Greenhouse
by Greenhouse Software, Inc. · Talent Acquisition
Structured-hiring applicant tracking system for sourcing, interviewing and onboarding.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
WorkdayADP Workforce NowUKG ProUKG Ready- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Tiered, quote-based
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
Overview
Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system (ATS) and hiring platform founded in 2012 by Daniel Chait and Jon Stross. It is built around the idea of structured hiring: defining role requirements, interview plans and scorecards up front so that hiring decisions across a company are based on consistent, comparable criteria rather than ad hoc interviewer judgment. The platform spans sourcing, candidate relationship management, interview scheduling and evaluation, offer management, onboarding, and reporting.
Greenhouse organizes its product around several pillars: AI-assisted recruiting (including an AI Notetaker that transcribes and maps interview notes to scorecard questions), talent sourcing and CRM tools, structured interviewing with interview kits and scorecards, scalable workflows with automation and governance controls, an onboarding module that carries new-hire data from the ATS into a company's HR systems, and reporting and insights with 40+ pre-built reports plus BI connectors. In 2026 the company added Greenhouse Real Talent, an identity-verification and fraud-detection layer for candidate vetting built with CLEAR, following its acquisition of voice-AI interviewing company Ezra AI Labs.
The company is aimed at organizations ranging from early-stage startups through scaling companies to large enterprises, and lists customers including Anthropic, DoorDash, HelloFresh, Coursera, Okta, HubSpot, Lyft, Betterment, the NFL and MLB. It connects to hundreds of third-party recruiting, HRIS and productivity tools through pre-built integrations and an open API/developer platform.
Screenshots & demo
Demo video from the vendor's YouTube channel. Screenshots sourced from Greenhouse Software, Inc..
Features & capabilities
AI Recruiting
Built-in AI across sourcing, interviewing and evaluation.
- AI Notetaker: transcribes interviews and maps notes to scorecard questions
- Automated hiring plans generating interview stages, questions and scorecard attributes
- Resume parsing and candidate (re)discovery across the existing database
- Scorecard summaries surfacing interviewer disagreement and consolidated feedback
- Offer Forecast: machine-learning prediction of offer acceptance likelihood
- AI-built report filters and dashboards from text prompts
- Resume/candidate anonymization that blurs name, photo and demographic data
Sourcing & CRM
Building and engaging candidate pipelines.
- Job distribution to 1,000+ job boards
- Branded, no-code careers pages and embeddable job widgets
- Bulk, personalized outreach campaigns
- Candidate texting powered by Grayscale
- Talent pools for tracking prospects and past candidates over time
- Employee referral programs and internal job board
- Source-of-hire and prospect-conversion reporting
Interviewing & Decision-Making
Structured evaluation from role definition to offer.
- Interview kits with prep materials and structured scorecards
- Job kickoff forms to capture role requirements up front
- Candidate self-scheduling for interviews
- Anti-bias nudges and anonymized take-home tests
- Name-pronunciation recordings and pronoun selection for candidates
- Automated interview reminders and templated candidate communications
- Candidate experience surveys
Onboarding
Carrying new-hire data from ATS into HR systems.
- 30-day onboarding goal tracking
- New-hire resource hub
- Automated onboarding tasks with owner assignment and reminders
- Role-, location- and status-specific task definitions
- New-hire data sync from Greenhouse Recruiting into HRIS via HRIS Link
- New-hire onboarding surveys
- Pending-hire tracking reports
Reporting & Insights
Recruiting analytics and DE&I measurement.
- 40+ pre-built reports across candidates, sources, jobs, offices and offers
- Custom report builder with boolean filtering
- Funnel diversity metrics and pass-through-rate reporting
- Sourcing-channel ROI and diversity analysis
- Team report dashboards
- Exports to spreadsheets and BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker)
Governance & Platform
Scaling hiring across large or complex organizations.
- Role-based permissions and approval workflows
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Job board and interview-experience localization (19 languages for job boards; 6 for interviewing)
- 500+ pre-built integrations and an open REST API/developer platform
- Greenhouse MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI-agent access
- Audit log and developer sandbox (Pro plan)
Common use cases
- Standardizing interview plans and scorecards across a scaling company so hiring decisions are consistent
- Sourcing and nurturing passive candidates through bulk outreach and talent pools
- Automating interview scheduling and reducing recruiter administrative load with self-scheduling
- Reducing hiring bias with structured scorecards, anti-bias nudges and anonymized assessments
- Feeding new-hire data from recruiting into an HRIS (e.g. Workday) to kick off onboarding automatically
- Building DE&I funnel reports to track diversity pass-through rates by hiring stage
- Scaling hiring governance (SSO, permissions, audit log) across a multi-region enterprise
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Structured-hiring methodology (defined role requirements, interview kits and scorecards) as the core product philosophy rather than an add-on feature
- Greenhouse Real Talent identity-verification and fraud-detection layer, built with CLEAR, targeting AI-generated and fraudulent applications
- 500+ pre-built integrations plus an open API and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for AI-agent access
- HRIS Link integrations that sync jobs, offices, departments and users bidirectionally with Workday, ADP Workforce Now, UKG Pro and UKG Ready
- Security posture built for enterprise procurement: ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2019 and annual SOC 1 / SOC 2 Type II audits
ERP integrations
Imports jobs, offices, departments and users from Workday; exports new-hire data from Greenhouse to Workday
New-hire sync and user sync
New-hire and user sync
New-hire and user sync
Pricing
Three published plan tiers - Core, Plus and Pro - with no public dollar pricing. Cost is driven by plan tier, hiring volume and organizational complexity; Plus adds fraud detection and Pro adds audit log and developer sandbox. Quote requested via a demo request. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (multi-tenant)
- Compliance
- SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27701:2019, GDPR
- Mobile app
- Yes
- Languages
- English (US), English (UK), German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
About the vendor
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Ownership
- Private (TPG acquired a majority stake in January 2021)
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Greenhouse — frequently asked questions
Does Greenhouse integrate with Workday?
Yes. Greenhouse's HRIS Link for Workday imports jobs, offices, departments and users from Workday into Greenhouse Recruiting, and exports new-hire data from Greenhouse to Workday to kick off onboarding without manual re-entry.
What other HRIS systems does Greenhouse sync with natively?
Beyond Workday, Greenhouse's HRIS Link supports ADP Workforce Now, UKG Pro and UKG Ready for new-hire and user syncing. Additional HR and payroll systems can be connected through Greenhouse's 500+ marketplace integrations or its open API.
How is Greenhouse priced?
Greenhouse publishes three plan tiers - Core, Plus and Pro - but not dollar pricing. Cost depends on the plan chosen, hiring volume and organizational complexity, and requires a sales quote.
What is structured hiring?
Structured hiring is Greenhouse's core methodology: defining role requirements and an interview plan with scorecards before interviews begin, so every candidate is evaluated against the same criteria rather than ad hoc interviewer impressions.
What is Greenhouse Real Talent?
Greenhouse Real Talent is an identity-verification and fraud-detection capability, built with CLEAR, designed to filter AI-generated and fraudulent job applications during candidate vetting.
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