Vars Health vs Bullhorn

Vars Health vs. Bullhorn 2025 Comparison

Bullhorn is a well-known name in the staffing industry, but it was designed as a general ATS/CRM for broad recruiting, not healthcare. Vars Health, on the other hand, was built from the ground up for healthcare staffing agencies, combining compliance, credentialing, and scheduling in ways Bullhorn simply can’t match. And while Bullhorn comes with a premium price tag, Vars Health delivers more specialized features at a fraction of the cost.

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Empowering numerous healthcare staffing agencies deploying frontline workers

Why customers choose Vars Health over Bullhorn

Purpose-Built for Healthcare Staffing

Vars Health includes deep VMS integrations, multi-rate card handling, credential tracking, and compliance tools made specifically for healthcare workflows. Bullhorn requires multiple add-ons and manual workarounds because it wasn’t designed with clinicians in mind.

Advanced Credentialing and Compliance

Vars Health simplifies compliance with unlimited credential management, e-signatures, forms, surveys, and skills checklists. Bullhorn offers only partial solutions, forcing agencies to piece together outside tools.

Scale Without Restrictions

With Vars Health, you can manage unlimited staff. Once documents are uploaded, clinicians are instantly shift-ready. Bullhorn imposes limitations that make scaling your workforce more difficult.

End-to-End Shift Management

Vars Health brings geo-tracking, digital timesheets, shift confirmations, and staff/facility ratings into one place. Bullhorn has scheduling tools but lacks the healthcare-specific oversight agencies need.

How Vars Health Stands Out from the Competition

Vars Health

BullHorn

Features

ATS/CRM with advanced VMS Integrations;
Multi rate card management and Bulk email/texting

Unlimited Active* Staff with all documents uploaded,

ready to get open shift notifications

Credential Management
with E-Sign/Forms/Surveys and integrated Skills Checklist and Competency Testing capabilities

Shift Management
with Geotracking, Timesheet Management, Shift Confirmation, Staff/Facility ratings

Specific Healthcare trained LLM and AI Recruiter

Healhcare AI Credentialer

AI Scheduler
based on DNR, Staff Rating, Notes and more

Integrated Home Health Staffing with care plan management

White Labelled Mobile App
with Staff retention, Team communication, Mobile job board, and Integrated Payroll

White Labelled Customer Portal

with advanced document management and integrated invoicing

Integrated VMS
with the ability to manage all job types and billing

Extensive integrations

with CRM, Payroll Providers, Job Boards, and AI Tools

Pricing

Unlimited

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Looking for pricing that works for your business?

Vars Health provides a flexible model designed to grow with your agency. You can manage unlimited staff without constant account activation or deactivation, unlike platforms that restrict scalability. Pricing is aligned with usage, ensuring cost efficiency at every stage of growth.

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What You Get When You Switch from Bullhorn to Vars Health

A platform designed specifically for healthcare staffing, not general recruiting.
Unlimited scalability across PRN, contract, and long-term assignments.
Built-in compliance tools with eSign and automated credential reminders.
AI-powered recruiter, scheduler, and credentialer to reduce manual work.
Custom-branded mobile app for clinicians and a branded client portal.
Lower pricing than Bullhorn, with broader, healthcare-specific capabilities.

AI-Driven Automation

Vars Health comes with built-in AI tools: recruiter, credentialer, and scheduler, purpose-trained for healthcare staffing. Bullhorn does not provide this level of automation, leaving recruiters to rely on manual processes.

White-Labeled Mobile App & Client Portal

With Vars Health, your brand is always front and center. A custom-branded mobile app for clinicians and a client-facing portal for documents and invoicing strengthen engagement and loyalty. Bullhorn does not offer branded apps, limiting the agency’s ability to build its own identity.

Pricing That Scales With You

While Bullhorn charges at a premium level, Vars Health operates at a much more affordable price point, without limiting features or scalability. That means agencies can grow faster while keeping costs under control.

Vars Health Is More Than Just a Healthcare Staffing Agency Software

Our mobile job board, integrated with a powerful applicant tracking system, is an integral part of a complete staffing platform suite, ensuring a seamless journey from sourcing to redeployment.

Scheduling

Instantly create shifts your staff can pick up on our self-service white label mobile app.

Onboarding

Easily get you staff up and running faster with onboarding through the mobile app.

Time Tracking

Clock-ins, Clock-outs, and Breaks are all geo-located and automatically fed into the secure admin portal.

Job Board

Send personalized job invites to candidates or enable self-service with a curated job board.

Invoicing

With our one-click invoice generation module, reduce time spent billing you customers.

Communication

Boost engagement and reduce response times by combining direct chat, email, and SMS.

Smooth Integrations Across Your Healthcare Tools

Bullhorn is a general ATS that comes at a very high cost while leaving healthcare agencies to patch together compliance and credentialing solutions. Vars Health is the smarter alternative, purpose-built for healthcare, fully branded, AI-driven, and far more affordable.