Fountain vs Tellent Recruitee (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Tellent Recruitee grades higher than Fountain: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Tellent Recruitee grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Tellent Recruitee
Applicant tracking system with a careers site builder, by quote
Free trial
Which one is for you
Pick Fountain if
- Fits if you hire hourly or frontline staff in volume, like restaurants or retail
- Works for firms that want hiring and shift scheduling in one tool
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price, as none is published
- Not for you if you hire for professional-services roles, which isn't its stated focus
- Watch out: separate products are listed, and which you get depends on the quote
- Skip it if you want a free plan or trial, as none is listed
Pick Tellent Recruitee if
- Fits if you want your careers site and your tracker in one place
- Works for teams hiring across several countries and languages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to see a price before you talk to sales
- Not for you if a one-year contract feels like too much commitment
- Tight if you're on Start and hiring for more than 5 roles at once
- Watch out: texting, WhatsApp Hiring, AgencyHub, Journeys and SSO below Optimize are paid add-ons
- Watch out: the trial caps you at 50 emails and 5 jobs with no free job boards
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAFountainWeak | 2.4GPATellent RecruiteeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published; the page leads to a demo form and says pricing is tailored to the product suite. | CNo price is published, so we can't say what a ten-person company pays. Tellent quotes from the plan, your headcount and the billing period, contracts run at least a year, and paying yearly takes 20% off. Quote only, which lands it on a C. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial is on record in the listing or on its pricing page. | CNo free plan, but an 18-day trial of the Advance plan with no card. It caps you at 50 emails and 5 jobs with no free job boards, and it just ends rather than turning into a bill. |
| Features | BSourcing, a rehire CRM, applicant tracking, onboarding, shifts and scheduling, and AI recruiting helpers. The listing names no gap in the hiring job. | BA careers site, posting to several boards at once, CV parsing, pipelines with knockout questions, self-scheduling, evaluation forms, AI screening and reports. That's the whole job, though Start allows only 5 active job posts. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Hiring flows, messages and shift rules need building before a first hire. | CNo App Store rating on record, and you'll build the careers site and your pipelines before it earns its keep. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no apps or integrations list on record. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with LinkedIn, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, BambooHR, Zapier and Make linked. No desktop app. |
| Best for | hiring hourly and frontline staff in volume | in-house teams with a branded careers site |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Fountain and Tellent Recruitee. How we grade
Where they differ
- Fountain also covers AI agents and shift scheduling.
- Tellent Recruitee also covers workflow automation and reports.
In commonWebAI featuresApplicant trackingJob board posting
At a glance
| Fountain | Tellent Recruitee | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 18-day free trial of the Advance plan, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Fountain (Onboard IQ) | Tellent |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Fountain
- No prices are published: the pricing page leads to a demo request form and says pricing is tailored to the product suite.
- The site lists separate products (Source, CRM, ATS, Onboarding, Shift & Scheduling), and which ones a customer gets depends on the quote.
- The vendor describes the audience as frontline and hourly employers; professional-services hiring is not its stated focus.
Tellent Recruitee
- No prices are published: Tellent quotes from the plan, the number of employees at your company and the billing period; agencies get a custom quote.
- Contracts run for at least one year, though they can be paid monthly; paying annually takes 20% off.
- Start allows 5 active job posts; texting, WhatsApp Hiring, AgencyHub, Journeys and (below Optimize) SSO are paid add-ons.
- The trial ends after 18 days without turning into a subscription, and caps you at 50 emails, 5 jobs and no free job boards.
Key features
Fountain
- Sourcing
- Finds and engages frontline applicants around the clock, according to the vendor.
- CRM for rehiring
- Keeps past applicants and former workers on file so they can be contacted when a role opens again.
- Applicant tracking
- Takes candidates from application to offer, including interview scheduling and automated offers.
- Onboarding
- Collects forms and handles first-day steps for new hires, with an AI support agent for questions before day one.
- Shift and scheduling
- A scheduling product aimed at filling open shifts before gaps appear.
- AI recruiter and Cue
- An AI recruiter screens candidates, and the Cue assistant takes plain-language requests such as hiring ten associates or filling weekend shifts.
Tellent Recruitee
- CareersHub careers site
- A one-page branded careers site on Start, and a multi-page, multilingual one on its own domain from Advance, built without code.
- Multi-board job posting
- Share a job to several job boards in one go, with LinkedIn posting and LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect for importing profiles.
- Pipelines and screening
- CV parsing, talent pools, pipeline templates, knockout questions and pre-screen questionnaires, with candidate self-scheduling from Advance.
- AI screening and matching
- An AI Screening Assistant (100 credits a month on Advance, full use on Optimize) and a Matching Assistant that searches past candidates for new roles.
- Team evaluation
- Roles, tasks, mentions, notes and structured evaluation forms, with Zoom, Google Meet and Teams linked for remote interviews.
- Reporting and GDPR tools
- Ready-made dashboards on every plan, custom reports from Advance, diversity reports and automated GDPR consent and deletion.
Plans
Fountain
Pricing could not be confirmed. See fountain.com.
Tellent Recruitee
Pricing could not be confirmed. See recruitee.com.
Ways to pay less
Fountain
No public discounts listed.
Tellent Recruitee
- Annual discount
20% off with annual payment
Tellent Recruitee's pricing FAQ says paying annually gives a 20% discount on the subscription. The base prices are not published.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fountain or Tellent Recruitee?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Fountain has no price we could confirm, and Tellent Recruitee has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Fountain or Tellent Recruitee?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Fountain nor Tellent Recruitee has a free plan. Tellent Recruitee has a free trial.
Which platforms do Fountain and Tellent Recruitee run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Tellent Recruitee lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.