Broadbean

Broadbean provides job distribution and candidate search tools for recruitment professionals and HR teams, including staffing agencies and corporate hiring teams. Its cloud-based platform automates job advert distribution across more than 7,000 job boards, search engines, and social media channels, with reach to job boards in more than 100 countries. Recruiters can manage requisitions within an ATS or CRM through integrations with over 120 systems; named examples include Vincere, Bullhorn, and Itris 9.

Performance analytics track activity by channel to help recruiters compare results and manage advertising spend. Talent Search indexes and tags applications in a searchable internal résumé database, while Applicant Ranking uses machine intelligence to match applicants to jobs and sort applications by match strength. Recruiters can configure apply paths, regional settings, approval layers, inventory controls, user access, and multi-brand posting. Programmatic posting supports pay-for-duration and pay-for-performance options with campaign budgets and reporting. Broadbean also offers media buying as a standalone service or alongside its products. Pricing is available on request, and a free trial is listed. The company advertises dedicated support.

Broadbean combines broad job advert distribution with applicant search, ranking, analytics, and configurable posting controls. Prospective customers need to request pricing, though a free trial is listed.

Broadbean suits recruitment professionals, staffing agencies, and corporate HR teams that distribute job adverts or search applicant pools. Its integrations and workflow controls are relevant to teams using ATS or CRM systems.

Broadbean is recruitment software that distributes job adverts and helps teams find and rank applicants. It suits staffing agencies and corporate hiring teams with established ATS or CRM workflows and hiring across channels or regions. Its reach and configurable campaign controls are substantial, but custom pricing makes the cost harder to assess before a sales conversation.

Overview

Broadbean brings vacancy distribution, applicant search and advertising analytics into one cloud-based platform. It can send adverts to more than 7,000 job boards, search engines and social media channels, with job board coverage across more than 100 countries. That scale is useful for recruiters handling varied roles or multiple markets; teams with occasional local vacancies may have little need for such breadth.

Recruiters can manage requisitions through integrations with more than 120 ATS and CRM systems, including Vincere, Bullhorn and Itris 9. Broadbean has operated in recruitment technology since 2001 and is based in London. The talent acquisition suite was rebranded as Broadbean, by Veritone, effective March 17, 2026.

Key features

Distribution and advertising controls

Teams can configure apply paths, regional settings, approval layers, inventory controls, user access and multi-brand posting. These controls help staffing firms and larger hiring teams coordinate campaigns with different processes or brands. They may be more structure than a small employer needs for straightforward, one-off hiring.

Broadbean supports both pay-for-duration and pay-for-performance postings, with campaign budgets and performance reporting. Media buying can be purchased on its own or alongside the software, and Broadbean's team offers campaign guidance and budget support. This gives recruiters options for managing spend, but those seeking a fully self-serve advertising tool may prefer a product with published plan prices.

Candidate search and ranking

Talent Search indexes and tags applications in a searchable internal résumé database, allowing recruiters to refine searches across applicants. Applicant Ranking uses machine intelligence to match candidates to jobs and sort applications by match strength. Together, these tools can help teams work through larger applicant pools; they are less central for hiring processes that receive few applications or rely on another system for candidate discovery.

Analytics, integrations and safeguards

Performance analytics track channel activity so recruiters can compare results and adjust advertising spend. Integrations with more than 120 ATS and CRM systems let recruiters manage requisitions within existing workflows. The Bean Widgets JSON API supports job posting, job-post dashboards, search and advert-response management for ATS and CRM integrations.

Broadbean says its job aggregator is OFCCP compliant for direct employers. Its data protection measures include role-based access, VPN remote access with multifactor authentication, firewalls and centralized access logging. Veritone's privacy policy requires service providers to protect personal information consistently with the policy and limits their use of it to contracted services. Dedicated support is advertised, with support by email and phone.

Pricing

Broadbean is paid software with custom pricing. Prospective customers are directed to request a demo, and pricing is available by contacting the company. This sales-led process may suit organizations evaluating a broad recruitment platform with support from its team; smaller teams comparing costs quickly will have less to work with before contacting sales.

Platforms

Broadbean supports Android, iOS and web, and offers an API for integrations. Its reach across multiple ATS and CRM systems makes it relevant to teams that want to keep requisition management within an existing platform.

Who it's for

Broadbean is aimed at recruitment professionals and HR teams across industries, with solutions for staffing agencies and corporate hiring teams. It is the stronger fit for organizations distributing many adverts, hiring across regions or brands, and managing substantial applicant pools through established systems. Employers with simple, infrequent hiring needs may find its range of controls and channel reach unnecessary.

Pros and cons

• Broad distribution: More than 7,000 job boards, search engines and social channels, with job-board reach in more than 100 countries, supports campaigns across markets.
• Recruitment workflow coverage: Search, applicant ranking, analytics and integrations bring several hiring tasks into one platform.
• Configurable campaigns: Approval layers, inventory controls, regional settings and multi-brand posting suit teams coordinating complex hiring.
• Custom pricing: A demo and sales conversation are required to assess cost, making quick budget comparisons difficult.
• Scale may exceed smaller teams' needs: Organizations with occasional vacancies may not benefit from the breadth of distribution and administration controls.

Alternatives

Candidate Sourcing Software is a useful category to compare if finding candidates is the priority; Job Distribution Software is the relevant category for comparing advert reach and campaign tools.

MapRecruit SourceAI is another paid option with Android, iOS, web and API support; its modular product uses quote-based pricing. Choose it if that modular approach better fits your requirements.

LinkedIn Recruiter provides unlimited access to LinkedIn's professional network, 40+ advanced search features and typically 100–150 InMails per month on a per-seat purchase. It is the clearer choice when sourcing through LinkedIn is the main need.

Sprout offers paid plans with stated application quotas. Choose it if a defined application allowance and monthly price matter more than Broadbean's job distribution reach and campaign controls.

Talentis is another paid recruiting product with a free trial. It may suit readers comparing another recruiting platform, though Broadbean's distribution and advertising controls are more fully described here.

CloudHire is another paid option for readers comparing recruiting software.

Coresignal offers API and web access, including a free tier with 2,000 credits, a 5 req/s limit, a 7-day trial and email support. It is worth considering when a credit-based data service better matches the task.

SignalHire has a free plan with five credits and 10 free monthly credits through its extension. Consider it if a limited free allowance is preferable to Broadbean's custom-priced platform.

Sprad offers a free ATS Core plan with a career site, Google for Jobs, candidate management, team roles and analytics. It is a practical comparison for teams looking for a free ATS starting point.

Verdict

Broadbean is a strong choice for staffing agencies and corporate recruiting teams that need broad job distribution, applicant search and campaign controls within existing ATS or CRM workflows. Its main advantage is the combination of channel reach and tools for managing advertising and applicants at scale. Look elsewhere if you need transparent prices or a simpler solution for occasional hiring.