Bullhorn review (2026): is it worth $99 a month per user?
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Bullhorn report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for ATS and CRM for staffing agencies
Bullhorn is an applicant tracker and CRM built for staffing agencies, from $99 a user a month on Starter. The AI search, recruitment CRM and chat start at the Pro plan, which has no listed price, and it is not made for in-house teams.
Who Bullhorn is for
- Fits if you run a staffing agency and want ATS and client tracking together
- Works for agencies that want a marketplace of partner apps
Who Bullhorn is not for
- Not for you if you hire for your own company, as it is built for agencies
- Skip it if you want to try it first, as every plan is sold by quote
- Pricey if you want the CRM or AI, as they start at Pro with no price shown
- Watch out: the page does not say if the per-user prices are monthly or annual
Why Bullhorn gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$99 a user on Starter and $165 on Core, against a category middle of $85 and a dearer quarter from $149. The page does not say whether that is monthly or annual.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial. Every plan says Get a quote.
- CFeaturesATS, client management, a 300+ app marketplace and AI on higher plans. The recruitment CRM and AI search only start at Pro, so Starter and Core have gaps.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. An agency platform that needs setting up with workflows and custom fields.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with a 300+ partner marketplace and LinkedIn and Salesforce links.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bullhorn's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Bullhorn's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 14 of the 48 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 48) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $99 a month for each person, against a middle price of $84.17 for the category: 15 of the 25 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Bullhorn’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 5 of 48, level with 35
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 48, level with 28
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 48, level with 31
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 48, level with 47
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 48, level with 32
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 hiring and applicant tracking tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Bullhorn, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Bullhorn you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 28 of the 48 other hiring and applicant tracking tools grade higher. It costs $1,188 a year.
What you could make
- Applicant tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Bullhorn’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Bullhorn?
Bullhorn makes recruiting software for staffing and recruitment agencies. Plans for small agencies start with applicant tracking and resume parsing, and higher tiers add a recruitment CRM and its Amplify AI. Larger agencies buy Front Office plans, or Bullhorn One, which adds timesheets and invoicing.
Worth knowing
- Every plan has a Get a quote button, and the page does not say whether the per-user prices are billed monthly or annually.
- AI search and match, the recruitment CRM and Amplify Chat start at the Pro plan, which has no listed price.
- It is built for agencies, not for in-house teams hiring for their own company.
- Larger-agency plans, AI and Automation products and Middle Office are quote-only.
Key features
- ATS and client management
- The entry plan covers applicant tracking, resume parsing, client management and a career portal for job postings.
- Amplify AI
- Amplify is the vendor's recruiting AI: search and match, a staffing LLM chat, data enrichment, resume formatting and call transcription.
- Digital workers
- Amplify Digital Workers are sold as automation for tasks such as screening, matching and building candidate submission packets.
- Automation
- A visual workflow builder, task-based automations and data-health automations run inside the ATS.
- Back office
- Bullhorn One and the Middle Office product handle timesheets, invoicing, pay and bill automation for staffing firms.
- VMS connections
- VMS Automation links to 110+ vendor management systems to import and update job records.
Bullhorn pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Bullhorn is a paid product, starting at $99 per user / month (billing basis not stated).
- Starts at
- $99 per user / month (billing basis not stated)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $99per user / month, billing basis not stated | Applicant tracking, resume parsing, client management and a job posting career portal. Sold through a quote. |
| Core | $165per user / month, billing basis not stated | Adds a 300+ partner app marketplace, custom fields and workflows, and LinkedIn integrations. Sold through a quote. |
| Pro | Custom | Adds recruitment CRM, AI search and match, Amplify Chat, data enrichment and process automation. |
| Max | Custom | Adds Amplify agentic workflows: screening, matching, outreach, a website chatbot and interview scheduling. |
| Front Office Growth | Custom | For larger agencies: applicant tracking, CRM, AI assistant, custom workflows and analytics. |
| Bullhorn One | Custom | Front-to-back plan adding timesheet management, invoicing and billing, and pay and bill automation. |
Read from bullhorn.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bullhorn before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Bullhorn have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Bullhorn is listed for Web.
Does Bullhorn have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Bullhorn is listed for Web.
Is Bullhorn open source?
Bullhorn is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
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