Kula vs Tellent Recruitee (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tellent Recruitee grades higher than Kula: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Tellent Recruitee grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
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 Kula if
- Fits if you're a company of up to 50 and want one hiring tool in place of several
- Works for teams that would rather pay by headcount than count recruiter seats
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're tiny: $5,120 a year is the floor, and it's per company
- Watch out: script data on the pricing page holds figures different from the $5,120 shown, so the quote may differ
- Not for you if you want to try it first, since there's no free plan or trial, only a demo and tour
- Skip it if you're above 50 employees and want a price, as larger bands are quoted on a call
- Too light for AI agents today: the vendor lists them as coming soon
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
| 1.8GPAKulaWeak | 2.4GPATellent RecruiteeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$5,120 a year for 1 to 50 employees is about $427 a month, past the $335 where the category's dearest tenth starts. It's a company price, so a team of five pays it all; one person pays the same. | 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 listed; the site routes you to a demo. A demo request isn't a trial. | 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 | BATS, CRM with data enrichment, AI scoring, scheduling, a notetaker and analytics. The listing names no gap in the core hiring work, though AI agents are only listed as coming soon. | 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, and the listing shows pipelines, scorecards and integrations to set up. That puts it at C. | CNo App Store rating on record, and you'll build the careers site and your pipelines before it earns its keep. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb product with Slack, Zoom, LinkedIn, ADP, BambooHR, Rippling, Gusto and Paychex connections. No desktop or phone app, so B. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with LinkedIn, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, BambooHR, Zapier and Make linked. No desktop app. |
| Best for | an all-in-one ATS priced by company size | 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: Kula and Tellent Recruitee. How we grade
Where they differ
- Kula also covers meeting notes and auto-scheduling.
- Tellent Recruitee also covers workflow automation and job board posting.
In commonWebAI featuresReportsApplicant tracking
At a glance
| Kula | Tellent Recruitee | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $5,120 per year for companies of 1 to 50 employees | 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 | Kula.ai | Tellent |
| Price read from | kula.ai | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Kula
- The pricing page shows a dollar figure only for the 1-50 employee band; larger bands are priced on a call.
- Script data on the pricing page holds figures different from the displayed $5,120, so the quote may differ.
- No free plan or free trial is listed; the page points to a demo and a product tour.
- The vendor lists AI agents as coming soon.
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
Kula
- ATS and pipeline management
- Pipelines, scorecards and offers sit in one application, alongside built-in assessments and referral management.
- Sourcing and CRM
- A built-in recruiting CRM with talent pools, email templates, automated outreach and data enrichment for finding candidate emails.
- AI resume scoring
- Candidates are scored against a role and summaries are generated automatically, so reviewers can sort applicants by fit.
- Scheduling and AI notetaker
- Interviews can be scheduled manually or by self-scheduling link, and an AI notetaker produces interview notes and call summaries.
- Analytics
- Prebuilt and custom dashboards cover hiring progress, EEO and diversity reporting, and team performance, with a conversational AI analytics option.
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
Kula
1-50 employees$5,120
per year, for companies of 1 to 50 employees
Full platform: ATS, CRM, scheduling, AI notetaker and analytics. Price shown reflects annual billing; other terms are flexible.
Larger companiesCustom
The pricing page offers 51-75, 76-100 and 101-1k+ employee bands; the page text shows a price only for 1-50 and a call for the rest.
Tellent Recruitee
Pricing could not be confirmed. See recruitee.com.
Ways to pay less
Kula
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, Kula or Tellent Recruitee?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kula starts at $5,120 per year for companies of 1 to 50 employees, and Tellent Recruitee has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Kula or Tellent Recruitee?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Kula nor Tellent Recruitee has a free plan. Tellent Recruitee has a free trial.
Which platforms do Kula and Tellent Recruitee run on?
As of Nov 13, 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.