Greenhouse vs Workable
talent acquisition head-to-head for ERP teams: evidenced capabilities, published pricing, and which ERPs each actually integrates with.
| Starting price | Annual subscription, quote-based by headcount and hiring volume | Subscription (tiered) |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Company size | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise | SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Stated ERP integrations | Workday | Xero |
| Vendor | Greenhouse Software, Inc. | Workable |
Our take
Where Greenhouse leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 18 of the 28 capabilities where they differ (led by email / sms nurture campaigns and ai interview transcription / notetaking).
- Stated Workday integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where Workable leads
- Stronger evidenced coverage on 10 of the 28 capabilities where they differ (led by passive candidate sourcing tools and ai candidate-to-job matching / ranking).
- Stated Xero integration the alternative doesn't list.
Where they differ
The 28 capabilities (of 44 in the talent acquisition taxonomy) where the evidence separates them, biggest gaps first. “Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Passive candidate sourcing toolsSourcing & Job Distribution | Not evidenced | Core strength Searchable database of 400M+ candidate profiles; Chrome extension for LinkedIn sourcing |
| Email / SMS nurture campaignsCandidate CRM & Nurture | Core strength Bulk personalized outreach campaigns; candidate texting via Grayscale | Not evidenced |
| AI candidate-to-job matching / rankingAI Screening & Matching | Not evidenced | Core strength AI-powered candidate recommendations |
| Autonomous AI sourcing / outreach agentAI Screening & Matching | Not evidenced | Core strength AI agent for candidate sourcing and outreach (Workable Agent) |
| AI interview transcription / notetakingInterview Scheduling & Collaboration | Core strength AI Notetaker transcribes interviews and maps notes to scorecard questions | Not evidenced |
| Offer letter generation & e-signatureOffers, Screening & Compliance | Not evidenced | Core strength Offer letters with e-signature |
| New-hire paperwork & e-signatureOnboarding & HRIS Handoff | Not evidenced | Core strength Fillable document templates with e-signature |
| New-hire data sync into HRIS/payrollOnboarding & HRIS Handoff | Core strength New-hire data sync from Greenhouse Recruiting into HRIS via HRIS Link | Not evidenced Workable is itself the combined ATS/HRIS system of record, not a sync target |
| DEI / diversity pipeline analyticsAnalytics & Reporting | Core strength Funnel diversity metrics and pass-through-rate reporting | Not evidenced |
| Public API & developer platformPlatform & Integrations | Core strength 500+ pre-built integrations and an open REST API/developer platform; Greenhouse MCP server | Not evidenced |
| Prebuilt integration marketplacePlatform & Integrations | Core strength 500+ pre-built integrations | Not evidenced |
| Premium / programmatic job advertisingSourcing & Job Distribution | Not evidenced | Supported Automated social media job promotion |
| Internal mobility & rehire matchingSourcing & Job Distribution | Supported Internal job board | Not evidenced |
| Candidate skills assessments / testingAI Screening & Matching | Partial Anonymized take-home tests; no dedicated skills-testing library documented | Core strength Science-backed candidate assessments |
| Video interviewing (live or one-way)Interview Scheduling & Collaboration | Not evidenced | Supported One-way video interviews |
| Hiring-team feedback collaborationInterview Scheduling & Collaboration | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Candidate SMS / text messagingInterview Scheduling & Collaboration | Supported Powered by Grayscale | Not evidenced |
| EEO / OFCCP / DEI compliance reportingOffers, Screening & Compliance | Supported Funnel diversity metrics and pass-through-rate reporting | Not evidenced |
| Offer approval workflowsOffers, Screening & Compliance | Supported Role-based permissions and approval workflows | Not evidenced |
| Source-of-hire / channel ROI reportingAnalytics & Reporting | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Single sign-on (SSO)Platform & Integrations | Supported | Not evidenced |
| Multi-language / localization supportPlatform & Integrations | Supported 19 languages for job boards; 6 for interviewing | Not evidenced |
| Employee referral program managementSourcing & Job Distribution | Supported Employee referral programs and internal job board | Core strength Employee referral program with gamification |
| AI-assisted screening & shortlistingAI Screening & Matching | Supported Scorecard summaries surfacing interviewer disagreement; automated hiring plans | Core strength AI-assisted applicant screening and scoring |
| Bias-reduction / anonymized screeningAI Screening & Matching | Core strength Resume/candidate anonymization; anti-bias nudges; anonymized take-home tests | Supported Anonymized screening for bias reduction |
| Role- & location-specific onboardingOnboarding & HRIS Handoff | Supported | Partial Role-specific templates documented; location/jurisdiction variation not detailed |
| Hiring funnel / pipeline analyticsAnalytics & Reporting | Core strength 40+ pre-built reports across candidates, sources, jobs, offices and offers | Supported Pre-built and custom recruiting/HR reports |
| Custom report builderAnalytics & Reporting | Core strength Custom report builder with boolean filtering; AI-built report filters | Supported Filterable metrics by team, department and location |
Both grade identically on the other 16 capabilities — see each product's full profile: Greenhouse, Workable.
Greenhouse vs Workable — FAQs
Is Greenhouse or Workable better for ERP integration?
They state different ERP coverage: Greenhouse lists Workday; Workable lists Xero.
Which is cheaper, Greenhouse or Workable?
Neither publishes a list price — both quote. Ask each for the all-in first-year cost at your seat count, as one number, and compare those.
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