Against the two families of tools a Belgian freelance recruiter is usually offered: traditional agency software, and AI sourcing point tools. Honestly — including where they win.
| Capability | Traditional agency software | AI sourcing tools | Cortex |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches mandates against your own database | ± | ✗ | ✓ |
| Belgian tendering · ProUnity & Connecting-Expertise | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Belgian day-rate & margin intelligence | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Trilingual EN · NL · FR | ± | ✗ | ✓ |
| EU data residency by design | ± | ✗ | ✓ |
| Priced for a solo recruiter | ✗ | ± | ✓ €49 |
| Learns from every decision you make | ✗ | ± | ✓ |
| Branded candidate CVs built in | ± | ✗ | ✓ |
| External reach beyond your own database | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ by design |
| Native mobile apps | ✓ | ± | ✗ browser-first |
Two honest concessions: sourcing tools reach candidates you have never met, and the big suites ship mobile apps. Cortex bets on a different thesis — that the fastest placement usually hides in the database you already own, reachable from any browser.