Bullhorn vs Greenhouse comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Bullhorn and Greenhouse based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Bullhorn

Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software

5th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

CRM (34th)

Greenhouse

Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software category, the mindshare of Bullhorn is 1.9%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Greenhouse is 6.3%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Greenhouse	6.3%
Bullhorn	1.9%
Other	91.8%

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Featured Reviews

Joe Shoemaker

Chief Executive Officer at Fathom Recruitment

Has streamlined applicant tracking and helped consolidate all candidate interactions in one, easily searchable system.

What I appreciate best about Bullhorn is its user interface. I enjoy the flexibility that you have with it and how you can customize it to meet your needs. Especially since with some competitors platforms, candidates can only be searched by a specific job, or by keywords only. With Bullhorn, you can search by literally any metric you track; graduation year, major, geogrpahic location (within X miles), etc. It allows you to search the entire candidate pool in your database easily. I have tried many other platforms, and work within some of my client's ATS' as well. Bullhorn just can't be beat.

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CharlesDunn

Recruiter at Emerge

An affordable and easy-to-use product that is really intuitive and is one of the most stable applicant tracking systems

The product is easy to use. It's really intuitive. The things are laid out well. The search function seems to be better than other products. When I search for a name, some of the applicant tracking systems struggle to find the name, and I have to keep spelling out the entire name. Greenhouse has a better search function than other products and finds candidates quicker. I haven’t had issues with bugs. I have noticed other products freezing up or acting weird for some reason. However, Greenhouse is a solid solution. It has a really nice layout that tells us about upcoming events.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"What I appreciate best about Bullhorn is its user interface, which is really nice, and I enjoy the flexibility that you have with it and how you can customize it to meet your needs."

"What I appreciate most about Bullhorn's core functionalities and ATS functionalities is that it is highly customizable, the UI is very user friendly, and it's very easy to train."

"I think the ease of use is one of the most valuable features."

"It provides very good flexibility to create filters. Therefore, I can look at candidates' progress across different stages. I can also follow candidates to get updates about where they are in the cycle."

"Greenhouse has a better search function than other products and finds candidates quicker."

Cons

"I think one thing that could be improved is that it's expensive."

"Bullhorn Onboarding, which is a catastrophe; it's not further developed, and they have not provided a new solution for the German-speaking market in five years."

"Probably the biggest issue with Greenhouse is that the scheduling portion isn't very strong or smart."

"There are dashboards that I can see, but for pending things that I have to look at, it should provide alerts. For example, if there are 10 new people who are added to the job that I'm involved with, it should provide me with a chart or notification so that I am prompted to look at it. Currently, I have to go and look at the dashboard. There should be a little bit of intelligence to prompt action."

"If we have to schedule multiple interviews in Greenhouse, we will have to schedule them individually."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The one thing I didn't like, and what caused me to move from Greenhouse, was that they wanted to bump us up almost 20% over what the previous cost was."

"The tool is pretty affordable for startups and medium-level companies."

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Overview

Bullhorn creates cloud-based software solutions that help recruiters put the world to work. As the global market leader in staffing and recruiting software, our innovations power the operations of fast-growing start-ups up through the world's largest staffing brands. Headquartered in Boston, with offices in St. Louis, Richmond, Vancouver, London, and Sydney, Bullhorn's applicant tracking system, recruitment CRM, back office, and social recruiting products serve more than 10,000 clients representing nearly 350,000 users across 150 countries.

Bullhorn

Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system and recruiting software designed to optimize your entire recruiting process. Find better candidates, conduct more focused interviews, and make data-driven hiring decisions.

We pride ourselves on offering the most comprehensive, hands-on training, and virtual as well as live support in the business.

Sample Customers

Tiro Partners, Skills Alliance, Think IT Recruitment, Mclaren Consultancy, REACH Employment Services, Aurec, FocusCore, Icon Partners, Curate Partners, Rowben Consulting, Richard Lloyd, Peoplefusion, Gemini People, Glotel

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