Do Akkodis and Robert Half compete with each other?

Rarely head-on. They meet mainly in technology staffing, where Akkodis brings engineering depth and Robert Half brings its Robert Half Technology division. Companies hiring both engineers and finance staff often run both vendors, which is where a single flat-fee alternative becomes relevant.

What do Akkodis and Robert Half charge?

Neither publishes fees. Buyers report 20 to 25% of first-year salary at Akkodis for perm tech hires, 20 to 30% at Robert Half with senior finance at the top, and 40 to 60% markups on contract staff at both. Hyring publishes a flat 7% in India and 14% in the US and rest of world.

Which is better for hiring engineers?

Akkodis, for engineering R&D and technical programs, especially in Europe. Robert Half Technology handles mainstream IT roles but is not an engineering specialist. For remote-capable software engineering, Hyring's AI-screened flat-fee model is usually the most cost-effective.

Which is better for hiring accountants and finance staff?

Robert Half, decisively: finance and accounting recruitment is its founding business. Akkodis does not compete there. Hyring covers finance roles with scenario-based AI interviews at the same flat fee it charges for tech.

Can one vendor handle engineering and finance hiring together?

That is the gap between these two specialists, and it is where Hyring fits: AI coding interviews for engineers, scenario-based interviews for finance, one portal, one flat 7% or 14% fee across both role families.

How fast can each deliver a shortlist?

Consultant-led shortlists typically take one to three weeks at both firms. Hyring delivers AI-screened shortlists with recordings and calibrated scores in 48 to 72 hours for most roles.

How is Hyring different from Akkodis and Robert Half?

Hyring is an AI-native recruitment agency with flat, published fees: 7% of CTC in India and 14% in the US and rest of world. AI screening backed by 900,000+ interviews covers every candidate, thousands of recruiting partners work each role, and one portal serves both role families with Insight on augmented teams. Book a call to price your open roles.

Agency Comparison

Akkodis vs Robert Half: Engineering Specialist or Finance Specialist?

Two firms that dominate opposite ends of professional hiring: the Adecco Group's engineering brand and America's finance recruiting leader. Where they overlap, what they charge, and the one-vendor flat-fee route across both.

Last updated on: July 23, 2026Read time: 9 mins

Written byAdithyan RKFact checked bySurya N

Robert Half in US finance recruiting

Akkodis engineering center of gravity

7% / 14%

Hyring flat fee, India / rest of world

Portal for tech and finance hiring alike

These two firms almost never fight over the same requisition. Akkodis, the Adecco Group's engineering and digital brand born from AKKA Technologies and Modis, staffs R&D programs and technical roles with a European center of gravity. Robert Half, roughly $5.4 billion in revenue across 300+ locations, owns US finance and accounting recruitment the way incumbents own anything: by having placed everyone's controller already.

So why compare them? Because growing companies hire both engineers and accountants, usually in the same quarter, and end up holding two percentage-fee agreements with two specialists who never talk to each other. Hyring, the AI-native agency in the third column, exists for exactly that gap: one portal, one published flat fee, both role families. The tables show what the two-specialist route costs against it.

Quick Verdict

Akkodis wins engineering programs, Robert Half wins US finance searches, and Hyring covers both role families at one flat fee.

Pick Akkodis

When the work is engineering R&D or technical programs, particularly with European delivery requirements.

Pick Robert Half

When the hire is senior US finance or accounting and specialist bench depth justifies the premium fee.

Pick Hyring

When engineers and finance staff should share one vendor: flat 14% US, 7% India, AI-screened shortlists in 72 hours for both.

Who Are Akkodis and Robert Half?

Akkodis is the Adecco Group's engineering and digital brand; Robert Half is the US leader in finance, accounting, and professional staffing.

Akkodis carries genuine engineering credentials: automotive software programs, aerospace projects, embedded systems, industrial platforms, staffed by consultants who have shipped that class of work. The 2022 AKKA-Modis merger gave it both the R&D bench and a global IT staffing arm.

Robert Half's credentials are commercial: seven consecutive years atop Forbes' professional recruiting rankings, six specialist divisions with finance first among them, and the Protiviti consulting arm. Its consultants place controllers, senior accountants, and FP&A leads daily, and the firm's whole model monetizes that repetition into placement speed.

What Do Akkodis and Robert Half Cost?

Buyers report 20 to 30% permanent fees and 40 to 60% contract markups across both specialists, against Hyring's published flat 7% and 14%.

Permanent placement: 20 to 25% typical at Akkodis for tech roles, 20 to 30% at Robert Half with senior finance at the top of the band.
Contract staffing: 40 to 60% markups over pay rate at both.
Specialist premiums: Akkodis R&D programs price as custom SOWs; Robert Half retained finance searches sit above the standard band.

The Hyring fee is identical across both worlds: 7% of CTC in India, 14% flat in the US and rest of world for direct hire, whether the hire writes firmware or closes the books. A $120,000 hire in either family costs $16,800 against a typical $24,000 to $36,000, and our free salary benchmarks keep the base honest before any percentage touches it.

Perm fee on a $120,000 US hire, engineering or finance

Competitor figures are typical reported ranges; Hyring fee is published

One fee across role families is the structural difference: specialists price their specialism, a flat fee prices the hire.

Full Comparison Table: Akkodis vs Robert Half vs Hyring

The two specialists barely overlap in domain but share identical fee structures, which the flat-fee column undercuts across both.

Head-to-head across ten buying criteria
Criteria	Akkodis	Robert Half	Hyring
Parent / structure	Adecco Group brand	Independent, NYSE-listed	Independent, AI-native
Core specialism	Engineering R&D and digital	Finance and accounting recruitment	Tech and professional hiring, AI-led
Perm fee	~20–25% (typical)	~20–30% (typical)	7% India, 14% US, flat and published
Contract pricing	~40–60% markup, SOW for R&D	~40–60% markup (typical)	~30% below big-firm quotes
Engineering hiring	Founding depth	Robert Half Technology, mainstream IT	AI coding interviews on every technical candidate
Finance hiring	No	US market leader	Scenario-based AI interviews, same flat fee
Geographic strength	Europe-led, global reach	US-led, 300+ locations	US, India, UAE hubs, remote-first
Remote India model	Delivery centers in some programs	Limited	Core: 60–70% savings, compliance handled
Time-to-shortlist	One to three weeks	One to three weeks	48–72 hours for most roles
Best for	European engineering programs	Senior US finance searches	Combined engineering-and-finance hiring at flat fees

The Gap Between Two Specialists Is a Vendor Strategy Problem

Companies hiring engineers and finance staff together face two agreements and two fee schedules, or one flat-fee AI-native vendor across both.

Picture the quarter most scaling companies actually run: three engineers, two accountants, one analyst. The specialist route means an Akkodis agreement for the first group, a Robert Half agreement for the second, two account managers, and blended fees in the mid-twenties. Nobody planned that overhead; it accreted.

The single-vendor route runs both funnels through one engine. Engineers face the AI Coding Interviewer; finance candidates face AI Video Interviewer scenarios built from real controller and FP&A rubrics; the AI Resume Screener ranks every applicant and the English proficiency test covers communication-heavy roles. Sourcing flows from the Hyring Jobs portal and the Recruiting Partners network, thousands of independent recruiters paid on placements, with candidates prepping through the free Jobseeker Toolkit and interview questions library. Back-office finance and QA functions can route to India through our RPO at 60 to 70% savings, tracked transparently on Insight by Hyring, employees seeing their own data first.

Fact

Two-vendor overhead is a number, not a feeling. The cost-per-hire calculator in the free HR Toolkit, one of 150+ free tools, totals it in minutes, and the Learn hub plus the 1,100+ term HR Glossary cover the AI screening methodology for any procurement review. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified throughout, Insight included.

STEP 1

Brief both role families

One intake for engineering and finance. Adapt JDs from 900+ templates in the JD library.

STEP 2

AI screens both funnels

Coding interviews for engineers, scenario interviews for finance, English tests where needed.

STEP 3

Review in one portal

Recordings and calibrated scores across both families, shortlists in 48 to 72 hours.

STEP 4

Hire at one flat fee

14% US, 7% India, engineering and finance alike. Augmented teams run on Insight.

Which One Should You Pick?

Send true R&D to Akkodis, senior US finance to Robert Half, and the combined mainstream list to one flat-fee vendor first.

Both specialists deserve their categories at the top end: a functional-safety program belongs with Akkodis, a confidential CFO search with Robert Half. The mainstream middle, staff engineers and staff accountants, is where two specialist agreements quietly overcharge for depth those roles never use. Brief one quarter's mixed list to the flat-fee model in parallel, and the invoice comparison makes the decision for you.

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Adithyan RK

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CEO & Co-founder, Hyring

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Adithyan RK is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hyring, an AI-native recruitment platform that has run over 900,000 AI interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. He has spent 18 years building technology businesses, starting with a digital consultancy in 2008 and a staff augmentation firm in 2017, before founding Hyring in 2022 to rebuild hiring around evidence instead of guesswork. Read more

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Surya N is the Co-Founder and CTO of Hyring, where he architected the AI interviewing engine that has now conducted over 900,000 interviews for companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. A mechanical engineer who moved into artificial intelligence, he spent 6 years building AI applications inside a technology consultancy before co-founding Hyring, and wrote the first version of its AI interviewer from scratch. Read more

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One quote for the roles both specialists would split

Send us your mixed engineering-and-finance openings. Within 72 hours: a combined fee comparison against the two-vendor plan, AI-screened shortlist samples from both funnels, and one portal to judge everything in. No commitment.

FAQs

Akkodis is the Adecco Group's engineering and digital talent brand, strongest in engineering R&D and technology across Europe and globally. Robert Half is a US-led professional staffing firm whose founding depth is finance and accounting, with technology and admin divisions alongside.