Bottom line
Recruage is at feature parity with the mid-tier plans of Zoho Recruit, Manatal, and Workable — and has the recruitment-agency CRM angle that Bullhorn / JobAdder / Recruiterflow charge a premium for.
The compounding advantage is cost: at an 8-recruiter team, paid alternatives cost roughly $3,400 – $15,400 per year in subscriptions alone (before add-ons and implementation). Recruage has $0/year in subscription cost — it runs on infrastructure you already own, and you pay once for the licence.
The trade-off is responsibility: you own the codebase, the uptime, and the roadmap. The vendors own theirs (and bill you for it monthly, forever).
Cost simulator
8 users
Included
Paid add-on / higher tier
Limited / partial
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