Workable Alternative 2026 — Treegarden ATS From $299/mo

The real cost of Workable

Why teams leave Workable

Per-Job-Slot Pricing Adds Up Fast

Workable charges for each active job posting. If you are recruiting for 10 roles simultaneously, your monthly bill can easily exceed $1,000. Teams that scale their hiring unpredictably find themselves stuck between paying premium prices or artificially limiting their job postings to control costs.

No Built-In HR Module

Workable is an ATS only. When a candidate becomes an employee, you need a separate HR system for onboarding, leave management, and employee records. That means buying another tool, managing another vendor, and dealing with data silos between systems that should talk to each other natively.

GDPR Requires Extra Work

As a US-based platform, Workable's GDPR compliance features are bolt-on rather than built-in. You need to manually configure data retention policies, consent workflows, and right-to-erasure processes. For European teams, this creates ongoing compliance overhead that should not exist in a modern ATS.

Feature	Treegarden	Workable
Pricing model	Flat monthly	Per job slot
Unlimited users	All plans	Limited seats
Unlimited active jobs	Included	Extra cost per slot
Built-in HR module	Included	Separate product
AI candidate screening	Advanced AI	Basic AI tools
Job board integrations	20+ boards	200+ boards
GDPR native compliance	Built-in	Needs configuration
Kanban pipeline	Drag-and-drop	Drag-and-drop
Onboarding workflows	Included	Not available
Custom career page	Branded	Branded
Interview scheduling	Calendar sync	Calendar sync
Starting price	$299/mo flat	$149/mo per slot

Why Treegarden wins

What you get when you switch

ATS + HR in One Platform

Treegarden is not just an applicant tracker. It includes a full HR module with employee profiles, document management, leave tracking, and onboarding workflows. When a candidate gets hired, their data flows seamlessly into employee management without any manual re-entry or third-party integrations.

Flat-Rate, Predictable Pricing

Every Treegarden plan includes unlimited users and unlimited active job postings. Whether you have 3 open roles or 30, your monthly cost stays the same. No surprise invoices, no seat limits, no awkward conversations with finance about why the recruiting bill doubled this quarter.

GDPR Compliance by Default

Treegarden was architected with European data protection regulations as a core design constraint. Consent management, data retention policies, right-to-erasure workflows, and audit trails are all built in and active from day one. No manual configuration or compliance checklists required.

Effortless migration

Switching takes 2 weeks, not 6 months

Our onboarding team handles the heavy lifting. You keep recruiting while we move your data.

Import your data

We extract your candidates, job history, pipeline stages, and templates from Workable. No data is left behind.

Configure your pipeline

Set up your hiring stages, scorecards, email templates, and team permissions. Tailor everything to your workflow.

Go live

Your team starts using Treegarden with all data in place. We run a final sync to capture last-minute Workable changes.

What our customers say

Teams that switched from Workable

"We were paying Workable over $800/mo for 6 active slots and still needed BambooHR for onboarding. Treegarden replaced both for $499/mo flat. The migration took 8 days."

Elena Marchetti

Head of Talent, SaaS company (120 employees)

"The GDPR features in Treegarden saved us from a compliance audit headache. Everything was set up correctly from day one. With Workable, we had spent weeks configuring data retention manually."

Marcus Vogt

HR Director, Consulting firm (85 employees)

"We added 15 hiring managers as users without paying a cent more. On Workable, each additional seat was an extra conversation with our account manager. Treegarden just works."

Sarah Lindberg

VP People, E-commerce company (200 employees)

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How does Treegarden compare to Workable on pricing?

Treegarden uses flat-rate monthly pricing starting at $299/mo for the Startup plan, $499/mo for Growth, and $899/mo for Scale. Every plan includes unlimited users and unlimited active job postings. Workable, by contrast, uses a per-job-slot pricing model where each active job posting increases your monthly cost. For teams that recruit across multiple roles simultaneously, Workable's costs can escalate quickly to $500-$1,500/mo or more. With Treegarden, your costs are predictable regardless of how many positions you have open at any given time, making budgeting straightforward for growing organizations.

Can I migrate my data from Workable to Treegarden?

Yes, Treegarden provides a structured migration process that typically completes within two weeks. Our onboarding team handles the data transfer for you, including candidate profiles, application history, pipeline stages, and job posting templates. We export your Workable data through their API and map it to Treegarden's data structure, ensuring nothing is lost in translation. During the migration window, you can continue using Workable without interruption. Once the data is verified in Treegarden, we run a final sync to capture any last-minute changes and then switch you over. Most teams are fully operational on Treegarden within 10 business days.

Does Treegarden have an HR module like Workable's add-on?

Treegarden includes a full HR module as a built-in feature on every plan, not as a paid add-on. This includes employee profiles, document management, leave tracking, onboarding workflows, and organizational charts. Workable offers HR functionality through a separate product called Workable HR, which requires an additional subscription on top of your ATS costs. With Treegarden, you get a unified platform where your recruitment pipeline flows directly into onboarding and employee management without paying for two separate products. This integrated approach eliminates data silos and gives HR teams a single source of truth for the entire employee lifecycle.

Is there a hands-on demo?

No, Treegarden does not offer a hands-on demo. Instead, we provide personalized hands-on demos where our product team walks you through the platform using your actual workflows and requirements. We have found that a guided demo is significantly more valuable than a self-service trial for several reasons: you see exactly how Treegarden handles your specific use cases, you can ask questions in real time, and our team can configure a sandbox environment tailored to your industry and team size. The demo typically takes 30-45 minutes and there is no obligation afterward. Many of our customers have told us the demo was more informative than weeks spent on competitor hands-on demos.

How does Treegarden handle GDPR compliance compared to Workable?

Treegarden was built from the ground up with GDPR compliance as a core architectural principle, not an afterthought. Every feature, from candidate data storage to automated email communications, is designed to comply with EU data protection regulations out of the box. This includes automated consent management, configurable data retention policies, right-to-erasure workflows, data processing agreements, and audit trails for all candidate interactions. Workable is a US-based platform that has added GDPR features over time, which means compliance often requires manual configuration and ongoing vigilance. With Treegarden, GDPR compliance is the default state, reducing risk and saving your team significant time on compliance administration.

The Workable Alternative Built for Growing Teams in 2026