Applicant Tracking Systems
Zoho Recruit review
Low-cost, per-recruiter ATS from Zoho with a free tier and separate staffing-agency and corporate HR editions.
Zoho Recruit at a glance
- Category
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Starting price
- Free (1 active job); paid plans from about $25 per user per month billed annually per third-party sources
- Pricing model
- per user
- Public pricing
- Yes
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- Yes
- Contract
- monthly or annual
- G2 rating
- 4.4 (1,847 reviews)
- Integrations
- 50+ (vendor page, Standard plan): Zoho CRM, Zoho One
Who Zoho Recruit is for
Choose Zoho Recruit if
- Small teams and agencies that want a per-recruiter price with a free one-job plan.
- Companies already running Zoho CRM or Zoho One.
Look elsewhere if
- Teams that need published SSO or SCIM details before buying.
- Enterprises that want a dedicated enterprise-grade ATS with deep compliance tooling.
Zoho Recruit pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | per user | 1 active job posting per Zoho pricing page |
| Standard | about $25 annual / $30 monthly | per user per month | 100 active jobs in staffing edition; price from third-party sources, not confirmed by the vendor |
| Professional | about $50 annual / $60 monthly | per user per month | 250 active jobs; AI matching, screening, background checks, advanced security controls |
| Enterprise | about $75 annual / $90 monthly | per user per month | 750 active jobs; custom roles, portals, Blueprint |
Vendor page offers monthly and annual billing (annual saves two months), 15-day trial with full Enterprise access then reverts to Free, 45-day money-back guarantee. The vendor page does not show exact per-user amounts; amounts above are from third-party roundups (pin.com, peoplemanagingpeople.com) and a G2 entry price of $30 per recruiter per month. A Corporate HR edition reportedly has only two paid tiers; verify on zoho.com/recruit/pricing.html.
What Zoho Recruit really costs
- Per seat per month
- About $25 per user per month annual (Standard); third-party figure, not confirmed by the vendor.
- Billing
- Monthly and annual.
- Annual discount
- Vendor states annual saves two months (about 17%)
- 20 users per year
- Third-party Standard annual rate: 20 x $25 x 12 = $6,000 per year (not confirmed by the vendor)
- Add-ons
- Customer Portal (per license, price not listed); Video interviews (per license, price not listed); Data migration; Premium Support; Jumpstart program.
Cheaper per seat than Zoho Recruit
BambooHR$10 to $10.25 per employee per month (Core); flat $250/mo if 25 or fewer.
Zoho Recruit features by buying criteria
| Criterion | What we found |
|---|---|
| Job multiposting | Free job boards on Free plan; premium job boards from Standard. |
| Pipeline and hiring-team collaboration | Candidate management, email management and talent pipeline; assignment rules from Professional. |
| Resume parsing and screening | Resume management from Standard; AI candidate matching, screening and assessments from Professional. |
| Interview scheduling | Interview scheduling included even on Free plan; video interviews are a paid add-on. |
| HRIS and background check integrations | 50+ integrations from Standard; background checks from Professional. |
| Careers page and candidate experience | Candidate portals from Professional; customer portal is a per-license add-on. |
| Pricing model and real cost | Per user per month, tiered by active job limit. |
| Target company size | G2 reviewers are 81.8% small business. |
What reviewers say about Zoho Recruit
Praised for
- Broad toolset that covers the full recruiting process.
- Low price versus enterprise ATS.
- Ease of use scored about 8.5 of 10 on G2.
Common complaints
- Third-party roundups disagree on job limits and price, so plan details are confusing.
- Premium support is a separate paid add-on.
Themes paraphrased from public reviews on G2 and similar sites, not quotes.
What most Zoho Recruit reviews leave out
- Free plan allows only 1 active job posting.
- 15-day trial gives full Enterprise access then drops to Free without data loss.
- Premium Support (faster response, dedicated account manager), data migration, video interviews and the Customer Portal are paid add-ons.
- Zoho sells Staffing Agency and Corporate HR editions with different job limits and tiers.
- 45-day money-back guarantee on paid plans per vendor page.
Zoho Recruit alternatives
RecruiteeGrowing companies wanting a collaborative ATS with SSO available as an add-on.Contact sales
TeamtailorEmployer-branding focused hiring teams that want unlimited users.Contact sales
SmartRecruitersHigh-volume and mid-market to enterprise hiring.Starting at $14,995 (Essential), unit/period not stated
AshbyStartups up to 100 employees wanting one published monthly price.$400/month (All-In-One Foundations, up to 100 employees)- BambooHRSmall and mid-size US companies that want HRIS first and light recruiting in the same system.$250/mo flat (Core, 25 or fewer employees); $10 to $10.25 per employee per month above that
Breezy HRVery small teams that can live with one active job on the free plan.$0 (Bootstrap); paid from $157/mo
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Zoho Recruit's own pricing, product or documentation pages, G2 and company records, checked on October 24, 2026. Unknown values are left out instead of estimated.