# HardSkills Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about HardSkills Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Recruiting products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/267811/HardSkills/reviews --- # HardSkills Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) HardSkills ## What is HardSkills? Candidate search shouldn’t take forever - especially not when the data is widely available out there. With a mission to reinvent technical and IP recruitment, HardSkills is the first recruitment-centric patent database empowering recruiters with the tools to find qualified candidates for any R&D, engineering and technical role in a breeze. With our platform, any recruiter or recruitment agency can find experts by searching a keyword from a recruitment brief such as a skill or competence. ## What is HardSkills used for? [Recruiting](https://www.capterra.com/recruiting-software/) Overall rating Based on 1 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $70 Usage Based, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.2 (10,916)](https://www.capterra.com/p/130706/ZipRecruiter/reviews/) Starting Price $70 Usage Based, Per Month Starting Price Contact vendor Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 5.0 (1) Ease Of Use 4.4 (1,100) Value For Money 5.0 (1) Value For Money 4.0 (964) Customer Service 5.0 (1) Customer Service 4.2 (977) ## HardSkills alternatives Highest Rated [4.6 (1,260)](https://www.capterra.com/p/226634/CEIPAL-ATS/reviews/) Starting price $25.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.3 (1,820)](https://www.capterra.com/p/86714/WebPay/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 87% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.5 (1,192)](https://www.capterra.com/p/125768/Zoho-Recruit/reviews/) Starting price $30.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 93% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.4 (659)](https://www.capterra.com/p/130175/Workable/reviews/) Starting price $299.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 92% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Assessment Management 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests Candidate Management 3.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Build, track, and maintain relationships with candidates Job Posting 2.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Post, track, and manage open jobs on multiple channels (e.g. job board, company's career site) Resume Database 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important A searchable repository of candidate profiles Resume Search 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Search through the software for stored resumes CRM Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system HardSkills 7 features Creation, administration, and evaluation of assessments or tests Build, track, and maintain relationships with candidates Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system Post, track, and manage open jobs on multiple channels (e.g. job board, company's career site) Designed to be used by external or 3rd party recruiting or staffing firms A searchable repository of candidate profiles Search through the software for stored resumes Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.0 (1) 4.0 Based on 1 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 5.0 (1) Free Trial Free Version Basic $70.00 Usage Based,Per Month Value for money 5.0 (1) 5.0 Based on 1 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 5.0 (1) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 5.0 (1) 5.0 Based on 1 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 5.0 Based on 1 reviews Filter by rating 5(1) 4(0) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AU Anonymous User Business Designer Management Consulting ### "Unprecedented technical recruitment tool" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 21, 2022 Now I can finally present new, interesting technical candidates to my clients which they haven't seen before. I can also better understand the real competence they have, and not some nonsense at LinkedIn. This gives me a more holistic picture of a candidate, while I can focus solely on their technical competence. Pros At the core of this solution lies the simplicity and focus - it is good at one thing and it does it damn well. No matter what keywords I use for my candidate search HardSkills ALWAYS depict relevant results. I don't know how but they can come up with more than 100 candidates I couldn't find during a LinkedIn Recruit search, really highlighting the power of the tool. Cons The main con we are looking at is the lack of integrations - you have to work with HardSkills as an independent software, making it difficult to integrate into your workflow. On the other hand very few solutions integrate into LinkedIn Recruit as well, so I guess we are at par with our other solution. 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