Workable vs Greenhouse
Workable or Greenhouse? Here is how they compare on price, free plan, platforms and the jobs each does best, from each vendor's own pages.
| Compared on | Visit | Visit |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Applicant tracking and HR suite priced by company size, with an AI agent that sources and screens on credits | Applicant tracking system built on structured hiring, sold in Core, Plus and Pro plans on custom quotes |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $299/mo billed annually (Standard)Workable pricing | Not publishedGreenhouse pricing |
| What it covers | Recruiting only, for companies with 1 to 20 employees ($3,588 billed yearly). The price rises with company size: for 21 to 50 employees Standard is $500 a month, or $419 billed annually. Unlimited active jobs, subject to fair usage limits. | Not stated |
| Free trial | 15-day free trial with the Enterprise plan's feature set, no credit card needed; the trial does not include Workable Agent | None stated |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API | Web, Chrome extension, API |
| Integrations (vendor's figure) | 270+ integrations, a REST API with webhooks, and an MCP server | Hundreds of pre-built integrations, an open API, and an MCP server for tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini |
| Open source | No | No |
| Made by | Workable Technology Limited | Greenhouse Software, Inc. |
Choose Workable if…
- You want a mobile app (iOS and Android).
- The job is small and mid-sized employers that want job posting, screening and scheduling in one tool.
- The job is advertising jobs widely without managing each job board.
Choose Greenhouse if…
- The job is companies that want a structured interview process with scorecards for every role.
- The job is hiring teams screening high application volumes for fraud and spam.
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What Workable does
- Posts jobs to 200+ job boards in one click, with Indeed Apply and Apply with LinkedIn
- No-code careers page builder and an embeddable jobs widget
- Search of 400M+ passive candidate profiles and AI candidate recommendations, included in all plans
- Workable Agent: sources candidates, scores applicants against up to 14 job criteria and chats with them to fill gaps, using AI credits
- AI job description, interview question and outreach email generators
- Candidate self-scheduling with two-way Gmail and Microsoft 365 calendar sync, plus Zoom, Teams and Google Meet
Watch out for
- Prices are set by company size; the published $299 and $360 figures are for 1 to 20 employees, recruiting only
- Premier and Enterprise are sold on annual billing only
- Texting, video interviews and assessments cost extra on Standard
What Greenhouse does
- Posts and promotes roles on 1,000+ large and niche job boards, plus branded, multi-brand and internal job boards
- Structured hiring with interview kits, scorecards and AI-generated hiring plans
- Scheduling with candidate self-scheduling, scheduling links, interviewer limits and auto-replacement of declined interviewers
- AI Notetaker that records and transcribes interviews and maps notes to scorecard questions
- Real Talent fraud and spam detection, with CLEAR ID verification listed in the plan table
- AI job post description suggestions, resume anonymization, offer forecasting and AI report filters
Watch out for
- No prices are published; every plan needs a demo and a custom quote
- Texting, sourcing automation and the BI connector start on Plus; the audit log and developer sandbox need Pro
- Voice AI is a separate annual subscription priced by headcount
Questions
Do Workable and Greenhouse have free plans?
Neither has a free plan. Workable offers a 15-day free trial with the Enterprise plan's feature set, no credit card needed; the trial does not include Workable Agent.