Most ATS projects are not won or lost on the vendor comparison. They are won or lost on whether candidate, client, vacancy, placement, compliance, job board, payroll, finance, and reporting flows survive the move.
The ATS holds candidate and vacancy data, but the operational work still happens in spreadsheets, inboxes, payroll exports, compliance folders, job board tools, and reporting databases.
Recruitment teams compare applicant tracking software but underestimate the cost of rebuilding integrations, portals, onboarding, payroll flow, automations, and management reporting.
Bullhorn can be deeply embedded: placements, notes, compliance history, documents, workflow rules, job board flow, and reporting logic all need a migration plan, not just an export.
A lower software subscription does not tell you the cost of leaving. Export access, document volume, custom workflows, integrations and contract timing all affect the migration scope.