# Ashby vs Bullhorn (slim)

> Ashby scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Bullhorn's 46.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Bullhorn leads on agent ergonomics. Both do recruiting candidates. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Ashby scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Bullhorn's 46.7 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Bullhorn leads on agent ergonomics. Both do recruiting candidates.

- Ashby: C 61.3, rank #369 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ashby.min.md
- Bullhorn: D 46.7, rank #644 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bullhorn.min.md
- Ashby, good for Companies already on Ashby that want an agent to read pipelines, add candidates, move applications between stages, schedule interviews and pull reports with a narrowly scoped key. Ahead on Reliability, 79 against 53; Schema & documentation, 82 against 55; Security & auth, 63 against 31; Payments & pricing, 10 against 5; Maintenance & community, 64 against 56; Transparency & trust, 77 against 67.
- Bullhorn, good for An integration built for a staffing agency that already runs on Bullhorn, with Bullhorn's permission for AI use in writing, and needs candidates, job orders, submissions and placements. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 64 against 59.

| Category | Ashby | Bullhorn |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 79 | 53 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 55 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 31 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 5 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ashby | Bullhorn |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ashby, Inc. | Bullhorn, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ashbyhq.com` | `https://rest.bullhornstaffing.com/rest-services` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Ashby Customer Terms of Service | Proprietary service under a Bullhorn customer or partner agreement that is not published, with a public API Fair Use Policy. The `sdk-rest` Java library and the `@bullhorn/taurus` and `@bullhorn/bullhorn-types` packages are MIT per npm and the repositories |
| Tools exposed | 17 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-29 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | 2026-05-20 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 13 stars, 1.7k npm/wk |