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Workable vs Frappe HR
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Workable and Frappe HR — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Workable vs Frappe HR: at a glance
What is Workable?
Workable turns its report builder on interviews, assessments and video screens.
Workable is a recruiting platform growing a full HR suite around its applicant tracking. This week's releases are about reporting: every number in a report now opens the records behind it, referral reports count AI search and Chrome extension sources, widgets can be resized and viewed on a phone, and Enterprise custom reports gain Events, Assessments and Video interview data. Earlier in November came a reworked candidate profile and separate offer approval and delivery steps.
What is Frappe HR?
Frappe HR 16.53.2 locks the org chart to its own data and stops duplicate interview emails.
Frappe HR ships on two lines: v16 adds features and v15 receives backported fixes. v16.53.0 brought Compensatory Leave Requests to the PWA and right-to-left layout to the web app; v16.53.1 limited who can see approvers on leave, expense and shift requests. v16.53.2 on November 11 restricts the hierarchy chart to organizational chart data and stops interview forms from re-notifying people when nothing changed.
Workable vs Frappe HR: editorial side-by-side
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Workable turns its report builder on interviews, assessments and video screens.
◆ Current state
Workable is a recruiting platform growing a full HR suite around its applicant tracking. This week's releases are about reporting: every number in a report now opens the records behind it, referral reports count AI search and Chrome extension sources, widgets can be resized and viewed on a phone, and Enterprise custom reports gain Events, Assessments and Video interview data. Earlier in November came a reworked candidate profile and separate offer approval and delivery steps.
◆ Where it's heading
After October's HR-suite additions and early-November recruiter workflow fixes, Workable is now making its hiring data answerable: who spends time interviewing, where assessments stall, which referral channels work. Most of the reporting depth sits on Enterprise plans, which suggests reporting is being used to pull larger customers up a tier.
◆ Prediction
More data sources in the custom report builder are likely, probably for offers and the AI Recruiting Agent's activity, since those are the recent features not yet reportable. Whether any of this reaches non-Enterprise plans is not stated.
Frappe HR 16.53.2 locks the org chart to its own data and stops duplicate interview emails.
◆ Current state
Frappe HR ships on two lines: v16 adds features and v15 receives backported fixes. v16.53.0 brought Compensatory Leave Requests to the PWA and right-to-left layout to the web app; v16.53.1 limited who can see approvers on leave, expense and shift requests. v16.53.2 on November 11 restricts the hierarchy chart to organizational chart data and stops interview forms from re-notifying people when nothing changed.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is steady: a feature release roughly weekly on v16, then a patch, then matching v15 backports. Permission tightening has been a recurring theme since October, and payroll edge cases keep getting corrected. Large new modules are not visible in recent entries.
◆ Prediction
Expect v16.54.0 within about a week with another small PWA or payroll addition, and further access-check fixes on employee records. A bigger shift is not signalled by the entries.
Alternatives to Workable and Frappe HR
Other HR products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Workable or Frappe HR.
Leapsome
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Ashby
Ashby adds threaded comments to AI Notetaker, so interview debriefs stay next to the transcript.
Ever Gauzy
Ever Gauzy links time logs to invoice lines so the same hours are never billed twice.
Teamtailor
Teamtailor shows every time in the reader's own time zone, for recruiters and candidates.
Fountain
Fountain opens a skills marketplace for its Cue assistant and adds a compliance review queue.
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Recent activity from Workable and Frappe HR
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoWorkableNew data sources: Events, Assessments and Video interviews
- 3d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.53.2 locks org chart data, quiets interviews
- 3d agoWorkableClick any number in a report to see the records behind it
- 3d agoWorkableImproved visibility for candidate referrals
- 3d agoWorkableFlexible report layouts, on any screen
- 4d agoWorkableA clearer candidate profile
- 10d agoFrappe HRv15 backports: zero Additional Salary, single-day leave fixes
- 10d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.53.1: approver visibility limits, payroll fixes
- 10d agoWorkableChoose when your offers reach candidates
- 15d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.53: compensatory leave in PWA, RTL web app
- 16d agoFrappe HRv15.64.7
- 23d agoFrappe HRFrappe HR 16.52: regional employer contributions, permission fixes
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Workable and Frappe HR?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Workable and Frappe HR are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Workable better than Frappe HR?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Workable and Frappe HR are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other HR products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Workable?
Top Workable alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Workable alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/workable for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Frappe HR?
Top Frappe HR alternatives in HR are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Frappe HR alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/frappe-hrms for the full list with editorial commentary on each.