It’s clean. It’s smart. It’s built for teams who care deeply about hiring quality.

But lately, Ashby’s taken a turn.
Enterprise pricing. Longer sales cycles. Analytics dashboards that feel more analyst than assistant.

And for a lot of teams — especially leaner ones — it’s starting to feel like too much of a system, and not enough support.

If that’s you, you’re not alone.

Why Look Beyond Ashby?

Ashby made a splash with structured workflows, great design, and deep analytics. It was a breath of fresh air — especially for startups that wanted more rigor than the old-school ATS crowd.

But in 2025, we’re seeing the shift:

• “We were sold on the dashboards — but never really had time to use them.”
• “It’s powerful, but takes a lot to configure.”
• “We don’t need a full analytics suite. We just need help hiring.”
• “Honestly, we’re not enterprise. We’re just busy.”

If you're hiring a few critical roles, wearing many hats, or trying to get more out of fewer people — you need something different.

What to Look For in an Alternative

Here’s what we believe matters now — especially if you're not a 100+ person talent org:

• AI that thinks like a recruiter—suggesting next steps, surfacing great candidates, and guiding your process (not just spitting out dashboards)
• Opinionated, guided flows—so you’re never left wondering what to do next
• Sourcing and referrals built in—because great hires rarely come from one channel
• Context-rich candidate profiles—summaries, fit notes, and insights at a glance, not another report to build
• A system that remembers everything—search across every conversation, campaign, and touchpoint, in plain English
  That’s what we’ve built with Vouch.

That’s what we’ve built with Vouch.

What Makes Vouch Different

We’re not trying to out-Ashby Ashby.
We’re here for a different kind of team.

Vouch is a hiring assistant, not just a system. We help you:

• Define what you’re hiring for (with smart prompts, not just templates)
• Source with a Chrome plugin + AI outreach
• Screen faster, with candidate summaries and fit scores written for you
• Shortlists and sort easily
• Tap your network for referrals — without separate tools or manual tracking
• Search across everyone you’ve ever interacted with — in plain English

All in one tool. Built to get out of your way — and get you hiring.

Built for Lean Teams, Not Just Talent Ops

Ashby is amazing when you’ve got:

• Recruiters specializing in pipeline health
• Multiple open roles per team
• Time to build dashboards and run structured interviews across orgs

But most teams aren’t there yet.

You might be:

• A founder or hiring manager doing this yourself
• An embedded recruiter across many clients
• A team hiring 20 people this quarter — not 200
• Someone who just wants to find great people without reinventing your process

For you, Vouch does more of the heavy lifting.

No dashboard building. No tagging gymnastics. No setup project.

Just a system that helps you move from “what are we hiring for?” to “we found them.”

Making the Switch from Ashby

If you’re already on Ashby, we won’t pretend switching is nothing. But it’s doable — and we help:

• We’ll import your old candidates
• Your next job can go live in minutes
• Sourcing, referrals, and outreach work out of the box
• And the assistant? It’ll help you write, screen, summarize, and resurface with zero prompt engineering

Most teams tell us they feel the difference within a week.

Final Thought

Ashby raised the bar. It made structured hiring cool again.
But if it’s started to feel like more structure than speed — more system than support — you’re not alone.

Vouch gives you the 80% that matters most, powered by AI, ready for action.

You can still be rigorous. Still hire well. Still build a great candidate experience.

You just don’t have to build a whole system to do it.

Book a call — and see what hiring looks like when your ATS feels like an actual assistant.