◆ Compare · Vouch vs Workable
Two products, two different bets on what an ATS is for. Workable is the global per-job-slot ATS with AI sourcing layered on. Vouch is the AI-native ATS built around how Nordic recruiters actually hire, language-agnostic by default, evidence-backed screening, no per-employee cliffs.
Last updated · 27 May 2026 · Written by the Vouch team
◆ Two categories, not two contenders
The AI-native ATS built around Nordic reality, works in any language, evidence-backed screening, no cliff edges as you grow.
The global per-job-slot ATS with AI sourcing on top, built for English-first scale-ups hiring 10–500 a year.
◆ Same moment, different posture
09:14, A new role hits your inbox. The hiring manager sent a voice memo.
◆ What we built around
Vouch reads CVs and cover letters in whatever language they arrive in, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, Finnish, without a separate setup step. Brief, screening, Notetaker, outreach, all language-agnostic. Søkelister + Vitnemålsportalen handled natively, GDPR + EU AI Act as product surfaces. Not a configuration project. The default behaviour of the product.
Vouch's AI runs the brief, the screening, the Notetaker, the outreach, on every plan. AI sourcing or screening locked to Standard+ is a different product shape: it sells you the workflow first and the intelligence second. We sell them as one product.
Your pricing shouldn't punish you for hiring. Unlimited seats, no headcount bands, no cliff edges when you cross 20 employees. You pay for the AI work that lands placements, not for the chair the recruiter sits in.
◆ Questions to ask yourself
Vouch reads the CV in the language it was written in. A Norwegian CV scores against the brief just as well as the English one, evidence quotes come back verbatim in the candidate's language. English-first AI penalises non-English applicants until you rescue them by hand.
In Vouch the AI screens, runs the Notetaker, drafts outreach, on every plan, including the free Starter. When AI features sit behind Standard+, you end up buying the workflow first and the intelligence second. We sell them as one product.
Vouch is usage-priced. Unlimited seats. You pay for the AI work that lands a placement, not for how many people are on your payroll. Per-employee tiering creates cliff edges, a single new hire can bump your bill 50% before they ever touch the product.
Vouch ships offentlige søkelister (Norway, with Sweden and Finland on the same engine), Vitnemålsportalen verification, GDPR-native candidate self-management, and EU AI Act disclosure surfaces. If your stack is English-first and you'll configure compliance yourselves, you can, it just takes longer.
Every Vouch score ships with a verbatim evidence quote, a confidence label, and a click-through to what fed it. Override anything; the override is logged with reasoning. A match percentage you can't interrogate is hard to defend when the hiring manager asks why these three.
◆ Pricing posture
Public pricing. Starter free for life with 30 credits. Growth €249/mo, Scale €499/mo. Usage-metered AI, no per-seat fee, no headcount tiers, no contract minimum, no implementation fee. AI on every plan.
Workable prices per job slot + per employee. Three published tiers, Starter ~$189/mo, Standard ~$299/mo, Premier ~$599/mo, but real cost runs ~59% higher with add-ons (SMS, video interviews, AI sourcing on Standard+ only). Crossing an employee band can bump your tier mid-contract.
◆ When each one fits
You're already invested in Workable and don't want to give up its passive-candidate sourcing pool. Vouch sits in front: the brief, the multi-language ad, the screening with evidence, the Notetaker, the candidate presentation. Workable keeps the global sourcing reach. Many scale-ups start exactly this way before consolidating.
◆ Meet the founder
Building Vouch, the AI-native ATS for the Nordic recruiter.
Book a chat →Spot something wrong about Workable? Tell us, hakon@vouch.careers. We'd rather be right than rhetorical.
