Fountain
Fountain is a hiring platform for organizations recruiting hourly and frontline workers, covering the process from application through onboarding.
What Fountain is
Fountain is a hiring platform for organizations recruiting hourly and frontline workers, covering the process from application through onboarding. Its five-product suite addresses sourcing, CRM, hiring, onboarding, and scheduling. Fountain Hire supports customizable workflows, screening, interview scheduling, and AI follow-up. Compliance tools automate document collection, flag missing or incorrect records, and support rules tailored by region, role, or worker type. The AI agents have separate jobs: Cue coordinates tasks across the platform, Anna interviews candidates, Emma answers candidate questions, and Sam gathers satisfaction feedback. Fountain lists integrations such as SAP SuccessFactors, Indeed, DocuSign, E-Verify, Checkr, and First Advantage. Cue can also work through systems including UKG, SAP, ADP, and Workday. Custom integrations can use webhooks and PUT requests. The platform is available on the web and through an API. AI Recruiter credits do not expire: Starter is $900, paid once for 75 interviews, Growth is $1,500, paid once for 150, and Scale is $2,400, paid once for 300.
Good
- Hiring support spans application through onboarding
- AI agents handle distinct candidate and coordination tasks
- Compliance tools flag missing or incorrect records
- AI Recruiter credits do not expire
Watch out
- Pricing is on request for the platform
- AI Recruiter credits are sold in paid packs
Who it suits
Fountain suits organizations hiring hourly or frontline workers, including those in food service, retail, delivery and logistics, or staffing and outsourced services. Its features also serve teams needing document collection and region-specific compliance rules.
Verdict
Fountain covers multiple stages of frontline hiring and offers dedicated AI agents for coordination, interviews, questions, and feedback. Organizations considering it should note that platform pricing is on request and AI Recruiter credits are sold in paid packs.
Plans and prices
From Fountain's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $900, paid once | 75 AI Recruiter interviews · $12/interview · credits never expire · one-time |
| Growth | $1,500, paid once | 150 AI Recruiter interviews · $10/interview · credits never expire · one-time |
| Scale | $2,400, paid once | 300 AI Recruiter interviews · $8/interview · credits never expire · one-time |
The facts
Each one read from Fountain's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI agents
- Cue coordinates tasks across the platform; Anna interviews candidates, Emma answers candidate questions, and Sam gathers satisfaction feedback.checked 10 Oct 2026
- AI hiring
- Fountain Hire uses AI agents to screen applicants, schedule interviews and follow up with candidates.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Fountain provides local, regional and company-level hiring analytics and drag-and-drop workflow changes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Fountain exposes REST APIs for programmatically managing applicants and workers across the product suite.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API access requirement
- Developer API access may require emailing Fountain before API keys appear in Company Settings.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- The preferred Fountain One API flow uses OAuth client credentials and bearer tokens, while legacy Hire APIs use access tokens.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Career site
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Certifications
- Fountain states it holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO/IEC 42001 certifications.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Compliance features
- Fountain Compliance automates document collection, flags missing or incorrect records, and supports custom rules by region, role, or worker type.checked 10 Oct 2026
- CRM
- Fountain includes candidate CRM functions such as talent communities, automated outreach and re-engagement triggers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom integration
- Fountain documents custom integrations using webhooks and PUT requests, including API calls to update applicant data and labels.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Public developer documentation includes API overviews, endpoint references, authentication guidance, custom integrations and webhook examples.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Existing systems
- Fountain says Cue can work through systems including UKG, SAP, ADP, and Workday, alongside job boards, calendars, and background-check tools.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Funding extension
- Fountain announced a $100 million Series C extension in June 2022 led by B Capital Group to fund international expansion.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding news
- Fountain announced an $85 million Series C round on November 1, 2021, with SoftBank and B Capital among the new investors.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hiring features
- Fountain Hire supports customizable hiring workflows, candidate screening, interview scheduling, and AI follow-up.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations and partners include SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Integration Suite, Checkr, DocuSign, E-Verify, Indeed, HireRight, Harver, Testlify and VONQ.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Interview scheduling
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Job board distribution
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Applicant tracking
- The platform provides applications, screening, knockout questions, interview scheduling and offer-letter workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founding
- Fountain was founded in 2014 by Keith Ryu and Jeremy Cai as OnboardIQ.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Crunchbase lists Fountain in the 251–500 employee range.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Fountain is based in San Francisco, California.checked 15 Oct 2026
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