A full ATS — pipeline stages, candidate profiles, job postings, scorecards, and Slack notifications — built into the same workspace as your roadmap and tasks. No separate tool. No enterprise contract.
Drag candidates through custom pipeline stages — applied, screen, interview, offer, hired. Every stage transition notifies the right people in Slack. No configuration required, no enterprise setup call.
LinkedIn, portfolio, source, location, notes, scores, and stage history — all on one page. No toggling between tabs, no copy-pasting from email. Add scorecards per stage, leave notes, rate candidates 1–5.
Create and manage job postings — title, department, location, remote policy, salary range, description, and requirements. Each job auto-generates default pipeline stages. Open, close, and archive roles in one click.
Query candidates, check pipeline status, and pipe hiring data to any tool — straight from the terminal. No clicking through dashboards to get a status update.
fish hiring jobs — list open rolesfish hiring pipeline --job <id>--format json — pipe to jq, scripts, or dashboardsnpm install -g fishladder| ID | TITLE | DEPT | STATUS | ACTIVE |
| job-001 | Senior Frontend Eng | Engineering | open | 3 |
| job-002 | Product Designer | Design | open | 2 |
| job-003 | Growth Marketer | Marketing | open | 5 |
Every stage change, new application, scorecard submission, and hire notification lands in Slack automatically. No one needs to log into the ATS to stay in the loop.
Greenhouse starts at $6,000 a year. FishLadder is $10 a seat — and it includes your roadmap, tasks, and feedback too. The ATS is just part of the package.
Everything Greenhouse does for hiring, plus the roadmap and tasks context that Greenhouse never had.
| Feature | FishLadder | Greenhouse | Lever |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiring | |||
| Pipeline / kanban stages | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Candidate profiles | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Job postings management | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Scorecards per stage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Slack notifications | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Platform | |||
| Roadmap built in | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Task management built in | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Feedback / customer insights | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| CLI access | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| REST API | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Pricing | |||
| Starting price | $10/seat/mo | ~$6,000/yr | ~$3,500/yr |
| Free trial | ✓ 14 days | ✗ Demo only | ✗ Demo only |
| Annual contract required | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
14-day free trial. No credit card. Engineers can start withfish hiring jobs — everyone else just clicks below.