Bullhorn alternatives for Australian healthcare and nursing agencies
Updated September 2026
Bullhorn sells in Australia from a Sydney office, publishes Australian prices, says 18 of the top 20 largest healthcare recruitment agencies use a Bullhorn solution, and has owned TargetRecruit since 2025. So for an Australian agency the useful question is not which alternative is best, it is which part of Bullhorn you would replace. Ployo replaces the front of the funnel. Ployo is recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer that interviews every applicant the day they apply. It does not do timesheets, payroll, client billing or VMS, and this page is clear about where that matters. Every competitor fact below comes from that vendor's own website, read on 13 September 2026.
If you need one platform for clients, placements, compliance and pay, Bullhorn is the scale choice, and the Australian alternatives are Entire OnHire, built in Australia for nursing and healthcare agencies with STP 2.0 payroll and award rules, Vincere from The Access Group with FastTrack360 award interpretation, and JobAdder, a Sydney-based ATS and CRM with payroll, rostering and timesheets through partners. TargetRecruit is no longer an independent alternative, because Bullhorn owns it. If your agency's bottleneck is screening, too many applicants for aged care, disability and hospital shifts and not enough recruiters to call them, Ployo is our recommendation for the front of the funnel: Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, interviews every applicant on video the day they apply, and your recruiters get a Met or Not Met verdict on each must-have with the candidate's words quoted, from US$249 a month with no per-seat charge.
A staffing ATS and CRM with a Sydney office and Australian pricing, used for healthcare recruitment, and the owner of TargetRecruit since its acquisition announced on 1 August 2025.
- Format
- Applicant tracking and CRM for staffing agencies. Its Australian pricing page lists AI that can screen and interview candidates and generate summaries; its Australian healthcare page lists credential management and a time-interpretation rules engine described in terms of US FLSA compliance.
- Based
- Boston, United States, with an Australian office at Level 12, 130 Pitt Street, Sydney.
- Pricing
- Published on its Australian pricing page: Starter A$99 and Core A$165 per user per month. Pro, Max, onboarding, VMS and Recruitment Cloud are quoted.
Side by side
| Bullhorn | Ployo | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A staffing ATS and CRM with onboarding, VMS and Recruitment Cloud products sold on quote. | Recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer. |
| In Australia | Sydney office and Australian prices. Says 18 of the top 20 largest healthcare recruitment agencies use a Bullhorn solution. | Runs in production on Australian care and health hiring. Not Australian-owned; prices in US dollars. |
| First-round screening | AI listed on its pricing page to screen and interview candidates and generate summaries. | Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, runs a live two-way video interview with every applicant and returns Met or Not Met on each must-have with the quote behind it. |
| Credentials | Credential management for healthcare recruitment. | Asks every candidate about registration, endorsements and checks and records the answer. Confirming them with the issuing body stays with you. |
| Time, pay and billing | A time-interpretation rules engine, described on its Australian healthcare page in terms of US FLSA compliance. | Not offered. Ployo does not do timesheets, payroll, rostering, client billing or VMS. |
| Pricing | Starter A$99 and Core A$165 per user per month; larger editions quoted. | Published in US dollars: Essential US$249/month (60 interviews), Growth US$850 (250), Scale US$2,135 (800), Group custom. Interviews included, no per-seat charge. |
Choose Bullhorn if
- You want the platform most large healthcare agencies already use. Bullhorn says 18 of the top 20 largest healthcare recruitment agencies use a Bullhorn solution, which matters for hiring recruiters who already know it.
- You need clients, placements, onboarding and VMS in one vendor. Bullhorn sells onboarding, VMS and Recruitment Cloud products alongside its ATS and CRM; Ployo is not a CRM and does none of those.
- You are on TargetRecruit today. Bullhorn owns it and offers the upgrade path to Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud, which no other vendor on this page can.
- You want per-user pricing you can read in Australian dollars. Bullhorn's Australian pricing page lists Starter at A$99 and Core at A$165 per user a month; Ployo prices in US dollars.
Choose Ployo if
- Your recruiters are buried in applicants for aged care, disability and hospital shifts. Ployo invites every applicant to a live, two-way video interview with Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, the day they apply, on any device and at any hour, with reminders sent automatically, so nobody waits days for a callback while another agency fills the shift.
- You want evidence, not a summary. Sarah asks about each must-have, including registration, endorsements, worker screening and shift availability, follows up on what the candidate actually says, and the verdict is Met or Not Met with the candidate's own words quoted behind each requirement, plus the full recording and transcript.
- You want a person to make every decision. Ployo's automation only moves candidates forward, inviting them to interview when a CV clears your bar; it never auto-rejects anyone, and the activity log records who moved whom.
- You do not want to pay per recruiter seat for screening. Ployo's plans include interviews and carry no per-seat charge, from US$249 a month with 60 interviews to US$2,135 with 800, so every recruiter and coordinator can log in.
- You want to add screening without replacing your platform. Applicants reach Ployo through a job link, a bulk CV upload of up to 25 files or a connected Gmail inbox, so an agency can keep Bullhorn, JobAdder or Entire OnHire for the back office and put Ployo in front of it.
Candidates ranked by what they actually proved
The alternatives, and who each one suits
Ordered by the kind of buyer they fit, not by preference. Several of these are a better choice than Ployo for a given team, and the note says which.
Recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer, Sarah, who interviews every applicant live on video the day they apply.
Best for: An Australian healthcare or nursing agency whose bottleneck is screening applicants, run in front of its agency platform. Not a replacement for credentialing, timesheets, payroll or billing.
Workforce management software for Australian agencies, with STP 2.0 payroll, award and EBA rules, timesheets and a nurse shift app.
Best for: An Australian nursing or healthcare agency that wants rostering, compliance, payroll and billing from a local vendor.
CRM and ATS for Australian recruitment and labour hire firms from The Access Group, with FastTrack360 for award interpretation.
Best for: An agency that wants check workflows and award interpretation from one larger vendor with Melbourne and Sydney offices.
A Sydney-based ATS and CRM for agencies, with compliance alerts and payroll, rostering and timesheets through partner integrations.
Best for: An agency that wants an Australian ATS and CRM and connects payroll and timesheets through partners.
Which part of Bullhorn are you replacing?
An Australian healthcare agency uses a platform like Bullhorn for three different jobs: the CRM that holds clients and placements, the compliance and credential record, and the time, pay and billing run. The first-round screen of applicants sits in front of all three. Replacing the whole platform means choosing another full agency system. Fixing slow screening means adding a step, not migrating.
One alternative drops out on ownership grounds: Bullhorn acquired TargetRecruit, announced on 1 August 2025, so TargetRecruit is now a Bullhorn product with an upgrade path to Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud rather than an independent option.
| Vendor | Best for | What it does | Price public? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ployo | High-volume hiring | An applicant tracking system with a live AI video interview built in. Every applicant is interviewed the day they apply, with Met or Not Met on each must-have. | Yes, from US$249 a month |
| Entire OnHire | AU nursing agencies | Workforce management software for Australian agencies, with STP 2.0 payroll, award and EBA rules, timesheets and a nurse shift app. | No, quote after demo |
| Vincere | Labour hire firms | CRM and ATS for Australian recruitment and labour hire firms from The Access Group, paired with FastTrack360 award interpretation. | No, setup plus per user |
| JobAdder | Recruitment agencies | A Sydney-based ATS and CRM with compliance alerts, temp placements and payroll, rostering and timesheets through partners. | No, tailored proposal |
The same answer, two formats
A first round is worth what it can find out. Both of these are real screening formats and both work; they differ in what happens after the candidate stops talking.
Typed answer
“One of our residents kept trying to leave at night. I sat with her, worked out she was looking for her husband, and changed her evening routine.”
Submitted, scored, and the interview moves to the next question. Written in private, at the candidate’s own pace, with every tab on their machine available to them.
Spoken answer
“One of our residents kept trying to leave at night. I sat with her, worked out she was looking for her husband, and changed her evening routine.”
And then, unscripted
“You changed the routine. Who signed that off, and what did you write in the notes?”
That second question did not exist until she gave the first answer. It is the one that separates a story a candidate can tell from a shift they actually ran.
Our pick for the front of the funnel: Ployo
Ployo is recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer that interviews every applicant the day they apply. For an Australian nursing or healthcare agency it is the step between an applicant arriving and a recruiter deciding who to submit to a client.
Applicants arrive through a public job link or apply page, a bulk CV upload of up to 25 files at a time, or a connected Gmail inbox, which also picks up LinkedIn Easy Apply emails. Each CV is checked against the role's must-haves and good-to-haves, quoting the line behind each one. Every applicant is then invited to a live, two-way video interview with Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, in any of 23 languages, on any device and at any hour, with reminders sent automatically. Sarah asks about each requirement, including registration, endorsements, worker screening, visas and shift availability, and follows up on what the candidate actually says. The verdict is Met or Not Met on the must-haves, with the candidate's own words quoted behind each requirement, and good-to-have gaps show as red flags. Your team moves candidates through the stages to Hired, one at a time or in bulk, and Ployo never auto-rejects anyone.
Across the platform, Ployo has completed 30,000+ AI interviews and captured 340,000+ candidate answers, with a completion rate above 70 percent on invited interviews (Ployo platform data).
Full agency platforms built for Australia
Entire OnHire describes itself as complete workforce management software for Australian agencies, built for agencies serving aged care facilities, hospitals, private residences and clinics. It lists STP 2.0 compliant payroll, a rules engine for awards and EBAs, client timesheet approval, compliance controls that let only compliant, active members accept shifts, and a nurse app for picking up shifts. Its publisher, Xeople, describes itself as Australian owned and operated, with a Seaford, Victoria address. Pricing is quoted after a demo.
Vincere, from The Access Group, is CRM and ATS software for Australian recruitment and labour hire firms. The Access Group's healthcare recruitment page lists automated AHPRA registration, WWCC, VEVO, vaccination and National Police Check workflows, and award interpretation through FastTrack360. It lists Melbourne and Sydney offices and prices Vincere as setup costs plus a monthly fee per user.
JobAdder is a Sydney-based ATS and CRM for agencies. Its healthcare page describes compliance alerts when anything is missing or out of date, its temporary recruitment page keeps placements pending until prerequisites are met, and payroll, rostering and timesheets are handled through partner integrations.
What Ployo does not do, so you can plan around it
Ployo does not post to job boards, host a careers site, send offer letters or run onboarding. It does not verify AHPRA registration, NDIS Worker Screening, police checks or visas with the issuing body; it asks the candidate and records the answer, and confirming it stays your process. It does not sync calendars, schedule panel interviews, send SMS, run timesheets, payroll, rostering or client billing, and it is not a VMS.
So an agency that needs pay and billing keeps a platform for it, whether that is Bullhorn, Entire OnHire, Vincere or JobAdder with its partners, and uses Ployo to make sure every applicant has been interviewed before a recruiter spends time on them.
Ployo platform data
30,000+
AI Interviews Completed
340,000+
Candidate Answers Graded
70%+
Interview Completion Rate
15,000+
Recruiter Hours Saved
What it costs
Bullhorn's Australian pricing page lists Starter at A$99 and Core at A$165 per user a month, with Pro, Max, onboarding, VMS and Recruitment Cloud quoted. Entire OnHire quotes after a demo, priced per user or by shifts booked. The Access Group prices Vincere as setup plus a monthly per-user fee without publishing figures, and JobAdder quotes a tailored proposal. Ployo publishes its plans in US dollars: Essential US$249 a month with 60 interviews, Growth US$850 with 250, Scale US$2,135 with 800, and custom Group pricing, with interviews included and no per-seat charge. Buying Ployo starts with a call to the founder, and ployo.ai/sample shows a real interview without signing up.
Bullhorn runs an agency's operations: clients, placements, credentials and pay. Ployo runs the part that decides who enters those operations, the first conversation with every applicant, held on video the day they apply, with the evidence a recruiter needs to submit a candidate with confidence.
Bullhorn is a layer 0 tool: the ats knockout and resume screen. Software reads the application and rejects most of them before any person is involved. See how the six layers of first-round screening fit together →
Frequently asked
What are the best Bullhorn alternatives in Australia?
For a full agency platform: Entire OnHire, built in Australia with STP 2.0 payroll and award rules, Vincere from The Access Group with FastTrack360 award interpretation, and JobAdder, a Sydney-based ATS and CRM with payroll through partners. For the screening step, Ployo interviews every applicant on video the day they apply and gives recruiters a Met or Not Met verdict on each must-have, from US$249 a month.
Does Bullhorn have an Australian office and Australian pricing?
Yes. Bullhorn lists a Sydney office at Level 12, 130 Pitt Street, and its Australian pricing page shows Starter at A$99 and Core at A$165 per user a month, with larger editions quoted.
Is TargetRecruit an alternative to Bullhorn?
Not an independent one any more. Bullhorn announced its acquisition of TargetRecruit on 1 August 2025, supports existing TargetRecruit customers and offers them an upgrade path to Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud.
Which agency software handles Australian awards and STP payroll?
Entire OnHire lists STP 2.0 compliant payroll and a rules engine for awards and EBAs, and The Access Group lists award interpretation through FastTrack360. Ployo does not run payroll or timesheets.
Can Ployo work alongside Bullhorn?
Yes, as the screening step. Applicants reach Ployo through a job link, a bulk CV upload or a connected Gmail inbox, Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, interviews each one on video, and recruiters decide who to move forward. Ployo does not replace Bullhorn's CRM, placements, credentials or pay.
Sources
Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on the dates below. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so verify anything decision-critical at the source. Found something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
- Bullhorn Australia homepage · checked 2026-09-13
- Bullhorn Australia healthcare page (18 of the top 20 largest healthcare recruitment agencies, credentials, FLSA rules engine) · checked 2026-09-13
- Bullhorn Australia pricing page (A$99 Starter, A$165 Core, AI screening) · checked 2026-09-13
- Bullhorn Australia contact page (Level 12, 130 Pitt Street, Sydney) · checked 2026-09-13
- Bullhorn press release: Bullhorn acquires TargetRecruit (1 August 2025) · checked 2026-09-13
- Entire OnHire homepage (Australian agencies, STP 2.0 payroll, Seaford VIC) · checked 2026-09-13
- Entire OnHire healthcare page (aged care, hospitals, nurse app) · checked 2026-09-13
- Entire OnHire compliance page (only compliant, active members accept shifts) · checked 2026-09-13
- Entire OnHire pricing page (quote after demo) · checked 2026-09-13
- Entire OnHire FAQ (awards and EBA rules, Xeople Australian owned) · checked 2026-09-13
- The Access Group: Vincere (Australian recruitment and labour hire firms) · checked 2026-09-13
- The Access Group: healthcare recruitment (check workflows, FastTrack360 award interpretation) · checked 2026-09-13
- The Access Group: Vincere pricing (setup plus per user per month) · checked 2026-09-13
- The Access Group: Australian offices (Melbourne, Sydney) · checked 2026-09-13
- JobAdder healthcare page (compliance alerts) · checked 2026-09-13
- JobAdder temporary recruitment page (payroll, rostering and timesheets through partners) · checked 2026-09-13
- JobAdder contact page (Sydney office) · checked 2026-09-13
- Ployo pricing (US dollars) · checked 2026-09-13
Most of what decides this is your own role, not the feature grid. Worked examples of AI screening applied to specific sectors are on the solutions pages, and the practical how-to side, including what compliance actually requires before someone starts a shift, is in the hiring guides.
If you would rather see the mechanics than read about them, the AI video interviewer page walks through an interview end to end.
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