Clockwork Recruiting 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Clockwork Recruiting

4.4

(51)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Clockwork Recruiting

Clockwork Recruiting is a cloud-based human resources solution that helps users conduct recruitment searches and manage placements. Key features include customer-relationship management (CRM), client administration, business development and team management.

Designed for small to mid-size businesses, Clockwork Recruiting enables clients to find work, set strategies and manage candidate outreach. Its user interface allows enterprises to engage clients, monitor team performance and leverage business growth. Additionally, the tool allows users to define staff requirements, provide feedback and streamline the search process.

Clockwork Recruiting enables users to organize and process data and provide insights into new recruits. The product also helps users with client collaboration, understanding roles and responsibilities and increase efficiency of search teams. The software extends support via documentation, phone and email and pricing is available on request.

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Clockwork Recruiting Pricing and Plans

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Clockwork Recruiting Features

Popular features found in Recruiting
Assessment Management
Background Screening
Communication Management
Job Posting
Job Requisition
Onboarding
Resume Parsing
Resume Search
Self Service Portal
More features of Clockwork Recruiting
Activity Dashboard
Applicant Tracking
Boolean Search
Candidate Management
Collaboration Tools
CRM
Data Import/Export
Email Management
Internal HR
Interview Management
Mobile Access
Reporting/Analytics
Third-Party Integrations

Clockwork Recruiting User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

51%

35%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.1

Leonard W.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

4-year-plus user, happy with the product

The overall experience has been great. The few times I've had problems, customer support has gotten right on it. Or billing. Or whatever department I'm dealing with. It's been helpful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I liked the common-sense organization, the user interface, the client-friendly portal and the customer support. I loved that we could pull info directly from LinkedIn rather than manually entering everything about every candidate.

Cons:

A huge draw for me was the LinkedIn information capture. Then in the last year or so, they started distancing themselves from this capture tool, identifying it as "Third party" etc. Well, I still want to be able to accurately capture everything about a candidate in the very early, funnel-filling stages. In other words, I don't want to wait till I have a resume. A huge part of presentation is showing clarity about potential candidates and working hand-in-hand with the client-friendly portal to determine the best fit and direct our efforts the best way. And that part has been broken for some time now. I can get some info, but not in Recruiter. I have to look over my shoulder at the information being distributed into Clockwork to verify accuracy. It's so critical to me, that if it's "third party," then they need to make their own and make it "First party."

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

I've used Goldmine, Dynamics, Salesforce and others. I was forming my own firm and didn't really want to use anything I've used before, because none of them were really built for this work. This is the best product I've used.

Sandra K.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2024

Time Saving System, Fantastic Demo

The demo with [sensitive content hidden] was fab - instead of going through and showing me all the benefits he went to price which I really appreciated - the money talk was done and then I could see if it was worth investing my time to continue. His presentation was not a big sales chat but a real time demo of what my clients would see and what I would see - it was easy to follow and I was able to gauge the overall fit easily.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Managing your whole process for search work in one place saves hours of spreadsheet time, you can cross candidates over to other projects, there are so many features it's hard to find fault.

Cons:

No start date filter for candidates you place

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

1000 times easier to manage data and having everything mapped in using the chrome extension.

Patricia L.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Clockwork Software

Overall I'm a fan of Clockworks, but after using your software for over 4 years it surprises me that there haven't been more updates and enhancements to the software

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the look/feel of the software I like contact grabber I like how the Projects are added and organized

Cons:

The people search is lacking. I'd like to be able to see things in an Org Chart type of way. I'd love for there to be a way to rank profiles overall rather than just within the search. I'd love a way to categorize profiles after an interview to include: large company/small company experience private/public experience IPO experience Global experience A,B,C,.... - or some way to rank our perceptions of them etc, etc, etc That way I could rank someone after an interview and find them again through sorting I think the reporting features are lacking. I'd love to be able to show clients a print out of candidates by company by role - so they can easily see the extent to which we have broken out their competitor companies. The report that simply lists each profile assigned to the search isn't representative of what I'd like to see for myself and show my clients.

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

We liked the interface and the workflow. We liked the email pendulum, the contact grabber and the Tag function. The system seemed to really fit our needs.

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

Gild was acquired by Citadel Investments to be used solely as an internal ATS

Daniel M.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

Solid ATS for Agency or In-house Recruiting Teams

I've searched high and low for many years to find a tolerable ATS, let alone one that is usable for the slightly unique needs of a small agency like mine, but yet is also affordable. This software seems to have been built with that in mind as it includes an easily set-up client portal and simple user interface for sharing and collaboration.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- Client portal for sharing with third parties is a bit of a rarity for ATS's and is a must have for talent agencies like mine - Interface is simple and mostly intuitive - Customer Support has been good over the last few years - Not much feature-bloat, most of product is useful and necessary to the recruiting process - Tolerable price for SMBs but can also be used at any size/stage - Decent Google Chrome parsing tool to drop candidate's info in to the system from your web browser

Cons:

- A bit bare-bones, no slick or flashy UI - just pretty straight forward recruiting software - Limited CRM functionality; unlikely to double as both a CRM & and ATS - but does a good job at just the ATS part

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

Same reasons as above... needed a platform that charges only the parts we actually use, has a 3rd part client portal, a better price point and decent customer support.

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

Needed a platform that charges only the parts we actually use, has a 3rd part client portal, a better price point and decent customer support.

Verified

Reviewer

Management Consulting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

Executive Search / Recruitment Software

The first half or my career was in tech & consulting and second half is in executive search supporting tech & consulting firms. Hence, I have considerable exposure to business software solutions from different standpoints. The fact that I felt (and still feel) genuine joy in moving from FileFinder Anywhere to Clockwork was something I did not expect (despite my background).

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- Alignment to executive search workflow / best practices; Clockwork enabled us to simplify several of our processes. - Intuitiveness and ease of navigation. - Efficiency in resource-intensive activities such as LinkedIn / CV parsing and querying / populating assignment long lists. - Response speeds that support real-time discussions with clients and candidates. - Modern, scalable and secure platform.

Cons:

Looking forward to upcoming updates in Outlook / Exchange integration and the mobility solution.

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

We assessed some great alternatives (particularly Thrive and Encore), but Clockwork was the best aligned and lightest solution for executive search / recruitment by a fair margin.

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

- FileFinder Anywhere was so slow that not only did it make real-time discussions impossible, it also meant that we didn't use much of the functionality; it slowed us down. In fact, we realised in hindsight that we were developing workarounds (such as storing documents in cloud storage and not attaching to FileFinder records). - FileFinder is comparatively heavy and cumbersome to navigate, particularly compared with Clockwork - but also in comparison with several of the other solutions that we considered.

Danielle S.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Clockwork Exec Recruiting ATS software

I implemented twice at two different recruiting firms. Would do it again. Love the agility and continuous innovation of the product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The UX/UI is fantastic. One of the few software‘s that allows for client interface, controlling what can be seen. Integration through extension with LinkedIn is a lifesaver when it comes to data entry. Self customizing of certain criteria makes the software applicable to team needs without having to overhaul process or language. Customer support, implementation and services teams are top notch and responsive. Worth the couple dollars extra per month compared to other ATS- and I’ve used most of them.

Cons:

Would like to see ability to brand a report that I export with font and our company logo, but otherwise not much to not like. Lack of marketing integrations.

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

Better UX/UI, team collaboration options, LinkedIn integration (i.e. contactgrabber), export functionality, customizable key descriptors and database research functions.

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

Cluen was an antiquated, on on prem software. I had used clockwork at a previous firm and knew its value. I suggested the conversion to clockwork but ran another round of diligence and compared to other SaaS products. CW still netted out as best.

Erin R.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

CW has made my job easier.

I have seen this migration through from the beginning, and it's been pretty seamless. Any time I have an issue, a developer gets back to me within 24 hours. I've even had the [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] help out when our server was blocking the site, in a time of panic on our end.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our previous software was outdated and was very labor intensive. Clockwork has simplified our search process and in turn, we've been able to produce more candidates and fill more roles. The functionality of Contact Grabber has made a tremendous impact. We can tell who has been updated recently and also who has been out of the industry, all in a snap.

Cons:

The only con we have is the loss of some functionality with software updates. For instance, one update eliminated the option of searching two tags at once. That's always been something that was important to us because as a financial recruiting firm, a lot of times it makes a difference if someone sells two products within the same location. So, that would narrow down the pool of candidates and with the update, it's slightly more work on the back end.

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

The interface was better. Clockwork looked cleaner and it was easier to run searches.

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

Bullhorn wanted us to switch over from Sendouts, as they were no longer servicing the software. However, Bullhorn wanted nothing to do with us because we were "too small of an account." I researched the hell out of recruiting software, and CW had the best interface.

Bill H.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

What Clients Want

Better and more reliable than anything else we've used.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Intuitive, easy to deploy, feature-rich, client-friendly, and lives in the cloud. What more could you want?

Cons:

Would like integration with CRM, scheduling, accounting s/w and other corporate platforms to be seamless (*we haven't yet tried this, so it could be easier than we expect).

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

Still making the decision...but Clockwork is in the pole position!

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

Performance issues, outages

Jonathan P.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

CEO

Very agile and customizable. Integration with other software is really excellent. Tis product is easily 10X faster and easier to use than any other recruiting software I have ever used, and I have tried a lot of them over the years.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of use, very short learning curve at all level of users.

Cons:

Need for better client view assessment measuring of candidates.

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

Ease of fuse, business development integration, integration with other online platforms. Ability to customize to how we work.

Reasons for switching to Clockwork Recruiting

Online integration, better fit to our work flow processes.

Alina L.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Clockwork

The reporting function continues to improve but the client interface is difficult to maintain since the feature to pull down profiles does not merge them well, causing need for much housekeeping in order to share with clients.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I used to like the grid view of projects until they changed it. Just horrible now

Cons:

The new grid view. The redesign added things (like ratings, and recruiter) that were unnecessary and obscured salient info (status, title, company) that was previously available at a glance.

Reasons for choosing Clockwork Recruiting

At that time (2018/19) it was easier to keep what we had than to make a change.

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