Avionté Review
4.3(468)Front office, payroll and billing in one staffing platform
Avionté is a Minnesota staffing platform, founded in 2005, that runs the front office (CRM, ATS, onboarding) and the back office (time, payroll, billing, W-2s) in one system for US and Canadian agencies. It is strongest in high-volume clerical and light-industrial work, and adds a talent mobile app, its own VMS (SimpleVMS) and AI screening (PIXEL). Avionté has been consolidating its corner of the market: it bought AkkenCloud in August 2024 and describes itself as backed by Serent Capital (company press releases, 2024 and 2025). The trade-offs are no published pricing, an implementation that reviewers put at three months, and a split between the BOLD front office and the Classic back office that some customers still log into separately.
By Ramin Assemi, B2B SaaS marketer and former Head of Content at Close.comPublished Updated
Avionté pricing
No pricing is published: there are no plan names, seat bands or billing terms anywhere on the site, and every route leads to a demo request, so neither a monthly nor an annual rate can be read. G2's reviewer-reported averages are a three-month implementation and a 7% discount off list, which is all the public record holds on cost. Back office, the Avionté 24/7 mobile app, SimpleVMS and the PIXEL AI assistant are marketed as separate products on one platform, so ask which of them a quote includes (vendor site and G2, Oct 2026).
- Free trial
- No
- Free tier
- No
- Min. seats
- Not published
- Billing
- Not published
Pricing data: Official (published by the vendor).
Pros
- ✓Payroll is built in, not bolted on: onboarding with I-9 and E-Verify, time entry, multi-assignment payroll, invoicing and W-2s run in the same system as the CRM and ATS. Avionté says it processes $15B of payroll and 4.6M W-2s a year (vendor site, Oct 2026)
- ✓Reviewers praise the back office at volume: one moved 600+ workers onto it after QuickBooks couldn't keep up, and others single out time entry, payroll and invoicing as the part that works best (G2, Aug 2026)
- ✓Talent and employer sides are covered too: the Avionté 24/7 app lets workers find jobs, onboard, check schedules, log time and see pay, and its own SimpleVMS connects agencies to employer vendor programmes without re-keying (vendor site, Oct 2026)
- ✓AI sits inside the system of record: PIXEL runs structured screening interviews and writes qualification summaries, alongside AI-drafted job descriptions and interview questions (vendor site, Oct 2026)
- ✓Job distribution is native: free feeds to Google Jobs, Glassdoor and Juju, ZipRecruiter and LinkedIn job wrapping, and Indeed, CareerBuilder and Monster for agencies holding those board subscriptions (BOLD support docs, Oct 2026)
Cons
- ✕Nothing is published: no pricing page, no plan names, no trial. A demo is the only way to a number, and G2 reviewers put implementation at three months on average
- ✕Two systems in practice: customers still log into the newer AviontéBOLD front office and the "Classic" back office separately, and one reviewer was still cleaning up data carried over from Classic years after moving to BOLD (G2, Sep 2025 and Aug 2026)
- ✕Reporting and search have limits: users can't write their own reports, talent-search exports stop at 500 records, and the app slows at busy times of day (G2, Aug 2026)
- ✕Email capture is manual: an Outlook add-in syncs a message to a record when you press the button, rather than logging the inbox automatically, and there is no LinkedIn sourcing extension (BOLD support docs, Oct 2026)
- ✕Built for the US and Canada only, so agencies paying workers anywhere else need a different back office
Features
| ATS + CRM core | ✓ |
| Email/inbox sync | ~ |
| LinkedIn / Chrome extension | – |
| Multi-job-board posting | ✓ |
| Built-in candidate sourcing | ~ |
| Workflow automation | ✓ |
| AI matching & assistance | ✓ |
| Reporting & analytics | ✓ |
| Temp back-office (pay & bill) | ✓ |
| Open API | ✓ |
| Mobile app | ✓ |
IncludedPartial or paid add-onNot available
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Avionté: frequently asked questions
How much does Avionté cost?
Avionté uses custom quote-based pricing and does not publish list prices (official, reviewed October 5, 2026). No pricing is published: there are no plan names, seat bands or billing terms anywhere on the site, and every route leads to a demo request, so neither a monthly nor an annual rate can be read. G2's reviewer-reported averages are a three-month implementation and a 7% discount off list, which is all the public record holds on cost. Back office, the Avionté 24/7 mobile app, SimpleVMS and the PIXEL AI assistant are marketed as separate products on one platform, so ask which of them a quote includes (vendor site and G2, Oct 2026).
Does Avionté offer a free trial?
No. Avionté offers neither a free trial nor a free tier, so expect a demo-led sales process.
Is Avionté an ATS or a CRM?
Avionté is a combined ATS + CRM platform: applicant tracking and candidate/client relationship management in one system.
Who is Avionté best for?
US and Canadian staffing agencies, especially high-volume clerical and light-industrial desks, that want payroll in the same system as recruiting. We rank it for recruitment agencies & staffing firms, high-volume hiring, contract & temp staffing.
What are the main drawbacks of Avionté?
The criticisms that come up most: Nothing is published: no pricing page, no plan names, no trial. A demo is the only way to a number, and G2 reviewers put implementation at three months on average; Two systems in practice: customers still log into the newer AviontéBOLD front office and the "Classic" back office separately, and one reviewer was still cleaning up data carried over from Classic years after moving to BOLD (G2, Sep 2025 and Aug 2026); Reporting and search have limits: users can't write their own reports, talent-search exports stop at 500 records, and the app slows at busy times of day (G2, Aug 2026); Email capture is manual: an Outlook add-in syncs a message to a record when you press the button, rather than logging the inbox automatically, and there is no LinkedIn sourcing extension (BOLD support docs, Oct 2026); Built for the US and Canada only, so agencies paying workers anywhere else need a different back office. On Capterra, 42% of reviewers mentioned a slow and unhelpful support experience.
What are the best Avionté alternatives?
The products buyers actually weigh against it: Bullhorn, JobDiva, CEIPAL, Tracker. Full list: https://recruitmentcrm.com/alternatives/avionte.