Top Echelon

Name

Top Echelon

Legal name

Top Echelon Software, LLC

Website

https://www.topechelon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruiting Software (ATS + CRM for Staffing Agencies)

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Recruiting software
• Applicant tracking systems
• Recruiting CRM
• Split placement networks
• Staffing agency software

Headquarters

HQ city

Canton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TE Recruit Subscription: SaaS subscription revenue from TE Recruit ATS + CRM platform. Two tiers (Standard and Professional) with monthly and annual billing options. Annual plans offer discounted rates ($75-89/month vs $89-110/month for monthly billing).
2. TE Network Membership: Monthly membership fees for access to the split-placement recruiting network. $150/month billed monthly or $135/month billed annually, plus a one-time $350 startup fee (waived for annual plans). Additional 6% brokerage fee on placements made through the Network.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Top Echelon sells a recruiting software platform and a recruiter network. Its flagship product, TE Recruit, is an ATS + CRM built specifically for recruiting and staffing agencies to manage candidates, clients, jobs, and pipelines. Its TE Network is a split-placement network that lets independent recruiters share candidates and jobs and share placement fees on successful hires.

Product overview

Top Echelon provides a unified recruiting platform comprising two core products: TE Recruit™ (an ATS + CRM) and TE Network™ (a split-placement recruiting network). TE Recruit serves as the central platform with modular components including the ATS, Recruiting CRM, AI & Automation, and Sourcing & Job Posting sub-products, offered in Standard and Professional pricing tiers. TE Network operates as a separate but complementary product enabling recruiter-to-recruiter collaboration on split placements. Together, the two products address the full recruiting lifecycle — from internal candidate and client management (TE Recruit) to external collaboration and revenue expansion (TE Network) — and are designed specifically for recruiting agencies and SMB staffing firms, not corporate HR departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TE Recruit: An ATS + CRM platform for recruiting agencies that helps manage candidates, clients, job orders, and placements. Formerly known as Big Biller.
• TE Network

Products and services

• TE Recruit
• TE Network TE Network is a split-placement network that connects member recruiters so they can share candidates and job orders and jointly fill positions, with Top Echelon collecting a 6% brokerage/commission on completed split placements. It is sold as a separate membership alongside (or independent of) the TE Recruit software subscription and is targeted at independent and small-agency recruiters looking for additional placement opportunities.
• Top Echelon Marketplace Top Echelon Marketplace is Top Echelon's integrations marketplace that connects the TE Recruit platform to third-party recruiting, sourcing, and productivity tools via the platform's open API, allowing recruiting agencies to extend their ATS + CRM with additional services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by 30,000+ recruiters
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration22 records

AI capability10 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IndeedcoreTechnology or IntegrationTE Recruit integrates with Indeed Apply, providing a mobile-optimized application process that allows job seekers to apply using their Indeed Resume, resulting in up to four times more applicants for employers.
• CoRecruit (formerly Quil)coreTechnology or IntegrationCoRecruit turns recruiting conversations into structured ATS intelligence, automatically capturing calls, interviews, and meetings across every channel and syncing clean data directly into TE Recruit ATS.
• Talin.aicoreTechnology or IntegrationTalin.ai helps recruiters source qualified candidates faster with AI-powered talent discovery and sourcing tools. Identifies, engages, and manages talent more efficiently while keeping recruiting activity connected to TE Recruit.
• SourceWhalecoreTechnology or IntegrationTE Recruit integrates with SourceWhale, enabling automated multichannel outreach, real-time activity tracking, and personalized messaging to boost candidate and client engagement, streamline workflows, and drive revenue growth.
• ZipRecruitercoreTechnology or IntegrationTE Recruit integrates with ZipRecruiter, boosting job visibility and helping recruiters connect with top talent faster by reaching a broader pool of candidates across different channels.
• BilflocoreTechnology or IntegrationTE Recruit integrates with Bilflo, connecting ATS data with payroll, timekeeping, and invoicing systems to streamline back-office operations and provide real-time business intelligence for staffing agencies.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bullhorn: Bullhorn is the dominant ATS/CRM for the staffing and recruiting industry and Top Echelon's most direct competitor. Top Echelon's own comparison pages explicitly position TE Recruit against Bullhorn, and multiple documented customer wins (e.g., Capital Search Network) cite migrating from Bullhorn as the trigger.
• Crelate: Crelate is a recruiting-focused ATS/CRM built for search firms, staffing agencies, and corporate recruiting teams. It competes with TE Recruit in the same SMB-to-mid-market agency segment with similar feature emphasis on pipeline management, automation, and CRM-style client tracking.
• JobAdder: JobAdder provides an ATS/CRM for recruitment agencies and HR teams with workflow automation and job board posting. It targets a similar SMB agency customer profile as TE Recruit and competes on ease of use and price-for-feature.
• PCRecruiter: PCRecruiter is a long-standing ATS/CRM serving recruiting and staffing agencies. Top Echelon publishes a dedicated 'PCRecruiter vs TE Recruit' comparison page, and the two compete head-to-head for boutique and SMB agency customers with similar pricing and feature sets.

Others

• ZipRecruiter: ZipRecruiter is a major job distribution platform and an integration partner of TE Recruit. It is not a direct ATS competitor but is part of the broader recruiting software ecosystem in which Top Echelon operates, and its job board reach complements TE Recruit's distribution features.

Emerging players

• Loxo: Loxo is an AI-powered recruiting CRM and talent intelligence platform aimed at staffing agencies and search firms. It overlaps with TE Recruit's CRM and AI People Search roadmap and represents the AI-native competitive threat Top Echelon is responding to with Smart-TE AI.

Broad incumbents

• Greenhouse: Greenhouse is a leading enterprise ATS serving corporate talent acquisition teams and some agency-adjacent workflows. It overlaps with TE Recruit's ATS and CRM capabilities but operates up-market, making it a broader incumbent rather than a head-to-head competitor for Top Echelon's SMB agency niche.
• Workable: Workable is a recruiting and ATS platform serving SMB and mid-market employers with job posting, candidate tracking, and AI sourcing. While more employer-focused than TE Recruit, it competes for some of the same small-firm recruiting software budget.
• Lever: Lever provides a talent acquisition suite combining ATS, CRM, and analytics for corporate recruiting and some agency use cases. It overlaps with TE Recruit's ATS+CRM positioning but focuses on mid-market and enterprise buyers rather than Top Echelon's 1-25 recruiter agency core.
• iCIMS: iCIMS is an enterprise talent acquisition platform offering ATS, CRM, and candidate experience tooling. It overlaps with TE Recruit at the higher end of Top Echelon's addressable market and represents the incumbent tier Top Echelon positions against as customers outgrow SMB tools.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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