Workable alternatives

Seven applicant tracking systems teams look at instead of Workable, with each vendor's published price, what the bill is based on, the minimum term, and the plan where structured interviewing starts. Every fact was read off the vendor's own page on October 1, 2026. Yardstick is our product and is one of the seven.

Jump to the sevenSee the side-by-side table

Start with what Workable publishes.

Workable publishes three plans priced by employee band. At 1 to 20 employees and billed annually, Workable's Standard plan is $299 a month or $3,588 a year, Premier is $599 a month or $7,188 a year, and Enterprise is $719 a month or $8,628 a year. Standard is $360 a month billed monthly. Workable prices by employee band, and the figures here are the 1 to 20 band. The 21 to 50 band, the add-ons, and what a year costs are on Workable pricing.

Interview kits, scorecards, API access, and Workable's MCP server are on every Workable plan. Every paid Workable account starts with 3,000 free AI credits, with packs from 5,000 credits at $600 to 50,000 at $4,750. Workable publishes a 15-day trial of the Standard plan with no credit card required.

That is the reference row. The seven below are read the same way, from each vendor's own page, so you can put the number you were quoted next to the number each alternative publishes.

How to read this list.

  1. 1Every fact is from the vendor's own page, read on October 1, 2026.Where a vendor's page does not state something, the entry says so instead of guessing.
  2. 2The list is grouped, not ranked.Vendors that publish a price come first, alphabetically, then vendors that quote, alphabetically. Position says nothing about quality.
  3. 3"Structured interviewing from" is the plan where the vendor lists interview guides, kits, or scorecards.It is the tier you actually need if that is what you came for, and on three of the seven it is not the entry tier.
  4. 4Yardstick is our product.It is one row, held to the same columns as the others, and it is the only row we can speak for from the inside.

The seven, grouped by whether the price is on the page.

Publish a price

  • Ashby — Published entry price for companies up to 100 employees; structured interviewing and API on every plan

    Best for: teams under 100 people who want structured interviewing and API access on the entry plan with a price they can read.

    • Ashby's Foundations plan is $300 to $900 a month for companies up to 100 employees, depending on headcount, with a 10% discount for an annual commitment. Ashby's Plus plan (101 to 1,000 employees) and Enterprise plan (1,000 and up) are priced on request.
    • Ashby bills on company size band. No minimum term is published beyond the annual discount.
    • Customizable interview plans and structured interviewing are on every Ashby plan, including Foundations.
    • Public developer API on every Ashby plan. AI runs on credits: 1,500 a month on Foundations.

    Watch-out: Ashby's Foundations price stops at 100 employees. Above that, Ashby's Plus and Enterprise plans are quoted, so the published number only holds while you are under the band.

  • Breezy HR — Free tier for one open position, flat company plans from $157 a month; interview guides and scorecards start on the middle tier

    Best for: a small company hiring one or two roles at a time that wants a flat monthly price with no per-user math.

    • Breezy HR's Bootstrap plan is free and allows one active position or candidate pool at a time. Breezy HR's paid plans are Startup at $157 a month, Growth at $273 a month, and Business at $439 a month on annual billing, or $189, $329, and $529 a month billed monthly. A Custom Pro plan is quoted.
    • Each published Breezy HR plan is one flat monthly price, and Startup and Growth list unlimited positions. Monthly and annual billing are both offered; the page we checked does not publish a minimum term.
    • Customizable interview guides and customizable scorecards start on Breezy HR's Growth plan, the middle paid tier.
    • API access is listed on Breezy HR's Custom Pro plan only.

    Watch-out: The interview structure you would buy an ATS for starts at Breezy HR's Growth plan, $273 a month, not on the free or Startup tiers. Seven systems lined up against Breezy HR the same way are on our Breezy HR alternatives page.

  • JazzHR — Plans from $1,000 a year or $110 a month; structured interviews start on the second plan

    Best for: small teams hiring for a few roles at a time on a flat plan fee.

    • JazzHR's Hero plan is $1,000 a year, Plus is $3,480 a year, and Pro is $5,508 a year on yearly billing, or $110, $350, and $549 a month billed monthly.
    • JazzHR bills a flat plan fee with a posting allowance. Hero starts at 3 job postings a month and Plus allows up to 200 active jobs. Yearly billing saves up to 24%.
    • Structured Interviews and Assessments start on JazzHR's Plus plan.

    Watch-out: Paying monthly costs up to 24% more than the yearly figures.

  • Yardstick — AI-designed interview guide for each role, agent-operable on every account, priced per open role

    Best for: teams where the hiring manager owns the interview loop and wants to pay per open role, not by employee band.

    • The AI designs the interview guide and scorecard for the role, so every candidate has the same important conversation and is scored on the same scale. Your team edits both and makes every hiring decision.
    • Yardstick's first three Jobs are free. Yardstick's Core plan is $49 a month plus $29 per open role; Scale is $149 a month plus $19 per open role. Billed monthly on open roles, with no minimum term and no seat charges for interviewers or hiring managers, who open their scorecards on magic links.
    • Public API, CLI, and MCP on every Yardstick account, including free. You chat with Claude Code or Codex, it runs the yardstick CLI, and publishing a job, advancing or rejecting a candidate, or emailing one waits for your approval.
    • Your Workable export goes in through the preview-first importer: your agent converts it, the dry run shows every row, and you approve before anything is written.

    Watch-out: A structured-interview ATS with a talent CRM built in, not an HRIS. SSO, SCIM, and advanced audit logs are on the Enterprise plan. For the same question asked of interview tooling specifically, see the best structured interview software.

Quote on request

  • Greenhouse — Three tiers priced on request; structured interview kits and scorecards on every tier

    Best for: teams heading toward enterprise process that want interview kits, scorecards, and an MCP path and are set up to take a quote.

    • Greenhouse does not publish a price. Its pricing page says pricing is customized based on your company's hiring needs, across the Core, Plus, and Pro tiers.
    • Greenhouse publishes no billing basis, minimum term, or trial on the pricing page we checked.
    • Structured interview kits and scorecards are on every Greenhouse tier, including Core.
    • Greenhouse's Harvest API exports your data and advances, moves, and rejects applications; a developer sandbox is on Pro. Greenhouse MCP, in open beta on Core, Plus, and Pro, lets team members connect AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to Greenhouse data within their permissions, with scopes set by Site Admins.

    Watch-out: No price, term, or trial on the Greenhouse pages we checked. The same seven-way view from the other side is on our Greenhouse alternatives page.

  • Recruitee (Tellent) — Three plans on a one-year minimum; feedback and scoring templates from the second plan

    Best for: teams that want API access on the entry plan and can commit for a year.

    • Recruitee does not publish a price for its Start, Advance, and Optimize plans.
    • Recruitee's contracts have a minimum commitment of one year, payable monthly, with a 20% discount for annual payment.
    • Structured evaluation forms, with templates for feedback and scoring, start on Recruitee's Advance plan.
    • API access is on Recruitee's Start plan; API support and a testing environment are on Optimize.

    Watch-out: Recruitee's one-year minimum applies even if you pay monthly.

  • Teamtailor — Quote on request with unlimited users and job postings; interview kits listed, plan not stated

    Best for: teams that want unlimited users and job postings and are set up to take a quote.

    • Teamtailor does not publish a price; its pricing page invites you to ask for a quote.
    • Teamtailor's pricing page lists unlimited job postings and unlimited users, with one offer for companies up to 1,000 employees and an Enterprise offer for 1,000 and up. No minimum term is published.
    • Interview kits for conducting structured interviews are listed on Teamtailor's pricing page; the page does not say which plan they start on.
    • Teamtailor publishes public API documentation and lists more than 450 integrations.

    Watch-out: No price, term, or structured-interviewing tier on the Teamtailor pages we checked, so the questions to ask on the call are the ones the other rows answer.

Side by side, as published on October 1, 2026.

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AlternativePublished priceBilled onMinimum termStructured interviewing from
Workable (reference)Standard $299/month ($3,588/yr) billed annually or $360 billed monthly; Premier $599/month ($7,188/yr); Enterprise $719/month ($8,628/yr) at 1 to 20 employees, billed annuallyEmployee bandMonthly (Standard) or annual; no minimum publishedStandard (every plan)
AshbyFoundations $300 to $900/month by headcount, up to 100 employees; Plus and Enterprise quotedCompany size bandNot published; 10% off for annualFoundations (every plan)
Breezy HRFree for one position; Startup $157/month, Growth $273/month, Business $439/month on annual billing ($189, $329, $529 monthly)Per companyMonthly or annual; no minimum publishedGrowth
JazzHRHero $1,000/yr; Plus $3,480/yr; Pro $5,508/yr; or $110, $350, $549 billed monthlyFlat plan fee with a posting allowanceMonthly or yearly; no minimum publishedPlus
YardstickFirst 3 Jobs free; Core $49/month + $29 per open role; Scale $149/month + $19 per open roleOpen roles; no seat chargesNone, billed monthlyFree (every account)
GreenhouseNot published; Core, Plus, Pro quotedNot publishedNot publishedCore (every tier)
RecruiteeNot published; Start, Advance, Optimize quotedNot published; 20% off for annual paymentOne year, payable monthlyAdvance
TeamtailorNot published; quote on requestNot published; unlimited users and job postingsNot publishedInterview kits listed, plan not stated

If you are moving off Workable.

Export first. Workable publishes API access on every plan. Whichever alternative you pick, you want the candidates, jobs, and applications out while the account is still active.

Check the structured-interviewing tier before the price. Workable puts interview kits on every plan, and three of the seven here start them one plan up. If structured interviews are what you are keeping, the entry price is not your price on those three. Breezy HR is the one most often shortlisted next to Workable, and the two are read side by side, plan by plan, at Workable vs Breezy HR.

Check the term next. Two of the seven commit you for a year, and Workable prices by employee band. Yardstick bills monthly on open roles: $49 a month plus $29 per open role, and a role you close stops billing the next month, with interviewers on magic links rather than paid seats.

Your Workable export goes into Yardstick preview-first: your agent converts it for the importer, and you or your agent see exactly what will be written to your account before anything is. The steps are at switch from Workable. Yardstick's own comparison is Yardstick vs Workable. The same seven-way view from the Greenhouse side is at Greenhouse alternatives. For eight ATS prices on one page, see the ATS pricing comparison, and full Yardstick pricing is on the pricing page.

Common questions about Workable alternatives.

What is the best alternative to Workable?

We do not name one. The seven here differ on the things you can check today: whether the price is published (Ashby, Breezy HR, JazzHR, and Yardstick publish; Greenhouse, Recruitee, and Teamtailor quote), what the bill is based on, whether there is a minimum term, and which plan includes structured interviewing. Pick the column that matters to you and read down it.

Is there a free alternative to Workable?

Two of the seven publish a free tier. Yardstick's first three Jobs are free, with the AI-designed interview guide, scorecards, the public API, CLI, and MCP included. Breezy HR's Bootstrap plan is free for one active position or candidate pool at a time, with interview guides and scorecards starting on its Growth plan at $273 a month. Workable itself publishes a 15-day trial of its Standard plan with no credit card.

Which Workable alternatives publish their pricing?

Ashby (Foundations, $300 to $900 a month for companies up to 100 employees, depending on headcount), Breezy HR (from $157 a month on annual billing after a free tier), JazzHR (from $1,000 a year, or $110 billed monthly), and Yardstick (from $49 a month plus $29 per open role, after three free Jobs). Greenhouse, Recruitee, and Teamtailor quote.

Which alternatives have a minimum term?

Recruitee's contracts carry a one-year minimum even when paid monthly. Ashby publishes a 10% discount for an annual commitment but publishes no minimum. Breezy HR, JazzHR, and Workable offer monthly and annual billing, and Workable's Premier and Enterprise plans are annual only. Yardstick bills monthly on open roles with no minimum term. Greenhouse and Teamtailor publish no term.

Which alternatives include structured interviewing on the entry plan?

Ashby (interview plans and structured interviewing on Foundations), Greenhouse (interview kits and scorecards on Core), and Yardstick (on the free account), the same place Workable puts interview kits and scorecards. Breezy HR starts interview guides and scorecards at Growth, JazzHR starts structured interviews at Plus, and Recruitee starts feedback and scoring templates at Advance. Teamtailor lists interview kits without naming a plan.

How current is this list?

Every fact was read from the vendor's own pricing, product, or documentation page on October 1, 2026. We recheck quarterly. If a vendor's page and this page disagree, the vendor's page wins.

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