Bullhorn

What is Bullhorn?

Bullhorn is recruitment software that keeps candidates, clients, jobs and placements in one applicant tracking system and CRM. It parses resumes, posts jobs to a career portal and logs email through a sidebar. The Amplify suite adds AI search and match, a staffing-specific chat assistant and Digital Workers that source, screen and contact candidates. Middle-office and onboarding products handle timesheets and pay; Bullhorn says it pays 1.3 million workers a month through them.

Who is it for?

Staffing and recruitment agencies, from small firms to enterprise staffing groups. Bullhorn reports 10,000+ customers, 4,500+ of them with fewer than 10 users, across professional, healthcare, light industrial and executive search staffing. In-house talent teams hiring for their own company are better served by an ATS such as Greenhouse or Ashby.

Pricing

• Starter: $99/user/mo, applicant tracking, resume parsing, client management, job posting with a career portal, free implementation.
• Core: $165/user/mo, adds the app marketplace with 300+ partners, custom fields and workflows, LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect and Apply Connect, and the email sidebar.
• Pro: quote-based, adds Amplify AI search and match, Amplify Chat, data enrichment, resume formatting, call transcription and a dedicated account manager.
• Max: quote-based, adds agentic screening, matching and multi-step outreach, a website chatbot and interview scheduling.
• Front Office Growth, Front Office Enterprise and Bullhorn One: quote-based editions for larger agencies.

The pricing page does not state billing terms or minimum seats. Prices checked on 6 October 2026.

Strengths

• Built for staffing: candidates, clients, jobs and placements share one record system, so recruiters and account managers work the same data.
• Marketplace: 300+ partner apps for job boards, sourcing, background checks and VMS platforms, from Core upwards.
• LinkedIn integration: Core connects to LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect and Apply Connect.
• AI agents: Amplify Digital Workers source, screen and message candidates on the Max plan.
• Back office: timesheets, pay and onboarding run in the same vendor's products.

What to consider

• Starter has no marketplace access and no custom workflows; most agencies that use job boards or other tools need Core at $165/user/mo.
• All AI features sit on Pro and Max, which have no public price.
• The pricing page does not say whether prices are monthly or annual, or how many seats you must buy.
• It is built for agencies; corporate HR teams pay for client-management features they will not use.

Bottom line

Shortlist Bullhorn if you run a staffing or recruitment agency and want ATS, CRM and back office from one vendor. Before buying, get a written quote that states the billing term, seat minimum and which Amplify features are included.