Hiring by email thread and gut feeling works until it doesn't. Tellent brings actual structure to finding, evaluating, and onboarding candidates — at a cost that only makes sense once hiring becomes a repeated activity, not a one-time event.
Tellent is a modular platform covering three separate needs: an applicant tracking system (Recruitee) for posting jobs and evaluating candidates, and an HRIS (Tellent HR) with two modules — Manage for core employee data and onboarding, and Grow for performance reviews. You choose which modules you actually need rather than paying for a single bundled suite.
| Product | Plan | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitee (ATS) | Start | ~$292/mo — 5 active job posts |
| Advance | ~$371/mo — unlimited postings, AI screening | |
| Optimize | Custom — full API, SSO, dedicated CSM | |
| Tellent HR | Manage | ~$111/mo, scales with employee count |
| Grow | ~$111/mo, scales with employee count |
Tellent is a European company and prices primarily in euros — figures above are approximate USD equivalents from third-party sources, July 2026. Confirm current localized pricing directly with Tellent. A 20% annual billing discount is typically available.
For a genuine one-time first hire, the Recruitee Start plan is more structure (and cost) than most solo advisors strictly need. It becomes worth it once hiring is a repeated activity — a growing practice bringing on a second or third team member benefits most from the consistent, comparable evaluation process an ATS forces, rather than judging each candidate on a different, informal basis.
This is a vetted pick, not something we run ourselves day to day at our current team size. For a single hire, a clear job description and a simple spreadsheet can get the job done. Where Tellent earns its cost is the moment you expect to hire more than once — the ATS structure pays for itself in evaluation consistency and time saved on the second and third hire, even if it feels like overkill on the first.
Recruitee ATS starts around $292/month (Start) and $371/month (Advance), custom pricing above that. Tellent HR's Manage and Grow modules each start around $111/month, scaling with employee count.
Not strictly — a simple job posting and spreadsheet can work for one hire. It earns its cost once hiring becomes repeated and you want consistent candidate evaluation.
Recruitee is the ATS for finding and evaluating candidates before hiring. Tellent HR (Manage and Grow) is used after someone is hired, for onboarding and performance management.
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