Workable Pricing 2026: Plans, Add-ons and What Workable Costs by Company Size

By Sparsh Goyal, Founder at The Cognitive. Published 2026-11-10 · Last updated 2026-11-12

• Workable recruiting costs $299 a month on Standard, $599 on Premier and $719 on Enterprise for 1 to 20 employees, billed annually, and 1000+ is quote only.
• Prices are per company by employee band, Standard can be billed monthly for about 20% more, and texting, video interviews and assessments are paid add-ons on Standard.
• The Workable Agent runs on AI credits, with 3,000 free on a paid account and bundles from $600 for 5,000, and the 15-day trial leaves the Agent out.

Workable publishes its prices. For recruiting at a company of 1 to 20 employees, billed annually, Standard costs $299 a month, Premier $599 and Enterprise $719. Prices are set per company by employee band. They climb with each band up to 801 to 1000 employees, where Standard is $2,799, Premier $3,959 and Enterprise $4,749 a month. Above 1000 employees, every plan is quote only.

Standard can also be billed monthly, for about 20% more. Texting, video interviews and assessments are paid add-ons on Standard and included on Premier and Enterprise. The Workable Agent runs on AI credits: 3,000 come free with a paid account, and bundles start at $600 for 5,000. There is no free plan, and the 15-day free trial needs no card but leaves out the Agent.

Workable calls itself "agentic software for recruiting and HR." It suits a company that wants one system for job posting, applicant tracking and HR at a price it can read before the first call. Teams whose problem is finding people who never applied, or running first interviews at volume, can add a tool beside it. One of those is The Cognitive.

How much does Workable cost?

Workable's pricing page is a calculator. You pick one of three plans, Standard, Premier or Enterprise, then your company size from nine employee bands, then the modules you want: recruiting, HR, or both as a bundle. The price shown is for the whole company. The calculator asks only for company size, not a number of users, and Workable lists "Unlimited active jobs," subject to fair usage limits. Adding employees is what moves the bill.

Enterprise follows the same eight bands at $719, $989, $1,469, $2,109, $2,719, $3,369, $4,039 and $4,749 a month, and is quoted above 1000 employees.

Paid yearly, the smallest Standard plan comes to $3,588 a year, Premier to $7,188 and Enterprise to $8,628. At 801 to 1000 employees, the same three plans come to $33,588, $47,508 and $56,988 a year. The page says "Ready to buy? Start a trial to purchase in your account," so below 1000 employees you can buy from inside the product without a sales call.

Monthly or annual billing

Only Standard can be paid month to month. Premier and Enterprise say "Pay annually." Workable labels the annual toggle "Save 20%." Put the other way, monthly Standard costs about 20% more than annual. At 1 to 20 employees monthly Standard is $360 against $299 on annual; at 801 to 1000 it is $3,360 against $2,799.

Free trial, no free plan

Workable has no free plan. Its trial runs 15 days with no credit card, and the pricing page says it comes with the "Complete feature set of the Enterprise plan." One line on the same page matters for anyone testing the AI: "Free trial does not include Workable Agent." The 3,000 free AI credits start with a paid account, not the trial.

What does each Workable plan include?

The three plans share one core: the applicant tracking system, Workable's candidate sourcing suite and the same AI agents. Workable's list of "Features available in all plans" includes job board distribution to 200+ boards, passive candidate sourcing across "400M+ candidate profiles," past candidate resurfacing, a talent CRM, and interview kits and scorecards. What changes between plans is the set of extras.

Standard is the full ATS with the sourcing suite and unlimited active jobs under fair use. It leaves out the hiring plan, the 9 native language options, single sign-on, priority support and referrals, and sells texting, video interviews and assessments as add-ons.

Premier folds those three add-ons in and adds referrals, the hiring plan, "9 native language options," single sign-on and priority support. On the HR side it adds payroll integrations and Performance & Engagement. At 1 to 20 employees, Premier costs $300 a month more than Standard on annual billing.

Enterprise is everything in Premier plus a custom report builder and additional permission sets. Those two features are the whole difference, so the upgrade is for companies with reporting or access-control needs that the standard reports and roles do not cover.

Every plan includes the Job Brief Agent. The Sourcing, Screening and Engagement agents run on AI credits, bought separately.

What do Workable HR and the add-ons cost?

Workable sells HR software as a second module on the same three plans, and each plan card says "Bundle recruiting and HR to save up to 20%." On Standard, texting, video interviews and assessments each carry their own monthly price, which rises with the employee band like the plans do.

The bundle saves money at both ends of the range. At 1 to 20 employees on Standard, recruiting ($299) plus HR ($99) would be $398 a month bought separately, against $359 bundled. At 801 to 1000 employees, the same pair is $6,698 bought separately and $5,359 bundled.

The add-on maths decides between Standard and Premier. At 1 to 20 employees, all three add-ons on annual Standard total $257 a month, which brings Standard to $556. Premier is $599 and adds referrals, the hiring plan, the language options, single sign-on and priority support. At 51 to 100 employees, Standard with all three add-ons is $1,336 a month against Premier at $1,229, so Premier is the cheaper way to get the same tools.

The video add-on is a one-way recording. Workable's features page describes it as "One-way video interviews," used "to efficiently screen candidates at scale, replacing traditional phone screenings." Candidates record answers, and your team watches them later.

What does the Workable Agent cost?

The Workable Agent "sources, screens and engages candidates inside the Workable ATS," and Workable bills it with a simple line: "Pay for what the agent does. Nothing else." Each action has a published credit cost.

The free 3,000 credits cover 3,000 evaluations, or 1,500 sourced candidates, or 300 chats, or a mix. Credits "expire 1 year from purchase" and are "Non-refundable," so buy the bundle that matches a year of use, not the one with the lowest unit price.

Evaluation is the line that grows with applicant volume. The agent "Evaluates every inbound candidate against up to 14 job criteria," at 1 credit a candidate. Ashby's 2026 Talent Trends Report counts 291 applications for each hire a typical recruiter makes, against roughly 100 in early 2021. At that rate, screening every applicant for a single hire uses about a tenth of the free 3,000 credits.

What should you check before buying Workable?

Headcount is the biggest lever. Crossing from 100 to 101 employees moves Standard recruiting from $669 to $949 a month on annual billing. Settle these five questions before you sign.

1. Which employee band will the company sit in at renewal, not just today?
2. Would you buy two or more Standard add-ons? If so, price Premier.
3. How many applicants and sourced candidates a month will the agent touch, and how many credits is that?
4. Do you need single sign-on or custom reports, which decide the plan for you?
5. Above 1000 employees, what does the quote include, and are AI credits priced into it or bought separately?

Is Workable worth the price?

Workable is worth it for a small or mid-sized company that wants posting, tracking, a talent CRM and HR in one system, priced by headcount. The price is set by company size, not by how many people log in. And every price below 1000 employees is on the page, so a buyer can budget before talking to anyone.

The talent CRM and "Past candidate resurfacing" carry more weight than they look. Gem's 2026 benchmarks credit rediscovered candidates, people a company already holds in its CRM or ATS, with 46% of sourced hires, against 26% in 2021. Every Workable plan includes both tools.

The price works against you in three cases. A company with many employees but few open roles pays a headcount price for a light hiring load. A team that wants a live first interview gets a one-way recording on the video add-on. And a team that hires mostly people who never apply leans on the agent's sourcing credits and Workable's "400M+" profile pool. For what Workable users praise and criticise on review sites, and the full list of switching options, see the guide to Workable alternatives.

Cheaper or different options

Most buyers looking past Workable want one of two things: a different way of being charged, or a different job done. How other recruiting tools price, side by side, is in the guide to applicant tracking system pricing.

The Cognitive publishes this page and appears in it.

The Cognitive comes first below; the other five follow alphabetically, each described from its own website.

The Cognitive: best for finding people who never applied, and a live first interview

The Cognitive leads this list on two points a buyer can test against all six options. Its search covers about 900M public profiles from a plain-English role description; Workable's agent sources from "400M+" profiles and Manatal from "over 700 million", and the others publish no pool size. And its first interview is live, two-way AI video: Workable's video add-on is a one-way recording, Manatal's AI Interviewer has candidates record their answers, Greenhouse's Voice AI and Ashby's AI Interviewer talk by voice, Zoho Recruit's live video interviews are run by people, and Teamtailor lists no AI interview. It is not an ATS, so it runs beside one.

Workable's agent spends 2 credits to add one passive candidate to a pipeline. The Cognitive's AI sourcing charges by step instead: 1 credit for each person a search returns, 4 to reveal a personal email and 12 for a phone number, which comes with the Sourcing Pro, Max, Business and Enterprise plans. Every person arrives with a short note on why they match the brief. Workable's agent engages candidates inside its ATS. The Cognitive sends its emails from the recruiter's own mailbox instead, on the Sourcing Team plan and on Pro, Max, Business and Enterprise, and it drops the follow-ups for anyone who replies.

Where Workable's video add-on records answers for the team to watch later, the AI interviewer holds a live conversation with the candidate, 10 or 20 minutes long and in a choice of 9 languages. Candidates join from a laptop or desktop. The interviewer asks follow-up questions when an answer is thin and rates each answer against a rubric set before the interview, and the recruiter receives a scorecard and the recording. The higher plans connect it to 100+ ATS.

Best for: a Workable team that hires people who never applied, or wants first interviews held live without a recruiter on the call.

Watch out for: it is not an ATS, so it has no job posting, careers page, texting or HR module, and Workable or another ATS stays the system of record. The 7-day trial and the Starter and Growth plans leave outreach out.

Pricing model: Plans start at $99 a month. AI Sourcing and AI Interviews are billed as two monthly plans on credits; Team and Business charge by seat, Enterprise is quoted, and every other plan has its price printed on The Cognitive's pricing page.

Ashby: best for a growing company that wants recruiting analytics

Ashby says its "all-in-one recruiting software consolidates your ATS, Analytics, Scheduling, and CRM." Its Foundations plan is for companies of up to 100 employees, priced by company size, monthly or yearly, with a 10% discount for annual commitments. Plus covers 101 to 1000 employees, and Plus and Enterprise are quoted: "Our pricing is based on company size, usage, and commitment." More in the guide to Ashby alternatives.

Pricing model: by company size; Foundations published, Plus and Enterprise quoted.

Greenhouse: best for buyers ready for a sales-led quote

Greenhouse calls itself "more than a hiring platform or ATS," and prices every account by quote. Its pricing page says Greenhouse pricing "is customized based on your company's hiring needs," and you choose a plan from Core, Plus or Pro. You start with a demo. More in Greenhouse pricing.

Pricing model: custom quote for Core, Plus or Pro.

Manatal: best for per-user pricing with a free trial

Manatal describes "AI Recruitment Software designed to source and hire candidates faster," built for HR teams, recruitment agencies and headhunters. It prices per user per month on three published plans, Professional, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus, with a Custom Plan for custom integrations. A small team with a large headcount pays by recruiter here, not by employee.

Pricing model: per user per month; free trial.

Teamtailor: best for employer branding with unlimited users

Teamtailor offers "Everything you need for hiring people," with "Unlimited job postings and unlimited users." It publishes no price: "Tell us a little about your company and we'll get back to you with a price." More in the guide to Teamtailor alternatives.

Pricing model: quote; unlimited users and job postings.

Zoho Recruit: best for a free start

Zoho Recruit calls itself "an AI-powered ATS & recruitment CRM for Corporate HRs and Staffing Agencies." It has a free plan, then paid plans per recruiter per month, billed monthly or yearly, with a 15-day trial. Prices show in the visitor's regional currency.

Pricing model: free plan, then per recruiter per month.

When to skip The Cognitive

Pick Workable, not The Cognitive, if what you need is the system of record: job posts to 200+ boards, a careers page, applicant tracking, offers and HR in one place. Workable also covers texting, assessments and referrals. The Cognitive finds people outside your applicant pool and runs the first interview. It does not replace the ATS those people end up in.

How to start

Count your employees at next renewal and list the add-ons you would actually use; that sets your Workable price. Then check where your last few hires came from. If most applied, Workable alone may be enough. If most were found, run one hard role through The Cognitive and set its credit cost beside Workable's 2 credits per sourced candidate.

The 7-day trial asks for no card. Start free with The Cognitive.

Sources

• Workable, pricing page, plan calculator and AI credits: workable.com.
• Workable, homepage, Workable AI, features and free trial pages: workable.com.
• Ashby, homepage, pricing and AI Interviewer pages: ashbyhq.com.
• Greenhouse, homepage, pricing and Voice AI interviewing pages: greenhouse.com.
• Manatal, homepage, pricing page and AI Interviewer article: manatal.com.
• Teamtailor, homepage, pricing and AI pages: teamtailor.com.
• Zoho Recruit, homepage, pricing page and video interview add-on: zoho.com.
• Gem, "Key takeaways from the 2026 Recruiting Benchmarks Report", 1 December 2025. gem.com
• Ashby, "Recruiter Productivity", 2026 Talent Trends Report, 28 April 2026. ashbyhq.com
• The Cognitive, pricing: thecognitive.io/pricing.

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