# Zoho Recruit

> Per-recruiter ATS and recruitment CRM with a free one-job plan

Zoho Recruit is an applicant tracking system and candidate CRM from Zoho, used by in-house HR teams and by staffing agencies. It posts jobs to a careers site, 75+ job boards and social media, automates hiring steps with Blueprints and workflows, and gives hiring managers, clients, vendors and candidates portals of their own. Plans are priced per recruiter, with a free plan for one job.

- **Category:** Hiring & Applicant Tracking
- **Made by:** Zoho Corporation
- **Website:** https://www.zoho.com/recruit/
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Zoho Recruit has a free plan. Paid plans start at $25 per recruiter / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Forever Free: 1 active job per recruiter license, with candidate and email management, interview scheduling and 8/5 support. No add-ons.
- **Free trial:** 15-day free trial of Enterprise features, no credit card required; it then drops to the free plan.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 1 active job per recruiter license, candidate and email management and interview scheduling. |
| Standard | $25 per recruiter / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly) | 10 active jobs per recruiter license, sourcing, premium job boards, a branded careers site, referrals, assessments, reports and 50+ integrations. |
| Enterprise | $50 per recruiter / month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly) | 20 active jobs per license, AI candidate matching, candidate and staffing portals, Blueprint, automation, custom reports, SMS and Teams/Meet. |

Read from https://www.zoho.com/recruit/pricing.html on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zoho Recruit before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 16% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Zoho Recruit's pricing page says yearly billing saves up to 16%: Standard is $25 per recruiter a month billed annually against $30 billed monthly. Source: https://www.zoho.com/recruit/pricing.html

## Key features

- **Job distribution:** Publishes openings to a customizable careers site, 75+ free, paid and premium job boards, and social media.
- **ATS and candidate CRM:** Tracks applicants through hiring pipelines and keeps a candidate relationship database for future roles.
- **Blueprints and workflows:** Automates candidate emails, offer approvals and other steps with Blueprints, workflows and custom functions on Enterprise.
- **Portals:** Separate portals for hiring managers, clients, vendors and candidates; the vendor portal and employee licenses are paid add-ons.
- **AI help:** AI drafts job descriptions, emails and assessments and, on Enterprise, matches candidates to openings.
- **200+ integrations:** Connects out of the box with over 200 apps, such as Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Mailchimp and TestGorilla.

## Good for

- Small HR teams that want a free or low-cost ATS
- Staffing agencies that need client and vendor portals
- Teams hiring for several roles at once on a per-recruiter budget

## Worth knowing

- Active jobs are capped per recruiter license: 1 on Free, 10 on Standard and 20 on Enterprise.
- Hiring manager and employee licenses are sold only in packs of 10, and video interviews are charged per job opening.
- AI candidate matching, automation, custom reports and Teams or Meet links need Enterprise.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Zoho Recruit is a cheap, capable tracker for in-house teams and staffing agencies alike, with portals for hiring managers, clients and candidates. There's a free plan for one job and a 15-day trial. Just watch the per-licence caps: 10 active jobs per recruiter on Standard.

- **Value for money: B.** Standard is $25 a recruiter a month on yearly billing ($30 monthly), so a ten-person company with one recruiter pays $25 for 10 active jobs, a branded careers site and premium boards. That's in the cheaper quarter, but hiring managers need licences sold in packs of 10.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 1 active job per recruiter licence, candidate and email management and interview scheduling. The branded careers site and premium boards start on Standard. The 15-day trial needs no card and drops you onto the free plan.
- **Features: B.** Posting to a careers site, 75+ job boards and social media, a candidate CRM, Blueprints and workflows, portals for managers, clients and candidates, and AI matching. The whole job, though AI and automation need Enterprise.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record, and Blueprints, portals and licence packs take some learning.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with 200+ integrations such as Google Meet, Teams, Slack, Mailchimp and TestGorilla. No desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zoho's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among hiring and applicant tracking tools

- Zoho Recruit's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 12 of the 14 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade, and level with 1.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 13 of 14) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $89.17 for the category: 1 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/hiring

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Zoho Recruit you would be making jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 12 of the 14 other hiring and applicant tracking tools we grade. It costs $300 a year.

- You could make: Applicant tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Jobs posted to dozens of job boards at once, which takes an agreement with each board.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- You could not: A library of tested questions with scores to compare candidates by.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Mailchimp, TestGorilla

**Tags:** Applicant tracking, Job board posting, AI features, Workflow automation, Reports, Skills tests

## Alternatives

- [Manatal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/manatal): Low-cost per-user ATS and recruitment CRM with AI candidate matching. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/manatal-vs-zoho-recruit)
- [Recruit CRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/recruit-crm): ATS and client CRM for recruitment agencies, with AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/recruit-crm-vs-zoho-recruit)
- [Breezy HR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/breezy-hr): Flat-priced applicant tracking with a free one-job plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/breezy-hr-vs-zoho-recruit)
- [Workable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/workable): Applicant tracking and HR software priced by company size. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/workable-vs-zoho-recruit)
- [Zoho People](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-people): Low-cost HR records, attendance, shifts and reviews from Zoho. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/zoho-people-vs-zoho-recruit)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/pricing.html
- https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/json/pricing/recruit-pricing-val.json
- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/
- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/mobile-app.html
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zoho-recruit-hire-with-ai/id981522421
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoho.recruit&gl=US&hl=en

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-recruit
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