What Workable is actually built for
Workable is a genuinely strong product. Its standout feature is distribution: one click posts your role to 200+ job boards including Indeed, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor. Add AI candidate sourcing that searches resumes across LinkedIn and GitHub, structured interview kits with scorecards, video interviewing, and HRIS integrations, and you have a complete recruiting stack. That stack is priced for a company that runs it continuously. The Starter plan is capped at two active jobs, and most growing teams end up on Standard or Pro at several hundred dollars a month.
For a company hiring 15 or more people a year with someone whose job is recruiting, that math works. For a founder making a second or third hire, you are paying monthly for a job board distribution engine and an AI sourcing tool you will likely never open.
What you keep, and what you give up
ApplyHere does not try to match Workable feature for feature. It covers the workflow a small team actually runs: create a job post, get a shareable link, collect applications with a resume and screening answers attached, and move candidates through New/Shortlisted/Rejected. What is missing on purpose: automatic multi-board distribution, AI sourcing, and multi-stage interview scorecards. If you rely on those specifically, see our note on distributing a job post yourself instead of paying for automated syndication.
When Workable is worth it
If you are hiring 15+ roles a year, have someone dedicated to recruiting, and lean on paid job-board traffic for volume, Workable's distribution and sourcing tools pay for themselves in time saved. That is a different business than a founder hiring their next employee, which is who ApplyHere is built for.
