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SquarePeg vs Skima AI: a 0–100 subscore and evidence for every criterion, not one overall match score

Skima AI is a matching layer for your ATS that gives each applicant one match percentage with pros and cons, and adds AI video interviews and email campaigns. SquarePeg scores every applicant, past candidate and sourced profile 0–100 on each of your criteria, shows the resume lines behind every subscore, and adds company data the resume leaves out. Skima's self-serve Premium plan doesn't include ATS integration; SquarePeg connects to your ATS with no seat fees and no platform fee.

SquarePeg vs Skima AI at a glance

Skima AI is an AI matching layer that sits on top of an ATS, selling to corporate recruiting teams and staffing agencies. It gives each applicant a match percentage with reasoning, rediscovers past applicants, and runs AI video interviews and email campaigns. Skima says it connects to "130+ ATS, CRM, and recruiting tools," and in October 2026 it added hard filters and a global candidate search.

SquarePeg
Skima AI
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
Eligibility rules set aside mismatches before they're scored
✓
–
Fits your stack
Works inside your existing ATS
✓
✓
Rejections and stage changes go back to your ATS
✓
✓
Chrome extension beside your ATS
✓
✓
Authenticity
Flags fake or misrepresented candidates
✓
✓
Deepfake detection in live interviews
✕
–
Beyond inbound
Rediscovers past applicants
✓
✓
Outbound sourcing
✓
✓
Plain-language agent or assistant
✓
–
Outreach email sequences
✕
✓
Candidate CRM
✕
–
Interview scheduling
✕
–
AI interviews or screening calls
✕
✓

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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How SquarePeg and Skima AI compare in detail

Skima and SquarePeg both score applicants on top of your ATS and rediscover past candidates. SquarePeg goes deeper on how each score is built; Skima extends into interviews and outreach.

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.

Skima AI

Skima gives each applicant one overall match score, shown as a percentage such as 96%, with "breakdowns of how each score is calculated with pros and cons." It doesn't describe a numeric subscore for each criterion, and the data it lists comes from the candidate: skills, experience, job titles, education and achievements. Hard Filters, added in October 2026, enforce minimum requirements at the scoring layer.

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.

Skima AI

Skima says it syncs both ways with 130+ ATS, CRM and recruiting tools and writes scores, explanations and fraud ratings back to the candidate record. Its Workflows can move stages and update status in your ATS from triggers such as a candidate being scored, though Skima says it "never auto-rejects." Its self-serve Premium plan lists ATS integration as not included. It also has a Chrome extension.

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.

Skima AI

Skima says it flags bot applicants, templated and AI-generated resumes, and resume discrepancies, and writes a fraud risk rating to your ATS. Its AI interviewer flags unusual activity such as screen changes.

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.

Skima AI

Skima rediscovers past applicants in your ATS, and its Global AI Search, launched in October 2026, searches a candidate database whose size it doesn't state. It also runs AI video interviews and email campaigns with a workflow editor. It offers natural-language search but doesn't describe a conversational assistant.

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.

Skima AI

Skima publishes a Premium plan at $79/month billed monthly or $49/month billed annually, with a 14-day free trial. Premium lists ATS integration, SSO and SOC 2 enterprise security as not included; Enterprise is priced on request. The AI Interviewer is priced separately, based on hiring scale.

When to choose which

Choose SquarePeg if
•You want a 0–100 subscore, a written explanation and resume evidence for every criterion
•You want criteria that use company data, like funding or headcount
•You want your ATS connected with no seat fees and no platform fee
•You want company context on every resume and authenticity checks in the same credit
When Skima AI makes sense
•You want AI video interviews and email campaigns from the same vendor
•You run a staffing agency and want vendor uploads and client shortlist links
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less recruiting workload at JupiterOne

"I know how you're scoring, why you're scoring it a certain way, and I can actually see it. That has been a really big game changer."

Kat Walenty, Director, Human Resources, JupiterOne · Uses Workable
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Frequently asked questions

How is SquarePeg's score different from Skima's match score?

Skima shows one match percentage with pros and cons. SquarePeg gives every candidate a 0–100 score and a 0–100 subscore for each criterion, each with a written explanation and the resume lines it's based on, and adds company data such as headcount, funding and public or private status.

Does SquarePeg run AI interviews or email campaigns like Skima?

No. SquarePeg focuses on scoring, rediscovery, sourcing and authenticity checks. You reveal an email only for the sourced candidates you want to contact, and run outreach and interviews in the tools you already use.

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. Skima AI details come from Skima AI's public website and announcements; SquarePeg details describe the product as it works today.

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