Broadbean

Broadbean is a recruitment platform for distributing vacancies, managing advertising and finding candidates across a searchable talent database. It suits staffing agencies and corporate hiring teams with established ATS or CRM processes and substantial, multi-market hiring activity. Its channel reach and controls are impressive, but the sales-led, custom-pricing model will not suit buyers wanting transparent costs or self-service setup.

Overview

Broadbean combines job-board aggregation, talent search and campaign analytics in one cloud service. It distributes adverts to more than 7,000 job boards, search engines and social channels, with reach in over 100 countries. That scale is valuable when a recruitment operation needs broad geographic or channel coverage; a small employer filling a few local roles may find much of it unnecessary.

Requisitions can remain in an existing ATS or CRM through integrations with more than 120 systems, including Vincere, Bullhorn and Itris 9. Broadbean has worked in recruitment technology since 2001 and is headquartered in London. The talent-acquisition suite adopted the Broadbean, by Veritone, name on March 17, 2026.

Key features

Distribution and campaign management

Automated posting reduces repetitive distribution work, while controls for apply paths, regional settings, approval layers, inventory, user access and multi-brand publishing help larger organizations impose consistent processes. Programmatic options support pay-for-duration and pay-for-performance adverts, campaign budgets and performance reporting. Media buying can be purchased separately or alongside the software, with campaign and budget guidance from Broadbean's team. These capabilities favor structured recruiting departments over occasional, one-off hiring.

Search and applicant ranking

Talent Search indexes and tags applications in an internal résumé database, allowing recruiters to run refined searches instead of relying only on a current vacancy's inbox. Applicant Ranking uses machine intelligence to match applicants to jobs and sort them by match strength. Those tools can shorten initial screening for high-volume recruiters, although teams should still apply human judgment to rankings and search results.

Analytics, integrations and API

Performance analytics show channel activity so teams can compare results and adjust advertising spend. The Bean Widgets JSON API covers job posting, job-post dashboards, search and advert-response management, giving technical teams another route to connect ATS and CRM workflows. Broadbean states that its job aggregator is OFCCP compliant for direct employers, an important consideration for regulated US recruiting programs.

Security and support

Role-based access, VPN remote access with multifactor authentication, firewalls and centralized access logging are described as data-protection measures. Privacy terms require service providers to protect personal information consistently with the policy and restrict use to contracted services. Dedicated support is advertised, with support available by email and phone.

Pricing

Broadbean is paid software with pricing on request. Product pages direct prospective customers to request a demo and do not publish a subscription price, seat allowance, posting quota or renewal term. This approach can support a tailored enterprise quotation, yet it prevents straightforward budget comparison and makes Broadbean a poor fit for teams that need a published price before engaging sales.

Platforms

Broadbean is offered on web, Android and iOS, with API access for integrations. The combination supports browser-based administration, mobile access and connected ATS or CRM workflows rather than limiting recruiters to a single desktop environment.

Who it's for

Staffing agencies, recruitment professionals and corporate HR teams hiring across multiple brands, regions or channels are the clearest audience. Broadbean is particularly well matched to organizations already using an ATS or CRM and needing centralized distribution, campaign controls, searchable applications and ranking. Smaller employers with infrequent vacancies, limited channel needs or no appetite for a demo-led purchase should consider a simpler, transparently priced service.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Distribution across more than 7,000 channels and over 100 countries supports complex, multi-market campaigns.
• Pro: More than 120 ATS and CRM integrations, plus a JSON API, let recruiters retain established workflows.
• Pro: Searchable résumé indexing, candidate outreach and machine-ranked applicants address both discovery and screening.
• Pro: Approval, inventory, access and multi-brand controls provide governance for larger recruiting operations.
• Con: Custom pricing and demo-led purchasing make costs difficult to compare before a sales conversation.
• Con: Trial terms, quotas, seat limits and renewal conditions are not published, complicating procurement planning.
• Con: The breadth of features and channels may be excessive for small teams with occasional or narrowly targeted hiring.

Alternatives

For a broader directory of distribution-focused tools, see Job Distribution Software; for candidate-finding products, see Candidate Sourcing Software.

SAP Authenticator is a free Android and iOS app, so it is the better choice when you need authentication rather than recruiting distribution.

Recruitics offers a free Analytics dashboard for measuring recruitment campaign performance, making it preferable when campaign measurement is the priority and a free plan is important.

Cegid Retail is a paid, multi-platform retail system with demo-based pricing; choose it when retail operations, rather than recruitment distribution, are central.

Jobroute focuses on CPC and CPA campaign billing, which suits buyers wanting campaign-level, validated-click or acquisition pricing.

JobTarget RecruitSites is another paid option for customers seeking recruitment-site services priced through a representative.

Sourcing Square is a paid web-based alternative.

eQuest offers a single annual-fee BLAST! membership with unlimited job posting network access, a potential fit for organizations prioritizing unlimited posting under one membership.

idibu publishes a five-user subscription at $230 a month on a twelve-month contract, making it easier to budget when a defined seat package is preferable.

Verdict

Choose Broadbean for a sizeable staffing or corporate recruiting operation that needs wide multi-channel distribution, ATS or CRM integration, campaign governance and candidate-search tools in one service. Its strongest reason to buy is the combination of reach, workflow controls and analytics. Look elsewhere if transparent pricing, clearly stated trial terms or a lightweight self-serve recruiting tool matters more than enterprise breadth.