# Bullhorn review (2026): is it worth $99 a month per user? > ATS, CRM and AI recruiting software for staffing agencies Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Hiring & Applicant Tracking - **Made by:** Bullhorn - **Website:** https://www.bullhorn.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you hire for your own company, as it is built for agencies. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Bullhorn is a paid product, starting at $99 per user / month (billing basis not stated). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $99 per user / month, billing basis not stated | Applicant tracking, resume parsing, client management and a job posting career portal. Sold through a quote. | | Core | $165 per 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 https://www.bullhorn.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bullhorn before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Staffing and recruitment agencies of any size - Agencies that want timesheets and invoicing in the same system - Teams adding AI search and outreach to an existing ATS ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial. Every plan says Get a quote. - **Features: C.** ATS, 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. An agency platform that needs setting up with workflows and custom fields. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with a 300+ partner marketplace and LinkedIn and Salesforce links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hiring ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Applicant tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with LinkedIn, Salesforce **Tags:** Applicant tracking, AI features, Workflow automation, Reports, Job board posting ## Alternatives - [JobAdder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jobadder): Recruitment CRM and applicant tracking for agencies and in-house teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bullhorn-vs-jobadder) - [Loxo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/loxo): AI-native ATS, CRM and sourcing for recruiting firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bullhorn-vs-loxo) - [Recruit CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/recruit-crm): ATS and client CRM for recruitment agencies, with AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bullhorn-vs-recruit-crm) - [Crelate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/crelate): Applicant tracking and recruiting CRM for staffing and search firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bullhorn-vs-crelate) - [Top Echelon](https://toolgpa.com/tools/top-echelon): ATS and recruiting CRM for recruiting agencies and staffing firms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bullhorn-vs-top-echelon) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.bullhorn.com/pricing/ - https://www.bullhorn.com - https://www.bullhorn.com/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/bullhorn Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).