Best Greenhouse Alternatives in 2026

Greenhouse is the structured-hiring applicant tracking system many talent teams shortlist first, and it is also the one whose price you only learn after a sales demo. That gap is why people search for Greenhouse alternatives. The question is less which ATS has the features and more which one you can price before you book a call. This guide compares eight tools on the dollar figures each vendor prints today, the plan limits behind those figures, and the catch in each plan.

Toolradar data: Toolradar lists 11 direct alternatives to Greenhouse on its own comparison page (toolradar.com/alternatives/greenhouse). Only 2 of the 10 top-ranked tools in its 31-tool applicant tracking ranking (toolradar.com/best/ats, October 2026) publish a free plan.

Costs are worked out for one scenario wherever a vendor's page allows it, so those rows compare fairly. The scenario is a company of 50 employees, three users in the ATS, billed yearly, with one to three open roles at a time. Where a vendor shows no dollar price or prices by band, the card says so rather than guessing.

An applicant tracking system holds your candidates, job postings, interview stages and feedback in one place. Greenhouse is one of the best known, built around structured interviews and scorecards that every interviewer fills in. The alternatives on this page do the same core job. They sell it in different shapes: a free plan that caps active roles, a per-user subscription, a flat annual fee, or a quote for a suite whose entry plan starts in the five figures.

Price structure matters more than the feature list when you replace Greenhouse, because the feature lists across the category look alike. The useful question is what the bill does when you add a user, open a tenth role or grow past the next headcount band.

Three pricing mechanics explain most of the switching. The first is the missing price. Greenhouse, Lever and Teamtailor all route buyers through a sales conversation, and Greenhouse's own pricing page says its pricing is customized based on each company's hiring needs. That is a legitimate model, but it means you cannot compare before you talk to a rep. The second is cost that rises with headcount. Per-employee and per-band pricing grows as the company grows, even when the recruiting team does not. The third is the bill beyond the plan: sourcing tools, onboarding and AI credits are often sold on top.

Breezy HR, JazzHR, Manatal, Workable and Ashby each publish at least one price, which removes the first mechanic. Breezy HR and JazzHR sell flat plans, which avoids the second. Manatal charges per user, so it keeps that mechanic. Workable and Ashby publish a starting price for one band and step up from there. Every switch trades one thing for another, and the trade is usually a cap. A free plan holds one open role, a flat plan limits monthly job postings, and a per-user plan grows with each recruiter. Our Greenhouse review covers the tool itself, and the ATS guide places it against the wider category.

Breezy HR, Manatal, JazzHR, Workable and Ashby each publish at least one dollar price on their own pricing pages: Breezy HR pricing, Manatal pricing, JazzHR pricing, Workable pricing and Ashby pricing.

SmartRecruiters shows a starting price without a billing term (SmartRecruiters pricing).

Recruitee and Lever show no US dollar price (Recruitee pricing, Lever pricing), and Greenhouse publishes none (Greenhouse pricing).

The Greenhouse figure in the table is an estimate, not a Greenhouse price. Vendr, a software purchasing marketplace, reports a median of $26,570 a year from 884 purchases. Buyers saved 16% on average, and the range runs from $10,207 to $74,330 (Vendr Greenhouse data, last updated February 2026). That median covers buyers of every company size, so it skews above a 50-person team.

Methodology: we read each vendor's pricing page on 10 October 2026, kept only figures shown in US dollars, and took the billing term printed beside each price. Per-user prices were multiplied out at the scenario above (50 employees, three users, billed yearly, one to three open roles).

Band prices stay as each page shows them, and the cards say where the 50-person band is not shown. Where a page shows a price with no billing term, the table says so.

Breezy HR if you hire for one role at a time and want a free plan that never expires, or if you run several roles and want unlimited users on one flat monthly price. Manatal if you are a small in-house team of two to five users with up to 15 open jobs on the account, and you want to pay per seat after a 14-day test.

JazzHR if you post a few roles a month and prefer one flat annual bill, after confirming posting eligibility. Workable or Ashby if you want a published price with employee bands and a broader platform, with Ashby suited to companies of up to 100 employees. SmartRecruiters, Lever or Greenhouse itself if you run hiring across several teams and have budget for a sales-led contract.