Penroll
The AI recruiter for founders who do not have one
About Penroll
Penroll exists because hiring is the one founder task that cannot be half-automated. Every other operational job can be picked up and put down, but a hire moves through a fixed sequence, and each step stalls until someone does it. Write the post, publish it somewhere candidates will look, read the CVs, schedule the calls, then produce an offer letter that is legally correct in the country the person actually lives in. Most small teams do this badly, not because they lack judgement, but because the sequence is long and nobody owns it.
The product covers the whole loop rather than one step of it. What makes it usable for a founder rather than a recruiter is the country handling: job descriptions are generated country-compliant, and the offer letter arrives with the right notice period and salary clause for that jurisdiction, across a stated 100+ countries and 30+ languages. That is the part small teams get wrong most often and notice last. Billing is in credits rather than seats, with a complete hire averaging around 25 credits, which suits the actual shape of the work: hiring is bursty, and paying a monthly seat fee through the months you are not hiring is the reason most tools in this space do not fit a five-person company.
Start by describing the role: title, company, country and responsibilities. Penroll generates a polished country-compliant job description along with five screening questions. From there it creates a hosted application page at a penroll.app address and publishes the role to Google Jobs automatically through JSON-LD schema, so the listing is indexable without you touching a job board. As applications arrive, each CV is scored against the requirements and returned with green flags, red flags and suggested interview questions, then ranked by match strength, so the reading order is decided for you. Scheduling connects to Google Calendar or Outlook and lets candidates pick from your real availability in one click, with the invite synced automatically. When you choose someone, the offer letter is drafted for the correct jurisdiction and sent for e-signature, which the candidate completes without leaving their email. Credits are consumed per action rather than per month.
- •Country-Compliant Job Posts - Generates the description and five screening questions for the jurisdiction you are hiring in, across 100+ countries and 30+ languages
- •Hosted Application Page - A shareable page per role rather than an inbox full of attachments
- •Automatic Google Jobs Indexing - Publishes via JSON-LD schema so the role is discoverable without a job board subscription
- •AI CV Ranking - Scores each application against the requirements with green flags, red flags and suggested interview questions
- •One-Click Scheduling - Google Calendar and Outlook integration, candidates book from real availability
- •Compliant Offer Letters - Drafted with the correct notice period and salary clause for the country, then sent for e-signature
- •Credit-Based Billing - Charged per action rather than per seat, so idle months cost nothing beyond the plan
- •Refund Guarantee - Full refund within 30 days if you do not hire someone
Founders and small teams doing one to five hires a month with no HR function, which is the group every applicant tracking system prices out. The credit model is the reason it fits: hiring comes in bursts, and a seat-based tool bills you through the quiet months as well. The country compliance is the second reason, and the more valuable one if you hire remotely, because a job description and an offer letter that are wrong for the candidate jurisdiction are a real liability that founders usually discover after signing. It is not built for a recruiting team running dozens of roles at once, where a full applicant tracking system with pipeline reporting will serve better. The free tier gives 10 one-time credits, enough to post a role and rank five applicants, which is a fair way to judge whether the CV scoring is worth trusting before paying.
Pricing
One time purchase, not a subscription
Free plan at $0/month with 10 one-time trial credits and no card required - Starter $19/month for 30 credits - Growth $49/month for 100 credits with rollover - Scale $99/month for 300 credits with rollover - 50 credits can also be bought outright for $25 and do not expire - a complete hire averages about 25 credits - founding offer of 50% off the first 3 months, and a full refund within 30 days if you do not hire
From the vendor pricing page, 2026-09-16
