Ashby vs ClearCompany

Summary

Ashby is a recruiting-first platform built for startups that want analytics baked into hiring. You get ATS, CRM, scheduling, and reporting in one system. no Looker dashboards or CSV exports. It's fast, modern, and designed for teams hiring 30-150 people a year who want to measure everything: time-to-fill by source, recruiter velocity, pipeline conversion rates. The analytics engine is the real differentiator. you can slice hiring data without waiting on engineering or BI. ClearCompany is a full talent management suite that extends past hiring into onboarding, performance reviews, and workforce planning. The ATS is functional but not the star. it's built for HR teams that want one system from requisition to annual review. Pricing is opaque and enterprise-focused, which means longer sales cycles and likely higher costs for larger teams. The collaboration features are solid, but the analytics lag behind Ashby's out-of-the-box reporting. Best fit is mid-market companies (100-500 employees) where HR owns the full employee lifecycle, not just recruiting. The real split: Ashby is for recruiting teams that live in metrics and want speed. ClearCompany is for HR departments that need ATS plus everything after the offer letter. If you're a 20-person startup hiring fast, Ashby wins on price and focus. If you're a 300-person company standardizing talent processes across recruiting, onboarding, and performance, ClearCompany's broader scope makes sense despite weaker recruiting analytics.