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Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.
Starting price
$1,000/yr
Small-business ATS for teams leaving a spreadsheet. Hero is $1,000 a year billed annually, with Plus and Pro above it.
Where JazzHR fits
$149/mo 14 day free trial
Applicant tracking for small and mid-size employers built around a patented predictive assessment: candidates are benchmarked against the traits of your top performers and ranked by AI, alongside job posting, scorecards and self-scheduling. Plans run from $149/mo for 5 active jobs to $469/mo for unlimited, so it suits SMBs that want screening science without an enterprise contract.
Where SmoothHiring fits
| Detail | JazzHR | SmoothHiring |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $1,000/yr | $149/mo |
| Free tier | –No | –No |
| Free trial | Not on record | 14 day free trial |
| MCP server | –No | –No |
| Public API | ✓Yes | –No |
| Listed under | ATS | ATS, Assessments, Job boards |
| Capterra | 4.3 from 495 reviews | 4.7 from 12 reviews |
JazzHR
Stands out: Simple job posting, scorecards and self-scheduling for small hiring teams.
Watch out: Billed annually rather than monthly, and job posting volume is capped on the entry plan.
Not the right fit for
SmoothHiring
Stands out: The Candidate Fit benchmarks, which profile your best current employees and score applicants against them, are the point of difference, and they can be bought on their own without posting a job. Growth adds unlimited users, AI ranking and nurture campaigns for $229/mo, and every plan starts with a 14-day trial and no card.
Watch out: Benchmarks are basic on Growth and advanced only on Scale, and one-way video and texting also wait until the $469/mo Scale plan. It has only 12 Capterra reviews at 4.7, and one reviewer said it was hard to see which boards jobs had been posted to.
Not the right fit for
JazzHR
SmoothHiring
JazzHR
$1,000/yr
Hero is $1,000/yr, Plus $3,480/yr and Pro $5,508/yr, all billed annually. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 21 Sep 2026
SmoothHiring
$149/mo
Starter is $149/mo (5 active jobs, 5 users); Growth is $229/mo (10 active jobs, unlimited users, AI ranking and basic benchmarks); Scale is $469/mo (unlimited jobs, one-way video assessments, texting, advanced benchmarks); Enterprise is quoted. Yearly billing includes two months free ($1,430, $2,198 and $4,502 a year). Sponsored premium job posting and the Candidate Fit assessment are also sold as packages. 14-day free trial with no card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 26 Sep 2026
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