Both Lightcast Skills Taxonomy and Plum Natural Talent Matching are Skills Based Hiring Tools tools. Lightcast Skills Taxonomy is best for enterprise, while Plum Natural Talent Matching is best for midmarket. This page compares pricing, deployment, and features side by side to help you decide which fits your team.
Lightcast provides the Open Skills taxonomy used by hundreds of companies to build skills-based hiring frameworks.
Plum uses I-O psychology to profile natural talents and match people to roles where they will inherently succeed.
| Feature |
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Lightcast Skills Taxonomy
Skills Based Hiring Tools
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P
Plum Natural Talent Matching
Skills Based Hiring Tools
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| Scores (RecruitsAgent Score) | ||
| Support Score |
8.2/10
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7.9/10
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| Maintain Score |
8.2/10
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8.8/10
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| Platform Score |
8.1/10
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8.8/10
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| Key Specifications | ||
| Category | Skills Based Hiring Tools | Skills Based Hiring Tools |
| Best For | Enterprise | Midmarket |
| Pricing Model | Custom | Subscription |
| Starting Price | Custom | Custom |
| Free Trial | No | ✓ Yes |
| AI Features | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Deployment | cloud | cloud |
| Integrations & Coverage | ||
| Listed integrations | 4 listed: Greenhouse, LinkedIn, SAP, Workday | 4 listed: BambooHR, Greenhouse, Lever, Workday |
| Integrations in common | Greenhouse, Workday | |
| Countries listed | 35 countries | 29 countries |
| Category-Specific Features | ||
| Market Data | Yes | — |
| Natural Talent Profiling | — | Yes |
| Open Skills Library | 32,000+ skills | — |
| Role Matching AI | — | Yes |
| Taxonomy Standard | Yes | — |
| Team Fit Analysis | — | Yes |
| View Full Details | View Lightcast Skills Taxonomy | View Plum Natural Talent Matching |
It depends on your priorities. Lightcast Skills Taxonomy stands out for: Lightcast Skills Taxonomy uses custom pricing. Lightcast Skills Taxonomy is positioned for enterprise teams.
Both are Skills Based Hiring Tools tools. See the full comparison table below for pricing, deployment, and feature differences.
Lightcast Skills Taxonomy uses custom pricing, while Plum Natural Talent Matching uses subscription pricing. Check each vendor's site for current rates.