Why Agencies Migrate from Bullhorn
Australian recruitment agencies migrate from Bullhorn to Kolvera to reduce tool stack costs, gain access to native Australian data (ASIC, ABR, SEEK), and consolidate their BD workflow into a single platform. Most agencies keep Bullhorn for ATS and add Kolvera for BD — but full migration is also straightforward.
Bullhorn is the global standard in recruitment ATS. Its candidate management, applicant tracking, and placement workflows are deep and mature. The problem for Australian agencies is everything else. To do BD with Bullhorn, you need to bolt on: Herefish for automation (A$215/seat/mo), Lusha or ZoomInfo for enrichment (A$100-200/seat/mo), CloudCall for dialling (A$50-80/seat/mo), DocuSign for e-signatures (A$30-50/mo), and Calendly for scheduling (A$15-25/mo). The total cost: A$400-600+/seat/month.
Kolvera replaces all of those add-ons from A$49/month. The migration path depends on your agency's needs: add Kolvera alongside Bullhorn for BD, or migrate fully for agencies that want a simpler stack.
Option 1: Kolvera + Bullhorn (Recommended)
Most agencies keep Bullhorn and add Kolvera. This is the lowest-risk approach. Bullhorn continues handling ATS — candidate management, job postings, placement tracking. Kolvera handles BD — company discovery, contact enrichment, outreach campaigns, dialling, and meeting booking. The CRM integration syncs qualified clients from Kolvera to Bullhorn.
This approach requires no migration at all. Sign up for Kolvera, connect the Bullhorn integration, and start using Kolvera for BD immediately. Your Bullhorn data stays in Bullhorn. New BD data lives in Kolvera and syncs to Bullhorn as needed.
Option 2: Full Migration
For agencies ready to leave Bullhorn entirely — typically smaller agencies (under 10 staff) where the Bullhorn license cost is disproportionate to their size — full migration is straightforward.
Step 1: Export your Bullhorn company and contact data as CSV. Bullhorn's data export tool lets you select the fields you want. Export companies (name, address, industry, notes) and contacts (name, email, phone, title, company association) separately.
Step 2: Import into Kolvera. The CSV import tool maps Bullhorn columns to Kolvera fields. Name, email, phone, title, and company fields map directly. Custom fields can be imported into notes. The import deduplicates automatically — if a contact already exists in Kolvera (e.g., from a previous LinkedIn save), the records merge rather than duplicate.
Step 3: Enrich imported data. After import, Kolvera automatically matches imported companies against ASIC and ABR data. Companies get enriched with ABN, director names, registration status, and industry classification. This adds Australian business intelligence to your existing data that Bullhorn never had.
Campaign Rebuild
Bullhorn email sequences (via Herefish) do not export directly to other platforms. You will need to rebuild your email campaigns in Kolvera's campaign engine. The good news: Kolvera's AI generates email copy tailored to your sector and target market, so rebuilding campaigns often produces better outreach than your original Bullhorn sequences. Most agencies rebuild their core 3-5 campaign templates in under an hour.
Cost Impact
A 5-person agency migrating from Bullhorn + add-ons (A$2,500-3,000/month) to Kolvera Agency (A$299/month) saves A$2,200-2,700/month. Over a year, that is A$26,400-32,400 in savings — enough to fund an additional consultant or invest in marketing. Even the Kolvera + Bullhorn dual approach saves significantly by eliminating the Lusha, CloudCall, DocuSign, and Calendly subscriptions.