Brainner is an AI resume screener that ranks applicants and marks each criterion met or not met, with fraud checks on every applicant. SquarePeg gives every criterion a 0–100 subscore with the resume evidence behind it, adds company data to every resume on every account, and scores past applicants and newly sourced candidates on the same scale. Authenticity checks are included in the credit that scores the candidate.
Brainner is a standalone AI resume screener that connects to what it says are 30+ ATSs and sells self-serve, with published monthly plans metered by candidate analyses. It ranks applicants against criteria you mark mandatory or preferred and explains whether each one is met. Brainner says its fraud detection checks every applicant against 20+ fraud patterns.
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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Brainner and SquarePeg both screen applicants from your ATS and check them for fraud. SquarePeg gives each criterion a finer score and goes beyond inbound applicants.
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.
Brainner ranks applicants against criteria you mark mandatory or preferred and explains whether each one is met or not met. It shows a match score but doesn't publish its format or a number for each criterion, so there's nothing to separate two candidates who both meet a criterion. Company enrichment, which uses the industry, headcount and funding stage of past employers as criteria, is on the Business plan and up.
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.
Brainner connects to what it says are 30+ ATSs, including Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, iCIMS and Workable. You review in Brainner's app; advance, archive and hold decisions sync back, and match results go into the ATS as a note or custom field.
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.
Brainner checks every applicant against what it says are 20+ fraud patterns, such as AI-generated resumes, duplicate profiles and proxy applicants, by cross-referencing email, phone, LinkedIn and work history. Flags are advisory. Unlimited fraud analyses are a paid add-on.
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.
Brainner's Candidate Rediscovery page describes a plain-language search over candidates it has already analyzed, but its pricing page still lists rediscovery as coming soon. Brainner's site doesn't describe outbound sourcing as of October 2026.
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.
Brainner publishes its prices: Professional is $249 a month billed monthly or $199 a month billed yearly, for up to 2,000 analyses a month and 3 users. Business is $549 a month or $439 billed yearly, for up to 5,000 analyses, unlimited users and company enrichment. Extra analyses cost $9.95 per 100 candidates, and unlimited fraud analyses are an add-on on every plan, with no published price.
"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."
Yes. Every resume in SquarePeg gets company context such as industry, headcount, funding and public or private status, and you can write criteria around it, like "has worked at a venture-backed startup." Brainner offers company enrichment on its Business plan and above.
Yes. Rediscovery searches past applicants in your ATS and scores them on the same criteria as today's applicants, and outbound sourcing finds new candidates outside your ATS on the same scale. Brainner's site describes rediscovery of candidates it has already analyzed but lists it as coming soon on its pricing page, and doesn't describe sourcing.
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.
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. Brainner details come from Brainner's public website and announcements; SquarePeg details describe the product as it works today.
Connect your ATS and SquarePeg scores your applicants, checks every candidate's authenticity, resurfaces past applicants and finds new ones, with the evidence behind every score. Credits work across every feature, there are no seat fees, and rescoring is always free.
