Hellora
Frontline SMS referral program. Formerly Eqo.
Quote-based pricing
Bottom line
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.
Stands out for: 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 for: 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.
Overview
Hellora (formerly Eqo) lets frontline employees submit referrals by text. Nothing to download, nothing to sign into. Status updates fire by SMS. Text campaigns target hard-to-fill roles by department, location, or job. Case studies include Fairview (6% to 41%, 589 nursing hires), Ebenezer (5.5% to 36%), and Compassus (22% to 35%).
Eve captures referrals typed on applications, matches nicknames and misspellings, and reminds employees still using old processes. Vendor benchmark copy cites 28.2% apply-to-hire on referrals and 47% of employees first hearing about the program via SMS. Pricing is quoted.
Who it's for
Best for
- 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
Not ideal for
- Tech companies whose employees will use a desktop portal and LinkedIn Auto Share
- Staffing firms that need a Bullhorn talent-referral network product
Key features
SMS refer. Employees forward openings over text.
Frontline program. Built for hourly teams rather than corporate intranet users.
Bonus tracking. Records which referral turned into a hire.
Pricing
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 19 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Hellora expensive?
Hellora does not publish a price. It is one of 16 quote-based tools among the 17 employee referrals tools in our directory. 0 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $299 a month.
- 16 quote-based
- 0 free tier
- 2 public price
Worked out automatically from every employee referrals listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- 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
Cons
- 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
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How Hellora compares
See all Hellora alternatives, with what each one does differently and a head to head for every pairing.
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Sales-quoted
Frontline text-to-refer across industries with named Workday and iCIMS syncs. Quoted. Broader than Hellora's healthcare core.
Sales-quoted
Classic portal with gamification and social Auto Share. Quoted. Desktop program versus Hellora SMS.
Sales-quoted
Referral platform for staffing agencies inside Bullhorn and Avionte. Quoted. Agency talent, not hospital employees.
Sales-quoted
Employee-network search for warm intros. Not an SMS bonus program for nursing hires.
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