Staffing ATS + CRM
Primary sources checkedBullhorn
Recruitment platform for staffing agencies, sold from a per-seat ATS at the small end up to a front-to-back suite with timesheets, invoicing and pay and bill.
The short answer
- Best for
- Staffing firms that outgrew a single-system agency CRM
- Not ideal for
- Small agencies reading the published price as the price of the whole product
- Price
- From EUR 85 per user / month in Europe, USD 99 in the US; everything above Core is quoted
- Closest alternative
- Recruit CRMThe ATS and the client pipeline in one published price, at a handful of seats
At a glance
- Recruitment fitStrong
- Ease of useUnknown
- ImplementationFair
- Price transparencyFair
- Value for moneyUnknown
- ScalabilityStrong
Why these assessments
- Recruitment fitStrong
- Built for staffing: candidates, clients, placements and, higher up the ladder, timesheets and invoicing in one platform.
- Ease of useUnknown
- We have not used it, and we found no independent account of recruiter-level work in the product.
- ImplementationFair
- Implementation is stated as included on the two published small-agency plans, but no free trial is published anywhere.
- Price transparencyFair
- Two small-agency plans carry prices; the six above them, including the first one with the recruitment CRM, do not.
- Value for moneyUnknown
- The plan most agencies actually want is Pro, and it has no public number to weigh the suite against.
- ScalabilityStrong
- Eight plans across two segments run from a per-seat ATS up to a front-to-back suite, with an ecosystem to build on.
Our reading of the evidence on this page. No score, no formula.
Where it sits
- Discover
- Contact
- Outreach
- ATS
- Interview
- Hire
The SourcrLab bottom line
The default at the top of the agency market, and the price of that position is complexity: eight named plans across two segments, with the capabilities most buyers assume are included sitting above the published tiers. Worth the conversation when contract work, back office or scale are in play; heavy for a desk of ten.
Best fit
Larger staffing organisations, especially contract and temp desks that need timesheets, invoicing and pay and bill in the same platform as the recruiting.
Think twice if
Small agencies reading the published price as the price of the whole product. The recruitment CRM, AI search and automation start on Pro, which is quote-only, so the plan most agencies actually want has no public number.
SourcrLab assessment
Everything on this page comes from the vendor's own pages, checked on the dates below. SourcrLab has not used this product in real recruitment work, so you will not find a first-hand opinion here.
Why choose Bullhorn?
Front office and back office in one platform
Bullhorn One adds timesheet management, time interpretation, invoicing and pay and bill on top of the recruiting platform. For contract and temp desks that is the difference between one system and three.
An ecosystem you can build on
The app marketplace is stated at 300+ partners from the Core plan up, with LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect and Apply Connect included at that level. Most specialist tools an agency already runs have a Bullhorn connector.
Implementation is included, not quoted
Free implementation is listed on all four small-agency plans. In a category where migration is usually a separate five-figure line, that is worth reading twice.
Main trade-offs
The CRM is not in the published plans
Starter and Core — USD 99 and USD 165 in the US, EUR 85 and EUR 115 in Europe, per user per month — cover applicant tracking, parsing, client management and job posting. The recruitment CRM with the sales pipeline, AI search and match, and process automation start on Pro, which has no published price in either market.
Eight plans across two segments
Starter, Core, Pro and Max for small agencies; Front Office Growth, Front Office Enterprise and Bullhorn One for larger firms; separate pricing again for the AI products and the Salesforce-based Recruitment Cloud. Working out which one you are being sold is part of the buying process.
Everything above Core is a negotiation
Six of the eight plans, and both AI product lines, are quote-only. You cannot benchmark an offer against a list price because there is no list price at that level.
No free trial is published
Every plan, including the two with a price on them, routes through Get a quote. There is no self-serve way in.
Pricing and buying reality
From EUR 85 per user / month in Europe, USD 99 in the US
- Small agencies, US list: Starter USD 99 and Core USD 165 per user / month, both with free implementation
- Small agencies, European list: Starter EUR 85 and Core EUR 115 per user / month, with free implementation stated for the small-agency offers
- The two lists are regional price lists rather than a currency conversion: EUR 115 against USD 165 is far wider than any exchange rate explains
- Starter covers ATS, CV parsing, client management and a career portal; Core adds the marketplace, custom fields, workflows and LinkedIn integrations; Pro adds the recruitment CRM with AI and real-time analytics
- Pro and Max, which carry the recruitment CRM and the AI capabilities, are quote-only
- Larger firms: Front Office Growth, Front Office Enterprise and Bullhorn One, all quote-only
- Bullhorn One is the front-to-back option: timesheets, invoicing and pay and bill on top of recruiting
What we do not know
- What Pro, Max and every larger-firm plan cost
- Minimum seat counts and contract terms
- What free implementation covers, and what it does not
- Pricing for the AI products and the Recruitment Cloud
- Which regional price list applies to a given buyer, and how markets outside the US and the euro zone are priced
Checked on the vendor's pricing page, August 2026. Bullhorn pricing page
How it fits your stack
Works with
- LinkedIn, through Recruiter System Connect and Apply Connect, from Core
- Specialist agency tools, through the partner marketplace
Likely replaces
- A separate agency CRM, from the Pro plan up
- Timesheet, invoicing and pay-and-bill systems, with Bullhorn One
May overlap with
- Your accounting and payroll stack, once the back office moves in
- Standalone sourcing and enrichment tools, at the Pro and Max levels
Check before buying
- Which plan actually contains the CRM you are being shown in the demo
- The real total for your seat count at Pro level, in writing, before you compare it to anything
- What free implementation includes for a migration of your size
Bullhorn vs alternatives
Products a buyer would genuinely put next to this one, with the reason you would pick each instead.
Choose Recruit CRM if you want the ATS and the client pipeline in one published price at a handful of consultants, rather than a quote for the tier that carries the CRM.
Consider Loxo if the desk lives or dies on sourcing and outreach rather than on back-office administration.
Consider Vincere if you want an agency platform aimed at the same mid-market space without the enterprise plan ladder.
Consider Crelate when workflow flexibility matters more than a front-to-back suite.
Bullhorn head to head
Pairs SourcrLab has looked at as a single buying decision, with the trade-offs written out.
Used Bullhorn?
Tell other recruiters what worked, what did not, and who it suits. Positive, mixed or critical — all useful.
Evidence
- Starter and Core prices, US list — checked against a primary source: Bullhorn pricing page
- Starter EUR 85 and Core EUR 115 per user / month, European small-agency list — checked against a primary source: Bullhorn European small-agency pricing (Starter EUR 85, Core EUR 115, Pro and Max quoted, plan feature ladder, free implementation)
- Free implementation on the European small-agency offers — vendor claim, not independently verified: Bullhorn European small-agency pricing (Starter EUR 85, Core EUR 115, Pro and Max quoted, plan feature ladder, free implementation)
- The plan feature ladder corroborates across both regional price lists — checked against a primary source: Bullhorn European small-agency pricing (Starter EUR 85, Core EUR 115, Pro and Max quoted, plan feature ladder, free implementation)
- Which plan carries the recruitment CRM — checked against a primary source: Bullhorn pricing page
- Plan structure across both segments — checked against a primary source: Bullhorn pricing page
- Marketplace size, 300+ partners — vendor claim, not independently verified: Bullhorn pricing page
- Free implementation — vendor claim, not independently verified: Bullhorn pricing page
- Price of Pro, Max and the larger-firm plans — not enough evidence
- SourcrLab hands-on use — not enough evidence
Last reviewed: August 2026. How SourcrLab verifies information
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