Yello review (2026): is it worth it?
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Yello report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for campus and early-talent recruiting
Yello handles campus planning, events, sourcing through the WayUp database and post-offer engagement, with an AI agent for scheduling. It's built for campus hiring, so it's the wrong shape for mid-career roles, and there's no price on the site.
Who Yello is for
- Fits if you recruit at universities and run career fairs and events
- Works for government employers, since there's a FedRAMP-authorized edition
Who Yello is not for
- Skip it if you hire experienced staff, because it's built for campus and early talent
- Not for you if you want a price: the site points to a demo request
- Watch out: the vendor says it won't double a renewal price, but the numbers aren't shown
- Tight if you want a trial, as none is listed
Why Yello gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price is published, so we can't set it against the $74 to $149 a month this category charges. That leaves it at C.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial is listed; the site routes you to a demo. A demo request isn't a trial.
- CFeaturesCampus planning, events, sourcing, scheduling and post-offer engagement. It does campus hiring fully, but that's a smaller job than general hiring.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and the listing shows events and campus programs to set up. That puts it at C.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb product whose one listed connection is WayUp. No desktop or phone app on record, so C.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Yello's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/yello#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/yello.svg" alt="Yello: 1.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Yello stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools
Yello's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 6 of the 101 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 23.
It stands best on value for money (C, above 12 of 101) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Yello’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 12 of 101, level with 78
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 101, level with 63
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 101, level with 71
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 101, level with 99
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 101, level with 38
Keep Yello, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Yello 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: 72 of the 101 other hiring and applicant tracking tools grade higher.
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.
- A scheduler that rearranges your day as things move.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Yello’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 Yello?
Yello is a recruiting platform built for campus and early-talent hiring. It covers campus planning, sourcing through the WayUp candidate database, event management, post-offer engagement and recruiting operations, and an AI agent handles event setup, sourcing and interview scheduling. A FedRAMP-authorized edition serves government employers.
Worth knowing
- No prices are published; the site points to a demo request.
- It is built for campus recruiting and not for general mid-career hiring.
- The vendor says it will not double a renewal price and will commit to annual price changes by contract.
Key features
- Campus Recruiting Agent
- An AI agent that takes on event building, candidate sourcing and interview scheduling so recruiters spend time on candidate conversations.
- Campus planning
- Analytics on recruiting results by school, used to decide which campuses to target against hiring goals.
- Sourcing
- Access to WayUp's database of student and early-career candidates for outreach.
- Campus events
- Tools for promoting and running career fairs and other events, including evaluating candidates on the spot.
- Post-offer engagement
- Keeps incoming hires engaged from pre-boarding onward; the vendor says customers see 27% better conversion and 50% fewer reneges on average.
Yello pricing
We could not confirm Yello’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See yello.co for current prices.
Works with
- WayUp
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Common questions
Does Yello have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Yello is listed for Web.
Does Yello have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Yello is listed for Web.
Is Yello open source?
Yello is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.