◆ Compare · Vouch vs Workable
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 · 15 August 2026 · Written by the Vouch team
◆ Two categories, not two contenders
The AI-native ATS built around Nordic reality, that reads every CV in its own language and remembers what it learned.
A global ATS with a large sourcing database, priced by job slot and headcount, built English-first for scale-ups.
◆ 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 keeps the screening evidence, the notes and the interview transcript on the candidate record. Open the next role and the people you already assessed come back up, with the reasoning attached. A big external database helps you find strangers; this is about not losing the people you already met. Both matter, but only one of them compounds for you.
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 and drafts outreach on every package, including the free trial. Where AI features sit behind a higher tier, you end up buying the workflow first and the intelligence second. Worth checking which tier you'd actually need to be on before comparing headline prices.
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. Where pricing is banded by headcount, growing the company is what moves the bill, and the jump can land mid-contract on someone who never opens 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, readable reasoning and a click-through to what fed it. Override anything; the override is logged with reasoning and Vouch won't write over it. A match percentage you can't interrogate is hard to defend when the hiring manager asks why these three.
◆ Pricing posture
Vouch is priced per package: agency, in-house team or startup, with the number agreed in one short conversation and put in writing. Seats, roles, candidates and storage are unlimited, and there is no per-seat fee. You can start free on real roles before talking to anyone, with the whole product live and a trial cap on usage.
Workable publishes tiered pricing, indexed to job slots and headcount, with several capabilities sold as add-ons above the entry tier. The headline number and the number you end up paying tend to differ, so price the add-ons you'd actually use, and check what happens when the company grows.
◆ What moving actually involves
"What do we lose?" is the fair question. Migration is free on paid packages, onboarding runs in days rather than a rollout project, and you can start with a single role while everything else stays put.
◆ When each one fits
You're already invested in Workable and don't want to give up the reach of its sourcing database. Vouch sits in front: the brief, the multi-language ad, the screening with evidence, the Notetaker and the shortlist you share out. Workable keeps the global reach. Several scale-ups start exactly this way before consolidating.
"The hit rate for good candidates that Vouch surfaced was easily above 80 percent."
Meet the founder
Building Vouch, the AI-native ATS for the Nordic recruiter.
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