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SquarePeg vs Dover: per-criterion scores and fraud checks, without switching ATS

Dover is a free ATS for startups with a marketplace of fractional recruiters. Its AI scoring is a Premium feature that gives one 0–100 score in three bands and needs your own AI API key. SquarePeg works inside the ATS you already use, gives every candidate a subscore and resume evidence for each criterion, adds company data the resume leaves out, and checks every candidate for authenticity.

SquarePeg vs Dover at a glance

Dover is a free applicant tracking system for startups plus a marketplace of fractional recruiters; it says 600+ companies hire with Dover. Its $199-a-month Premium tier adds AI resume review, knockout questions, an AI notetaker and an interview scheduling tool. Dover's AI gives each applicant one 0–100 score, and you hover over it to see why.

SquarePeg
Dover
Screening
Scores every applicant against your criteria
✓
✓
A 0–100 score with a subscore for each criterion
✓
–
Shows the resume evidence behind each score
✓
–
Scores on company data the resume leaves out (headcount, funding, public or private)
✓
Unknown
Authenticity
Flags fake or misrepresented candidates
✓
Unknown
Beyond inbound
Rediscovers past applicants
✓
–
Outbound sourcing
✓
Unknown
Plain-language agent or assistant
✓
–
Outreach email sequences
✕
✓
Candidate CRM
✕
✓
Interview scheduling
✕
✓
Pricing
AI screening included, no add-on to buy
✓
✕

Based on each company's public website and announcements, checked October 2026. Unknown means we couldn't find it described there.

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As an AI company, SquarePeg gives us a lot of credibility. It has saved us so much time on screening and improved quality of hire.

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Head of People @ Laurel

How SquarePeg and Dover compare in detail

Dover is an ATS with AI scoring added on. SquarePeg is a screening layer for the ATS you already have.

Screening

SquarePeg

Every score shows its evidence. SquarePeg scores applicants as they apply, plus past candidates and sourced profiles, against criteria you write in plain language or generate from the job description, each marked Required, Preferred or Bonus. Every criterion gets a 0–100 subscore with a written explanation and the resume lines it's based on, so you review the best people first and can explain every ranking. Eligibility rules (location or radius, time zone, screening answers, a previous rejection reason or the application source) run first, so ineligible applicants are never scored or charged.

Dover

Dover's AI resume review scores applicants "against your custom prompt" and gives each one a score from 0 to 100 in three bands; hover over the score to see why. There's no subscore for each criterion, and it uses resumes and application answers only, with no company data. Knockout questions on Premium reject applicants who give disqualifying answers.

Fits your stack

SquarePeg

SquarePeg connects to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, iCIMS, Recruitee and other ATSs and syncs your jobs and applicants. SquarePeg makes rejections and stage changes in your ATS just as if you had made them there, so your ATS emails and automations still run, and the Chrome extension opens it right next to the job or candidate you're viewing. No migration and no new system for your team to learn.

Dover

Dover is its own ATS, so to use its AI you move your hiring into Dover. It connects to Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Zoom, Calendly and Slack, posts to 50+ job boards and offers an API on Premium. It doesn't run inside Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or another ATS.

Authenticity

SquarePeg

Every candidate gets an authenticity confidence rating (High, Mixed, Limited, Low or Unknown), kept separate from their score. It's built from LinkedIn, phone, email and resume signals, and it also flags a phone, email or resume shared with a differently named applicant. It's included in the credit that scores the candidate. Signals inform your review; nothing is rejected automatically.

Dover

Dover doesn't describe any fraud or authenticity checks. Its "Application history across Dover" shows how often an applicant has applied to other companies on Dover.

Beyond inbound

SquarePeg

Rediscovery searches past applicants in your ATS for people who fit a new opening and scores them on the same criteria as today's applicants. Outbound sourcing finds new candidates outside your ATS on the same scale, and you reveal an email only for the people you want to contact. Every resume gets company context such as industry, headcount, funding and public or private status. And you can find, compare and fine-tune just by asking: the SquarePeg agent finds past candidates who fit a new role, compares your top applicants, explains any score, and can review and update a job's criteria and eligibility rules, in the web app or inside your ATS.

Dover

Dover has a CRM with drip campaigns, a Chrome extension that sends email outreach from LinkedIn, and resume search across your candidates. Dover doesn't describe a profile database of its own; outbound help comes from recruiters in its marketplace. Its MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants connect to your hiring data.

Pricing

SquarePeg

Credits work across every feature, there are no seat fees and no platform fee, and your whole team can log in. Scoring an applicant or a rediscovered candidate uses 1 credit; sourcing a candidate uses 1 and revealing their email 2. Rediscovery also has a one-time fee to index your ATS, charged at cost. Rescoring is always free, the agent is free, applicants who fail your eligibility rules cost nothing, and new accounts start with 2,000 free credits, no credit card required. See the pricing page for current rates.

Dover

Dover's ATS is free with unlimited users, jobs and candidates. AI scoring needs Premium, listed at $199 per month, plus your own AI API key billed by the AI provider (about $0.004 per applicant, per Dover). Marketplace recruiters set their own rates; Dover says its average cost per hire is $4.8k.

When to choose which

Choose SquarePeg if
•You already have an ATS and don't want to switch
•You want a subscore, explanation and resume evidence for each criterion, not one number
•You want every candidate checked for authenticity
•You want to rediscover past applicants and source new ones on the same 0–100 scale
When Dover makes sense
•You're an early-stage startup without an ATS and want a free one
•You want to hire a fractional recruiter through a marketplace
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"Most of the resumes I send to the hiring managers from the top scoring, they're like, 'Oh, yeah. These are perfect.' So it just makes my job so much easier."

Erick Smith, Talent Acquisition, Stash · Uses Greenhouse
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Frequently asked questions

Do I need to leave my ATS to use SquarePeg?

No. SquarePeg connects to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, iCIMS, Recruitee and other ATSs, and makes rejections and stage changes there just as if you had made them. Dover's AI scoring only works inside Dover's own ATS.

How is SquarePeg's 0–100 score different from Dover's?

Dover gives one 0–100 score in three bands, with a hover explanation. SquarePeg adds a subscore, a written explanation and the resume lines behind each criterion, each marked Required, Preferred or Bonus, and it uses company data like headcount and funding that the resume leaves out.

Can I try SquarePeg before connecting my ATS?

Yes. The demo on our homepage lets you score up to three of your own resumes or LinkedIn profiles for free, or explore sample jobs that are already scored, without connecting an ATS. When you connect your ATS, you start with 2,000 free credits and no credit card.

How is SquarePeg priced?

Credits work across every feature, there are no seat fees and no platform fee, and your whole team can log in. Scoring an applicant or a rediscovered candidate uses 1 credit; sourcing a candidate uses 1 and revealing their email 2. Rediscovery also has a one-time fee to index your ATS, charged at cost. Rescoring is always free, the agent is free, applicants who fail your eligibility rules cost nothing, and new accounts start with 2,000 free credits, no credit card required. See the pricing page for current rates.

Last checked October 2026. Dover details come from Dover's public website and announcements; SquarePeg details describe the product as it works today.

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