Penroll
URL: https://penroll.app
LOGO: https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=penroll.app&sz=128
PRICING: freemium
TAGS: AI, Productivity, HR
DESC: AI hiring workspace for founders without an HR team. Job post, hosted applications, evidence-backed CV ranking, interviews and the offer letter in one tool.
FEATURES: Runs the whole hire in one workspace: job post, applications, ranked shortlist, interviews and offer | AI-written job posts that publish to Google Jobs, Indeed and LinkedIn | Evidence-backed CV ranking that shows strengths and gaps rather than just a score | Hosted application page with your own logo and company name on posts and emails | Screening question sets, interviewer prep decks and outreach drafts | Offer letter generation with e-sign sending built in | EU-hosted in Frankfurt, GDPR-ready, and your data is not used to train AI | Works across 100+ countries and 30+ languages | Free standalone tools including a CV-ranking demo with no signup, a JD generator, rejection email templates and a cost-per-hire calculator
USECASES: Make your first few hires without paying a recruiter | Screen 40+ applications for one role without reading each CV manually | Replace a job board, an ATS, a scheduler and an e-sign tool with one subscription | Keep candidate data in the EU while hiring across several countries
PRICING_DETAILS: Free plan gives 10 one-time credits with no card, enough to create a real role and rank the first 5 applicants. Starter is $19/mo for 30 credits monthly with custom branding and priority email support. Growth is $49/mo for 100 credits with rollover, bulk CV ranking, multi-role pipelines and export-ready posts for LinkedIn and Indeed. Scale is $99/mo for 300 credits with rollover, up to 5 hiring managers and custom screening sets. Annual billing saves two months, so Growth becomes $490 a year. Credits are consumed per action: a job post costs 2, ranking one CV costs 1, an offer letter costs 2, and a full hire runs about 25 credits. One-time top-ups cost a flat $0.50 per credit through Stripe and never expire. A founding offer gives 50 percent off the first three months, and there is a full refund within 30 days if you do not end up hiring anyone.
PROS: Pricing is published in full with no sales call, which is rare in hiring software | The free tier runs a real role rather than showing a demo, with no card required | One subscription replaces a job board, an ATS, a scheduler and an e-sign tool | EU hosting in Frankfurt with no AI training on your data, which matters for candidate records | Top-up credits are a flat $0.50 each and never expire | Full refund within 30 days if the hire does not happen
CONS: The credit model means a busy month costs more than the headline price, since one full hire is roughly 25 credits | Starter's 30 credits a month barely covers a single hire | Credits only roll over from the $49 Growth plan upward, so unused Starter credits are lost | The free tier is a one-time 10 credits, not a monthly allowance | AI used to screen and rank job candidates is treated as high-risk under the EU AI Act, so a European employer carries obligations of its own regardless of the vendor's GDPR posture | Small independent vendor, so support depth and roadmap depend on a very small team