Compono
Compono is an ATS with built-in psychometric culture-fit ranking, plus engagement, LMS and competency modules, from A$3,500/yr.
From A$3,500/yr
Bottom line
Compono is an ATS that profiles every applicant with its own psychometric assessment and ranks the shortlist on culture and behavioural fit, with engagement surveys, an LMS and competency credentialling available in the same platform. Indicative pricing is published in Australian dollars: about A$5,500 to A$6,500 a year for one product under 100 staff, or A$3,500 to A$8,500 a year for agencies under 10 recruiters. It suits employers of 60 to 1,000 staff, mainly in Australia and New Zealand, that hire for fit at volume.
Stands out for: The assessment is part of the application itself, so every candidate arrives with a behavioural profile and a fit score against your culture and top performers, and you can re-weight skills versus fit to reorder the list. Compono also publishes its price bands openly, including a plain-text pricing page, which few ATS vendors in this size range do.
Watch out for: Prices are in Australian dollars and the customer base is mostly Australia and New Zealand, so US buyers should check job board coverage and support hours. The only integration listed is per-customer single sign-on, with no published HRIS or job board integration catalogue. Onboarding and customer success packages are charged on top of the ranges.
Overview
Compono is a Brisbane-based HR platform with four modules: Hire (applicant tracking), Engage (culture and engagement), Develop (learning management) and Assure (competency, credentialling and licensing). Organisations can buy one module or bundle them.
Hire covers the usual ATS work: job templates, multi-board posting, pipeline stages, tags, tasks, message templates and hiring reports. What differs is that every applicant completes Compono's Work Personality assessment as they apply, and the system ranks candidates on skills, qualifications, culture alignment, motivation and behavioural profile.
Engage maps culture across 12 dimensions so leaders can compare the culture they have with the one they intend, while Develop delivers courses tied to competency frameworks and tracks capability per person.
Assure runs high-stakes assessment and licensing; five Australian states use it for driver licensing, and Compono reports more than 3 million certifications issued.
Pricing is shown as indicative annual ranges in AUD by company size and product count, with a second product about 30% off and a third about 70% off. Agencies pay a flat platform fee plus a per-recruiter fee.
Who it's for
Best for
- Mid-sized employers (60 to 1,000 staff) hiring for culture fit at volume
- Franchise and multi-site operators that want consistent hiring across locations
- ANZ agencies wanting an ATS plus culture data to show clients
Not ideal for
- US teams that need a broad integration marketplace
- Buyers who only want a standalone assessment tool
- Very small teams looking for a free or low-cost ATS
Key features
Culture-fit candidate ranking. Compono Hire scores each applicant on technical skills, qualifications and experience, culture alignment, work motivation and behavioural profile, and lets you re-weight those factors to reorder the shortlist.
Built-in psychometric assessment. Every applicant completes Compono's Work Personality assessment, which maps people against eight work behaviour types, so no separate assessment tool is needed. Candidates get a personal insight report back after applying.
Culture and engagement surveys. Compono Engage maps company culture across 12 dimensions and compares the culture you have with the one you intend, by team and by site.
Competency-linked LMS. Compono Develop delivers training tied to competency frameworks, and Assure handles assessment, credentialling and licensing, including learner driver licensing for Australian state governments.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Drafts candidate messages with tone and culture awareness | |
| Answers people, team and culture questions from the organisation's own behavioural data | |
| Hey Compono AI coach for career and team questions, grounded in organisational psychology |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
Compono publishes indicative ranges, not list prices, in Australian dollars excluding GST, banded by company size and number of products. For employers under 100 staff, one product (Hire, Engage or Develop) is about A$5,500 to A$6,500 a year, two about A$9,000 to A$11,000 and three about A$11,000 to A$13,000. The 100 to 200 staff band starts at about A$7,000 to A$8,500 for one product, rising to A$11,000 to A$13,000 at 400 to 500 staff; 500+ is quoted.
Recruitment agencies get Hire plus Engage on a monthly platform fee plus a per-recruiter fee: about A$3,500 to A$8,500 a year under 10 recruiters, A$10,000 to A$17,000 for 11 to 20, and A$17,000 to A$35,000 for 21 to 50. Assure (competency and licensing) is custom scoped. Onboarding and customer success packages are extra. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 1 Oct 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Compono expensive?
Compono starts at A$3,500/yr. We list 190 ATS tools in total. 21 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $83 a month.
- 97 quote-based
- 21 free tier
- 76 public price
Worked out automatically from every ATS listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Psychometric fit scoring built into every application
- Openly published price bands by company size
- ATS, engagement, LMS and credentialling in one platform
Cons
- Prices published only in Australian dollars
- No published integration catalogue beyond SSO
- Onboarding and success packages cost extra
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How Compono compares
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compono (this tool) | – | A$3,500/yr | – | – | |
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| | – | Quote-based | – | ✓ | Compare |
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