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Ashby vs Greenhouse

Choose Greenhouse for structured hiring kits, scorecards, and governance (ATS cluster award). Choose Ashby when a modern AI-forward ATS with a published Foundations floor for ≤100 employees is the job. Compare published pricing, hiring, core HRIS, payroll, scheduling, training, time tracking, integrations, and mobile.

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Ashby

7.9/10

Modern ATS + CRM/analytics — Foundations $400/mo flat for ≤100 employees (10% off annual); Plus/Enterprise seat-based custom quote.

Best for

  • • Startup/growth ATS + analytics
  • • Published $400 Foundations (≤100 employees)

Starting from $400.00/user/mo

No free plan

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Our verdict

No universal winner

Choose Greenhouse for structured hiring kits, scorecards, and governance (ATS cluster award). Choose Ashby when a modern AI-forward ATS with a published Foundations floor for ≤100 employees is the job.

Ashby is better for

  • ✓ Mobile / frontline

Greenhouse is better for

  • ✓ Hiring workflow
  • ✓ Core HRIS depth
  • ✓ Training depth
  • ✓ Time tracking depth

Tie

  • • Payroll processing
  • • Scheduling depth

Choose Ashby if: Startup/growth ATS + analytics

Choose Greenhouse if: Structured hiring kits and scorecards

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Greenhouse

8/10

Structured-hiring ATS (Core / Plus / Pro) — custom quote by plan, hiring volume, and org complexity; no published seat dollars.

Best for

  • • Structured hiring kits and scorecards
  • • Mid-market/enterprise TA governance

No free plan

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Comparison scorecard

Criterion-by-criterion results for Ashby and Greenhouse. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.

  • Starting pricing

    Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.

    Depends

    Ashby Foundations is $400/mo for ≤100 employees (10% off annual). Greenhouse is custom quote (Core / Plus / Pro) with no published seat dollars.

    AshbyDepends
    GreenhouseDepends

  • Free plan

    Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.

    Depends

    Neither publishes a free plan or a self-serve trial on the pricing pages used for this research.

    AshbyDepends
    GreenhouseDepends

  • User / licence minimum

    Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.

    Depends

    Ashby leaves the $400 flat after 100 employees for seat-based Plus/Enterprise quotes. Greenhouse quotes by hiring volume/complexity.

    AshbyDepends
    GreenhouseDepends

  • Hiring workflow

    Applicant tracking, job posts, interviews, and offer workflow depth.

    Greenhouse

    Greenhouse is the stronger fit for hiring workflow (9/10 vs 10/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyWeaker
    GreenhouseStronger

  • Core HRIS depth

    Employee records, PTO, onboarding, and people-admin as a system of record.

    Greenhouse

    Greenhouse is the stronger fit for core HRIS depth (2/10 vs 3/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyWeaker
    GreenhouseStronger

  • Payroll processing

    Payroll depth, country coverage, and whether payroll is core or an add-on.

    Tie

    Ashby and Greenhouse are close on payroll processing (1/10 vs 1/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyTie
    GreenhouseTie

  • Scheduling depth

    Shift scheduling, availability, and frontline rostering.

    Tie

    Ashby and Greenhouse are close on workforce scheduling (2/10 vs 2/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyTie
    GreenhouseTie

  • Training depth

    SOPs, onboarding paths, and employee training — not a full LMS by default.

    Greenhouse

    Greenhouse is the stronger fit for training and SOPs (1/10 vs 2/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyWeaker
    GreenhouseStronger

  • Time tracking depth

    Clock-in, timesheets, geofencing, and attendance workflows.

    Greenhouse

    Greenhouse is the stronger fit for time tracking (1/10 vs 2/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyWeaker
    GreenhouseStronger

  • Integrations

    Important third-party integrations.

    Greenhouse

    Greenhouse is the stronger fit for integrations (8/10 vs 9/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    Ashby8/10
    Greenhouse9/10

  • Mobile / frontline

    Phone-first admin and hourly/frontline employee experience.

    Ashby

    Ashby is the stronger fit for mobile and frontline use (6/10 vs 5/10). Scores reflect job-cluster fit from vendor documentation, not a lab test of the UI.

    AshbyStronger
    GreenhouseWeaker

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