Katara vs. Greenhouse
Katara vs. Greenhouse: do you need an enterprise ATS to hire engineers?
Greenhouse is a mid-market ATS built for structured hiring across whole companies, sold on custom quotes. Katara is a pool of engineers who opted in to hear from teams, with a pipeline, careers page and onboarding in one flat price.
Katara
Greenhouse
Price
From $758/yr for teams, published
Quote-only, typically $5k–$10k+ a year for smaller companies
Setup
Sign up, publish a role, invite your team
Implementation projects, often with one-off fees
Finding candidates
A pool of engineers who opted in to hear from teams
Tracks the candidates you bring. No pool of engineers to find them in.
Onboarding
Included: checklists from your template and a portal for the hire's own tasks
Sold separately as Greenhouse Onboarding
Built for
Teams hiring software engineers
Companies running structured hiring across every department
Best for
Startups that want sourcing, tracking and onboarding on one flat bill
Larger companies that need structured hiring and deep integrations
Greenhouse doesn't publish its pricing. Figures are third-party estimates as of October 2026.
See how you'd do without Greenhouse
Published pricing, no implementation project. Sourcing, tracking and onboarding on one board.
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