Textio

What Is Textio?

Textio analyzes and improves the language in your job postings, performance reviews, and HR communications. The AI scores your writing for inclusivity, bias, and effectiveness, then suggests specific changes that attract more diverse candidates and drive better outcomes. It's trained on millions of real hiring outcomes to know which words and phrases actually work.

Who Is It For?

HR teams and talent acquisition professionals at companies that care about inclusive hiring. Textio is most valuable when you're writing a lot of job postings and want to ensure consistent, bias-free language across your organization. Also useful for managers writing performance reviews.

Key Features

• Job Post Optimizer: Paste in a job description and get a real-time score with specific suggestions to improve inclusivity and appeal.
• Bias Detection: AI flags gendered language, age bias, ability bias, and other exclusionary patterns you might not notice.
• Outcome Prediction: Based on millions of data points, Textio predicts how your language will affect applicant diversity and fill rates.
• Performance Review Assistant: Guides managers to write more equitable, actionable performance feedback.
• Tone & Brand Consistency: Ensures all HR communications align with your company voice and values.

Pricing Breakdown

Plan	Price	What You Get
Recruit	Custom	Job post optimization, bias detection, analytics
Develop	Custom	Performance review tools, feedback coaching
Full Platform	~$10,000+/yr	All features, typically priced per company size

Enterprise pricing only. No self-serve plans.

Pros

• Language insights are backed by real hiring outcome data, not just rules
• Genuinely improves diversity metrics when used consistently
• Performance review feature helps managers write better feedback
• Easy to use — integrates into your existing workflow

Cons

• Enterprise pricing only — too expensive for very small teams
• Requires buy-in across the organization to see full impact
• Limited to English language
• Some suggestions can feel overly cautious

The Bottom Line

Textio is the rare DEI tool that's backed by hard data. If your company is scaling hiring and serious about inclusive language, the investment pays off through better candidate pools and fewer biased communications. But the enterprise pricing means it only makes sense for companies with meaningful hiring volume.