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Bullhorn vs Teamtailor

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Bullhorn

Recruitment

Applicant tracking and CRM for staffing and recruitment agencies, including contract placement, timesheets and pay-bill

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Teamtailor logo

Teamtailor

Recruitment

Employer branding and ATS combined

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Bullhorn pricing is per user on annual contracts with minimum seat counts, so agencies with seasonal consultants pay for licences that sit idle for months.; Teamtailor no price is published at any tier, so every purchase begins with a sales quote
  • They diverge on capability: Bullhorn covers Recruitment CRM, Teamtailor covers Career Site Builder.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bullhorn and Teamtailor actually diverge.

Attributes where Bullhorn and Teamtailor differ
AttributeBullhornTeamtailor
Starting priceOn request$99/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
FoundedUnknown2013

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Recruitment).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Bullhorn

  • Recruitment CRM
  • Applicant tracking
  • Pay and bill
  • Bullhorn Automation
  • Onboarding
  • Executive search
  • Salesforce edition

Only in Teamtailor

  • Career Site Builder
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Employer Branding
  • Employee Referrals
  • Automation
  • LinkedIn
  • Indeed
  • Slack

Both cover

  • Analytics

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Bullhorn

  • A contract staffing agency that needs worked hours to become both a worker payment and a client invoice against one placement recordnot Teamtailor
  • A recruitment firm where consultants sell to clients and manage candidates in the same working daynot Teamtailor
  • An agency consolidating several acquired offices onto one system of recordnot Teamtailor
  • An executive search practice needing assignment-based workflow rather than requisition-based trackingnot Teamtailor

Teamtailor

  • Applicant tracking with a branded careers sitenot Bullhorn
  • Managing candidate pipelines and recruitment marketing togethernot Bullhorn

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Bullhorn

  • Pricing is per user on annual contracts with minimum seat counts, so agencies with seasonal consultants pay for licences that sit idle for months.
  • The product estate has been assembled through a decade of acquisitions, which leaves overlapping modules, inconsistent interfaces and more than one supported way to do the same task.
  • Implementation and data migration are multi-month projects requiring paid services, and agencies moving from another system routinely underestimate the effort of cleaning candidate and client records first.
  • The interface is dated relative to newer recruitment tools, and consultants coming from consumer-grade software need real training rather than picking it up unaided.
  • It is built for agency economics and is a poor fit for corporate in-house hiring, where the client and margin concepts are meaningless and the licence cost buys capability that will never be used.

Teamtailor

  • No price is published at any tier, so every purchase begins with a sales quote
  • The pricing page lists no feature comparison, so what a given budget buys is not visible before contact

Pricing, plan by plan

Bullhorn

On request
  • Bullhorn ATS and CRM$undefined/year
    • Priced per user per month on an annual contract
    • Minimum user counts apply
    • Implementation and data migration quoted separately

Teamtailor

$99/month
  • Teamtailor$99/month
    • Career Site
    • ATS
    • Analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Bullhorn if

  • You need recruitment crm.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want applicant tracking.
Bullhorn review

Choose Teamtailor if

  • You need career site builder.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want applicant tracking.
Teamtailor review

Questions people ask

Is Bullhorn or Teamtailor better?
Neither clearly leads. Bullhorn starts at On request and Teamtailor at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bullhorn or Teamtailor?
Bullhorn starts at On request and Teamtailor at $99/month.
Does Bullhorn or Teamtailor run on more platforms?
Bullhorn runs on Web, iOS, Android. Teamtailor runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Bullhorn best used for?
Bullhorn is most often used for a contract staffing agency that needs worked hours to become both a worker payment and a client invoice against one placement record, a recruitment firm where consultants sell to clients and manage candidates in the same working day, an agency consolidating several acquired offices onto one system of record, an executive search practice needing assignment-based workflow rather than requisition-based tracking. Of those, a contract staffing agency that needs worked hours to become both a worker payment and a client invoice against one placement record and a recruitment firm where consultants sell to clients and manage candidates in the same working day are not what Teamtailor is typically brought in for.
What can Bullhorn do that Teamtailor cannot?
Bullhorn covers Recruitment CRM, Applicant tracking, Pay and bill, Bullhorn Automation. Teamtailor covers Career Site Builder, Applicant Tracking, Employer Branding, Employee Referrals. Both handle Analytics.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Bullhorn: Is Bullhorn suitable for in-house corporate recruiting?

No. It is built around client relationships, margins and placements. Corporate teams should buy a requisition-based ATS instead.

Teamtailor: What does a Teamtailor subscription cost?

Teamtailor does not display pricing on their website. They offer unlimited job postings and unlimited users, but rates depend on your specific needs. Contact support at [email protected] or +46 (0)10 330 22 22 to request a quote.

Source
Bullhorn: Who owns Bullhorn?

Insight Partners has held a majority stake since 2012, and the company has grown substantially through acquisition since then.

Teamtailor: Do all plans include customer support?

All Teamtailor users receive customer support, and the platform includes over 250 features across plans. However, detailed plan comparison requires contacting their sales team.

Source
Bullhorn: Does it handle temporary worker payroll?

It captures time, calculates pay and bill rates and produces payroll and invoicing outputs. Actual payroll processing is done by a payroll provider it exports to.

Bullhorn: What does implementation involve?

Data migration, workflow configuration and training, typically several months for an established agency, with services charged on top of the licence.

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