Ashby Review
All-in-one ATS built for scaling recruiting teams, with heavy analytics baked in
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Ashby is an applicant tracking system aimed at companies that have outgrown entry-level tools like the base tiers of Greenhouse or Lever. It bundles sourcing, scheduling, and recruiting analytics into one product, with a particular emphasis on pipeline and source-quality reporting that recruiting leaders use to run their function like a numbers-driven team.
The pitch is consolidation: instead of stitching together a scheduler, a CRM, and a separate analytics tool, you run it all inside Ashby. That depth comes with real setup work. Interview scheduling alone has more than a dozen configuration tabs, and teams report a real ramp-up period before the system feels natural.
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Who it's for
- ✓ Recruiting teams around 20-100 employees that want strong built-in analytics without bolting on a separate BI tool
- ✓ Companies that already know they want deep customization of pipelines, scorecards, and approval workflows
Who should look elsewhere
- ✗ Small teams or solo founders hiring occasionally, who will pay $400/month whether they make one hire or twenty
- ✗ High-volume sourcers who rely on boolean search strings, since Ashby uses dropdown filters instead
- ✗ Companies with fast headcount growth on a fixed budget, since crossing 100 employees forces a renegotiated Plus contract
Pros
- + Recruiting analytics and reporting go deeper than most ATS competitors out of the box
- + One system for sourcing, scheduling, and pipeline tracking instead of several stitched-together tools
- + Frequent product releases, including AI features like report summaries and candidate rediscovery
Cons
- – Foundations includes only 200 email lookups a month, which teams running more than a couple of open roles at once burn through in about a week
- – Pricing is based on total company headcount, not recruiter seats, so growing past 100 employees mid-contract can trigger a large jump to the Plus tier
- – AI Notetaker is a paid add-on on every plan, including Enterprise; Advanced Scheduling is a paid add-on on Foundations and Plus and only bundled free at Enterprise
- – No free trial, so you're committing before you can test it against your own hiring workflow
- – No boolean search, which frustrates recruiters used to writing complex search strings
Ashby pricing
At about $400/month to start, it sits at the higher end of ATS & Recruiting Software pricing.
| Plan | Price | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | $400/mo | For companies up to 100 employees · 10% off if billed annually · 200 email lookups per month included · AI Notetaker and Advanced Scheduling cost extra |
| Plus | Custom | For companies from 101 to 1,000 employees · Priced on company size, usage, and contract length |
| Enterprise | Custom | For companies over 1,000 employees · Advanced Scheduling included, though AI Notetaker is still a paid add-on |
Foundations is $400/month flat (about $360/month if you commit annually), a company-wide price, not per seat. It caps out at 100 employees, and Ashby prices Plus and Enterprise by total headcount rather than recruiter count, so a hiring surge can push you into a much pricier tier mid-contract. There's no free trial and no free plan. Anything past Foundations means a sales call.
Pricing verified July 7, 2026 · source
How Ashby's pricing compares
Ashby next to its closest alternatives on entry price, billing, and whether pricing is public.
| Tool | Starting price | Billing | Free option | Pricing disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby | $400/mo | tiered | No | Partly public |
| Greenhouse | Custom / quote | quote-only | No | Not disclosed |
| Lever | Custom / quote | quote-only | No | Not disclosed |
| Workable | $299/employee/mo | tiered | Trial (15 days, no credit card required, full Standard plan feature set) | Public |
| Recruitee | Custom / quote | quote-only | Trial (Free trial available, no card required, length not stated) | Not disclosed |
| Bullhorn | $99/seat/mo | tiered | No | Partly public |
Is Ashby still actively developed?
Last significant update: May 2026. Launched AI Talent Rediscovery, which scans your existing candidate database and surfaces past applicants who match a new role's requirements.
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Ashby FAQ
Does Ashby have a free plan or free trial?+
No. Ashby has no free tier and no published free trial. The cheapest way in is the $400/month Foundations plan.
How much does Ashby actually cost as you grow?+
Foundations is a flat $400/month for up to 100 employees. Past that, Ashby moves you to Plus or Enterprise and prices by company size and usage, which reporting puts at roughly $30,000 to $70,000 a year for 100-300 employee companies and $60,000 to $120,000 a year for 300-500 employee companies.
Is Ashby priced per recruiter seat?+
No. Pricing is based on total company headcount, not the size of your recruiting team, so a company can outgrow its tier without hiring a single new recruiter.