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Should I Use Shortlister?

myshortlister.com·Analyzed 6 hours ago··Based on 9 sources

Shortlister helps Consultants and Employers find HR Technology Providers to accomplish their organizational and strategic goals

Depends

Depends

Buy if you're a benefits consultant or broker who needs to screen and compare many HR vendors in one place.

Vendor-discovery marketplace for benefits consultants with 8,000+ HR vendors. Overkill for SMBs buying one tool.

Confidence: Medium

8,000+

Vendor database

HR, benefits & wellness vendors listed

62/100

ITQlick score

Expert review score

$3.5M

Est. ARR

GetLatka 2025 estimate

$1.1M

Funding raised

Per Crunchbase

Feature depth4

8,000+ vendors, side-by-side comparison and evaluation workflows

Security posture2

Infostealer credential found; no public security page

Pros

  • 8,000+ HR, benefits and wellness vendors in one database¹
  • Side-by-side vendor comparison pages speed up shortlisting
  • Claims to be the largest HR vendor database

Cons

  • Small company: ~$3.5M ARR, $1.1M funding — viability risk
  • Expert score is a mediocre 62/100
  • No dedicated public security page found
  • Name collision: sells a separate video-interview product
  • Only 18 public reviews — hard to verify quality claims

Gotchas

  • mediumGuess: buyers likely free while vendors pay for placement — check ranking neutrality before trusting it²
  • mediumTwo different products share the Shortlister name; confirm exactly which one you're demoing
  • low1 credential from the domain appears in infostealer logs — expect sales-led, unpublished pricing

Best for

  • Benefits consultants & brokers
  • Employers running multi-vendor HR searches
  • Procurement teams building RFP shortlists

Not for

  • Small businesses buying one HR tool — pure overkill
  • Buyers who need published pricing upfront
  • Security-sensitive orgs wanting audited posture
  • Job seekers (different Shortlister interview product)

Companies that use it

  • East Midlands Trains
  • Imperial College London
  • Staffordshire University
  • Wiley

Pricing

Vendor marketing plans

Not published

  • For vendors marketing to consultants
  • Buyer-side access terms not public

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; 1 infostealer credential appears for the domain and no dedicated security page was found.

  • Infostealer credential exposure1 credential associated with appears in cybercrime infostealer databases — employee-level exposure, common but worth MFA enforcement.

What users say

Public feedback is thin — 18 FeaturedCustomers reviews and truncated positive G2 snippets, with no aggregate rating found.

Alternatives

Compare Shortlister with each alternative.

Google Sheets

Free scorecard spreadsheet beats this for single-tool purchases.

Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; many snippets truncated. Named users primarily relate to the sister interview product at shortlister.com.

Sources

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