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SquarePeg vs Ashby AI: ranked, evidence-backed scores that Ashby's AI won't give you

Ashby's built-in AI checks applicants against your criteria, but by design it never ranks them or gives them a score, and it works only from what's in the application. SquarePeg works inside Ashby and ranks every applicant, past candidate and sourced profile 0–100, adds company data the resume leaves out, shows the evidence behind every score, and checks every candidate for authenticity. Your team keeps working in Ashby.

SquarePeg vs Ashby at a glance

Ashby is an all-in-one ATS with a CRM, scheduling and analytics, popular with fast-growing tech companies. Its AI-Assisted Application Review shows which applicants match criteria you set and links to the evidence, but Ashby says its AI "never ranks or gives numerical ratings to applicants." Ashby also offers fraud signals, AI Talent Rediscovery, AI interviews and an assistant.

SquarePeg
Ashby
Screening
Scores every applicant against your criteria
✓
–
A 0–100 score with a subscore for each criterion
✓
✕
Shows the resume evidence behind each score
✓
✓
Scores on company data the resume leaves out (headcount, funding, public or private)
✓
✕
Authenticity
Flags fake or misrepresented candidates
✓
✓
Beyond inbound
Rediscovers past applicants
✓
✓
Outbound sourcing
✓
–
Plain-language agent or assistant
✓
✓
Candidate CRM
✕
✓
AI interviews or screening calls
✕
✓

Based on each company's public website and announcements, checked October 2026. Unknown means we couldn't find it described there.

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As an AI company, SquarePeg gives us a lot of credibility. It has saved us so much time on screening and improved quality of hire.

Tara Pramme
Head of People @ Laurel

How SquarePeg and Ashby compare in detail

Ashby's AI is built into the ATS and covers a lot of ground. SquarePeg runs inside Ashby and goes deeper on the screening step.

Screening

SquarePeg

Every score shows its evidence. SquarePeg scores applicants as they apply, plus past candidates and sourced profiles, against criteria you write in plain language or generate from the job description, each marked Required, Preferred or Bonus. Every criterion gets a 0–100 subscore with a written explanation and the resume lines it's based on, so you review the best people first and can explain every ranking. Eligibility rules (location or radius, time zone, screening answers, a previous rejection reason or the application source) run first, so ineligible applicants are never scored or charged.

Ashby

Ashby tells you whether each applicant matches each criterion and links to the evidence. It never produces a score or a ranking, so with hundreds of applicants you still decide who to read first. And it judges candidates only on what they wrote: there's no company data behind the match, so a criterion like "worked at a venture-backed startup of 50 to 500 people" depends on the candidate spelling that out.

Fits your stack

SquarePeg

SquarePeg connects to Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, iCIMS, Recruitee and other ATSs and syncs your jobs and applicants. SquarePeg makes rejections and stage changes in your ATS just as if you had made them there, so your ATS emails and automations still run, and the Chrome extension opens it right next to the job or candidate you're viewing. No migration and no new system for your team to learn.

Ashby

Ashby is the ATS, so its AI works natively on your jobs and candidates with nothing to connect. It also includes a CRM, scheduling and analytics.

Authenticity

SquarePeg

Every candidate gets an authenticity confidence rating (High, Mixed, Limited, Low or Unknown), kept separate from their score. It's built from LinkedIn, phone, email and resume signals, and it also flags a phone, email or resume shared with a differently named applicant. It's included in the credit that scores the candidate. Signals inform your review; nothing is rejected automatically.

Ashby

Ashby's fraud detection reports individual signals, such as location, identity, assessment anomalies and IP address, which you switch on per job. You review the signals one by one rather than getting an overall rating.

Beyond inbound

SquarePeg

Rediscovery searches past applicants in your ATS for people who fit a new opening and scores them on the same criteria as today's applicants. Outbound sourcing finds new candidates outside your ATS on the same scale, and you reveal an email only for the people you want to contact. Every resume gets company context such as industry, headcount, funding and public or private status. And you can find, compare and fine-tune just by asking: the SquarePeg agent finds past candidates who fit a new role, compares your top applicants, explains any score, and can review and update a job's criteria and eligibility rules, in the web app or inside your ATS.

Ashby

AI Talent Rediscovery sorts past candidates in your Ashby CRM into buckets such as silver medalists, but without scores you can't line them up against today's applicants. Ashby doesn't come with a database of candidates outside your ATS; its AI helps write search filters and outreach. Ashby Assistant answers questions and takes actions across candidates, jobs and pipelines.

Pricing

SquarePeg

Credits work across every feature, there are no seat fees and no platform fee, and your whole team can log in. Scoring an applicant or a rediscovered candidate uses 1 credit; sourcing a candidate uses 1 and revealing their email 2. Rediscovery also has a one-time fee to index your ATS, charged at cost. Rescoring is always free, the agent is free, applicants who fail your eligibility rules cost nothing, and new accounts start with 2,000 free credits, no credit card required. See the pricing page for current rates.

Ashby

Ashby doesn't publish full plan prices. Its AI features use an AI Credits model; Ashby Assistant is free in beta and will use AI Credits once it's generally available.

When to choose which

Choose SquarePeg if
•You want every candidate ranked, not just filtered
•You want criteria that use company data, like funding stage or headcount, that the resume doesn't spell out
•You want past applicants and sourced candidates on the same 0–100 scale as today's applicants
•You want every candidate checked across LinkedIn, phone, email and resume
When Ashby's AI alone is enough
•Low applicant volume, where a pass/fail filter is all you need
•You don't need to rank candidates or compare them across sources
70%
less time reviewing each resume at Laurel

"SquarePeg allowed us to do more with less without needing a full recruiting team with sourcers and coordinators. It will remain a core part of our recruiting strategy as we scale."

Tara Pramme, Head of People, Laurel · Uses Ashby
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Frequently asked questions

Does SquarePeg replace Ashby?

No. SquarePeg works inside Ashby: it syncs your jobs and applicants and makes rejections and stage changes in Ashby just as if you had made them there. The Chrome extension opens SquarePeg right next to the Ashby job or candidate you're viewing.

Why add SquarePeg if Ashby already has AI application review?

Because Ashby's AI filters but never ranks, and it only sees what the candidate wrote. SquarePeg gives every candidate a 0–100 score with a subscore, a written explanation and resume evidence for each criterion, adds company data the resume leaves out, and scores past and sourced candidates on the same scale, so your best people are at the top of the list.

Can I try SquarePeg before connecting my ATS?

Yes. The demo on our homepage lets you score up to three of your own resumes or LinkedIn profiles for free, or explore sample jobs that are already scored, without connecting an ATS. When you connect your ATS, you start with 2,000 free credits and no credit card.

How is SquarePeg priced?

Credits work across every feature, there are no seat fees and no platform fee, and your whole team can log in. Scoring an applicant or a rediscovered candidate uses 1 credit; sourcing a candidate uses 1 and revealing their email 2. Rediscovery also has a one-time fee to index your ATS, charged at cost. Rescoring is always free, the agent is free, applicants who fail your eligibility rules cost nothing, and new accounts start with 2,000 free credits, no credit card required. See the pricing page for current rates.

Last checked October 2026. Ashby details come from Ashby's public website and announcements; SquarePeg details describe the product as it works today.

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