Placr vs Greenhouse
Built for agencies, not
corporates
Greenhouse is excellent for corporate in-house recruiting. But agencies operate differently, managing multiple clients, tracking placements, and running a revenue-generating business. Placr is built for that world.
Placr vs Greenhouse
Greenhouse is a leading applicant tracking system designed primarily for in-house corporate recruiting teams. It's known for structured hiring, excellent interviewing tools, and a strong integration ecosystem. However, it lacks agency-specific features like client portals, placement tracking, revenue forecasting, and multi-client management.
Built for in-house corporate recruiting. Agency workflows require workarounds or third-party tools.
Purpose-built for recruitment agencies. Client portals, placement fees, revenue tracking, and multi-client management are core features.
No native client portal. Candidate sharing with external stakeholders requires email-based workflows.
A portal for every client, carrying your agency's logo and colors. Magic-link access to review candidates and leave structured feedback.
No revenue or placement fee tracking. Built for cost-per-hire metrics, not agency economics.
Track placement fees, forecast pipeline revenue, and get alerts as guarantee periods near their end.
Designed for a single employer. Multi-client workflows are not a supported use case.
Manage dozens of clients, each with their own roles, pipeline stages, and portal links.
Candidates are tied to specific job applications. Cross-posting or re-using candidates requires manual effort.
Your candidate database belongs to your agency. Submit candidates across multiple clients and roles.
AI features focused on resume screening and interview scheduling. Matching is per-job, not cross-portfolio.
AI ranks candidates for each open role across all your clients, with the reasons shown. Natural-language search across your candidate database.
Per-employee or per-recruiter pricing designed for corporate headcount. Add-ons for advanced features.
Per-recruiter pricing. Candidates and clients access portals for free via magic links.
Optimized for structured hiring quality, which can add time to the process. Built for thoroughness over speed.
Built around the placement: ranked shortlists, bulk sending to a client's portal, and one-click client decisions.
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When Greenhouse is the better choice
Greenhouse is the better choice if you're an in-house recruiting team, not an agency. Its structured hiring methodology, interview scorecards, DE&I tools, and approval workflows are best-in-class for corporate talent acquisition. If you're a recruitment agency embedded within a single large client and operating like an in-house function, Greenhouse's approach could also make sense.
There is no automated importer from Greenhouse yet. What Placr does today is bulk CV import: upload PDF and DOCX files and each one is parsed into a candidate record, with likely duplicates held for you to review. Applications, interview data, and jobs are not imported automatically. Talk to us about what moving them would involve before you commit.