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Sense
What Sense is
Sense provides recruiting automation and candidate engagement tools for talent acquisition and staffing teams. Sense AI Recruiter uses specialized agents for sourcing, engagement, screening, and scheduling across the hiring lifecycle. Candidate communication can use SMS, WhatsApp, email, chat, and voice. Interview scheduling includes calendar integrations, reminders, and in-person, virtual, panel, or sequential formats. Sense says its platform integrates with customers’ ATS and describes the connection as bi-directional; named integrations include Workday, Greenhouse, Oracle, and iCIMS, among others. Its platform is available on web, Android, iOS, through an API, and as an extension. Sense says dashboard and API traffic use TLS encryption and stored data uses AES-256; it also describes annual vulnerability and penetration assessments and configurable multi-factor authentication. The listed plans start at $500 a month for messaging or interview scheduling, with other packages for staffing teams, AI recruiting, and talent acquisition. Sense was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco. Its pricing page says packages include customer success and implementation managers, three months of hypercare, and 24/7 support.
Who it suits
Sense suits talent acquisition and staffing teams seeking recruiting automation, candidate communications, and interview scheduling. Its listed customers span healthcare, financial services, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and technology.
What it does well
- Candidate communication spans SMS, WhatsApp, email, chat, and voice.
- Scheduling supports panel and sequential interviews.
- Sense describes its ATS integration as bi-directional.
- Mobile apps are available for iOS and Android.
- Packages include 24/7 support.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- No free trial is listed.
- Listed plans start at $500 a month.
Limits
No free plan or trial is listed. The least expensive listed packages, SMS/WhatsApp Messaging and Interview Scheduling, each start at $500 a month; the listed prices are starting prices.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sense Platform for Staffing Teams | Starting at $2,000 per month · Automation & Workflows · SMS/WhatsApp · Scheduling · Chatbot/Voice AI screening · Matching · Referrals · Campaigns · Events · Landing pages · Analytics · Onboarding · ATS integration | $2,000 a month |
| Sense AI Recruiter | Starting at $3,000 per month · Recruiting Orchestration Agent · Messaging Agent · Scheduling Agent · Screening Agent · Candidate Matching Agent · Candidate Evaluation Agent · Onboarding Agent | $3,000 a month |
| Sense SMS/WhatsApp Messaging | Starting at $500 per month · 1:1 and broadcast messaging · Conversation search/filter · Templates · Shared inboxes · Chrome extension · Mobile app | $500 a month |
| Sense Interview Scheduling | Starting at $500 per month · Calendar connections · Round-robin and panel scheduling · ATS integration · Reminders · Chrome extension | $500 a month |
| Sense Platform for Talent Acquisition | Starting at $7,000 per month · Talent CRM · Automation & Workflows · SMS/WhatsApp · Scheduling · Chatbot/Voice AI screening · Matching · Referrals · Campaigns · Events · Landing pages · Analytics · Onboarding · ATS integration | $7,000 a month |
| Sense Platform for Enterprise Staffing | Request a Quote · Automation & Workflows · SMS/WhatsApp · Scheduling · Chatbot/Voice AI screening · Matching · Referrals · Campaigns · Events · Landing pages · Analytics · Onboarding · ATS integration | On request |
As sensehq.com lists them, read 21 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open sensehq.com.
- Choose a package for messaging, interview scheduling, staffing, AI recruiting, or talent acquisition.
- Use the pricing page to request a quote for Enterprise Staffing.
- Access Sense on web, Android, iOS, through an API, or as an extension.
- Connect the platform with your ATS; Sense describes its ATS integration as bi-directional.
Verdict
Sense brings candidate communication, scheduling, and recruiting automation together for hiring teams, with several package types and ATS integrations. Review the starting prices and package scope to identify the fit for your team.
Questions
Does Sense have a free plan or trial?
No free plan or free trial is listed.
How much do Sense plans cost?
Sense SMS/WhatsApp Messaging and Sense Interview Scheduling each start at $500 a month. Other listed starting prices are $2,000 a month for the Staffing Teams platform, $3,000 a month for AI Recruiter, and $7,000 a month for the Talent Acquisition platform. Enterprise Staffing pricing is by quote.
Which platforms does Sense support?
The listed platforms are Android, API, extension, iOS, and web. Sense also says its mobile app is available for iOS and Android.
Does Sense integrate with applicant tracking systems?
Sense says it integrates with customers’ ATS and describes the integration as bi-directional. Named integrations include Workday, Greenhouse, Oracle, iCIMS, and others.
What candidate communication channels does Sense support?
Candidate communication can use SMS, WhatsApp, email, chat, and voice.
What support comes with Sense packages?
The pricing page says each package includes a dedicated customer success manager, an implementation manager, three months of hypercare, and 24/7 support.
Facts from Sense's own pages
- AI recruiter
- Sense AI Recruiter uses specialized agents for sourcing, engagement, screening, and scheduling across the hiring lifecycle. · sensehq.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Analytics
- Built-in dashboards provide real-time candidate-engagement analytics and NPS survey reporting. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API
- Sense publishes an OpenAPI 3 REST API for synchronizing ATS entities into the platform. · developer.sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- The API uses OAuth2 client credentials and bearer JWT authorization. · developer.sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API limits
- API batch upserts support up to 500 records and payloads under 256 KB after compression; change-event data may take about 30 minutes to appear. · developer.sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- API updates
- The April 2, 2026 API changelog added resume uploads through POST /v1/candidates/{id}/resume with a 4 MB maximum file size. · developer.sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- ATS integration
- Sense says its platform integrates with customers’ ATS, and its recruiting automation page describes a bi-directional ATS integration. · sensehq.com, 29 Sept 2026
- ATS integrations
- Listed integrations include Bullhorn, iCIMS, TargetRecruit, Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters, Avionté, JobDiva, CEIPAL, SAP and Oracle Talent Management Cloud. · getapp.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Avionté integration
- The Avionté connector synchronizes data bidirectionally and triggers Sense journeys from talent lifecycle events. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Candidate matching
- AI matching recommends candidates for jobs and can re-engage passive talent already in the database. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Candidate messaging
- Sense supports candidate communication through SMS, WhatsApp, email, chat, and voice. · sensehq.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Cloud infrastructure
- Sense hosts services on Amazon Web Services and cites AWS PCI DSS, SOC 1/2/3, ITAR, EU-US and NIST compliance. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Company
- Sense says it was founded in 2016 and identifies its company as Sense Talent Labs, Inc. · sensehq.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Company facts
- Sense says it was founded in 2016, is headquartered at 1875 Mission Street, San Francisco, and has more than 1,000 customers, 350 employees and $90 million in total funding. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Sense as privately held with 201–500 employees. · linkedin.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Conversational AI
- Sense AI Chatbot provides job matching, FAQs, live chat, instant apply, prescreening and sourcing bots. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Sense provides a searchable knowledge base, release notes and developer API reference documentation. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2016 · sensehq.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Funding news
- Sense’s media page links December 2021 coverage of a $50 million SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led round that valued the company at $500 million. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States · sensehq.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Hosting
- Sense says its services are hosted on AWS and lists AWS compliance with PCI DSS, SOC 1/2/3, ITAR, EU-US, and NIST. · sensehq.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Intended customers
- Sense describes solutions for talent acquisition and staffing teams and lists industries including healthcare, financial services, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and technology. · sensehq.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Interview scheduling
- Scheduling automates one-to-one, panel and sequential interviews with calendar connections and reminders. · sensehq.com, 21 Oct 2026
- Legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Sense Talent Labs, Inc. · crunchbase.com, 21 Oct 2026
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