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What is Sense
Sense is a talent engagement and automation platform used by recruiting and staffing teams to communicate with candidates across channels and manage ongoing relationships. It supports use cases such as recruitment marketing outreach, interview scheduling, employee referrals, and automated workflows tied to recruiting processes. The product typically sits alongside an ATS and centralizes messaging, campaign execution, and candidate interaction history to help teams coordinate outreach and follow-up.
Multi-channel candidate communications
Sense supports candidate outreach and engagement through channels commonly used in recruiting, such as SMS and email, with conversation history captured for recruiter visibility. This helps teams standardize follow-ups and reduce missed responses during high-volume hiring. Centralized communications also supports compliance and auditing needs when teams need to review what was sent and when.
Recruiting workflow automation
The platform provides automation for routine recruiting tasks such as reminders, follow-ups, and status-based messaging triggered by recruiting events. This can reduce manual work for recruiters and coordinators and improve response times for candidates. Automation is particularly relevant for staffing and high-throughput hiring where consistent cadence matters.
Integrations with recruiting systems
Sense is designed to work alongside core recruiting systems (commonly an ATS/CRM) so teams can synchronize candidate data and reduce duplicate entry. This supports operational reporting and enables messaging to be driven by recruiting stage or segment. Integration-led deployment can make it easier to adopt without replacing existing systems of record.
ATS dependency for full value
Many implementations rely on an existing ATS as the system of record, and the quality of outcomes depends on data hygiene and process discipline in that upstream system. If stages, ownership, or contact data are inconsistent, automation and segmentation can misfire. Organizations without a mature ATS process may need additional operational work before realizing benefits.
Configuration and governance overhead
Setting up campaigns, templates, routing rules, and automation requires ongoing administration and coordination across recruiting operations and compliance stakeholders. Without clear governance, teams can create overlapping cadences or inconsistent messaging. Larger staffing organizations may need dedicated ops resources to manage change control and template libraries.
Not a full recruiting suite
Sense focuses on engagement, automation, and relationship management rather than replacing end-to-end recruiting functionality such as requisition management, offer management, or deep HRIS capabilities. Buyers looking for a single system to cover the entire talent acquisition lifecycle may still need multiple tools. This can increase integration and vendor-management complexity.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sense Platform for Talent Acquisition | $7,000 per month (starting) | Talent CRM, Automation & Workflows, 1:1 & Bulk SMS/WhatsApp, Interview Scheduling, Screening via Chatbot/SMS/WhatsApp/Voice AI, Candidate Matching, Referral Management, AI Conversational Chatbot, Recruitment Marketing Campaigns, Recruiting Events, Landing Pages, Analytics & Insights, Onboarding Communication, ATS integrations. (Pricing listed on vendor site as "Starting at $7,000 per month".). |
| Sense Platform for Staffing Teams | $2,000 per month (starting) | Talent CRM, Automation & Workflows, 1:1 & Bulk SMS/WhatsApp, Interview Scheduling, Screening via Chatbot/SMS/WhatsApp/Voice AI, Candidate Matching, Referral Management, AI Conversational Chatbot, Recruitment Marketing Campaigns, Recruiting Events, Landing Pages, Analytics & Insights, Onboarding Communication. (Vendor lists "Starting at $2,000 per month"). |
| Sense Platform for Enterprise Staffing | $2,000 per month (starting) / Request a Quote | Same core features as other platforms; vendor additionally offers enterprise customization and a "Request a Quote" option. (Page shows "Starting at $2,000 per month" and a "Request a Quote" call-to-action). |
| Sense AI Recruiter | $3,000 per month (starting) | Recruiting Orchestration Agent, Messaging Agent (email, SMS/WhatsApp, Chatbot, Voice AI), Interview Scheduling, Scheduling Agent, Screening Agent, Candidate Matching Agent, Candidate Evaluation Agent, Onboarding Agent. (Vendor lists "Starting at $3,000 per month"). |
| Sense SMS/WhatsApp Messaging | $500 per month (starting) | 1:1 & Broadcast Bulk Messaging, Search and Filter Conversations, Message Templates, Shared Inboxes, Chrome Extension, Mobile App. (Vendor lists "Starting at $500 per month"). |
| Sense Interview Scheduling | $500 per month (starting) | Connect to Calendars, Round Robin & Panel scheduling, ATS Integration, Automated Reminders, Chrome Extension. (Vendor lists "Starting at $500 per month"). |
Notes: Pricing on the official Sense site is presented as "Starting at" monthly amounts and may vary based on implementation, scale, and selected modules. The vendor page also lists included services with each package: dedicated customer success manager, implementation manager, first 3 months of hypercare, and 24/7 support.
Seller details
Sense HQ, Inc. (Sense)
San Francisco, CA, USA
2015
Private
https://www.sensehq.com/
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