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Templace against the incumbents.
Bullhorn and The Access Group are the platforms most UK agencies know. Here is how Templace compares, feature by feature — with the sources, and “check with the vendor” wherever we could not confirm a feature from their own public pages.
✓ Built in◐ In part, in another edition, or through a partner? Not confirmed from public pages — check with the vendor
| Capability | Templace build 30.60 | Bullhorn | The Access Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recruitment CRM and applicant tracking | ✓Workers, hirers, jobs and a sales pipeline | ✓ATS and CRM in every plan | ✓Vincere Evo or Recruitment CRM Evo |
| Careers site and jobs board | ✓Filled from the CRM | ✓Career portal from the entry plan | ✓Self-serve or bespoke websites |
| The agency’s whole website run from the platform, on its own address | ✓Every page, with jobs, registration and both logins | ?Check with the vendor | ◐Website builder (Attract Evo) |
| Onboarding with e-signature | ✓Candidate and hirer onboarding, contracts signed | ✓Onboarding portal with e-signature | ✓Onboarded Evo |
| Right-to-work and DBS checks recorded, with expiry alerts | ✓Share codes, DBS update service, expiring checks | ◐Right to work in onboarding; ID checks through partners | ✓Screening Evo; expiry alerts |
| Refuses to book a worker who is not cleared | ✓The Work Ready Gate is a hard stop | ?Check with the vendor | ◐Matching applies compliance templates |
| Shift scheduling and broadcast to eligible workers | ✓Open shifts, re-checked at acceptance | ◐Scheduling in the Salesforce-based Workforce Edition | ✓Drag-and-drop scheduling and broadcasts |
| Worker’s own page or app | ✓Today’s shift, check-in, availability, documents | ◐Mobile access in Workforce Edition | ✓Mobile worker app |
| Timesheets approved by the hirer | ✓Approval from a link, checked against the minimum wage | ✓Time entry in Back Office | ✓Online timesheets |
| Payroll run in the platform | ✓PAYE, CIS, PSC and umbrella routes from one record | ◐Timecards exported to a payroll provider | ✓Pay and Bill Evo, FastTrack360 Evo |
| Key information document produced for each worker | ✓At registration and for each assignment | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
| Assignment schedule issued before every assignment | ✓To the worker, the client and any payroll intermediary | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
| Agency Workers Regulations 12-week clock | ✓Counted from approved weeks | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
| Holiday pay worked from the reference period | ✓Entitlement in hours, refusals with the figures | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
| Managed service and neutral vendor supply chains | ✓Supplier tiers, master and neutral vendor | ◐Integrations with clients’ VMS (add-on) | ?Check with the vendor |
| Public framework invoicing (e.g. RM6376) | ✓Fee caps per category, invoices per framework | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
| AI assistance | ✓Drafting, reading, a website assistant, shift suggestions | ✓Amplify, in the higher plans and add-ons | ✓Access Evo across the suite |
| AI free to start | ✓A free monthly allowance for every agency | ?AI features in quoted plans | ?Check with the vendor |
| Prices published | ✓On the pricing page | ◐Entry plans only; others by quote | ?By quote |
| Rule changes forced by the law apply themselves; others wait for the agency | ✓Mandatory and suggested updates, each recorded | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
| Vendor enters the agency’s system only by invitation or with a notice | ✓Written into the agreement and enforced by the platform | ?Check with the vendor | ?Check with the vendor |
Templace has 21 of these 21 built into one platform and one price list. The Templace column describes build 30.60 as tested. The other columns describe each vendor’s public pages as read on 26 October 2026; products change, editions differ, and partners fill gaps — so where it matters, ask them. Bullhorn and The Access Group are trademarks of their owners, who have not reviewed or endorsed this page.
Sources
- Bullhorn — plans and prices (published per-user prices for the entry plans)
- Bullhorn — Back Office
- Bullhorn — onboarding tool for the UK
- Bullhorn — managing compliance
- TrustID — right to work for Bullhorn customers through a partner
- The Access Group — recruitment software suite
- The Access Group — temporary recruitment agency software
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