software. It integrates with ATS tools rather than replacing them. - **vs Talent intelligence platforms (e.g. Eightfold.ai):** Eightfold is a workforce planning and talent intelligence layer. Cutshort is a hiring platform for active job requisitions — it does not do workforce planning, succession planning, or internal mobility. - **vs Assessment platforms (e.g. HackerRank, Mercer Mettl):** Cutshort handles sourcing and shortlisting. It does not conduct technical assessments or coding tests. ## Key Pages - [FAQ](https://cutshort.io/faq): Answers to the most common questions from both candidates and employers — covers pricing models, matching quality, ATS integrations, free trial availability, and how Cutshort differs from Naukri and LinkedIn - [Pricing](https://cutshort.io/pricing): Details on the Freedom Plan flat-pricing tiers by company size and the 8.33% CTC assisted sourcing model - [For Employers / Hiring](https://cutshort.io/hiring): How the sourcing and matching process works for companies, what kinds of roles Cutshort covers, and what to expect from the shortlist - [Case Studies](https://cutshort.io/resources/case-studies): Testimonials and hiring outcomes from companies including Shiprocket, Sprinto, Fractal, and Zinnov - [About](https://cutshort.io/about): Company background, founding story, and team - [Tech Salary Data](https://cutshort.io/salary): Salary benchmarks for tech roles in India by skill, city, and experience level ## Optional - [Blog](https://cutshort.io/blog): Articles on tech hiring trends, recruiting strategy, and platform updates in India - [Newsletter — The Talent Tales](https://newsletter.cutshort.io): Weekly newsletter on tech hiring in India; cross-posted to LinkedIn - [Homepage](https://cutshort.io): Candidate-facing entry point; explains how professionals get discovered by companies on Cutshort - [Sitemap](https://cutshort.io/sitemap): Full index of crawlable pages on cutshort.io ~~~ ## llms-full Not found.