7Greenhouse vs Paradox
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Greenhouse if…
- you work on Chrome
- you're in its core audience: recruiters, talent acquisition teams
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Choose Paradox if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise talent acquisition teams, frontline and hourly-workforce employers
Side by side
Feature Greenhouse Paradox
Pricing modelContact for pricingContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—
Data retentionKept while legitimate business need exists, then deleted or anonymized.—
Security and compliance—ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
AI interviews—
Candidate sourcing—
Interview self-scheduling
Candidate fraud detection—
ATS integrations—
Bias safeguards—
MCP / LLM connector—
PlatformsWeb, Chrome, APIWeb, API
CategoryHR & RecruitingHR & Recruiting
CompanyGreenhouse Software, Inc.Paradox, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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Greenhouse
- Voice AI structured first-round interviews
- AI Notetaker that maps notes to scorecards
- Real Talent fraud detection and CLEAR ID verification
- Candidate sourcing, CRM and prospecting Chrome plugin
- Interview scheduling with candidate self-scheduling
- Analytics with plain-language AI Chart Builder
- MCP connection to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini
- Hundreds of prebuilt integrations and open API
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Paradox
- Applicant screening via chat or text
- Self-service interview scheduling for candidates
- Offer letter generation and onboarding document delivery
- In-person and virtual hiring event automation
- Detects and translates 100+ languages
- Analytics dashboards with 1,000+ metrics and sFTP export
- Integrations with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Indeed
- Customizable assistant voice, tone and photo
Plans and prices
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Greenhouse
CoreCustom
PlusCustom
ProCustom
Paradox
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Greenhouse
- Combines sourcing, interviewing, scheduling and ATS in one platform
- Built-in fraud detection and CLEAR ID verification
- Open API, MCP support and hundreds of prebuilt integrations
- Plans can be upgraded at any time
- No public prices; you need a demo to get a quote
- No free plan or trial listed
- Fraud detection and BI Connector start at the Plus plan
Paradox
- Covers the hiring process from apply through onboarding
- Integrates with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Indeed, plus an open API
- Supports 100+ languages with automatic translation
- Published client stories from large employers such as 7-Eleven and Compass Group
- No public pricing; a demo request is required
- No free plan or trial listed
- Aimed at enterprise and high-volume employers
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