Rooster vs Sense
Rooster
rooster.us
Sense
sensehq.comSide by side
| Figure | Rooster | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $500/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 6 |
| Spec score · Interview Scheduling Software | 6.7 (#39) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Company | The company identifies itself as Rooster Technologies, Inc.; its USA East office is listed as its headquarters in Newton, Massachusetts. | Sense says it was founded in 2016 and identifies its company as Sense Talent Labs, Inc. |
| Headquarters | Newton, Massachusetts, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Hosting | Rooster says it is hosted on Google Cloud Platform and supports deployments across global and government environments. | Sense says its services are hosted on AWS and lists AWS compliance with PCI DSS, SOC 1/2/3, ITAR, EU-US, and NIST. |
| Messaging | Rooster says it can send updates by SMS, email, and WhatsApp. | Messaging supports personalized mass texting, SMS and WhatsApp conversations. |
| Product | Rooster automates interview scheduling inside Workday for recruiting teams. | Sense provides recruiting automation and candidate engagement tools for hiring teams. |
| Scheduling | Candidates can self-schedule, and Rooster can coordinate reminders and rescheduling. | Interview scheduling supports calendar integrations, reminders, and in-person, virtual, panel, or sequential interviews. |
| Security | Rooster states that it is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, and supports CCPA compliance. | Sense says dashboard and API traffic is encrypted with TLS and stored data with AES-256 encryption. |
Plans
Sense
- Sense Interview Scheduling$500 a month
- Sense SMS/WhatsApp Messaging$500 a month
- Sense Platform for Staffing Teams$2,000 a month
- Sense AI Recruiter$3,000 a month
- Sense Platform for Talent Acquisition$7,000 a month
- Sense Platform for Enterprise StaffingPriced on request
In their own words
Sense
Sense is recruiting automation software for talent acquisition and staffing teams. Its AI Recruiter uses specialized agents for sourcing, candidate engagement, screening, and scheduling across the hiring lifecycle. Teams can communicate with candidates by SMS, WhatsApp, email, chat, and voice, and arrange interviews with calendar integrations, reminders, and in-person, virtual, panel, or sequential formats. Sense says it integrates with customers’ ATS and describes a bi-directional integration; named connections include Workday, Greenhouse, Oracle, iCIMS, and others. The platform is available on the web, Android, and 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 security assessments and configurable multi-factor authentication. Plans start at $500/mo, with separate packages for messaging, scheduling, staffing, AI recruiting, and talent acquisition. Enterprise staffing pricing is available by request.