Pricing, stated plainly
$10K/year platform fee, flat. Then $140/hire, falling as you scale.
No tiers to decode, no “contact us” wall. Move the slider and see your number.
Founding rate, locked for your full term- Platform fee flat, all AI included $10,000
At 50 hires a year, premium platforms (Ashby-class) typically run $41,000–$64,000/year. Talara: $17,000.
Below premium platforms at every size; competitive with budget alternatives at scale. Figures shown are estimates for comparison, not quotes.
No headcount true-up
You are billed per hire at a rate you lock up front, never on seats or employee headcount. Grow your team all you want; the meter is hires, not heads.
All AI included
Tally and every AI feature are in the price. No per-message metering, no credits to top up when you use it.
Free hiring-manager seats
Unlimited hiring managers and interviewers. You pay for the platform and your hires, nothing per user.
Free migration, no setup fee
We move your data across and get you live. Onboarding is hands-on, and it is included in the platform fee.
Enterprise
Past ~1,000 hires a year, or you need it your way.
Custom SSO, SLAs, data residency, security review, and a dedicated team, scoped to your exact volume and requirements. Tell us what you need and a real person will map it out with you, usually within a day.
Talk to usThe mechanics
For the buyer who wants the detail
What counts as a hire?
A hire is a candidate who accepts an offer through Talara and starts. Rejected candidates, withdrawn offers, sourced leads, and applicants who never convert are all free, however many you run through the pipeline. You are billed on outcomes, not activity.
Is Tally really unlimited? What is fair use?
Every AI feature is included with no per-message metering. Fair use simply means normal recruiting work by your team, not reselling Talara's AI or running automated bulk workloads unrelated to your own hiring. If your usage ever looks unusual, we talk to you first. We never silently throttle or bill you by surprise.
How does the annual commitment work?
Talara is billed annually. You commit to the year at the plan you choose, your flat platform fee plus your expected hires at the locked per-hire rate, and that rate is held for your full term with no headcount true-up in between. If you go over, the extra hires are invoiced at the same rate; if you go under, the commitment stands (see the next question).
What if I hire more, or fewer, than I planned?
The honest version. If you hire more than you planned, we simply invoice the extra hires at your same locked rate, no renegotiation and no jump to a higher tier. This is not a true-up: a true-up bills you for headcount you never bought, retroactively, whereas here you only ever pay for real hires at the rate you already locked, and that rate falls as you scale, so going over is where you save. If you hire fewer, your annual commitment stands and we do not refund the difference, since your platform and your locked rate are held for you for the full term. Most teams plan a little conservatively for exactly that reason. No penalties and no rate changes, just the rate you locked applied to the hires you make.
What happens to the price after the founding cohort?
The founding rate locks a $10,000/year platform fee for your entire contract term, protected even as our list prices rise. After the first 10 customers, the platform fee is $18,000/year. The per-hire bands are identical for everyone, founding or not, so the founding perk is purely the lower, locked platform fee. Join the founding cohort and your $10,000 holds for as long as you stay.
Do the competitor figures come from a price list?
The comparison ranges are our estimates of typical premium-platform spend at each volume, drawn from published pricing and market benchmarks. They are there for orientation, not as a quote on anyone's behalf. Your actual number with Talara is the one the calculator shows.
Ready to lock your rate? Book a demo and we will map it to your exact hiring.