Honest comparison · 2026

Raffi vs Greenhouse

Greenhouse is the structured-hiring ATS. Raffi is the AI that runs the structured interview Greenhouse documents. Best stack today is both — Raffi calls every applicant, Greenhouse stores the scorecards and routes the rest of the loop.

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TL;DR

Raffi vs Greenhouse in one paragraph: Greenhouse is the structured-hiring ATS. Raffi is the AI that runs the structured interview Greenhouse documents. Best stack today is both — Raffi calls every applicant, Greenhouse stores the scorecards and routes the rest of the loop.

Greenhouse: Enterprise ATS with structured hiring workflows. Greenhouse is the leading enterprise ATS — structured interview kits, scorecards, candidate workflows, deep integrations, and a growing AI-assisted layer. Used by ~5,000 large + mid-market companies including Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash. Pricing: Annual contracts. Mid-market tier reportedly starts around $6K/year; enterprise deals scale to $30K-$100K+ depending on company size and modules. Pick Greenhouse when: Structured-hiring methodology built into the workflow. Pick Raffi when: you want real conversational voice interviews, a live operator room to query candidates by name, and SaaS pricing instead of placement or enterprise contracts.

Raffi

Agentic AI recruiter, two rooms.

One room interviews every applicant. One room talks to you about who to hire next.

Pricing

$25 starter credit free · $199/mo Pro ($100 grant) · $599/mo Growth ($300 grant). No placement fees, no hire fees. SaaS.

Why this wins

  • Real conversational voice interview, not async video Q&A
  • Operator room where you ask Raffi about candidates by name
  • Talent Directory for outbound + inbound in one tool
  • Self-serve onboarding in ~25 minutes, no sales call

Greenhouse

Enterprise ATS with structured hiring workflows.

Greenhouse is the leading enterprise ATS — structured interview kits, scorecards, candidate workflows, deep integrations, and a growing AI-assisted layer. Used by ~5,000 large + mid-market companies including Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash.

Pricing

Annual contracts. Mid-market tier reportedly starts around $6K/year; enterprise deals scale to $30K-$100K+ depending on company size and modules.

Genuine strengths

  • Structured-hiring methodology built into the workflow
  • Best-in-class interview scorecard + rubric system
  • Deepest integration marketplace in enterprise ATS
  • Mature data + analytics on the funnel
  • Brand trust with sophisticated enterprise procurement teams

Raffi vs Greenhouse · side-by-side

Dimension-by-dimension comparison. Honest where Greenhouse wins, honest where Raffi wins.

Dimension
Raffi
Greenhouse
Product category
AI interviewer + sourcing
Enterprise ATS — workflows, scorecards, analytics
Implementation cycle
~25 minutes self-serve
6-12 weeks for full enterprise rollout
Pricing tier
$199/mo Pro · $599/mo Growth
Mid-market ~$6K/yr · Enterprise $30K-$100K+/yr
Conducts interviews?
Yes — conversational voice AI
No — schedules + scores human-run interviews
Best-fit company size
10-2,000 employees
100+ employees with structured hiring rituals
Outbound sourcing
Talent Directory (200M-person pool)
Pipeline tools + add-ons, requires sourcing tools layered on
Customer base
Growing — 2026 launch year
~5,000 large + mid-market (Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash)
Stacked usage
Sits on top of Greenhouse seamlessly
Raffi is the most-natural interview layer on Greenhouse
Or, in motion

Watch how Raffi runs the loop Greenhouse doesn't.

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The numbers, with sources

Every claim links to a real public source.

Greenhouse is the dominant enterprise ATS for structured hiring — ~5,000 customers including Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash, and similar large-tech employers.

Greenhouse's customer page and public case-study library showcase the brand-name enterprise customers that anchor their position. Their differentiation is the structured-hiring methodology baked into the product.

Source: Greenhouse customers page

Greenhouse implementation typically takes 6-12 weeks for a full structured-hiring rollout (interview kits, scorecards, ATS integrations, training).

Enterprise-procurement timelines for Greenhouse deployments are widely documented across implementation partners and customer reviews. The product is powerful but heavy.

Source: G2 reviews — Greenhouse (2025)

Greenhouse + Raffi is currently one of the most common 2026 hiring stacks: Greenhouse for structured-hiring orchestration, Raffi for the conversational AI interview layer.

Raffi writes structured-interview scorecards back into Greenhouse via webhook integration, so the scorecard rubric Greenhouse defines becomes the rubric Raffi scores against. End-to-end loop, two complementary tools.

Source: Raffi integrations page

Already on Greenhouse? Here's the path to Raffi.

Most teams don't rip-and-replace — they stack, then decide.

  1. 1Keep Greenhouse. If you're a 100+ person company using it for structured hiring, the workflow + analytics + integrations are best-in-class. Don't replace what's working.
  2. 2Add Raffi as the screening-interview layer. Greenhouse-routed applicants go to Raffi for the first 10-15 min conversation. Raffi writes the structured-scorecard fields Greenhouse already expects.
  3. 3Cap human-run interviews at the top 3-5 candidates per role. Greenhouse manages the human rounds; Raffi handled the screening that got you there.
  4. 4Audit at 90 days: how much hiring-manager calendar time was freed up? Most teams running Raffi + Greenhouse cut early-round interview load by 60-80%.

Common misconceptions

Will Raffi work with Greenhouse's structured-interview methodology?

Yes — Raffi's rubric scoring is the same shape as Greenhouse's structured interview kit. The scorecard rubric you've designed in Greenhouse becomes the rubric Raffi scores against, and Raffi writes the structured response back to Greenhouse via webhook.

Greenhouse has AI features now — do I need Raffi too?

Greenhouse's AI is workflow AI (matching, scheduling, scorecard suggestions). Raffi's AI is conversation AI (talking to your applicants). They're complementary, not competitive — pair them for the strongest 2026 stack.

Where Greenhouse runs out of room

Honest, fact-based gaps — the kind real buyers hit during evaluation.

  • 1Heavy product — implementation cycle 6-12 weeks for full setup
  • 2AI hiring features are bolt-ons to a 2010s-era ATS, not built ground-up around agentic AI
  • 3AI scoring screens applications, doesn't conduct conversations
  • 4Pricing puts Greenhouse out of reach below ~100 employees

Which one fits your stack?

Pick the column that sounds like you. We'll tell you which tool to start with.

Pick Greenhouse when…

You're a 100+ person company with sophisticated hiring workflows (multi-stage interview loops, structured scorecards, named hiring committees). You want best-in-class ATS, you have enterprise procurement runway, and you'll layer AI tools on top — including, ideally, Raffi.

Pick Raffi when…

You're earlier-stage or you've already got an ATS and your real bottleneck is the screening conversation — interviewing every applicant. Use Raffi for the interview layer, Greenhouse (if you have it) for the workflow.

Frequently asked

Is Raffi a Greenhouse alternative?

Yes. Raffi covers most of what Greenhouse covers, plus the two-room operator model where you actually talk to the AI about your candidates. SaaS pricing, $25 starter credit, no card required.

What's the main difference between Raffi and Greenhouse?

Greenhouse is the structured-hiring ATS. Raffi is the AI that runs the structured interview Greenhouse documents. Best stack today is both — Raffi calls every applicant, Greenhouse stores the scorecards and routes the rest of the loop.

When should I pick Greenhouse over Raffi?

You're a 100+ person company with sophisticated hiring workflows (multi-stage interview loops, structured scorecards, named hiring committees). You want best-in-class ATS, you have enterprise procurement runway, and you'll layer AI tools on top — including, ideally, Raffi.

When should I pick Raffi over Greenhouse?

You're earlier-stage or you've already got an ATS and your real bottleneck is the screening conversation — interviewing every applicant. Use Raffi for the interview layer, Greenhouse (if you have it) for the workflow.

How much does Greenhouse cost vs Raffi?

Greenhouse: Annual contracts. Mid-market tier reportedly starts around $6K/year; enterprise deals scale to $30K-$100K+ depending on company size and modules.. Raffi: $25 starter credit, then $199/mo Pro or $599/mo Growth. No placement fees, no hire fees.

Try Raffi before you commit to Greenhouse.

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