Top Echelon 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Top Echelon

4.6

(513)

FrontRunner 2026

Pricing

Starting at $89.00 per month

About Top Echelon

Top Echelon recruiting software offers applicant tracking (ATS) and client relationship (CRM) features in a single recruitment solution designed to manage the placement and hiring process for growing recruiting teams and companies.

Top Echelon automates applicant sourcing and tracking features such as job posting, resume parsing, email parsing, bulk resume uploads, custom fields, custom workflows, import/export spreadsheets, duplicate checking, record merging, tagging, full text search, radius search and a candidate portal for your website.

Top Echelon includes CRM features to stay in in front of your clients and candidates while communicating through the hiring lifecycle with custom pipeline stages, email integration, calendar integration, custom workflows, activity planner, email templates, custom activities, reporting and a notification system.

Free onboarding, training and support as well as continual improvements is our commitment to your success.

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Top Echelon Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $89.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Standard

$89.00

per user, per month

No plan information available

Professional

$110.00

per user, per month

No plan information available

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Top Echelon 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 Top Echelon
Accounting
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Applicant Tracking
Boolean Search
Calendar Management
Candidate Management
Collaboration Tools
Configurable Workflow
Contact Database
CRM
Customizable Forms
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Email Management
Email Marketing
Email Templates
For PEO/ASO
For Recruiting Agencies
For Staffing Agencies
Full Text Search
HR Management
Internal HR
Interview Management
Interview Scheduling
Job Application Management
Job Board
Job Management
Job Tracking
Lead Management
Mobile Access
Pipeline Management
Pipeline Reports
Real-Time Reporting
Recruiting Firms
Recruitment Management
Reference Checking
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Resume Database
SMS Messaging
Social Media Integration
Social Recruiting
Status Tracking
Talent Acquisition
Task Management
Third-Party Integrations
Workflow Management
Workforce Management

Top Echelon Integrations

Gmail

Google Calendar

Indeed for Employers

Checkr

Bilflo

ZipRecruiter

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Top Echelon User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

69%

26%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.4

Ted W.

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting

2-10 employees

Used unspecified for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2025

Can't beat the value, cost and features

Previously 4

My company has been using TE for more than two-decades and despite lots of competitors, none seem to provide the tools and the price to match the value I have with Top Echelon...and there are a lot of companies asking us to change.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 4

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 3

Pros:

It is easy and convenient for all of my recruiting tasks. I've been using it for more than 20 years and despite lots of competitors, none seem to provide the tools and price to match the value I have with Top Echelon. TE also provides live, timely support, ongoing training for recruiters and they are always looking to improve.

Cons:

hmmm...maybe a little more convenience with the mobile version.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

primarily cost and at the time Bullhorn was not very user friendly nor designed especially for executive search.

Steve A.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2025

I love working with the Top Echelon people and products.

Excellent - access to real people that live in the US and are responsive is #1

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It works like I do. I have been using it for over three years and have only had to call tech support two or three times—that's incredible.

Cons:

It lacks some of the features and functions of other ATS systems that I have seen in the market AND there are some very minor things that could be added that would be a huge help to the daily operation of my business.

Reasons for choosing Top Echelon

Ease of use, price, and personal service. I've had the opportunity to meet many TE people in person, and that has made a huge difference to me. The most likely contenders were RecruiterFlow and Recruit CRM

Larry R.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Top Echelon Recruiting Network

Have been a member of TE since 1991. Their software is an integral part of our business.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

The job posting portion of the software is excellent

Cons:

They do not have the ability to include a questionnaire with the job posting. TE does say that a questionnaire will be included in the future

Reasons for choosing Top Echelon

The technical support and the management of TE

Scott S.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed April 2025

Very Happy With Top Echelon's TE Recruit

Extremely happy with Top Echelon's TE Recruit. The product really helps me run my Recruiting Business - and the support is excellent.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The things I like most about Top Echelon's TE Recruit is the ease of use of the ATS as well as how frequently features are updated.

Cons:

I really can't think of anything negative about the product.

Reasons for choosing Top Echelon

Ease of use, Easy Set-up, and just an overall good experience dealing with the folks at Top Echelon during the Sales Process.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

I needed a more modern and more user friendly ATS.

Mike G.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2025

TE Connect Review

I have had it for about 5 years and I really like and appreciate it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of use! I had other software that I owned but didn't use as much.

Cons:

Keeping on top of tuesday trainings because they introduce many improvements

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

I switched because of the cost and I didn't use it much

Steve E.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

How to Maximize TEN service

I have no way to search for candidates listed from other recruiting companies' jobs. That is what pinched me on doing porfitable business. I jsut retired from my company but the last 1 1/2 years were tough,

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I learned to hard way that just posting jobs on TEN is only part of the solution. Results from recruiter company initially high but the quality of candidates was low as they just hand the candidate apply to the job and sent to me. Have figured out how to do candidate searches for other recruiters who have posted jobs.

Cons:

The searchers for candidates from the other recruiters doesn't work. I can't tell for what the candidates experience is for me jobs and that message I do send never get answered.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

Too expensive after they were bought out by a bigger company.

Marlaine A.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2024

Top Echelon User Review

The experience with Top Echelon is over quite a number of years, 5 days/week and 6-8 hours on the system. There have been a few times something went down or there was a glitch, but they addressed it right away and we all moved on.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like Top Echelon for the ease of use, that they are always adding more value to the platform in how to source, how to contact candidates or clients, ease of posting jobs, add on to get the jobs out on other job sites, multiple ways to go about a task, quick and efficient customer service people who always have the answer, training resources, and webinars to help me be better at my job.

Cons:

I do not have any issues with Top Echelon.

Reasons for choosing Top Echelon

Liked Top Exhelon better. I also had Hire Desk as a system, but it is no longer in business.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

Old company still on Explorer, site would crash all the time, not as interactive as Top Echelon, and then when it came to to renew, a sales person called me to ask what it was "worth" to me to have the service. Sort of a bid type of thing. I was done with them at that point.

Roland M.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed May 2024

Top Echelon is a great platform for For agency recruiters and executive search consultants

As I stated, I really like this platform. It is by Recruiters for Recruiters and it shows!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

•A Very strong ATS •A fully functioning CRM •Great Sourcing Tools and Job Posting abilities •Strong Reporting tools •Great Careers Page addon •Texting and SMS abilities •Email tracking •Social Network Integrations •Google Chrome add-on •A.I. Job Description writing tools •Stellar Support and Training •A VERY DOABLE PRICE POINT!!!

Cons:

I really don't have any issues with this platform. Maybe one day the ability to scroll right and left to go back and forth in open profiles on a list....It is possible for applicants for individual job posts.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

Better support and better price point along with better functionality~!

Eddie B.

Verified reviewer

Defense & Space

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed May 2024

What a great Recruiting tool

We are very happy with Top Echelon and will continue to use this product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The user experience is very easy to learn and setup.

Cons:

The parser could be more robust and for some reason my extensions that highlight words does not come through very well. But the extensions do work on the resume widget, so that is a plus, i just wish they showed up better on the screen.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

we just like top echelon better and chose to use it over the other products.

Bill K.

Verified reviewer

Machinery

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2024

The Benefits of Big Biller

Love it. The support teams within Top Echelon are world class and they constantly work on improving the software for it's members. The database itself is very user friendly and can be manipulated to fit your agencies way of doing things specifically. I expect to be using Big Biller for a very long time!!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The ease of use with Big Biller software and how it can interact with other agencies databases is just a great feature. They are constantly upgrading and adding features to the software as well. I can access this database from a wide variety of devices allowing me to always have my database with me. It's ability to track and save past emails / resume submissions with clients and candidates is really important as well.

Cons:

My only negative (if you can call it that) is that there are really no features to help enter clients into the databse. In my industry (specifically) new companies are popping up all the time. It would be nice to be able to compare companies via a resume and have a new company automatically entered in some way. This feature was available at one time.

Reasons for choosing Top Echelon

I liked the support team with TE as well as getting extremely strong referrals from other recruiters I highly respect within the industry.

Reasons for switching to Top Echelon

The ability to network with other agencies right through the database. Search through other agencies openings as well as candidates has increased our revenue.

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