Reqstaq vs Bullhorn

The Bullhorn alternative with nothing held back.

Bullhorn splits its platform across four tiers and quote-only add-ons. Reqstaq puts every feature, including AI, analytics, timesheets and invoicing, on one plan you can start today and cancel any month.

Start free trial Talk to sales

14-day free trial · No credit card required · Free migration from Bullhorn

The Reqstaq dashboard showing open jobs, submissions, placements, the pipeline chart and this month's leaderboard

Reqstaq and Bullhorn at a glance.

Both run the staffing desk from first call to placement. The difference is what you have to buy, and how long you have to commit, to get all of it.

1 plan Every feature, one price
Bullhorn spreads its features across Starter, Core, Pro and Max, with AI, analytics and back office on tiers priced by quote.
0 contracts Month to month
Cancel any month without penalties. With Bullhorn, your term is whatever is written into your sales quote.
14 days Free trial, no card
Sign up and work with your own data today. No demo to book and no sales call before you can look around.
Instant Email on the record
Last-contacted dates update the moment an email lands. Bullhorn refreshes its equivalent fields overnight.

What the price actually includes.

Bullhorn's entry price looks lower until you need AI, analytics or back office. Reqstaq includes all of it for $119 per active user.

Reqstaq Complete

$119/user/mo

Everything included · Active users only

  • Candidate database and resume parsing
  • Custom fields
  • AI matching and summaries
  • Analytics dashboards
  • Contractor portal and timesheets
  • Client invoicing
Start free trial

Bullhorn Starter

$99/user/mo

Published price

  • Candidate database and resume parsing
  • Not included: Custom fields
  • Not included: AI matching and summaries
  • Not included: Analytics dashboards
  • Not included: Contractor portal and timesheets
  • Not included: Client invoicing

Bullhorn Core

$165/user/mo

Published price

  • Candidate database and resume parsing
  • Custom fields
  • Not included: AI matching and summaries
  • Not included: Analytics dashboards
  • Not included: Contractor portal and timesheets
  • Not included: Client invoicing

Bullhorn Pro & Max

Contact sales

Price not published

  • Candidate database and resume parsing
  • Custom fields
  • AI matching and summaries
  • Analytics dashboards
  • Not included: Contractor portal and timesheets
  • Not included: Client invoicing

What a team pays each month

10 users

Reqstaq Complete, every feature
$1,190
Bullhorn Core, before AI, analytics or back office
$1,650

Uses published list prices only. On Bullhorn, AI, analytics and automation need the Pro or Max tier and back office needs Bullhorn One, all priced by quote. Reqstaq bills only the users who sign in that month, and contractors use the portal for free.

Bullhorn prices as published at bullhorn.com/pricing as of September 2026. Prices exclude taxes.

Feature by feature.

Where a Bullhorn feature sits on a higher tier or a separately quoted product, we say which one.

Candidates and clients

Candidate database with resume parsing

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Included
Companies, contacts and sales opportunities

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Included
Custom fields

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Core and above
Client org charts with filled and vacant positions

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Not available

Email

Email logged to candidate and contact records

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Included
Last-contacted dates

Reqstaq

Update instantly

Bullhorn

Refreshed nightly
Emails linked to the submission automatically

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Not available

AI and sourcing

AI candidate matching

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Pro and above
Conversation summaries and reply drafts

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Pro and above

Reporting and revenue

Analytics dashboards

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Pro and above
Revenue goals and leaderboards

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Pro and above

Back office

Contractor portal and monthly timesheets

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Bullhorn One, quoted
Contractor bills and client invoices

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Bullhorn One, quoted
Payroll

Reqstaq

Not available

Bullhorn

Bullhorn One, quoted
VMS automation

Reqstaq

Not available

Bullhorn

Add-on, quoted

Platform

Integrations

Reqstaq

API and Zapier

Bullhorn

300+ app marketplace, Core and above
Workflow automation

Reqstaq

Follow-ups and scheduled sends

Bullhorn

Core and above
Interview scheduling

Reqstaq

Not available

Bullhorn

Max
Salesforce-native edition

Reqstaq

Not available

Bullhorn

Included

Buying and support

Every feature on one published price

Reqstaq

Included

Bullhorn

Not available
Billing

Reqstaq

Only users active that month

Bullhorn

Per user
Contract

Reqstaq

Month to month

Bullhorn

Set in your sales quote
Free trial without a sales call

Reqstaq

14 days, no card

Bullhorn

Not available
Data migration

Reqstaq

Free, done for you

Bullhorn

Free on Starter and Core
Support

Reqstaq

The people who build Reqstaq

Bullhorn

Account manager on Pro and above

Bullhorn tiers and products as listed at bullhorn.com/pricing and bullhorn.com/products as of September 2026.

Where Reqstaq pulls ahead.

The parts Bullhorn sells separately come switched on for every seat.

Email on the record, the moment it lands.

Your IT admin adds one rule to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, and every email with a candidate or client is copied to their record. No plugin, no BCC address.

  • Last-contacted dates update in real time, not overnight
  • The email is logged to both the candidate and the contact when one address is on both
  • Replies about a submission are linked to that submission automatically
Tracked email conversations on a candidate record in Reqstaq

See who you know inside every client.

Build an org chart for each client with filled and vacant positions, and see at a glance who your team has been talking to and where the next job order is likely to come from.

  • Parent and child companies, departments and reporting lines
  • Vacant positions to prospect against
  • Opportunities that convert into job orders
A client org chart in Reqstaq showing filled and vacant positions

Back office in the box, not on a quote.

Contractors submit monthly timesheets in a free portal, those hours become their bill to you and your invoice to the client, and your margins and commissions add up on their own.

  • Contractor portal with no seat charge
  • Contractor bills and client invoices from the same hours
  • Gross-margin formulas and tiered commission plans
The monthly contractor bills dashboard in Reqstaq showing paid and processing bills

AI included, not upsold.

Bullhorn keeps its AI on the Pro and Max tiers. In Reqstaq, matching, search strings, screening questions and conversation summaries come with every seat.

Candidate Matcher

Fill the job from the database you already own.

Open the Sourcing Hub on any job for a ranked list of your own candidates by skills, title, experience and distance. Mark criteria required or preferred, read a fit analysis on each, and shortlist to a group.

The Sourcing Hub candidate matcher ranking candidates from the firm's own database with fit badges

Search strategies

Boolean strings and a phone screen, written from the job order.

Precise, broad and creative searches for LinkedIn and Indeed, alternate titles candidates actually use on their resumes, and must-ask screening questions for the first call.

AI search strategies in the Sourcing Hub showing precise, broad and creative boolean searches

Catch me up

Read the whole thread in one paragraph.

On any candidate or contact, get a summary of the last ten conversations, a first draft of your reply, and a flag when someone declines or has left the company.

The Catch me up summary on a candidate record, generated from tracked email conversations

Resumes and job orders parse on upload, by email to your intake address, from the Chrome companion, or through Zapier.

Built for the enterprise, and priced like it.

If you're a global firm with hundreds of recruiters and a payroll run for thousands of workers, Bullhorn's breadth is built for you. These are the needs it's designed around.

VMS programmes
Automating submissions into client vendor management systems across hundreds of requisitions.
In-house payroll
Running pay for thousands of temporary workers every week from the same system.
Salesforce as the backbone
An enterprise standardised on Salesforce that wants recruiting inside it.
SAML single sign-on
Identity policies that require Okta or another SAML provider for every tool.
A 300+ app marketplace
A dedicated operations team wiring dozens of third-party tools together.
Global, multi-brand operations
Hundreds of recruiters across countries and brands on one contract.

For independent and growing agencies, that breadth is overhead you pay for and never use.

Reqstaq gives you the whole desk, from sourcing to invoicing, without the enterprise price tag or the implementation project.

Start free trial

Free migration from Bullhorn.

We do the moving for you, at no charge. Most agencies are working in Reqstaq within days.

  1. Step 1

    Start your trial

    Sign up in a minute. No card and no sales call.

  2. Step 2

    Send us your Bullhorn export

    We move your candidates, resumes, companies, contacts, jobs, submissions and placements for free.

  3. Step 3

    Connect your email

    Your IT admin adds one rule in Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. It takes about ten minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Go live

    Check your data in Reqstaq, invite the team, and switch over on the day that suits you.

No contract · Only active users are billed · Support from the people who build Reqstaq

Make the switch this month

Start a free trial today and we'll move your Bullhorn data over for you. No contract, no card, no sales call required.

Start free trial Talk to sales

Frequently asked questions

Can't find what you're looking for? Reach out and we'll get back to you right away.

    • Is Reqstaq cheaper than Bullhorn?

      Reqstaq is one plan with every feature, billed only for the users active each month. Bullhorn publishes $99 Starter and $165 Core plans per user per month, but AI, analytics, automation and back office sit on Pro, Max and Bullhorn One, which are priced by quote. For a team that needs those features, Reqstaq costs less and you know the price before you talk to anyone.

    • Can you migrate my data from Bullhorn?

      Yes, for free. Send us your Bullhorn export and we move your candidates, resumes, companies, contacts, jobs, submissions and placements into Reqstaq for you. You check the result in your trial account before you switch over.

    • Do I have to sign a contract?

      No. Reqstaq is month to month with no minimum term. Cancel whenever you like, with no penalties.

    • How long does switching take?

      Most agencies are working in Reqstaq within days. Your IT admin adds one email rule to Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, we load your data, and you invite your team.

    • Does Reqstaq run payroll or connect to a VMS?

      No. Reqstaq handles contractor timesheets, contractor bills and client invoices, and you pay contractors through your bank or Payoneer as you do today. If you run payroll for thousands of workers or depend on VMS programmes, Bullhorn's enterprise back office may suit you better.

    • Does Reqstaq integrate with my other tools?

      Reqstaq connects to Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 for email and sign-in, and to Zapier and our API for resume intake. Most agencies find that email, timesheets, invoicing, reporting and AI being built in removes the need for the add-ons they bought for Bullhorn.

Ready to get started?

Tell us about your team and we'll get back to you within one business day.