Katara vs. Ashby
Katara vs. Ashby: which fits a team hiring engineers?
Ashby is an all-in-one ATS with scheduling, analytics, onboarding and tools to source people you find elsewhere. Katara is a pool of engineers who opted in to hear from teams, with a lighter pipeline, careers page and onboarding attached. Here's how they compare.
Katara
Ashby
Price
From $758/yr for teams
About $400 a month on the entry plan, roughly $4,300–$4,800 a year
Finding candidates
A pool of engineers who opted in to hear from teams
Tools to source and email people you find elsewhere
Careers page
Included. Applicants land beside the engineers you sourced.
Included
Depth
A lightweight Kanban with scorecards, scheduling, offers and onboarding
Deep reporting, analytics and workflow automation
Built for
Teams hiring software engineers
Companies hiring across every department
Best for
Startups that want sourcing and tracking on one flat bill
Growing companies that need a full ATS with deep analytics
Ashby pricing is a third-party estimate as of October 2026 and varies with company size and region.
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