You're the person running hiring on top of six other jobs. Truffle is a candidate screening platform that combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments in one workflow, with visible pricing, unlimited team seats, and AI that shows its work on every score.
Small business hiring software loved by hundreds of lean teams
Enterprise teams have a recruiter to absorb the flood. You don't. Most SMB recruiting tools were built for the pre-AI version of the problem.
Maybe the founder. Maybe the office manager who also runs benefits, onboarding, and the occasional birthday card. Now every position gets 200 applicants in a week, most of them AI-written, all of them looking qualified on paper.
You have a Google Sheet, a SharePoint folder, and one job board that charges per posting. Most small business recruiting tools were built for the pre-AI version of this problem. They don't survive contact with 200 AI-polished applications.
Contact sales for a demo. Per-user fees. Per-job fees. Minimums that don't match the reality of three hires a quarter. You shouldn't need a sales call to find out what hiring software for small business actually costs.
Most small business recruiting tools own one layer. An ATS with knockout questions. An assessment-only platform. A video add-on. Truffle combines all three, configurable in any order.
Upload resumes one at a time or in bulk. Truffle parses each one against the requirements you set during position setup. Qualification Questions filter for availability, authorization, and other hard requirements. Your pile of 200 applicants becomes a pile of 30 worth reviewing, without reading every resume yourself.
Paste your job description. Truffle builds a one-way interview with AI-suggested questions mapped to the role and seniority, plus a scoring rubric tied to your criteria. Candidates record from any device, no app, no account. You review a shortlist in the time one phone screen used to take.
Three structured assessments surface alignment a candidate's self-presentation can't fake. Personality (Big Five), Situational Judgment, and Environment Fit. Under 15 minutes per candidate. No universal right answer, alignment is measured against your criteria. Gaps become conversation starters.
Bring every manager, lead, and reviewer who wants to weigh in on a hire. Structured scorecards, per-reviewer notes, and consensus views come standard. Unlimited team members on every plan. The person screening candidates is often also the person trying to get buy-in from five other people. You shouldn't be billed for including them.
Most small business recruiting software hides pricing behind a demo request or a 'contact sales' link. Truffle does not. Self-Serve is $149 per month, or $99 per month on annual billing. One flat price, every feature, every screening method, every integration included.
Category norm is per-user pricing, which means the hiring manager, the team lead, and the peer reviewer all cost extra. Truffle includes unlimited team members on every plan. Scorecards, notes, and consensus views come standard.
Small business recruiting tools typically own one layer. An ATS-first product. An assessment-only product. A video add-on. Truffle combines all three and lets you configure each position independently. The process fits the role you're hiring for, not the tool you're paying for.
Most AI scoring in small business recruiting tools is a single number with no visibility into how it got there. Truffle attaches reasoning to every match score, per criterion, per question, per response. You can compare across candidates and defend every shortlist to the founder, the hiring manager, or compliance.
Paste the description, accept or edit AI-suggested questions, add branding, share the link. No implementation project, no onboarding call required, no IT involvement.
Setup assumes you're not a recruiter. Candidates record from any device with no app and no account. You review a shortlist with AI Summaries and 30-second Candidate Shorts. Most of the people running hiring on Truffle also run office, benefits, or the whole company.
One flat price, every feature, every screening method. No per-seat fees, no per-job fees, no quote process.
Every response scored against your criteria with transparent per-criterion reasoning.
Written overview of each candidate before you press play or open a profile.
30-second highlight reels with AI reasoning for every clip selection.
Keyboard-driven flow through your pipeline. Advance, hold, or pass without clicking in.
Flags patterns of AI-assisted responses as a context signal, not an automatic rejection.
Filter hard requirements (availability, authorization, certifications) before review.
One shareable link per role. Email, job boards, ATS, or direct, same experience everywhere.
Invite every manager, lead, and reviewer without paying per user.
$149/month self-serve, $99/month on annual billing. Everything included.
Most small business teams start with one method and add the others when the role warrants it. Each of Truffle's three layers works as a standalone product.
AI transcribes every response, scores against your criteria, and surfaces 30-second Candidate Shorts with reasoning for every clip.
Learn more Talent assessmentsThree structured assessments. Personality based on Big Five research, Situational Judgment scored against your team's approach, and Environment Fit.
Learn more Resume screeningBulk upload resumes, parse against your requirements, and rank every applicant by match percentage with per-criterion reasoning.
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Recruitment software for small business is a category of hiring tools designed for teams that don't have a full recruiting function. It usually covers some combination of job posting, applicant tracking, resume screening, one-way video interviews, assessments, and basic team collaboration. The point is to replace the manual parts of hiring without hiring a recruiter to do them. Truffle sits in the screening layer of that stack and covers resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments in one workflow.
Category pricing varies widely. Entry-level applicant tracking systems start around $75 to $100 per month. Full-featured platforms often run $300 to $600 per month or charge per user and per job posting. Many hide pricing behind a demo request. Truffle is $149 per month on monthly billing, or $99 per month with annual billing. Everything included, unlimited team seats, all three screening methods, every integration, 150 candidates per month. 7-day free trial, no credit card.
You can use Truffle on its own. Most small business teams pair it with a job board and an email tool and skip the ATS entirely until they grow into one. Truffle handles the screening layer: resumes, interviews, assessments, scoring, team review. It doesn't run offer letters, onboarding, I-9 / E-Verify, or benefits. When you do adopt an ATS, Truffle integrates natively with Ashby, Breezy HR, and Indeed, or connects through Zapier to most others.
Yes. The product assumes you're not a recruiter. Setup takes about three minutes. Paste your job description, accept or edit AI-suggested questions and scoring criteria, add your branding, and share the Position Link. Candidates record from any device with no app and no account. You review a shortlist with AI Summaries and 30-second Candidate Shorts. Most of the people running hiring on Truffle also run office, benefits, or the whole company.
The right answer depends on whether you already have an ATS and how much you hire. A 50-person company hiring three to fifteen roles a year usually doesn't need a full enterprise ATS. You need a screening layer that handles volume without a recruiter, and a place to loop in the hiring manager without paying per seat. That's the shape of Truffle. If you already run Ashby or Breezy, Truffle plugs in. If you don't, you can run Truffle standalone and add an ATS later.
Most category tools are ATS-first. They optimize for tracking applicants through a pipeline and bolt screening on as knockout questions, basic scoring, or an integration with a third-party video tool. Truffle is screening-first. Three methods, one workflow, one visible price, transparent per-criterion scoring, unlimited team seats. If your core problem is deciding who is worth a conversation out of 200 applicants per role, Truffle is the wedge.
AI Check flags patterns of AI-assisted language as a context signal attached to the candidate profile. It's not an automatic rejection. It's a prompt to ask better follow-up questions, look for corroborating signal in the video, or weigh the response against the rest of the candidate's evidence. More broadly, the reason Truffle stacks three screening methods is that each layer is harder to fake than the last.
About three minutes from paste to live. Paste your job description. Accept or edit AI-suggested questions and scoring criteria. Add your logo and colors. Share the Position Link on your job boards, your careers page, LinkedIn, or directly over email. No implementation project, no onboarding call required, no IT involvement.
Yes. Truffle has native integrations with Ashby, Breezy HR, and Indeed, and connects to most other ATSs through Zapier. Candidates still apply through your ATS. Truffle handles the screening layer, then syncs scores, summaries, and Candidate Shorts back into the candidate record in your ATS. Your hiring managers see everything in one place without a second login.
