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Alternatives to Ashby
3 software tools sit alongside Ashby in this directory. Below is what separates each from Ashby on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 3
- With a free tier
- 0
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Ashby starts at
- $400/month
Why people look past Ashby
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Ashby entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Ashby publishes a single plan, Foundations at $400/month. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Hiring software for growing companies
Priced and rated the same as Ashby on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Talent acquisition suite built for collaboration
- 2 tiers to Ashby's 1.
Talent cloud for transformative hiring
- Starts $14100 a year dearer, at $14500/year.
Every Ashby alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby (this page) | $400/month | - | 1 | |
| GreenhouseModern ATS with interview scheduling and candidate tracking similar to Ashby's core features | On request | Quote | - | vs Ashby |
| LeverAll-in-one recruiting platform combining ATS, CRM, and analytics like Ashby | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Ashby |
| iCIMSEnterprise recruiting software with ATS, sourcing, and advanced reporting capabilities | $14500/year | - | - | vs Ashby |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Ashby badges page.
What you would be giving up
Ashby is most often brought in for end to end applicant tracking for startups through to enterprise, sourcing and candidate relationship management, interview scheduling and coordination, recruiting analytics, including as a standalone module alongside an existing ats, structured hiring and consistent candidate assessment. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Ashby is broadly right and the question is cost, the Ashby pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the full directory lists everything.
Ashby runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Ashby alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Ashby?
- 3 other software tools are listed in this directory, led by Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Ashby?
- None of the software tools listed alongside Ashby publish a free tier on the record we hold.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Ashby?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Ashby?
- Ashby is most often brought in for end to end applicant tracking for startups through to enterprise, sourcing and candidate relationship management, interview scheduling and coordination, recruiting analytics, including as a standalone module alongside an existing ats, structured hiring and consistent candidate assessment. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Ashby?
- None of the software tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Ashby alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Ashby against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Ashby covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software category, 3 tools beside Ashby. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.