Greenhouse vs Workable (2026)

Greenhouse

by Greenhouse

Workable

by Workable

Pros

• ✓Structured interviewing methodology is the category reference point, with scorecard-based hiring operationalized across more than 7,500 companies including HubSpot, Anthropic, Gong, Coinbase and the NFL.
• ✓A large partner directory covering background checks, assessment, video interviewing, scheduling, sourcing, HRIS and collaboration, backed by published developer APIs including the Harvest, Job Board, Onboarding and Ingestion APIs.
• ✓Greenhouse MCP, in open beta since July 2026, gives approved AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini permissioned access to Greenhouse data, which few enterprise ATS platforms currently offer.

Limitations

• –Quote-only pricing across Core, Plus and Pro, with no rates published on any surface and a mandatory sales conversation before any cost visibility, which rules Greenhouse out for buyers whose procurement requires upfront pricing comparison.
• –MCP access is gated to Site Admins and only on the newer Core, Plus and Pro tiers, and it remains in open beta rather than general availability.
• –Greenhouse delivers most of its value only when recruiting teams adopt the structured interviewing methodology, which requires process change and recruiter training well beyond technical installation, and Voice AI is a paid add-on rather than an included capability.

Pros

• ✓All three plans are publicly priced with both annual and monthly rates shown, and Standard, Premier and Enterprise are listed at 299, 599 and 719 per month on annual billing, so buyers can budget without a sales conversation for the plan itself.
• ✓An official MCP server at mcp.workable.com exposes 94 tools across 17 groups spanning the full hiring lifecycle plus HR operations, using streamable HTTP with OAuth2 and Dynamic Client Registration, so any MCP-compatible assistant can connect without manual credential setup.
• ✓Workable Agent is billed on AI credits rather than seats, at 1 credit per screening and 2 per passive candidate sourced, so the cost of autonomous sourcing scales with work done rather than headcount, and every paid account starts with 3,000 free credits.

Limitations

• –Workable publishes no currency on its pricing page or in its terms, and its terms state that pricing may vary by billing country, so the figures above cannot be tied to a stated currency from public sources.
• –The lightweight HR module is not full HCM. Teams needing succession planning, learning or workforce analytics will run Rippling (custom pricing) or Lattice ($4/mo billed annually) alongside it, and Standard covers only 1 to 20 employees before per-employee pricing applies.
• –The 15-day free trial excludes Workable Agent, AI credits expire one year from purchase and are non-refundable, and bundles above 50,000 credits are quoted by sales rather than published.