Category
ATS/CRM
Rating
4.5/5 (69 Reviews)
Availability
HQ
Walnut, United States
Pricing
From $4,800/year
Free tier
No
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Capabilities
What is Kula?
Kula is an applicant tracking system for in-house recruiting teams, bringing sourcing, screening, scheduling and analytics into one workflow instead of separate tools per stage. A job ties to a requisition requiring approval, carrying its own sourcing channels, pipeline, scorecards and dashboard. The system of record covers candidates and job pipelines, with a CRM for passive candidates and a career site builder. AI Scoring ranks applicants on education, experience and skills; AI Notetaker transcribes interviews into scorecards. Kula is NYC Local Law 144 compliant, with an external Warden AI audit of its AI use.
What are Kula's key features?
AI Scoring ranks candidates on education, experience, and skills in one click.
AI Notetaker transcribes interviews and populates scorecards automatically.
A sourcing CRM and automated LinkedIn outreach run inside the same system as the ATS.
Kula is NYC Local Law 144 compliant and holds a Warden AI audit for AI use in hiring.
A Chrome extension sources candidates from LinkedIn and GitHub into the pipeline.
How do in-house recruiting teams use Kula?
- A mid-market TA team uses Kula's AI Scoring to rank candidates on education, experience and skills in one click.
- A TA team uses Kula's AI Notetaker to transcribe interviews and populate scorecards automatically.
- A TA team subject to NYC Local Law 144 uses Kula's externally audited AI scoring model to stay compliant.
Who is Kula best for?
- Mid-market in-house teams wanting ATS, sourcing, scheduling, notetaking, and analytics in one place
- Recruiting teams replacing a legacy ATS that want headcount-based pricing without feature gates
- Teams that need NYC Local Law 144 compliance and an externally audited AI scoring model in their ATS
What are Kula's pros and cons?
Pros
- Headcount-based pricing covers unlimited recruiters and hiring managers without per-seat charges.
- AI candidate scoring, interview note-taking and scheduling are native with no usage caps.
- Job descriptions, sourcing outreach and interview summaries generate from a single job record.
- A published starting price (from $4,800/year, scaling with headcount) lets teams compare cost before a sales call.
Cons
- The platform covers pre-hire workflows only, with no payroll or performance management.
- Headcount-based pricing means cost scales with company size rather than with recruiter seats.
- Consolidating a fragmented stack means migrating data out of several tools at once.
What are people saying about Kula?
Reviewers generally praise how quickly teams get productive on Kula, particularly the AI notetaker, resume scoring and the hands-on implementation support. The recurring criticism is maturity, with some reporting that basic ATS functions are still missing and that reporting is not customisable enough as hiring volume grows.
Consolidated from 69 reviews across G2 · Updated October 11, 2026
How does Kula compare to alternatives?
| Feature | Kula | Ashby | Gem | Loxo | RecruitCRM |
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| Category | ATS/CRM | ATS/CRM | ATS/CRM | ATS/CRM | ATS/CRM |
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| Best for | In-House | In-House | In-House | Agency | Agency |
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