Greenhouse Software

What Greenhouse Software does

Greenhouse Software, Inc. is a New York-based, privately held SaaS company founded in 2012 that sells a structured-hiring applicant tracking system and talent acquisition platform to enterprise and mid-market customers. The company reports serving more than 7,500 customers globally, including Coupang, DoorDash, Hello Fresh, Trivago, NFL, Anthropic, Coursera, Datavant, Revlon, Ocado Group, Gong, SeatGeek, and Remote, spanning technology, e-commerce, food delivery, professional sports, healthcare, education, and retail.

The core Greenhouse Recruiting Platform covers sourcing, interviewing, decision-making, onboarding, and analytics, anchored by a structured-hiring methodology built on standardized scorecards, interview kits, and template jobs. The product surface has expanded materially with AI-differentiated modules: Greenhouse Real Talent (AI fraud detection, CLEAR-powered identity verification, and AI Talent Matching), Voice AI acquired from Ezra AI Labs for conversational candidate interviewing, MyGreenhouse (a candidate-facing portal), Greenhouse Onboarding, and a June 2026 wave of six AI capabilities (Notetaker, Analytics Chart Agent, AI Report Insights, Job Kickoff Agent, Candidate Insights Agent, and MCP). The platform exposes an extensive integration and API ecosystem including Harvest API v3 (OAuth 2.0), Job Board API, Ingestion API, Assessment API, Audit Log API, Recruiting and Onboarding Webhooks, and pre-built integrations with Workday, BambooHR, ADP, UKG, HireVue, HackerRank, Calendly, Slack, DocuSign, Okta, and others.

Greenhouse monetizes through annual SaaS subscriptions across Core, Plus, and Pro tiers with quote-based (non-publicly disclosed) pricing positioned at a premium relative to peers. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales complemented by inside sales and an integration marketplace, targeting mid-market through enterprise organizations globally with established presence in North America, EMEA (UK, Ireland, Germany), and Australia (entered via SEEK integration in October 2025). The company holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO/IEC 42001 certifications and commissions monthly third-party bias audits from Warden AI. Greenhouse is consistently ranked #1 ATS on G2 across Mid-Market, Enterprise, and EMEA categories (Spring 2026: 57 reports at #1, 91 in the top three) and was named Best Software for Enterprise in 2026 by G2. The most recent disclosed funding round was a $50M Series D in July 2018 led by Riverwood Capital; revenue, valuation, and ownership details beyond that are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Greenhouse Software

Legal name

Greenhouse Software, Inc.

Website

https://greenhouse.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Greenhouse Software is a New York-based, privately held SaaS company founded in 2012 that provides a structured-hiring applicant tracking system and AI-powered talent acquisition platform to 7,500+ enterprise and mid-market customers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Talent Acquisition / Applicant Tracking Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Applicant tracking system
• Talent acquisition software
• Recruiting automation
• Hiring platform
• Structured hiring tools

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - Recruiting Platform: Greenhouse operates as a cloud-based SaaS platform, charging customers subscription fees for access to their hiring platform. The platform follows a tiered subscription model with Core, Plus, and Pro tiers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Greenhouse Software provides a cloud-based talent acquisition (hiring) platform centered on its Applicant Tracking System, covering the full hiring lifecycle from sourcing and candidate relationship management through structured interviewing, scorecards, AI-powered evaluation, decision-making, onboarding, and reporting analytics. The platform is built around a structured hiring methodology and offers AI capabilities for interview notetaking, candidate insights, talent matching, fraud detection, identity verification, and conversational voice interviews.

Product overview

Greenhouse Software offers an all-together hiring platform consisting of the core Greenhouse Recruiting ATS (applicant tracking system) and multiple integrated modules and features. The core platform covers the entire hiring lifecycle from sourcing through onboarding, built around structured hiring methodology. Key products include Greenhouse Real Talent (fraud detection, identity verification via CLEAR, and AI talent matching), Voice AI acquired from Ezra AI Labs (conversational voice interviewing), MyGreenhouse (candidate portal), and Greenhouse Onboarding (employee onboarding). Additional capabilities span Interview Kits and Scorecards for structured evaluation, Sourcing Automation and CRM for candidate relationship management, Reporting & Analytics with custom dashboards, Goal tracking, AI-powered Texting via Grayscale integration, and the Greenhouse Analytics Beta. The platform provides extensive APIs (Harvest API, Job Board API) for custom integrations and offers an Expert Tier for advanced configurations. Hundreds of pre-built integrations connect with tools across HRIS, communication, scheduling, video interviewing, and background checking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Real Talent: Candidate fraud detection, identity verification, and talent matching software
• MyGreenhouse
• Greenhouse Onboarding
• Greenhouse Notetaker
• Greenhouse MCP

Products and services

• Greenhouse Recruiting Platform End-to-end applicant tracking system covering sourcing, job posting, interview scheduling, candidate evaluation, decision-making, onboarding, and reporting for enterprise and mid-market organizations. Built on structured hiring methodology with customizable scorecards and hundreds of pre-built integrations.
• Greenhouse Real Talent Suite of trust-enabling features combining AI fraud detection, CLEAR-powered identity verification, and AI talent matching to help teams identify qualified candidates and make confident hiring decisions while mitigating AI-generated fake applications and deepfake impersonation.
• Voice AI (Ezra AI Labs) Conversational voice AI platform conducting structured on-demand voice interviews evaluated against predefined role-specific rubrics, generating transcripts and explainable scores to support recruiter decision-making. Available as part of Greenhouse and as a standalone product.
• MyGreenhouse Candidate-facing portal that keeps candidates informed with real-time application status updates, surfaces new job opportunities, and enables seamless applications while providing recruiters with candidate engagement insights.
• Greenhouse Onboarding Employee onboarding module that creates engaging, informative, and customized onboarding experiences for new hires, with task management and new hire information tokens.
• Greenhouse CRM Candidate relationship management for building and nurturing talent networks, with prospect tracking, pool management, nurture campaigns, and engagement analytics.
• Greenhouse Expert Tier Advanced tier offering enhanced features for organizations requiring advanced configuration, permissions management, and expert-level capabilities.
• Greenhouse Business Intelligence Connector Data integration tool enabling connection to external BI platforms for advanced recruiting analytics and visualization.
• Greenhouse Harvest API Public API enabling programmatic access to jobs, candidates, interviews, and other data from Greenhouse, with v3 using OAuth 2.0 authentication.
• Greenhouse Job Board API API for building custom careers pages with unique design, department-level pages, and job listing integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Time-to-hire reduced by nearly 30% at Ocado Group
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration43 records

AI capability12 records

Feature19 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and minor.

• Ezra AI LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2026Greenhouse acquired Ezra AI Labs, a voice AI interviewing company, integrating conversational voice AI technology for early-stage candidate screening. Ezra's platform conducts structured, on-demand voice interviews evaluated against predefined role-specific rubrics, generating transcripts and explainable scores. Ezra founder Ophir Samson joined Greenhouse as head of voice AI. Ezra remains available as a standalone product for companies using competing ATS platforms.
• CLEARcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership to launch Greenhouse Real Talent, integrating CLEAR's biometric authentication for candidate identity verification. The technology employs AI detection algorithms and biometric authentication to verify candidates' true identities at various points in the hiring process, addressing deepfake-related fraud.
• SEEKregionalTechnology or IntegrationNew integrations with SEEK as part of Greenhouse's expansion in the Australian market. SEEK is a major job platform in Australia, and the integration allows candidates to apply with SEEK directly to Greenhouse.
• Warden.aicoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with Warden.ai, a U.K.-based startup, to implement ongoing third-party bias reviews of AI-driven hiring tools. Warden.ai conducts independent monthly bias audits across ten protected classes for Greenhouse's Talent Matching feature.
• StubHubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partner for Greenhouse MCP (Model Context Protocol) development. StubHub collaborated with Greenhouse to develop the governed capability for connecting AI tools to the hiring platform.
• Komodo HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partner for Greenhouse MCP (Model Context Protocol) development. Komodo Health collaborated with Greenhouse to develop the governed capability for connecting AI tools to the hiring platform.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lever: Lever is a direct ATS competitor now owned by Employ Inc., serving tech and mid-market customers with applicant tracking, CRM, and analytics. Greenhouse explicitly lists Lever as an ATS-native scheduling integration partner, confirming direct category overlap.
• Jobvite: Jobvite is a direct ATS competitor serving mid-market and enterprise customers with applicant tracking, CRM, onboarding, and AI-powered sourcing — offering comparable structured hiring features to Greenhouse in overlapping verticals.
• SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is a direct ATS competitor offering a global talent acquisition suite for enterprise customers, with comparable features around structured hiring, AI matching, CRM, and integrations — targeting overlapping enterprise and mid-market segments.
• Workable: Workable is a global ATS and recruitment platform serving SMB and mid-market customers with applicant tracking, AI sourcing, and HRIS-adjacent functionality — competing on price in segments where Greenhouse's premium positioning is less accessible.
• Ashby: Ashby is an AI-native, all-in-one talent platform (ATS + sourcing + analytics) that has rapidly gained traction among scaling tech companies — the same segment Greenhouse historically dominated. Listed by Greenhouse as an ATS-native scheduling integration partner.
• iCIMS: iCIMS is one of the largest direct competitors to Greenhouse in the enterprise ATS market. Both companies target mid-market and enterprise customers with full-lifecycle talent acquisition platforms, structured hiring workflows, and AI features, and both maintain deep integration ecosystems.

Emerging players

• Eightfold AI: Eightfold AI is a talent intelligence platform using AI for talent matching, skills inference, and workforce planning. While broader than ATS, Eightfold competes for the same enterprise HR tech budget and overlaps with Greenhouse's Real Talent capabilities.
• Gem: Gem is a talent sourcing and CRM platform for tech recruiters that competes with Greenhouse's CRM and sourcing automation features. It increasingly overlaps with full-funnel ATS positioning and targets the same tech and scaling-company segment.

Broad incumbents

• Workday Recruiting: Workday Recruiting is the ATS module within Workday's broader HCM suite, used by many of the same large enterprises Greenhouse targets. Bundled HCM positioning creates a competitive threat to standalone ATS platforms like Greenhouse.
• SuccessFactors (SAP): SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting is the ATS module within SAP's HCM suite, deployed at large global enterprises. As a bundled suite competitor, it threatens standalone ATS positioning by consolidating HR tech spend under one vendor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/grnhse/greenhouse-api-docs
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• Facebookfacebook.com/greenhouse.io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/greenhouse-inc-
• Instagraminstagram.com/greenhousesoftware
• TikToktiktok.com/@greenhouse_software
• Xx.com/greenhouse

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors12 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A3 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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