Kula
Kula combines applicant tracking, sourcing, screening, interviews, analytics, and scheduling in one hiring workflow.
What Kula is
Kula combines applicant tracking, sourcing, screening, interviews, analytics, and scheduling in one hiring workflow. Its sourcing and CRM tools include candidate scoring, automated outreach, and centralized candidate history. Screening features include AI resume scoring, generated summaries, pass-through visibility, and structured workflows. The AI Notetaker transcribes interviews, creates summaries, and can fill scorecards; scheduling tools sync calendars, send reminders, and trigger workflows. Analytics include conversational queries, pipeline visibility, hiring-manager filters, and DEI tracking. Kula advertises more than 100 integrations, with examples such as LinkedIn, Slack, Zoom, Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Workday, and BambooHR. Listed security features include SOC 2 Type II compliance, GDPR-ready data protection, SSO, role-based access, and custom user permissions. The Chrome sourcing extension works on LinkedIn, GitHub, and Gmail and requires Chrome 114 or newer. There is no free plan; the listed 1–50 employee plan is $5,120 a year.
Good
- Combines sourcing, screening, interviews, and scheduling.
- AI Notetaker can transcribe and summarize interviews.
- Advertises more than 100 integrations.
- Plans include dedicated support through Slack, chat, and email.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- The extension works only on LinkedIn, GitHub, and Gmail.
- Extension requires Chrome version 114 or newer.
- The listed 1–50 employee plan costs $5,120 a year.
Who it suits
Kula describes use for startup, mid-market, and enterprise hiring teams, including teams recruiting across roles, regions, and hiring managers. It may suit teams seeking recruiting, scheduling, and analytics tools in one workflow.
Verdict
Kula brings recruiting workflows, candidate management, and hiring analytics together, with a broad set of listed integrations. Consider the extension’s platform limits and the annual cost for the listed 1–50 employee plan when assessing fit.
Plans and prices
From Kula's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 1–50 employees | $5,120 a year | up to 50 employees · all features · unlimited AI, enrichment and automation · annual billing; flexible terms available |
| Kula all-inclusive plan (1–50 employees) | $5,120 a year | Headcount-based for 1–50 employees · all features included · unlimited AI, data enrichment, and automation · Annual billing; flexible terms available upon request |
| 76–100 employees | Priced on request | up to 100 employees · custom pricing · all features · annual billing standard |
| Kula all-inclusive plan (101–1k+ employees) | Priced on request | Headcount-based for 101–1k+ employees · all features included · unlimited AI, data enrichment, and automation · Annual billing is standard; flexible terms available upon request |
| Kula all-inclusive plan (51–75 employees) | Priced on request | Headcount-based for 51–75 employees · all features included · unlimited AI, data enrichment, and automation · Annual billing is standard; flexible terms available upon request |
| 101–1k+ employees | Priced on request | 101–1k+ employees · custom pricing · all features · annual billing standard |
| Kula all-inclusive plan (76–100 employees) | Priced on request | Headcount-based for 76–100 employees · all features included · unlimited AI, data enrichment, and automation · Annual billing is standard; flexible terms available upon request |
| 51–75 employees | Priced on request | up to 75 employees · custom pricing · all features · annual billing standard |
The facts
Each one read from Kula's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI data handling
- A verified G2 reviewer said Kula uses internally built small language models and keeps the data inside Kula rather than sending it to frontier models.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI data retention
- Kula's support article says cancelled-account data is retained for 15 days, can be restored during that period, and is then permanently deleted.checked 2 Oct 2026
- AI governance
- Kula's homepage lists GDPR and CCPA compliance and AI compliance references to California FEHA, Colorado SB205, the EU AI Act, and NYC Local Law 144.checked 2 Oct 2026
- AI notetaker
- The AI Notetaker records interviews, creates transcripts and summaries, and can auto-fill scorecards inside the candidate profile.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Conversational analytics supports pipeline visibility, hiring-manager filters and built-in diversity tracking.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- Kula publishes a REST API at api.kula.ai/v1 covering job boards, applications, candidates, jobs, requisitions, users, organization data and webhooks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API requests use bearer tokens created in Kula Settings under API Management, with separate Job Boards and Application API key types and scopes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- The general API documentation states a limit of 1,000 requests per hour per account.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension
- Kula Everywhere works in Chrome 114 or newer and adds or enriches candidates from LinkedIn, GitHub and Gmail; other sourcing sites are not supported.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The public developer site includes getting-started guides, API guides, webhook guides, API references and MCP documentation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Examples of integrations
- The integrations page lists LinkedIn, Slack, Zoom, Gmail, Google Meet, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Workday, and BambooHR.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Extension limitation
- Kula's support article says the extension currently activates only on LinkedIn, GitHub, and Gmail and does not support other sourcing platforms such as Naukri.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Kula announced a $12 million seed round and said total raised across pre-seed and seed rounds reached $15 million.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosted service
- Kula’s documentation and legal pages describe a cloud platform and public API; no self-hosting deployment or public SDK is documented.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Kula advertises more than 100 integrations across HRIS, payroll, assessments, background checks, calendars, conferencing, email, job boards, SSO and workspaces.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Kula describes use cases for startup, mid-market, and enterprise hiring teams, including teams hiring across roles, regions, and hiring managers.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Interviews
- Kula's AI Notetaker transcribes interviews, creates summaries, and can fill scorecards.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Job Boards API
- The Job Boards API embeds job listings and accepts applications for external career pages, with a documented 3,600-request-per-hour key limit.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The public materials describe Kula as a commercial cloud service and do not publish an open-source licence.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application tracking
- Application tracking provides AI resume scoring, generated summaries, pass-through visibility and structured screening workflows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Browser extension
- Kula Everywhere is a Chrome extension for sourcing that works on LinkedIn, GitHub, and Gmail and requires Chrome version 114 or newer.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Kula Technologies Inc. and identifies Achuthanand Tanjore Ravi as founder and CEO.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company profile
- LinkedIn lists Kula as privately held, founded in 2021, headquartered in San Francisco and employing 11–50 people.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
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