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The Workable alternative built for screening, not for running your whole ATS

Truffle is candidate screening software that combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments. All three on every plan. From $49/month, 7-day free trial, first Position Link live in 10 minutes. No ATS to configure, no add-on fees.

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  • Live Position Link in under 10 minutes
Truffle Match score of 90 for a candidate, with three evidence callouts (Resume, Candidate Short, Work Scenarios) traced by hairline connectors to the cited phrases inside the AI Match summary.
$49 per month

Listed on the page. No quote form.

10 min from signup to live link

First Position Link by lunch.

3 layers of evidence per candidate

Resume. Interview. Assessment.

200 credits a month

On Starter. Shared across all three methods.

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At a glance

Truffle vs Workable, side by side

Feature Truffle Workable
Public pricing
Video interviews included on base plan —
Assessments included on base plan —
Full ATS: job posting, pipeline, onboarding —
Candidate sourcing database —
Free trial without a sales call
Purpose-built for screening, not pipeline management —
How the wedge works

An ATS holds your applicants. It doesn't tell you who's worth calling.

Workable is a full applicant tracking system: job postings, a candidate database, requisition approvals, offers, onboarding. Truffle is purpose-built screening: resume signals, one-way video, and assessments in one ranked shortlist, on every plan. If the part that's actually stuck is knowing who in the pile is real, you don't need to buy the pipeline software to fix it.

Layer 01

Resume screening without the rest of the pipeline

Workable parses resumes and filters on knockout questions as one stage inside a much bigger system: job posting to 200+ boards, a 400M+ candidate database, requisition approvals, and offer letters. Truffle scores every resume against the intake criteria you define and gets you a live screening link in under 10 minutes. If your question is 'who in this pile is worth my time,' you don't need the rest of the ATS to answer it.

Qualified · meets 4 of 4 must-haves
Layer 02

One-way video included, not billed separately

Video interviews aren't part of Workable's Standard plan. They're a $109 per month add-on, and stay separate unless you're on Premier at $599 per month. In Truffle, one-way interviews are part of every plan, from $49 per month. Candidates record on their own time. AI Match scores each response against your criteria, and Candidate Shorts surface the three most-revealing 30-second moments with reasoning.

Candidate Short · 30 sec · cited
Layer 03

Assessments on every plan, not a paid add-on

Assessments run $59 per month extra on Workable's Standard plan. Only Premier, at $599 per month, folds them in for free. Truffle includes Personality (IPIP Big Five), Situational Judgment Tests, and Environment Fit assessments on every plan starting at $49 per month, sitting in the same candidate view as resume data and interview scores.

Match · explained against your criteria

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Operations Coordinator · 176 completed

Resume Interview Assessment Match

  • AI Summary

    Four years running scheduling and vendor coordination for a 30-person home services company. Described rebuilding a dispatch process that was losing technicians two hours a day to bad routing. Personality reads organized and low-drama under pressure.

    Why this match score

    • Resume meets 4 of 4 must-haves and 5 of 6 nice-to-haves
    • Interview cited a specific process fix with a measurable result
    • SJT scored 89 on prioritization under competing requests

    Cited interview moment

    Tell us about a time you fixed a process that was quietly costing the team time.

    “Dispatch was assigning jobs by whoever answered the phone first, not by location. I mapped routes by zip code, rebuilt the queue around it, and cut daily windshield time by close to two hours per tech.”

Pricing transparency

All three screening layers. One price.

Workable's Standard plan is $299/month before video interviews ($109/mo) or assessments ($59/mo). The bundled option, Premier, is $599/month and adds HR features a screening-only buyer won't use. Truffle includes all three screening layers from $49/month.

Truffle

All three layers included

Starter

$49 / month
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7-day free trial · No credit card

  • Unlimited positions and team members
  • 200 credits a month, shared across resumes, interviews, and assessments
  • Resumes, one-way interviews, and assessments
  • AI Summaries with cited responses
  • ATS integrations via native and Zapier

Workable

Published pricing

Standard + add-ons, or Premier

Standard $299/mo · video +$109/mo · assessments +$59/mo · or Premier $599/mo bundled

Workable Standard is $299/month; video ($109/mo) and assessments ($59/mo) bring three-layer screening to $467/month. Premier bundles all three for $599/month, plus HR features. Source: workable.com/pricing, verified 2026-07-29.

  • Job posting to 200+ boards, requisition approvals, onboarding
  • Video interviews and assessments (Standard add-ons, bundled on Premier)
  • AI Agent sourcing from a 400M+ candidate database
Why people switch

What you might be experiencing with Workable

01

You bought a filing cabinet. You needed a screener.

An ATS is built to hold applicants: post the job, collect the applications, move people through stages, generate the offer letter. Workable does that job well. It isn't built to tell you who in the pile is actually worth a conversation, and no plan changes that, because that's a different job than the one an ATS does.

With Truffle

Truffle is built for that second job. Resume signals, one-way video, and assessments in one Position Link, from $49/month. The first Position Link is live in under 10 minutes.

02

The screening layers cost extra either way

Workable's Standard plan is $299/month before you turn on video interviews ($109/month) or assessments ($59/month), which puts real three-layer screening closer to $467/month. Premier bundles all three for $599/month, but you're also paying for referrals, performance reviews, and HR features a screening-only buyer won't touch.

With Truffle

Truffle includes all three layers, resume, one-way video, and assessments, on every plan starting at $49/month. AI Match scores trace to your intake criteria, AI Summaries cite specific responses, and Candidate Shorts surface the 30-second highlights with reasoning.

03

You're paying for job boards and onboarding you may never touch

Workable's real strength is breadth: 200+ job board distribution, a 400M+ candidate sourcing database, requisition approvals, offer letters, onboarding, and light HR record-keeping. If you're running a full pipeline for a hiring team, that's a fair trade. If you're an owner-operator posting to one board with a handful of open roles, most of that platform sits unused while the actual bottleneck, reading and ranking the pile, is still yours to do by hand.

With Truffle

Truffle doesn't post jobs or run onboarding. It does the one thing a lean, no-recruiter team is actually stuck on: turning a pile of applicants into a shortlist worth your time. See what's included at every plan at <a href="/pricing">/pricing</a>.

What Truffle does differently

Screening intelligence, not pipeline management

One ranked view

Resume, video, and assessment scores in a single shortlist

Every candidate moves through one workflow you design: resume scored against your intake criteria, one-way video transcribed and scored, and Personality, SJT, and Environment Fit assessments layered in. Getting the same three signals out of Workable means the Standard-plan add-ons or a jump to Premier. Truffle includes all three from $49/month.

  • Resume screening with qualification questions
  • One-way interviews with Candidate Shorts
  • Personality, SJT, and Environment Fit assessments
Self-serve

A ranked shortlist within days, not a pipeline to configure

Build your first Position Link with AI-suggested questions, then share it by URL, email, or CSV bulk invite, with reminders sent automatically. Workable's 15-day trial gets you into the ATS. Truffle's 7-day trial usually gets you a live screening link and a ranked shortlist within 48 hours.

  • Public pricing, no quote
  • 7-day free trial, 30 credits, no credit card
  • Cancel any time
Transparent AI

AI surfaces. You decide

Workable's AI Agent recommends candidates to source and helps parse resumes, with its reasoning inside the ATS dashboard. Truffle's Match scores trace back to the criteria you set at intake, AI Summaries cite specific responses, and Candidate Shorts pick the three most-revealing 30-second moments and explain why. The AI compresses the time between a pile of applicants and a shortlist worth your time. It isn't making the call for you.

  • Match scores against your criteria
  • AI Summaries with cited responses
  • 30-second Candidate Shorts with reasoning
Honest fit

Is Truffle right for you?

Truffle's sweet spot

Truffle's sweet spot

Owner-operators (a founder, COO, GM, or franchisee) at a small business, roughly 5 to 100 people, with no in-house recruiter, plus small owner-run staffing and recruiting agencies. You hire the same handful of roles over and over, 15 to 30 open at a time, year-round, on roles where a resume alone doesn't tell you who's real. Self-serve buyers who want all three screening layers included without buying a full ATS on top of them.

Where they may be stronger

Where Workable may be stronger

Workable is a full ATS and HR platform. If you need job posting to 200+ job boards, a 400M+ profile candidate database, requisition approvals, offer letters, employee onboarding, and light HR record-keeping in one system, Workable is built for exactly that, and its Premier plan bundles all three screening layers at no extra add-on cost. Truffle is not an ATS and does not replace those workflows. It's the screening layer you can run alongside whatever ATS, including Workable, you already use.

Adding Truffle alongside Workable

How to add Truffle to your existing workflow

  1. 01

    Keep your ATS

    Truffle connects to Workable via Zapier. Invite candidates from your Workable pipeline into a Truffle Position Link, then push completed screenings back into your pipeline. You don't replace Workable's job posting, requisitions, or onboarding. You add the screening depth on top of it.

  2. 02

    Timeline

    Under 10 minutes from signup to a live Position Link. The first ranked shortlist usually arrives within 48 hours of going live.

  3. 03

    No friction

    No annual contracts, no setup fee. 7-day free trial, 30 credits, no credit card. Cancel any time.

FAQ

Common questions

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How does Truffle compare to Workable on pricing?

Workable's Standard plan is $299/month. Video interviews are a $109/month add-on and assessments are a $59/month add-on, so three-layer screening runs about $467/month unless you're on Premier at $599/month, which bundles them in. Truffle starts at $49/month and includes resume screening, one-way interviews, and assessments on every plan. Both companies list pricing on the page. Source: workable.com/pricing, verified 2026-07-29.

Can I use Truffle alongside Workable instead of replacing it?

Yes. Truffle is not an ATS. It's purpose-built screening that runs alongside your existing pipeline. Connect Truffle and Workable via Zapier to push candidates into a Truffle Position Link and pull results back. Most teams use Truffle to add screening depth on roles where Workable's built-in filters and add-ons aren't giving them enough signal.

Does Truffle replace Workable's ATS features?

No. Truffle doesn't post jobs to job boards, manage requisitions, generate offer letters, run onboarding, or handle payroll. If you need a full ATS and HR system, Workable is built for that. Truffle is the screening layer: resumes, one-way video, and assessments in one ranked shortlist.

Can I try Truffle without a sales call?

Yes. The 7-day free trial starts the moment you sign up. No credit card, no demo required. You build your first position, send the Position Link, and start reviewing candidates. Most teams set up their first role in under 10 minutes.

Does Truffle post jobs to job boards or source candidates like Workable's AI Agent?

No. Truffle integrates with your existing ATS and job boards but doesn't distribute postings or search a candidate database itself. You post the role and drive traffic through your current tools, then send applicants the Truffle Position Link. It works on any job board, careers page, or email.

Is Truffle built for enterprise teams?

Truffle's sweet spot is owner-operators at small businesses with no recruiter, and small owner-run recruiting agencies. Custom plans are available for higher volume and extended data retention. SSO/SAML is on the roadmap. If you need a full HR platform at Workable's Premier or Enterprise scale, with performance reviews, referrals, and deep HR record-keeping, Workable is purpose-built for that.

Customer stories

Teams who screen smarter on Truffle

We use Truffle to hire field sales reps. It helps us quickly spot who might be a great fit for us.

Maggie Rivers Sales Recruiter · Classic Country Land

As a marketing agency owner, I don't have time to screen every applicant. Truffle has saved hundreds of hours.

Laura Williams Founder & CEO · InSync Media

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