# Ashby vs Zoho Recruit (slim)

> Ashby scores 61.3 (C) on agent readiness against Zoho Recruit's 59.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Zoho Recruit leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. 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 Zoho Recruit's 59.8 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Zoho Recruit leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do recruiting candidates.

- Ashby: C 61.3, rank #369 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ashby.min.md
- Zoho Recruit: C 59.8, rank #421 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-recruit.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 Schema & documentation, 82 against 46; Maintenance & community, 64 against 48. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Zoho Recruit, good for Small businesses and staffing agencies on Zoho that want an agent to read and write candidates, job openings, applications and interviews with narrow scopes, and teams that want a free edition with API access. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 64 against 59; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Ashby | Zoho Recruit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 79 | 76 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 46 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 59 | 64 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Ashby | Zoho Recruit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Ashby, Inc. | Zoho |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.ashbyhq.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Ashby Customer Terms of Service | Proprietary service under Zoho's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 17 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-29 | 2022-03-02 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-09-24 | 2025-12-22 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |