Head to head

Apploi vs NurseRecruiter

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Apploi

Quote-based

Hiring, onboarding and scheduling platform for the parts of healthcare that hire hourly staff at volume: assisted and senior living, skilled nursing, home health and behavioral health. It combines job distribution, credentialing and unlimited texting with digital onboarding, license checks and shift scheduling. Pricing is quoted by locations, aides or BCBAs. Best for multi-location care operators, not hospitals or physician recruiting.

Where Apploi fits

  • Assisted and senior living operators with many locations
  • Skilled nursing facilities hiring CNAs and nurses at volume
  • Home health agencies hiring aides
  • Behavioral health and ABA providers hiring BCBAs

Nurse job board and candidate database priced by the month, from $365 for one recruiter to $975 for staffing agencies, covering travel, per diem and permanent roles. You get live leads from interested nurses plus a set number of database unlocks, and keep the contact details. Best for nurse recruiters and staffing agencies who want predictable monthly costs, not physician hiring.

Where NurseRecruiter fits

  • Travel and per diem nurse staffing agencies
  • Hospital nurse recruiters with steady monthly openings
  • Solo recruiters who want a low monthly commitment
  • Teams that share unlocked candidates

At a glance

DetailApploiNurseRecruiter
Starting priceQuote-based$365/mo
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underATS, Healthcare recruiting, Onboarding, Workforce managementJob boards, Healthcare recruiting, Sourcing
Capterra4.8 from 313 reviewsNot enough reviews

Where they pull apart

Apploi

Stands out: It is priced and built by care segment rather than as a generic ATS: locations for senior living and skilled nursing, aides for home health and BCBAs for behavioral health. Hiring, onboarding with ongoing license verification and scheduling with cross-location staff sharing sit in one system, and it connects to Workday, Paycom and ADP. Users rate it 4.8 on Capterra across 313 reviews.

Watch out: Prices are not published. Some Capterra reviewers mention slow page loads and statuses that cannot be customized or reordered. It targets post-acute and community care, so hospitals and physician recruiters are better served elsewhere.

Not the right fit for

  • Hospitals and health systems
  • Physician recruiting
  • Teams wanting published self-serve pricing

NurseRecruiter

Stands out: Plans are published and built around outcomes you can count: live leads from nurses who raised their hand and database unlocks that reveal email, phone and resume. One recruiter's unlock is visible to the whole team, there are no contracts, and the vendor promises a full refund within 30 days if you get no candidates.

Watch out: Leads and unlocks are capped by plan (25 to 100 leads and 75 to 400 unlocks a month), so heavy sourcing needs the top plan or a custom quote. The vendor does not publish how many nurses are in the database, and API export and integrations are custom-plan only.

Not the right fit for

  • Physician or APP recruiting
  • Teams that need ATS integration without a custom plan
  • Unlimited database sourcing on a fixed budget

Pros and cons

Apploi

  • Built for senior living, skilled nursing, home health and behavioral health
  • Hiring, onboarding and scheduling in one system
  • Rated 4.8 on Capterra across 313 reviews
  • No published pricing
  • Some reviewers report slow pages and rigid statuses
  • Not aimed at hospitals or physician hiring

NurseRecruiter

  • Published monthly plans with no contract
  • Contact details kept after unlock, shared across the team
  • Refund if no candidates in 30 days
  • Leads and unlocks capped per plan
  • Database size not published
  • Integrations only on custom plans

What each one costs

Apploi

Quote-based

Quote-based. Apploi prices by segment: number of locations for assisted living, senior living and skilled nursing, number of aides and facility type for home health, and number of BCBAs for behavioral health. Buying two or more products earns a bundle discount. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 25 Sep 2026

NurseRecruiter

$365/mo

100 Candidates is $365/mo (3 jobs, 25 live leads, 75 database unlocks), 200 Candidates $595/mo (25 jobs, 50 leads, 150 unlocks, travel and per diem support) and 500 Candidates $975/mo (100 jobs, 100 leads, 400 unlocks, daily job imports). Yearly billing is discounted, there are no contracts, and the vendor offers a full refund within 30 days if you get no candidates. Custom Volume, with API export and integrations, is quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 25 Sep 2026

Common questions

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 25 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?