HiBob vs Factorial
Both sell recruiting as a module on top of a core HR platform and both offer EU hosting. HiBob prices per employee and offers a read-only Hiring API. Factorial prices per user, lists unlimited hiring managers, and offers an ATS API that can create and update records.
Which purchase scenario matches your team?
Writing data into the system
If job boards, assessments, or your website must create candidates or applications, Factorial’s API supports it. HiBob takes applications through its hosted form and exposes hiring data for reading.
Hiring managers across the company
Factorial lists unlimited hiring managers and collaborators in Recruitment. HiBob prices per employee; ask how recruiters and hiring managers are counted for Bob Hiring.
Career pages in several languages
Neither publishes the list of career-page languages it supports. Publish a sample job in each language you hire in during the demo.
The facts side by side
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| Requirement |  HiBob HR suite |  Factorial HR suite |
|---|---|---|
HiBob states that it uses AWS data centres in Ireland as the main location and Germany for backup, with AWS Frankfurt as its disaster-recovery location. Its subprocessor list gives the EU as the processing location for core hosting, with US or UK processing only for certain payroll and benefits add-ons. Confirm the arrangements for any recruiting integrations you enable.hibob.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | Factorial's privacy policy states that the data it processes is hosted and processed in the EU, and that its service providers are generally in the EEA or in countries with an adequacy decision. It also says some data may be transferred to processors in third countries under standard contractual clauses. Confirm the subprocessor list in your data processing agreement.factorial.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | |
The Hiring API can return career-page job ads in a preferred language when a version in that language exists, and otherwise uses the language set on the ad. The reviewed pages do not list the supported career-site or candidate-message languages. Confirm the languages you need.apidocs.hibob.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | Each company's Factorial career page uses one language. Live career pages show Factorial's own labels, such as the apply button and cookie notice, in Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese; no Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, or Polish career page was found. Write your own job text in that language.savethechildren.factorial.es (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | |
The Hiring API requires the Hiring module and a service user with permission to manage all job openings. It documents search and read endpoints for candidates, applications, interviews, evaluations, offers, job openings, and career-page job ads, with no create or update endpoints. Applications come in through Bob's hosted application form.apidocs.hibob.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | The public API includes ATS endpoints to read, create, update, and delete job postings, candidates, applications, and screening questions, and to move applications between phases. It accepts API keys or OAuth 2.0, and non-admin credentials see a narrower set of candidates. Confirm that your plan includes API access.apidoc.factorialhr.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | |
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HiBob states that pricing is generally calculated per employee, rather than per recruiting user. Confirm how hiring managers and recruiters using Bob Hiring are counted in your quote.hibob.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | Factorial's pricing page lists unlimited hiring managers and collaborators in the Recruitment module's full feature list, meaning employees who are assigned to manage a job offer. Factorial prices per user, so confirm how employees who take part in hiring are counted in your quote.factorial.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | |
Custom quote, generally calculated per employee and based on company size and selected modules. Every plan starts with Core, and Hiring is offered as a separate module rather than part of Core. Confirm the Hiring module cost in your quote.hibob.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 | Modular, per-user pricing. Every plan includes Factorial Core, and Recruitment is listed as a separate module that Factorial combines into a tailored plan. Confirm whether Recruitment is in your quote and how users are counted.factorial.com (opens in a new tab)Checked Oct 2026 |
Compare complete quotes, not entry prices
Request the same active-job count, hiring-manager access, languages, integrations, and implementation work from both vendors. Use written quotes to separate first-year costs from recurring annual costs.
Compare your quoted costsQuestions for both demos
- What does the hiring module add to our quote at our headcount?
- Is there a limit on open job openings?
- Which languages can our career page, job ads, and candidate emails use?
- Which recruiting integrations process data outside the EU?
Before you decide
See setup and everyday use with your own hiring process in both demos, and get the full annual cost, data-processing details, and contract terms in writing.