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Hellora vs Staffing Referrals

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

Starting price

Hellora

Sales-quoted

Hellora is the new name for Eqo. It is a frontline SMS referral program, strongest in healthcare, where employees refer from a phone with no app and no login. Pricing is quoted.

Where Hellora fits

  • Health systems and senior-living operators with large nursing and clinical hourly teams
  • TA leaders replacing spreadsheet referral tracking with text-to-refer
  • Program owners who will send department- and location-targeted SMS campaigns
  • Orgs that want automatic status texts at applied, interviewed, hired, and paid

Staffing Referrals

Sales-quoted

Staffing Referrals is referral software for staffing firms, not in-house employers. It runs inside Bullhorn, Avionte, LaborEdge, TempWorks, and Salesforce. Pricing is quoted. The vendor cites 100-plus firms.

Where Staffing Referrals fits

  • Staffing agencies already on Bullhorn or Avionte that leak referrals in spreadsheets
  • Branches that want a branded job page and ambassador links per recruiter
  • Firms paying talent bonuses and needing eligibility, approvals, and payouts in the ATS
  • Desks that want every placement to trigger the next referral ask

At a glance

DetailHelloraStaffing Referrals
Starting priceSales-quotedSales-quoted
Free tier–No–No
MCP server–No–No
Public API–No–No
Listed underEmployee referralsEmployee referrals
CapterraNot enough reviews4.9 from 16 reviews

Where they pull apart

Hellora

Stands out: Fairview moved referrals from 6% to 41% of hires and sourced 589 nursing hires with 92% retention. Eve is an AI assistant that captures referrals made on applications and matches messy names.

Watch out: The product is built for frontline healthcare, senior living, and similar hourly workforces. A general corporate referral intranet is a different buy. SMS short-code programs need employee-comms consent.

Not the right fit for

  • Tech companies whose employees will use a desktop portal and LinkedIn Auto Share
  • Staffing firms that need a Bullhorn talent-referral network product

Staffing Referrals

Stands out: An AI referral agent matches new referrals to jobs or makes the next ask. Branded job pages and ambassador links capture candidates without a second login.

Watch out: This is an agency talent-network product. Corporate employee-referral programs for W-2 staff should look at ERIN or EmployeeReferrals.com. Bonuses and ATS reconciliation are part of the quote.

Not the right fit for

  • In-house TA teams running an employee-referral bonus for corporate staff
  • Agencies that need a public monthly SKU before a demo

Pros and cons

Hellora

  • Text-to-refer with no app or login, built for healthcare frontline
  • Published case studies with 6% to 41% referral-hire share at Fairview
  • Eve AI captures off-platform referrals and messy name matches
  • Quoted only. Healthcare-weighted, not a general corporate portal
  • SMS-first. Weak fit if the workforce will not use text short codes
  • Homepage also sells a healthcare recruiting CRM, so scope the referral module in the quote

Staffing Referrals

  • Built for staffing firms, with live capture inside Bullhorn and Avionte
  • AI agent that matches referrals to jobs or makes the next ask
  • Capterra 4.9 from 16 reviews on the matching Staffing Referrals product
  • Quoted only. Aimed at agencies, not corporate HR
  • Value depends on already running Bullhorn-class ATS
  • Bonus reconciliation is in the quote, not a self-serve payroll SKU

What each one costs

Hellora

Sales-quoted

Hellora (formerly Eqo) quotes the frontline SMS referral program after a conversation. The vendor does not publish a per-employee or per-location table. Case studies and Eve sit on the referral module. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Staffing Referrals

Sales-quoted

Staffing Referrals quotes after a demo. The vendor does not publish a per-desk or per-placement table. The product is sold to staffing firms and runs inside Bullhorn, Avionte, LaborEdge, TempWorks, and Salesforce. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 4 Nov 2026

Common questions

Can you try Hellora or Staffing Referrals for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 4 Nov 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?