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Best AI-native Greenhouse alternatives (2026)

Ranked by the live quiz for teams leaving Greenhouse. The same engine as the quiz: 0–100 against a perfect match, hard filters, no affiliate weight. Facts below are catalog fields and those scores.

Start the quizWho should switch

This list does not repeat the switch narrative on /replace/greenhouse or the buyer guide Greenhouse alternatives when recruiting needs an AI-era ATS. Default answers on this ranking: What are you replacing? — Greenhouse; How big is the team that will live in it? — 51–200 people; What is the job this system has to do? — A real ATS — reqs, scorecards, structured hiring; What does hiring volume look like? — Selective professional / tech hiring; How should recruiter email connect? — Either is fine — just sync it; How much should AI do in recruiting? — Important — it should match, screen, or source; When does it need to be live? — This month; What is the monthly budget, roughly? — $20–60 per user; Do you need a free plan to start? — A free trial is enough; What does this have to talk to? — Must write back to HRIS / payroll via API; Where does the data need to live? — Cloud SaaS is fine; Any single feature that is a dealbreaker? — None — just rank the best fit.

  1. 1 · score 78

    Ashby

    Modern ATS with analytics and AI assist — the high-signal Greenhouse alternative.

    Catalog best for: Tech TA teams that want ATS analytics without a BI project.

    Custom pricing — Sales-led ATS; confirm current packages.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → AshbyCheck fit

    Who it fits. Greenhouse teams that will accept another sales-led ATS, and that care about a printed SMS rate and a printed SSO add-on, match what Ashby's pricing page actually shows.

    Who should skip it. Skip Ashby if you came to Greenhouse's alternatives to find a self-serve seat price. Ashby does not print a platform subscription dollar. Also skip it if you need the catalog's free-trial flag confirmed: this check did not see a trial length on Ashby's pricing page.

    Pros. The page names Foundations, Plus, and Enterprise, and it says a ten percent reduction applies to annual commitments. Price follows company size, usage, and commitment. Additional SMS is printed at ninety dollars per one thousand messages on all three columns. SSO is printed at one hundred dollars a month on the Foundations column only.

    Cons. There is still no platform sticker price. The catalog's null starting price and custom model match that gap. Headcount bands are up to 100 employees, 101 to 1000, and 1000+, plus a separate analytics product for companies past 100 people. AI credits differ by column: 1,500 a month on Foundations, 2,500 per seat per year on Plus, and 12,500 per seat per year on Enterprise. Email lookups included are 200. Those meters are not a Greenhouse quote.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse you trade one demo-led ATS for another. You gain printed add-on rates for SMS and for Foundations SSO. You do not gain a published map of Greenhouse interview kits into Ashby.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. No platform subscription dollar. Foundations, Plus, and Enterprise. Annual commitments are described as ten percent less. SMS is $90 per 1,000 on every column. Foundations SSO is $100 per month. The catalog's custom model matches the missing platform fee. Its free-trial flag was not confirmed on this page. Vendor pricing page.

  2. 2 · score 76

    Recruitee

    Collaborative ATS for growing teams — Greenhouse energy without the enterprise quote.

    Catalog best for: Growing product companies.

    From $100/mo — Company-based plans rather than per-seat in many SKUs; confirm current Recruitee packaging.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → RecruiteeCheck fit

    Who it fits. Greenhouse buyers who want named company plans, and who can live without a dollar on the public card, match Recruitee's pricing page as it rendered on 2026-10-12.

    Who should skip it. Skip Recruitee if the catalog's 'From $100/mo' is the number you plan to budget. That figure is not on the pricing page this check opened. Agencies are custom, so a staffing firm should not treat the company cards as its price.

    Pros. The page lists Start, Advance, and Optimize, and it does not attach a dollar to those names. Annual payment is described as twenty percent off, and there is a one-year minimum even if you pay monthly.

    Cons. The catalog stores startingPrice 100 and the label From $100/mo. The page that was opened does not show that number. This row reports the disagreement and does not edit the catalog. Without a dollar, Start versus Advance is a feature conversation, not a spreadsheet line. Agency packaging is a separate custom quote.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse, Recruitee is also a conversation if you need a number. The difference is that Recruitee publishes plan names plus an annual discount rule, while the catalog's $100 is not visible on the page.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. Start, Advance, and Optimize with no dollar on the page. Annual billing is 20 percent off, with a one-year minimum even when paying monthly. Agencies are custom. The catalog's $100 starting price was not on this page. Vendor pricing page.

  3. 3 · score 74

    Pinpoint

    Structured hiring ATS from the UK — scorecards without Greenhouse’s price.

    Catalog best for: Structured-hiring culture.

    Custom pricing — Company plans; confirm current Pinpoint packaging.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → PinpointCheck fit

    Who it fits. Greenhouse teams that already expect a request-pricing ATS, and that will not pretend a 404 is a price, match what Pinpoint's public site did on this check.

    Who should skip it. Skip Pinpoint if you need any published seat or company dollar. The pricing paths that were requested returned 404, and the homepage says request pricing.

    Pros. https://www.pinpoint.hr/pricing, https://www.pinpointhq.com/pricing, and https://www.pinpoint.com/pricing all returned 404 on 2026-10-12. The homepage at pinpointhq.com says request pricing and does not print a software dollar. The catalog's custom model matches that absence.

    Cons. A missing price page is not a cheap plan. It is an unknown plan. This check did not use testimonials from the homepage. A quote on a marketing page is not a price.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse, Pinpoint does not improve price transparency. Both are request-led. Greenhouse at least names Core, Plus, and Pro on a pricing URL that returns a page.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. No public pricing. Checked pricing URLs returned 404 on 2026-10-12. The homepage asks you to request pricing. The catalog's custom model matches. No dollar was invented. Vendor pricing page.

  4. 4 · score 72

    Breezy HR

    Visual pipeline ATS for SMBs — kanban hiring without enterprise gravity.

    Catalog best for: Startups hiring visually.

    Free plan — Free bootstrap tier; Bootstrap and Business unlock the rest. Confirm current Breezy plans.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → Breezy HRCheck fit

    Who it fits. A Greenhouse team that wants a free tier with unlimited users and a single active job, plus a cardless trial of the paid product, matches Breezy's pricing page.

    Who should skip it. Skip Breezy if you need many live jobs on the free row. Free Forever allows one active pool or position. The FAQ says you can create more, but you must close or archive one before another becomes active.

    Pros. Free Forever is $0, unlimited users, one active pool or position. The catalog's free plan and zero starting price match that row. A 14-day trial covers the full feature set, does not require a card, and includes 100,000 Breezy Intelligence credits.

    Cons. Paid prices rendered as pairs: $157 and $189, then $273 and $329, then $439 and $529 per month. The page says annual pricing includes two months free. The capture did not label which figure in each pair is the monthly rate, so this note does not assign them. The pairs sit above feature blocks described as Bootstrap, then Startup, then Growth. Custom Pro is described as everything in Business, and the API is on Custom Pro. An intelligence-credit add-on starts at $30 per 100,000 credits. An onboarding add-on starts at $49 a month.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse's demo, Breezy publishes a free row and a trial. You give up Greenhouse's named Core kit-and-scorecard bundle, and you accept that the paid pair of dollars is not cleanly labeled monthly versus annual in the text that was captured.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. Free Forever at $0 with unlimited users and one active job. Paid pairs on the page: 157 with 189, 273 with 329, and 439 with 529 dollars per month, plus a sentence that annual pricing includes two months free. Catalog free-plan flag matches the free row. Vendor pricing page.

  5. 5 · score 71

    Dover

    Recruiting automation for startups — jobs, outreach, and AI-assisted pipelines.

    Catalog best for: Startup hiring.

    Custom pricing — Startup recruiting packages; confirm current plans.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → DoverCheck fit

    Who it fits. Greenhouse teams that want a free ATS with unlimited jobs and candidates, and that will not confuse a sample salary with a subscription, match Dover's pricing page.

    Who should skip it. Skip Dover if you need marketplace recruiting included in the software fee. The page says marketplace recruiters set their own rates. Also skip it if you believed the catalog's hasFreePlan false flag. The page lists a free ATS.

    Pros. The free ATS row includes unlimited jobs and candidates, plus Slack, job boards, an API, and MCP. That is a published free plan. The catalog stores hasFreePlan false, which disagrees with the page. The catalog was not edited. No Dover subscription dollar was printed. Dollar figures on the page are example hire costs, such as salaries, and they are not cited here as software prices.

    Cons. A free ATS is not a free recruiter. Marketplace rates are the recruiter's, not a Dover list price. The catalog's custom model is fair for anything beyond the free ATS, because no paid software dollar was shown. The free-plan flag in the catalog is the field that disagrees.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse, Dover publishes a free ATS where Greenhouse publishes a demo. You do not get Greenhouse's Plus texting or Pro sandbox described on Dover's page.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. Free ATS with unlimited jobs and candidates, Slack, job boards, API, and MCP. No subscription dollar. Example hire-cost figures on the page are not a Dover software price. Catalog hasFreePlan is false, and the page shows a free ATS. Vendor pricing page.

  6. 6 · score 71

    SmartRecruiters

    Enterprise talent acquisition suite — marketplace plus ATS.

    Catalog best for: Enterprise TA teams.

    Free plan — Free core for small teams historically; enterprise is sales-led. Confirm current packaging.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → SmartRecruitersCheck fit

    Who it fits. Enterprise Greenhouse buyers who can evaluate a five-figure published starting package, instead of a nameless quote, match SmartRecruiters' pricing page.

    Who should skip it. Skip SmartRecruiters if you need the catalog's free plan. The pricing page does not show a free core. Essential starts at a published dollar, and the higher editions say request pricing.

    Pros. Essential starts at $14,995 and lists ATS, CRM, onboarding, SMS, job distribution, and dynamic scheduling. The page does not define how much headcount sits inside that figure. Professional is described as everything in Essential plus an AI hiring agent and talent matching. Professional and High Volume say request pricing.

    Cons. The catalog stores hasFreePlan true and a null starting price, with a note about a free core for small teams historically. The page opened on 2026-10-12 does not show that free core. This row reports the disagreement. $14,995 is a starting package, not a per-seat quote you can multiply. Without a headcount definition, it is not a per-employee price.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse's unnamed Core quote, SmartRecruiters prints an Essential floor. You still do not get a self-serve checkout, and you should not budget a free SmartRecruiters tier from the catalog flag.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. Essential starts at $14,995. Professional and High Volume say request pricing. No free plan was on the page. The catalog's free-plan flag and null starting price disagree with that page. Vendor pricing page.

  7. 7 · score 68

    JazzHR

    SMB applicant tracking — the ATS after a spreadsheet and before Greenhouse.

    Catalog best for: Small TA teams.

    From $75/mo — Monthly company plans; confirm current JazzHR packaging.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → JazzHRCheck fit

    Who it fits. Greenhouse teams inside a standard company band, who can pay an annual company price instead of a demo, match the JazzHR cards that were opened.

    Who should skip it. Skip JazzHR if you are a staffing agency, an HR service provider, a franchise, a multi-location organization, or a company over 250 employees. The page says standard pricing excludes those groups at JazzHR's discretion. Also skip it if you budgeted the catalog's $75 a month.

    Pros. The hero price is $1,000 a year. Plus is $3,480 a year. Pro is $5,508 a year. Those figures are billed annually. The catalog stores startingPrice 75 and the label From $75/mo. None of the three annual cards is $75 a month. The catalog was not changed.

    Cons. Standard pricing is not a universal list. The exclusion list is on the page, and it is broad. This check did not quote the testimonial on the pricing page. A customer sentence is not a plan.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse, JazzHR publishes annual company totals for buyers who fit the standard band. The catalog's $75 figure is not the hero, Plus, or Pro number on the page.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. Hero $1,000 per year, Plus $3,480 per year, Pro $5,508 per year, billed annually. Standard pricing excludes agencies, HR service providers, franchises, multi-location companies, and organizations over 250 employees, at JazzHR's discretion. Catalog From $75/mo was not on the page. Vendor pricing page.

  8. 8 · score 68

    Workable

    SMB ATS incumbent with sourcing tools — now adding more AI on the same chassis.

    Catalog best for: SMB hiring.

    From $149/mo — Published SMB plans plus annual ATS quotes as you grow.

    Product pagePlan Greenhouse → WorkableCheck fit

    Who it fits. Greenhouse teams of 1 to 20 employees that want a printed monthly and annual pair, and a cardless trial, match the Workable band this check actually read.

    Who should skip it. Skip Workable if you only captured the catalog's $149 starting price. For 1 to 20 employees the page shows higher figures. Larger headcount bands exist, and this note does not invent their dollars, because only the 1 to 20 band was captured.

    Pros. For 1 to 20 employees, Standard is $299 a month and $3,588 a year. Premier is $599 a month and $7,188 a year. Enterprise is $719 a month and $8,628 a year. The trial is 15 days, no card, on the Standard feature set, and it does not include the Workable Agent. Paid accounts include 3,000 AI credits.

    Cons. The catalog's From $149/mo does not match Standard at $299 a month for that band. The catalog was not edited. A banner says bundling recruiting and HR saves up to 20 percent. That is the bundle, not proof of an annual discount. Standard's monthly times twelve equals the annual figure that was printed. Extra credits are 5,000 at $0.12 ($600), 10,000 at $0.10 ($1,000), and 50,000 at $0.095 ($4,750). Credits expire after one year and are non-refundable. On Standard, texting is an extra $89 a month, video is $109, and assessments are $59.

    Trade-off. Against Greenhouse's quote, Workable prints a 1 to 20 employee ladder and a short trial that is not the Agent. You still have to read the band. A larger company is not priced by the numbers in this paragraph.

    Pricing checked 2026-10-12. For 1–20 employees: Standard $299/mo or $3,588/yr, Premier $599/mo or $7,188/yr, Enterprise $719/mo or $8,628/yr. Fifteen-day trial, no card, Standard features, Workable Agent excluded. Catalog From $149/mo does not match those cards. Vendor pricing page.

Recruiting category

Greenhouse's pricing page, opened on 2026-10-12, does not print a software dollar. The named plans are Core, Plus, and Pro, and the call to action is a personalized demo. The catalog stores a null starting price and a custom model, which matches that missing number. The catalog also stores a free-trial flag. The page that was opened offers the demo, not a stated trial length, so the trial flag is a catalog claim this check could not confirm on the pricing URL.

Core, as printed, includes sourcing and a CRM, interview kits and scorecards, an AI Notetaker, scheduling, reporting, single sign-on, and Talent Matching. Plus adds AI report filters, a BI connector, sourcing automation, texting, and fraud and spam detection. Pro adds unlimited CRM events, an audit log, a developer sandbox, and sandbox sync. A FAQ on the same page says cost depends on the plan, hiring volume, and complexity. That sentence is the vendor's own description of the quote. It is not a price.

This comparison uses the live quiz order for teams leaving Greenhouse. It does not reorder those eight products, and it does not repeat the switch story on the replace route. Prices below are what each vendor's own page showed on the same date, including pages that showed no dollar at all.

Why teams leave Greenhouse

The public page is a demo, not a ladder

A buyer who needs a number before a call cannot get one from the Greenhouse pricing URL checked on 2026-10-12. Core, Plus, and Pro are names. The FAQ ties cost to plan, volume, and complexity, and then stops. Teams leave when procurement will not book a demo to learn whether the workflow they want sits on Core or only on Pro.

The catalog trial flag is not on the pricing page

hasFreeTrial is true in the catalog. The pricing page's action is a personalized demo. This note does not invent a 14-day or 30-day Greenhouse trial, because that length was not on the page. If a trial exists only after a sales conversation, it is not a published self-serve trial.

Leaving means using the export API, not a guessed CSV button

Greenhouse's Harvest introduction says the API was designed so customers can export their data. An example request is a GET to harvest.greenhouse.io/v1/candidates using Basic authentication. Support-center URLs that were tried for a CSV article returned 404, which is not proof that no in-app export exists. It only means those URLs are not sources.

When to stay on Greenhouse

Stay when Core's published set is the product you already run: kits, scorecards, scheduling, SSO, and Talent Matching, and a quote is acceptable. Nothing on this page sees your discount or your add-on for CRM events. Pro's audit log and developer sandbox are reasons to stay if those controls are in the contract you already signed.

Stay if the next tool's public price is also a quote, or if its printed price excludes the agency, franchise, or headcount band you are in. Several rows below fail that test. Switching to escape a demo, and landing on another demo, is not a sourcing win.

The list above is the live quiz order for teams leaving Greenhouse. Notes under each name are editorial comparisons. They do not add, remove, or reorder products, and they do not change the score.

Migration notes

What usually moves

Harvest is the export door this check actually opened. The introduction says the API exists so customers can export their data. Requests use Basic authentication. An example is GET https://harvest.greenhouse.io/v1/candidates/. Creating a key requires a user who can manage all of the organization's API credentials, under Developer permissions, then Configure, Dev Center, API Credential Management. Access is binary on each endpoint: everything or nothing. For approved partners and for customer-built integrations, the rate limit is returned in the X-RateLimit-Limit header and is counted per 10 seconds. On the Ashby side, the pricing page describes bulk candidate intake as CSV or forwarded resumes, and bulk openings as CSV including team, location, dates, and compensation. The capture did not show which plan column includes those rows, so this note does not assign them to Foundations, Plus, or Enterprise. Ashby's API introduction describes an RPC style, paths like /CATEGORY.method, mostly POST, Basic auth with the key as the username and a blank password, a JSON body, and Content-Type application/json. It says the API is not for browsers, CORS is not configured, and you should proxy through a backend.

What usually does not

Harvest does not, in the page that was opened, promise a one-click load into Ashby, Recruitee, or any other row on this list. Greenhouse CRM events, scorecard history, and the AI Notetaker are not columns in the Harvest introduction. Support-center CSV articles that were requested returned 404, so this page does not claim an in-app spreadsheet export is absent, and it does not cite those 404s as documentation. Ashby's bulk CSV rows were not tied to a plan in the capture. AI credit pools and the 200 included email lookups are meters, not a migration tool.

Official docs opened for this note: Greenhouse Harvest API, Ashby pricing, Ashby API introduction.

Compare, then decide whether to switch

This page answers which tool, compared with Greenhouse. The replace page is the switch narrative. Links below are routes that exist in the catalog.

Questions teams actually ask

Does Greenhouse publish a starting price?+

Not on the pricing page opened on 2026-10-12. Core, Plus, and Pro are named, and the FAQ says cost depends on plan, hiring volume, and complexity. The catalog's null starting price matches. The catalog's free-trial flag was not confirmed, because the page offers a personalized demo rather than a stated trial.

Which Greenhouse plan includes interview kits?+

The pricing page lists interview kits and scorecards on Core, along with sourcing and CRM, AI Notetaker, scheduling, reporting, SSO, and Talent Matching. Plus and Pro add the items named in the briefing. That is the public matrix, not your contract.

How do you export Greenhouse data?+

The Harvest introduction says the API was designed for customers to export their data, with Basic authentication and an example candidate GET. Key management sits in Dev Center. CSV help-center URLs tried on this pass returned 404, so they are not cited as the export procedure.

Why does the catalog still say Recruitee starts at $100?+

Because this project does not edit catalog prices. Recruitee's pricing page listed Start, Advance, and Optimize with no dollar on 2026-10-12. The $100 figure is a discrepancy to report, not a number this page treats as current.

Does the Workable annual price include a discount?+

For the 1 to 20 employee band, Standard at $299 a month times twelve equals the $3,588 annual figure that was printed. A separate banner talks about saving up to 20 percent by bundling recruiting and HR. That banner is not the same thing as an annual discount on Standard.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-12

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