Workable
Applicant-tracking system with AI sourcing over 400M+ profiles and 290+ integrations.
Workable is a hiring platform built for speed: teams can sign up, post a job, and start reviewing qualified applicants within a day or two rather than after a lengthy rollout. Positioned for small and mid-sized companies, fast-growing startups, and generalist HR teams, it covers the core recruiting workflow in a single, lightweight system instead of a heavy enterprise deployment.
At its base is a full applicant tracking system. Workable distributes a job to more than 200 job boards with one click, parses incoming resumes, moves candidates through customizable pipelines, coordinates interviews with self-scheduling links, and manages offers and team collaboration, with reporting on the funnel along the way.
Its AI is woven into that workflow rather than sold as a separate product. People Search, Workable's AI sourcing feature, scans a database of hundreds of millions of candidate profiles drawn from job boards, social sites, and Workable's own pool: a recruiter describes a role and Workable surfaces matching candidates to reach out to directly. AI candidate recommendations pull relevant profiles from the sourcing database against open requirements, and AI-assisted screening ranks and prioritizes applicants at the top of the funnel so recruiters focus on the strongest matches first.
Workable adds several more AI-driven tools: one-way video interviews so candidates record answers on their own time, an applicant chatbot for early-stage engagement, anonymized candidate evaluations that hide identifying details to reduce bias, and assistance for drafting job descriptions. Over time the platform has broadened beyond hiring into adjacent HR functions like onboarding.
Workable integrates with a few hundred tools, including job boards, LinkedIn, calendars, and HRIS systems, and offers open APIs. The overall value is accessibility: it brings AI-assisted sourcing, screening, and structured hiring to teams that want to be productive quickly and at a mid-market price, rather than committing to an enterprise platform with a long implementation.
Vendor details
Canonical URL
https://workable.com
Category
Enterprise operations agent
Subcategory
Recruiting — ATS + sourcing
Company status
independent
Use cases & customers
Primary use cases
Target customers
Deployment options
In practice
You're a founder doing your own hiring and don't have weeks to configure an ATS. Workable gets you posting a role to 200+ job boards and reviewing applicants within a day or two of signing up.
A role keeps drawing too few applicants. Workable's People Search scans hundreds of millions of profiles, so you describe the role, get matching candidates, and reach out directly instead of waiting on inbound.
A flood of applications hits a high-volume role. Workable's AI screening ranks applicants against the job requirements, so your recruiters focus on the strongest matches first instead of reading every resume.
Agentic Index coverage score
6.5 / 14 capabilities · 46%
| Integrations & Tool CallingThe agent is built directly into the Workable ATS rather than bolted on as an add-on, sources across external candidate pools and sends outreach email, but a documented third party tool calling surface for the agent was not retrieved, Workable Agent launch 2026-03-13 | Partial |
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| Workflow OrchestrationWorkable Agent runs complete multi step workflows autonomously from brief to shortlist, starting with a structured intake conversation to define must haves, nice to haves and disqualifiers, then sourcing passive candidates, screening applicants and engaging talent to deliver a scored shortlist, Workable Agent launch 2026-03-13 and product page 2026-03-12 | Full |
| Knowledge Grounding & RAGThe agent builds an ideal candidate profile across 14 categories from the intake conversation and grades every candidate against that spec, with AI Recruiter surfacing matches from a pool of more than 400 million profiles and Screening Assistant using semantic matching against job requirements, Workable AI capability breakdown 2026-05-17 | Full |
| Human Oversight & GuardrailsThe agent operates with full recruiter override at every step and hands the team an interview ready shortlist rather than making hiring decisions, with the human defining the spec up front through the intake conversation that bounds everything downstream, Workable AI capability breakdown 2026-05-17 and product page 2026-07-22 | Full |
| Security, Identity & GovernanceNo security attestations, identity controls, or agent permission model was retrieved in this pass, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
| Observability & AuditabilityAgent actions are logged at every step and screening output carries match rationales and requirement checklists so a recruiter can see why a candidate was scored as they were, though this detail was retrieved from an independent capability breakdown rather than a first party page, Workable AI capability breakdown 2026-05-17 | Full |
| Memory & State PersistenceNo agent memory or cross session state mechanism was retrieved in this pass, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
| Deployment & Data ResidencyNo deployment options, regional hosting, or data residency controls were retrieved in this pass, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
| Prebuilt Agents, Templates & PacksNamed capabilities ship out of the box including Workable Agent for full cycle top of funnel hiring, AI Recruiter for passive candidate sourcing, and Screening Assistant for semantic scoring, with the agent made available as a free upgrade to every Workable Recruiting account at launch, Workable Agent launch 2026-03-13 and capability breakdown 2026-05-17 | Full |
| Triggers & Channel CoverageThe agent runs the top of the funnel continuously inside the ATS around the clock, qualifying every candidate against the spec as applications arrive rather than in recruiter led batches, and conducts structured screening conversations and outreach directly with candidates, Workable AI product page 2026-07-22 | Full |
| Model Flexibility & RoutingNo customer facing model choice, routing, or bring your own model capability was retrieved in this pass, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
| APIs, SDKs & MCP ExtensibilityNo API, SDK, MCP surface, or customer agent builder for the agent layer was retrieved in this pass, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
| Testing, Debugging & OptimizationNo agent testing, simulation, or versioning tooling was retrieved in this pass, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
| Browser & Computer UseNo browser or computer use capability was documented, Workable product pages 2026-07-22 | Unable to verify |
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Recent platform changes
Workable expanded its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server by adding 37 new tools, bringing the total to 94. The update grants AI assistants read and write access to performance reviews, account administration, and advanced candidate searches.
Bears on: MCP / tool calling / API
View sourcePricing
From $299/mo
hybrid
Included quota
Standard (effective entry, $299/mo monthly / ~$239 annual): unlimited active jobs, posting to 200+ job boards, AI sourcing + AI job-description writing, candidate pipeline, interview scheduling, time-off, e-signatures, payroll integrations. Premier ($599/mo): adds video interviews, SMS/texting, assessments, hiring plans, People Search active sourcing, full AI screening, advanced analytics, SSO, dedicated support. Pay-per-Job ($99/job/mo) for occasional hiring.
What is public
Workable (ATS/recruiting + light HRIS) publishes tiered pricing scaled by TOTAL company headcount (not recruiter seats), ~20% off annual: Pay-per-Job ($99/job/mo); a legacy Starter (~$149-$169/mo, 2-3 active jobs, NOT sold to new customers); Standard ($299/mo monthly, ~$239/mo annual / ~$2,870/yr - unlimited active jobs, AI sourcing, time-off, e-signatures, payroll integrations); Premier ($599/mo - video interviews, texting, assessments, hiring plans, People Search active sourcing, full AI, advanced analytics, SSO, dedicated support); Enterprise (~$719/mo - custom report building, additional permission sets). For new customers, Standard is effectively the entry tier.
Billing mechanics
Headcount-tiered flat plans plus add-ons - your bill scales with total company employee count, not hiring activity or recruiter seats, so crossing a headcount bracket triggers a mid-contract 'true-up' (e.g., 20->21 employees can spike Standard from ~$299 to ~$500/mo; ~50 employees ~$800/mo). High-value features gate to higher tiers, and add-ons (video interviews ~$99-$109/mo, SMS/texting ~$79-$89/mo, assessments ~$59/mo) inflate Standard ~59% (all bundled into Premier). A 15-day free trial exists; no permanent free tier.
Cost watchouts
Headcount 'true-ups' (a single hire can jump a bracket), add-ons that push Standard ~59% over base (video ~$99-$109, SMS ~$79-$89, assessments ~$59/mo),/implementation (~$2,000-$5,000; premium impl ~$2,500), custom integrations ($2K-$10K), strict no-refund policy, renewal price increases, and cancellation requiring a support ticket (a recurring gripe)
Variable cost rationale
Mostly flat per tier, but cost rises with total company headcount (true-ups) and with plan-forcing feature gates plus monthly add-ons - so spend tracks company size and feature needs, not hiring volume
Additional watchouts
Headcount-based pricing penalizes growth (your bill rises even for non-recruiting hires); add-ons and plan-forcing toward Premier inflate the real cost (fully-loaded Standard ~$477-$556/mo approaches Premier $599); reporting/customization limited on lower tiers; no-refund + support-only cancellation friction
Overage / add-ons
Crossing total-headcount brackets trues up your tier mid-contract; advanced features (full AI, People Search, video, analytics) are plan-gated - needing them forces a Standard->Premier upgrade; add-ons (video/SMS/assessments) bill monthly on top of Standard.
Sales call required
Mixed (some tiers require a call)
Lowest paid plan
from $299/mo
Commercial notes
Mid-market ATS strongest at 50-1,000 employees; AI sourcing, AI job-description writing, AI candidate ranking/screening; broad job-board distribution + LinkedIn Chrome extension are the moat; Premier reframes Workable as a light HR platform (HRIS/onboarding); no setup fees; competes with Greenhouse/Lever/BambooHR
Key ambiguities
Workable updates pricing periodically - some sources cite Starter $249 / Standard $349 / Premier $679 (or Enterprise $719) variants; exact headcount brackets and add-on prices ($79 vs $89 SMS; $99 vs $109 video) differ across sources; the legacy Starter isn't available to new customers
Cancellation / refund
~20% annual discount across tiers; 15-day free trial (Standard features; some sources note a card is required); strict no-refund policy (no refund for unused time after annual commitment); month-to-month available at a premium (~$60/mo more); cancellation requires contacting support
Support SLA / resale
Premier adds SSO + dedicated support; 90+ integrations (Gmail, Google Calendar, Teams, Zoom, BambooHR, LinkedIn Recruiter, Checkr, Deel, TalentLMS); 200+ job boards; in-person/online training, webinars, docs
Missing data
Exact headcount brackets, current add-on prices, and Enterprise terms are quote-/period-dependent and vary across sources. Seed '$299/mo' = the Standard tier (effective entry for new customers); lower options exist (Pay-per-Job $99/job; legacy Starter ~$149-$169 not sold to new customers), and the model scales by total headcount.
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