The Short Version
| Service | Starting price | How they find matches | Network | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIDA Select | From $1,695 per month | Hybrid | 20,000+ | Remote only (phone and video) |
| Matchmaking For Men | From $50,000 per engagement | Recruitment-first | Not stated | Remote, with in-person work arranged per client |
| Janis Spindel Serious Matchmaking | From $75,000 | Boutique network built by the founder | 5,000 to 20,000 active men and women | In person and travelling, with around-the-clock service for male clients |
| Velin Privé | Price on request | Recruitment-first (Velin Privé Target Search) | Under 1,000 | In person and remote |
| Erica Suzanne Matchmaking | From $50,000 | Team-based ("Roundtable Method") | Not stated as a number | Not stated |
The price spread is the first thing to notice. VIDA Select is the only month-to-month option. Matchmaking For Men, Erica Suzanne Matchmaking and Janis Spindel sell five- or six-figure engagements, and Velin Privé sells fixed-length memberships with a capped number of introductions. Those are different products: a subscription buys a stream of introductions, while an engagement buys a search with a defined target.
What Actually Differs Between Them
01
Database vs. recruitment
A database matchmaker can only introduce you to people who have already joined, so the network caps your options. A recruitment-first matchmaker starts from your brief and goes out to find people who fit it. Matchmaking For Men and Velin Privé sell the second model. VIDA Select combines a 20,000+ database with scouts. With narrow criteria, this is the question that matters most.
02
Who the paying client is
Some services are built around one paying side. Janis Spindel's paying clients are men aged 25 to 75, and the women are part of the network. Matchmaking For Men, despite its name, takes both men and women as clients. Ask which side of the introduction you are on before you compare prices.
03
How much of your time it costs
VIDA Select works entirely by phone and video, and you approve each introduction first. Velin Privé front-loads the work: a questionnaire and two in-depth interviews that become a written brief. Janis Spindel travels to clients. The intake costs real hours, so ask for it up front.
The Services, One by One
VIDA Select
From $1,695 per month
The lowest cost of entry and the only month-to-month option. Fits an executive who wants to test matchmaking without a five-figure commitment and is fine never meeting the matchmaker in person.
- Pricing
- Month to month, with no rigid contract. For a commitment in writing, the 90-day Results Guarantee program promises a minimum number of dating opportunities.
- Method
- Hybrid: an internal database of vetted singles plus an active scout network, so a search is not limited to people who have already joined. A dedicated matchmaker sources and screens every candidate
- Network
- 20,000+
- Reach
- 30+ US metros, plus London, Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney and Dubai
- Delivery
- Remote only (phone and video)
- Serves
- Accomplished professionals, men and women, mostly in their 40s to 60s, including LGBTQ+ clients
- Track record
- The company says 82% of clients meet someone special within 90 days, after an average of 7 introductions, and that it has created more than 11,000 relationships since 2009. Clients approve each introduction before meeting, so there are no blind dates.
Matchmaking For Men
From $50,000 per engagement
For an executive whose criteria are narrow enough that a database is unlikely to hold the right person, and who would rather pay for a targeted search.
- Pricing
- Each engagement is scoped by geography, search complexity and recruiting effort.
- Method
- Recruitment-first: each search is built around the client and candidates are recruited for it, not drawn from a fixed database
- Network
- Not stated. The firm describes it as national and international recruitment through professional and referral networks.
- Reach
- LA, Orange County, San Diego, SF, NYC, Chicago, Boston, DC, Miami, Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Denver, Phoenix, Nashville and Charleston; international searches including Canada and the UK
- Delivery
- Remote, with in-person work arranged per client
- Serves
- Accomplished men and women (despite the name): professionals, executives, entrepreneurs and business owners
- Track record
- Founder Louie Felix has 22+ years in matchmaking. Screening can include interviews, background verification and compatibility assessments. The founders were featured in New York Magazine's The Cut in August 2026.
Sources: [4]
Janis Spindel Serious Matchmaking
From $75,000
The white-glove end of the market: a founder-led service that travels to you, priced for executives for whom a six-figure fee is a rounding error.
- Pricing
- Men's packages run from Basic ($75K) to Global VIP ($1M). Only four Global VIP clients are taken a year, one per quarter. Fees are listed on the men's page of the website. The contract runs 12 months and includes 12 introductions over the year. Clients have 24 months to use those introductions.
- Method
- Boutique network built by the founder
- Network
- 5,000 to 20,000 active men and women
- Reach
- Headquartered in New York City, working globally
- Delivery
- In person and travelling, with around-the-clock service for male clients
- Serves
- Paying clients are men only, aged 25 to 75, anywhere in the world. Women are part of the candidate network.
- Track record
- Extensive TV and press coverage, books and the Our Love Sphere podcast, all listed on the website. Vetting includes simulated dates with male clients, home visits and background checks.
Velin Privé
Price on request
The only service here built specifically for tech founders and executives, and the one closest to an executive-search process.
- Pricing
- Memberships run 6, 12 or 18 months with up to 4, 8 or 15 curated introductions. A standalone Velin Privé Target Search around a single brief is also offered. Current plans are published at velinprive.com/pricing.
- Method
- Recruitment-first (Velin Privé Target Search): marketing-style targeting to find one specific person, first in their own database, then beyond it
- Network
- Under 1,000 (300+ in their own database); every search goes beyond it. About 70% of the women in the network are from Slavic countries
- Reach
- Based in Barcelona. NYC, SF Bay Area and Silicon Valley, LA, Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, London, Paris, Dubai and Barcelona
- Delivery
- In person and remote
- Serves
- Founders, executives and investors in tech and business who want a serious, long-term relationship. Women are among the main clients, LGBTQ+ clients are served, and there is no fixed age bracket
- Track record
- Every client completes a questionnaire and two in-depth interviews that become a written brief. Every candidate is personally vetted, and an introduction happens only after both people say yes. Introductions are kept few on purpose. Co-founded by Marina Pasqual, a marketer with 20+ years of experience, who developed Velin Privé Target Search.
Erica Suzanne Matchmaking
From $50,000
For a privacy-minded executive who wants a founder-led team working several markets at once, and who would rather the clock start at the first date than at signing.
- Pricing
- Programs start at $50,000. Under the First-Date Promise, the program clock starts at the client's first date, not at signing.
- Method
- Team-based ("Roundtable Method"): every client gets the founder, scouts in each of their markets, coordinated vetting, date coordination and ongoing coaching
- Network
- Not stated as a number. A large private database built since 1998, plus partnerships with about 500 matchmakers across the US and scouts sent into each client's markets
- Reach
- Main markets are the Midwest, Utah, Arizona and Florida, with clients throughout the US
- Delivery
- Not stated
- Serves
- Successful, relationship-ready men and women from age 21, with no upper age limit. Many clients are executives, business owners and people with a high profile who value privacy
- Track record
- Founded in 1998. Four to nine people are vetted for every introduction, and clients work directly with the founder from the first conversation. Named Best of Scottsdale three years running (2023 to 2025), and the founder's profile ran nationally on the AP wire.
Sources: [12]
What did Lyons Elite say?
Lyons Elite replied to our invitation with a general inbox message on 28 October 2026 [11]. The reply describes two routes: paid matchmaking for clients and a free candidate network for people who want to be considered as matches. Prospective paying clients can book a consultation.
Anyone who wants to be considered as a match can submit a free candidate application. Applying is free and creates no obligation. The agency gets in touch only when an applicant may fit an active client search, and contact is not guaranteed. The reply did not answer our questions on price, network size, reach or client eligibility, so Lyons Elite is not among the compared services.
Agencies That Haven't Answered Yet
We are still waiting for written answers from these 34 agencies. Being on this list says nothing about the quality of a service. We add an agency to the comparison as soon as its answers arrive.
- Agape Match
- Amy Laurent International
- Bespoke Matches
- Dating by Blaine
- Dubai Matchmaker
- Elite Connections
- Elite Private Search
- Exclusive Matchmaking
- Exquisite Introductions
- Ignite Dating
- Infinity Relations
- Kelleher International
- Latham International
- Lemarc Thomas
- Love and Matchmaking
- Love Boss Matchmaking
- LUMA Luxury Matchmaking
- Maclynn International
- Master Matchmakers
- Matchmakers Elite
- Matchmakers in the City
- Mirabela Executive Dating
- Murphy International
- NYCity Matchmaking
- Peerage
- Preferred Match
- Prestige Connections
- Selective Search
- Seventy Thirty
- Significant1
- SPIES Matchmaking
- Tawkify
- The Matchmaker UK
- Vital Partners
How We Built This List
On 28 October 2026 we emailed 40 executive and luxury matchmaking agencies the same five questions: which regions they serve and whether they work in person or remotely, how large their active network is, who they serve, where pricing starts, and what sets them apart. Listing is free, and no agency pays to be included or ranked. A service appears here only after it has answered in writing. The five above are the first to answer, and we'll add others as their answers arrive.
Success rates and outcome figures are the agencies' own claims. We report them as stated and have not audited them. Treat a quoted success rate the way you would treat a vendor's benchmark: useful for comparison, but ask how it was measured.
Sources
- VIDA Select, written answers to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire, 29 October 2026
- VIDA Select press page
- VIDA Select reviews on Trustpilot
- Matchmaking For Men, written answers to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire, 29 October 2026
- Janis Spindel Serious Matchmaking, written answers to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire, 28 October 2026
- Janis Spindel Serious Matchmaking website (fees, press, books, podcast)
- Velin Privé, written answers from co-founder Marina Pasqual to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire, 29 October 2026
- Velin Privé pricing page
- Velin Privé, follow-up answers from co-founder Marina Pasqual, 30 October 2026
- Janis Spindel Serious Matchmaking, follow-up answers to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire, 31 October 2026
- Lyons Elite, general inbox reply to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire invitation, 28 October 2026
- Erica Suzanne Matchmaking, written answers from founder Erica McKay to the CTAIO matchmaking questionnaire, 7 November 2026