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Applicant Tracking Systems and Recruitment CRMs (2026)

Systems of record for managing candidates and hiring pipelines: applicant tracking systems, recruitment CRMs and the all-in-one platforms that combine both.

Underneath the whole process rather than at one stage of it. Almost everything in this category is full-funnel by design, which is also why it is the hardest category to change your mind about later.

If you are comparing core systems tools for 2026, the hard part is telling near-identical products apart. Below: what each one lists, what it costs where that is public, and where our information comes from.

Updated April 2026 · 82 tools in the catalogue

Where This Fits in Your Workflow

Decide where candidates, roles and — for an agency — clients and placements are going to live.

This category runs alongside the whole process rather than occupying one step of it.

Quick Comparison

#ToolPricingFree PlanBest forKey Strength 
1Recruit CRMPer Userfrom From EUR 79/user/monthNoRecruitment agencies with roughly 5 to 25 consultantsATS and CRM in one system, with deal pipelines for client workDetails
2AtlasEnterpriseNoEnterprise recruitment agenciesAI note taker that transcribes and summarises calls and client conversationsDetails
3ATZ CRMPer Userfrom $12/user/month (annual billing)YesSolo recruiters and boutique desksATS pipeline with Kanban candidate trackingDetails
4AvaturePricing on requestfrom Quote onlyNoGlobal enterprises with hiring processes no standard workflow satisfiesRecruitment CRM for talent pipelining and recruitment marketingDetails
5BrightmovePricing on requestfrom From $125/month (Standard)NoStaffing agencies and RPO providers with mixed recruiter and stakeholder user typesApplicant tracking and candidate pipeline for agency and staffing desksDetails

Extra placement in this category. It is not a ranking and it is not a recommendation — these tools appear in the full list below as well.

Recruit CRM logoFeatured

System of record

Recruit CRM

Full-stack ATS + CRM built for recruitment agencies doing 10+ placements/month. Fast once set up; genuine 2-4 week learning curve to get there.

The Pro plan is capped at one hiring pipeline, one email sequence, 15 custom fields and 2 candidate matches, with no open API

Public sources

Per User

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82 tools in the catalogue

Recruit CRM logoFeatured

System of record

Recruit CRM

Full-stack ATS + CRM built for recruitment agencies doing 10+ placements/month. Fast once set up; genuine 2-4 week learning curve to get there.

The Pro plan is capped at one hiring pipeline, one email sequence, 15 custom fields and 2 candidate matches, with no open API

Public sources

Per User
Atlas logo

System of record

Atlas

AI-native recruiting CRM and ATS for enterprise agencies, built to auto-capture call and client context instead of relying on manual data entry. No public pricing; demo only.

No public pricing; the only route in is a demo request

23 external reviews · public sources

Enterprise
ATZ CRM logo

System of record

ATZ CRM

All-in-one ATS and CRM for independent recruiters and small to midsize agencies, with AI resume parsing and candidate matching, multiposting to 20+ job boards and outreach automation. Free Forever plan with the core features; paid plans from $12/user/month on annual billing, with monthly billing available too and a 30-day free trial.

Published per-user pricing well below most agency platforms

Very small independent review base; G2 shows no reviews yet

Public sources

Per User·Free Plan
Avature logo

System of record

Avature

Enterprise platform spanning recruitment CRM, applicant tracking and talent management, whose defining property is that almost everything is configurable — which is why global organisations choose it and also what makes it heavy to run. No general public pricing; a UK government framework listing exists but is procurement-specific.

Configurability is the most consistent strength across both review platforms

No general public pricing; the only public figure is a UK government framework listing

Public sources

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System of record

Brightmove

Applicant tracking built for staffing agencies, RPO providers and recruiting firms, priced by utilisation rather than by flat seat. Standard starts from $125 a month, the RPO add-on is $100 per recruiter seat, and the Back Office and Wizdom analytics modules each start from $499 a month, so the working configuration decides most of the bill.

Publishes an entry price and module prices, where most agency systems publish nothing

Back Office and Wizdom analytics each start from $499/month, several times the base plan

Public sources

Dover logo

System of record

Dover

Applicant tracking with a genuinely free core tier: unlimited users, unlimited jobs, job-board posting and Gmail or Outlook integration at no cost, with a single $199 monthly Premium tier adding AI applicant scoring and AI note taking. Dover's Recruiter Marketplace is a separate recruiting service on deposits and hourly rates, not part of the ATS price.

The free tier includes unlimited users and unlimited jobs, which is where most free ATS tiers cap you

No published single sign-on, enterprise access control or compliance certification was found

Public sources

Freemium·Free Plan
Elevatus logo

System of record

Elevatus

AI hiring suite for medium-to-large employers and government, with EVA-REC as the applicant tracking platform inside it: end-to-end acquire-to-hire workflow, resume filtering, interview scheduling, a centralised resume database and AI candidate matching. No public price; a $10,000 figure shown on Capterra is aggregator metadata rather than a vendor rate.

AI matching and resume filtering are part of the platform rather than a separate purchase

No first-party public pricing was established

Public sources

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System of record

Gusto

All-in-one small-business platform built on payroll, benefits and HR: payroll taxes, medical and 401(k), time tracking, onboarding, performance and compliance. Its Plus and Premium plans also include Gusto Recruiting, a lightweight built-in ATS for job posting, applicant tracking, hiring-team scorecards, offers and direct handoff into onboarding and payroll. Primarily US small businesses; not a standalone recruiting product.

All hiring data accessible from a single hub

It is a payroll and HR platform first; the built-in ATS is deliberately lightweight

Public sources

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HireHive

Applicant tracking priced by concurrent active jobs rather than by seat: $120 a month for 3 active jobs, $280 for 10 and $500 for 25, with unlimited users and an unlimited candidate database on every plan. Euro prices are published alongside. Above 25 active jobs, Enterprise is quoted.

Unlimited users and an unlimited candidate database on every plan

The vendor's English pricing page renders a stale second plan ladder alongside the current one

Public sources

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System of record

Hireology

Hiring platform built for decentralised, multi-location employers — automotive, hospitality and healthcare are the named markets — covering applicant tracking, candidate communication and hiring workflow, with onboarding, background checks, compliance and analytics available in the broader product. Sold on quote; no public price.

Purpose-built for decentralised multi-location hiring rather than adapted to it

No public pricing at all: quote and order form only

Public sources

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System of record

HireSweet

European outbound recruiting CRM built around AI candidate search, multichannel sequences across email, LinkedIn and SMS, and a talent pool, with bi-directional ATS integration. The vendor now describes it as an ATS+CRM serving temp staffing agencies, recruitment firms and corporate teams, while independent listings still describe a layer used on top of an existing ATS.

Per-user pricing published for both monthly and annual billing, including the add-on rate

The vendor describes an ATS+CRM while G2 still describes an ATS-overlay CRM — two different products

Public sources

Per User
Jobvite logo

System of record

Jobvite

Modular talent acquisition suite for mid-market and enterprise in-house teams: the core is an applicant tracking system, with recruitment marketing, a candidate CRM, career sites, onboarding, internal mobility, referrals and analytics sold as modules around it. Quote-led and assembled per customer; no public list price.

One vendor across ATS, CRM, career sites, onboarding and analytics

No public pricing; modular quotes make like-for-like comparison hard to construct

Public sources

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PCRecruiter

Configurable agency, executive search and staffing ATS and CRM, sold from about $85 per user per month for PCRecruiter and about $115 for PCRM on a basic two-year contract. The subscription covers the current version, secure storage with daily backups, API access, integrations and standard support; setup, training and data migration are quoted separately.

Customisability is the most consistent strength across both review platforms

The interface is repeatedly described as dated, which affects consultant adoption

Public sources

Per User
QJumpers logo

System of record

QJumpers

AI Talent Sourcing engine that searches public candidate profiles worldwide and bills per profile view, usable standalone, alongside an existing ATS, or with the QJumpers ATS, which is priced by job volume with unlimited users and includes QuickMatch AI ranking and a built-in offer and contract module. Pricing is quote-based.

Job-volume pricing with unlimited users suits hiring-manager-led organisations

No public price list for the ATS or the sourcing module

Public sources

Enterprise
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Recruitly

Agency ATS and sales CRM on one shared database, with business-development and placement pipelines and multi-branch support. Publicly priced from a free tier through $25, $80 and $120 per user per month with 20 percent off annually, plus usage-priced add-ons for email, SMS, e-signature, sourcing and AI actions that decide most of the real bill.

Every plan carries a public price, including Enterprise

The vendor's sales-CRM page states a different entry price from the canonical plan table

Public sources

Free Plan
Recruta logo

System of record

Recruta

Lightweight hiring platform with a free plan: AI-written job posts, public and embeddable listings, a kanban pipeline and candidate ranking, plus Ares, an autonomous agent that sources on LinkedIn, GitHub and the open web and runs AI voice interviews. Rebranding to Hyris; paid tiers from USD 79.99/month.

Free-forever plan makes evaluation cost an afternoon

Mid-rebrand from Recruta to Hyris, with two live domains

Public sources

Free Plan
Spott ATS logo

System of record

Spott ATS

First AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting and staffing firms. Full ATS, CRM, and AI agents across the entire workflow.

No more scattered spreadsheets or siloed information

Expect 2-4 weeks for full migration and team training

Public sources

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System of record

SupportFinity

All-in-one AI recruitment platform combining ATS, sourcing, campaigns, assessments, interviews and job distribution.

Broad end-to-end recruitment scope in one product

Credit consumption extends beyond simple sourcing

Public sources

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System of record

Workday Recruiting

The talent-acquisition component of Workday HCM: requisitions including evergreen and confidential ones, candidate management, career sites, screening, interviews, offers, internal mobility, compliance reporting and analytics, with HiredScore AI for Recruiting integrated. Bought as part of a Workday agreement rather than as a standalone ATS, and quote-led throughout.

Recruiting and the employee record share one platform, removing an integration and a reconciliation

A steep learning curve and click-heavy workflows are recurring themes across roughly 101 G2 reviews

Public sources

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System of record

100Hires

Low-cost applicant tracking system for very small teams. Start is EUR 42 a month billed annually (EUR 86 monthly) and carries 3 jobs, 100 candidates and one user; Advanced is EUR 172 annually (EUR 216 monthly) and is unlimited on jobs, candidates and users while adding automated emails, knockout questions and a custom careers domain; Pro is EUR 346 and adds contact enrichment and migration support; Enterprise is quoted. A 14-day trial caps external-board candidates at ten. Annual is prepaid with no refunds.

The entry plan carries a single user; adding a colleague means a fourfold price step

Public sources

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Adeptiq

Lightweight ATS with AI CV parsing and natural-language candidate search, on a public four-tier price table starting free. Communication-channel integration is in development and not included today.

Genuine free tier with no credit card required

Candidate and AI-search caps become binding as usage grows

Public sources

Free Plan
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System of record

ApplicantStack

Long-standing US applicant tracking system with an onboarding module for new-hire paperwork, now part of Swipeclock's WorkforceHub but still sold and priced under its own name. Four published tiers run from USD 29.99 to USD 159.99 a month with a 14-day trial. The pricing page does not state what each tier includes or how many users it carries, and the product, its compliance features and its onboarding forms are all US-shaped.

Built for the United States; nothing published on GDPR, EU data residency or transfers

Public sources

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Ashby

All-in-one recruiting platform for in-house teams, combining applicant tracking, sourcing CRM, scheduling and reporting. Priced by company size rather than per recruiter.

Price follows company headcount, so it rises without any change in hiring volume

Public sources

Paid
Breezy HR logo

System of record

Breezy HR

ATS priced per company with unlimited users on every plan. The free Bootstrap plan runs one active position with a branded career site, 50+ job boards and CV parsing; Startup $157/month, Growth $273 adds scorecards and interview guides, Business $439 adds offers and HRIS integrations, all on annual billing.

The free plan allows only one active position at a time

Public sources

Freemium·Free Plan
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System of record

Bullhorn

Recruitment platform for staffing agencies, from a per-seat ATS at EUR 85 in Europe or USD 99 in the US up to a front-to-back suite with timesheets, invoicing and pay and bill. The two are regional price lists rather than a conversion. The recruitment CRM starts on the quote-only Pro plan.

The recruitment CRM is not in either of the two published plans

Public sources

Per User
ClearCompany logo

System of record

ClearCompany

US talent management suite, now presenting as ClearCo, sold as modular packages: ClearRecruit for hiring, ClearTalent, ClearGrow and ClearLearn, with TotalTalent as the combined offering. The recruiting module is a genuine ATS with onboarding attached, but it is one part of a suite covering performance, engagement and learning. No prices are published for any module, there is no free plan and no trial, and the route to purchase is a booked demo.

No prices published for any module, and no stated pricing unit or minimum

Public sources

Codility logo

System of record

Codility

Coding assessment and live technical interview platform, priced on invite credits rather than seats: Starter $1,200 a year for 120 invites and one platform user, Scale $6,000 for 300 invites capped at 25 a month and three users, Custom on quote. Assesses candidates working with AI tools, with reviewable AI activity per assessment.

Scale sells 300 invites a year but limits you to 25 in any month

Public sources

Usage Based
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Comeet

Collaborative in-house applicant tracking system whose pricing URL now 301-redirects to Spark Hire's, so the published prices a buyer lands on are Spark Hire's Recruit tiers. Recruit Pro starts at USD 335 a month and Growth is USD 499, both billed annually with no monthly option; Enterprise is quoted. Those tiers bundle applicant tracking with video interviewing, reference checking and assessments. The redirect shows where the buy route goes; whether Comeet is still sold separately, and on what terms, is not published either way.

The Comeet pricing URL redirects to Spark Hire; whether it is still sold separately is not published either way

Public sources

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System of record

Cooper

AI hiring platform combining an ATS with sourcing, screening and interview agents, aimed at volume and operational hiring. Multiposting and automatic application review are core; pricing is tailored to team size and hiring volume with no public rate card.

Agents work on the same candidate record the ATS keeps

No published prices, so it cannot be shortlisted without a sales call

Public sources

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System of record

CosmoQuick

Multi-surface hiring platform combining AI-ranked candidate sourcing, resume comparison and pipeline/ATS workflow, with pricing fragmented by region, product and workflow rather than one public rate.

Combines sourcing, AI ranking and pipeline/ATS workflow instead of one narrow point tool

Pricing is fragmented across region, product and workflow, with no single canonical rate card

Public sources

Free Plan
Crelate logo

System of record

Crelate

Talent management platform combining ATS and CRM for staffing and recruiting firms. Pipeline management with automation features.

The entry plan is capped at 2 users and 20,000 contacts

Public sources

Per User
Curriculo logo

System of record

Curriculo

AI-native applicant tracking system for startups hiring their first 10 to 200 people, scoring candidates on a 0-100 fit scale with written reasoning and exposing the ATS to Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients through 25 tools behind ats:read and ats:write scopes. Currently in beta.

MCP server makes the ATS operable from Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients

The product is in beta

Public sources

Free Plan
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Freshteam (Freshworks)

Freshworks' small-business applicant tracking system with lightweight HR, onboarding and time-off management. When checked in August 2026 the vendor's product page returned HTTP 404 and we found no current product or pricing page for it on the Freshworks site, so no current plans, prices or trial can be established from the vendor. Third-party write-ups report a sunset with renewals stopping in March 2026 and access ending in 2027, which we could not confirm at the vendor and record as reported rather than as fact. Whether it is still sold, and on what terms, is unknown: ask Freshworks directly before buying or renewing.

The vendor's product page returns HTTP 404, so no current terms can be established from their site

Public sources

Gem logo

System of record

Gem

All-in-one recruiting platform with CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics.

The price follows company headcount rather than hiring volume

Public sources

Enterprise
Greenhouse logo

System of record

Greenhouse

Applicant tracking system built around structured hiring: interview plans, scorecards, permissions and a large integration marketplace. Three plans, all priced on quote.

No published price on any of the three plans

Public sources

Enterprise
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System of record

HappyFleet

AI voice screening with a bundled ATS, built for frontline hiring in logistics, warehousing, healthcare, hospitality, facilities, security and retail. The AI recruiter runs scored role-specific phone screens in ten-plus languages with transcripts and recordings kept for review, and qualified candidates flow into HappyFleet's own pipeline. Users and jobs are unlimited; interview volume is the meter.

Unlimited users and jobs, so cost tracks interviews rather than headcount

Entry tier assumes 150 interviews a month; no smaller or per-interview option

Public sources

Harbor logo

System of record

Harbor

An ATS and client CRM for independent recruiters and small agencies, built by working recruiters: candidate pipelines and client relationships on one surface, a Chrome extension that captures profiles, resumes and contact details from sources such as LinkedIn and GitHub with duplicate checks and pipeline assignment, and connected Google or Microsoft email and calendar for outreach and interview scheduling. A 30-day trial is offered; no public subscription pricing was established.

Browser-to-pipeline sourcing capture with duplicate checking

No public subscription pricing, seat model or migration fees

Public sources

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System of record

Homerun

Netherlands-based applicant tracking system for small in-house teams, built around a designed careers page on your own domain. Priced per job slot and employee seat: Light EUR 89 a month billed annually with 3 job slots and 25 seats, Basic EUR 159 with 6 and 75, Plus EUR 249 with 10 and 150; monthly billing is EUR 99, 179 and 289. Extra employee seats are EUR 4 a month. A 15-day free trial with no card. Euro and sterling pricing with VAT rules stated for the Netherlands and the rest of Europe.

Job slots cap at 3, 6 and 10 by tier, so a busy quarter forces a tier change

Public sources

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System of record

iCIMS

Enterprise applicant tracking system sold to employers: configurable requisition-to-offer workflows, candidate matching and ranking, scheduling, offers and recruiting analytics, with candidate CRM, career sites, employer branding, onboarding and internal mobility sold as separate applications around it. Quote-led, with no public rate card for the ATS.

Documented integration layer, with a developer route for connectors that do not exist yet

No public price for the ATS: licence cost, billing meter and seat minimums are all unknown

Public sources

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System of record

InferOwl

Pre-launch platform for healthcare staffing agencies, announced as a recruitment intelligence operating system with credential-aware workflows, usage-metered AI and human approval before outreach. Currently a waitlist with a small onboarding cohort; not generally available.

Human approval is designed into the outreach flow rather than added afterwards

Not generally available: waitlist access and a small onboarding cohort

Public sources

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System of record

iSmartRecruit

ATS and recruiting CRM built around executive and retained search, with talent mapping, confidential search handling and a client portal. Price on request.

The pricing page shows every plan as "$XX per user per month", so nothing can be budgeted or benchmarked

Public sources

Enterprise
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System of record

JazzHR

Long-established applicant tracking system for small in-house teams, sold in annual plans. Hero is USD 1,000 a year and starts at three job postings a month; Plus is USD 3,480 and adds up to 200 active jobs, structured interviews, assessments and task automation; Pro is USD 5,508 and adds offers and eSignatures. Posting to a dozen free job boards is included, with paid syndication available. No free plan or trial is published, and seats per plan are not stated.

All plans are quoted annually and no monthly option appears

Public sources

JobAdder logo

System of record

JobAdder

Cloud-based recruitment management platform designed for agencies and in-house teams. Integrates with 200+ job boards worldwide.

No published price or range at any user count

Public sources

Enterprise
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System of record

Jobsoid

Applicant tracking system for small teams, priced by concurrently open jobs rather than by user. Beginner is free for one active job; Lite is USD 49 a month billed annually for five; Standard USD 99 for fifteen; Pro USD 249 for forty. Every tier including the free one carries unlimited users, so hiring managers and interviewers cost nothing to add. A 14-day trial covers the paid features.

Priced by concurrently open jobs, which is expensive for high-volume hiring

Public sources

Freemium·Free Plan
JobTetris logo

System of record

JobTetris

All-in-one recruitment software for agencies, connecting business development, live jobs and candidate activity in one system: ATS and CRM, digital references, CV formatting, video interviews with AI transcripts, email marketing, workflow automation, document signing, website job boards, candidate and client portals and reporting. Agency pricing is not published; the figures on the public site are employer plans.

Bundles the modules agencies typically buy as separate subscriptions

No published agency pricing, despite agencies being the primary buyer

Public sources

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System of record

Lever

Modern ATS and CRM hybrid designed for collaborative, data-driven recruiting.

No published price, plan names or ranges of any kind

Public sources

Enterprise
Loxo logo

System of record

Loxo

AI-powered talent intelligence platform combining sourcing, CRM, ATS, and outreach in one system for recruiters.

The capabilities that distinguish it start on the $199 Professional plan

Public sources

Per User
Manatal logo

System of record

Manatal

AI-powered ATS and recruitment CRM built for agencies and HR teams.

The entry plan caps open jobs at 15 and the database at 10,000 candidates

Public sources

Per User
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System of record

Occupop

Irish applicant tracking system for small and mid-sized employers whose pricing URL now 301-redirects to Cezanne HR's enquiry form, leaving no published price, plan structure or trial to evaluate and a buy route that leads to another company. app.occupop.com still returned a login page when checked, which establishes that the login is reachable and not that service, support or development continue as before. No published statement says whether the product continues in its own right, becomes part of Cezanne HR, or is wound down.

The pricing URL redirects to Cezanne HR's enquiry form; no price of its own is published

Public sources

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System of record

Oorwin

One platform for staffing and consulting firms, combining a recruitment ATS, a client sales CRM, HR operations and talent intelligence — built for businesses where a placed candidate becomes a consultant you also employ and administer. No current first-party price was established; treat it as quote-led.

Recruiting and sales pipeline visibility in one system is the recurring reviewer strength

No current first-party price could be established; the previous catalogue figure was untraceable and removed

Public sources

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System of record

Oracle Recruiting Cloud

Oracle Fusion Cloud Recruiting: the recruiting component of Oracle Cloud HCM, covering career sites, requisitions, candidate and application management, pools and campaigns, selection processes, interviews, offers, internal opportunities and agency submissions, with a documented REST and Direct Apply integration model. Distinct from Oracle Taleo, the older Oracle recruiting product documented separately. Quote-led, with no public Recruiting price.

Recruiting and the HR record share one platform, so internal mobility works on current data

No public Recruiting price: licence cost, meter and implementation cost are all unknown

Public sources

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System of record

PeopleLensAI

European AI hiring intelligence platform spanning role alignment, applicant tracking, semantic candidate search, structured interviews, transcription, summaries and decision support. Standard EUR 255/month + EUR 250 setup; Pro EUR 635 + EUR 400 setup; Enterprise EUR 1,268 + EUR 695 setup.

Role alignment, candidate workflow, interview evidence and decision support live in one product

Volume tiers create meaningful price steps as hiring activity grows

Public sources

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System of record

Pinpoint

UK-built applicant tracking system for in-house teams, positioned around careers sites, candidate experience and reporting, with an integration list the vendor puts above 100 across HRIS, background checking, assessment and job boards. Sold entirely through booked demos: there is no pricing page, no published tier or unit, no free plan, no trial and no self-serve signup.

No prices published at any level: no figure, unit or minimum contract

Public sources

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System of record

Qualified Crew

All-in-one mass-recruitment platform combining an ATS with recruitment project management for high-volume, multi-project and multi-entity hiring: separate company accounts with their own roles and branding, job groups behind a single share link and QR code, bulk candidate invitations, AI-assisted screening with evaluation reports, built-in interview management, and candidate chat with WhatsApp and email notifications. No public pricing was established.

Company and project hierarchy is modelled rather than approximated with tags

Most capability evidence comes from a vendor deck rather than an inspectable product

Public sources

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System of record

Recooty

Small-business applicant tracking system priced by company headcount rather than by user. Starter is USD 79 a month billed annually (USD 99 monthly) for up to 20 employees, 5 active jobs and 5 job locations; Standard is USD 149 annually (USD 199 monthly) and removes the job and location limits up to 250-plus employees; Premier is quoted. Job board syndication to a stated 200-plus boards, interview scheduling, calendar sync and GDPR compliance are included, with a 15-day free trial and no card.

Priced on company headcount, so growing past twenty employees forces a tier change

Public sources

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System of record

Recruitable

Agency-first applicant tracking system with client and candidate CRM, placement invoicing and an AI layer, on three published per-seat tiers from USD 30 to USD 189 per month with a 10 percent annual saving.

Three published per-seat tiers with a stated annual discount and a defined enterprise threshold

Imported call recordings and transcripts sit in candidate records with no published retention or consent terms

Public sources

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System of record

Recruitee

Collaborative hiring platform with AI-powered candidate recommendations, employer branding tools, and pipeline analytics.

No published price at any employee count

Public sources

Enterprise
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System of record

Recruitify

A modern agency ATS with an integrated sales CRM: candidate, client, contact, sales and contractor databases in one environment, with perm, staffing, IT contracting and freelancer workflows, blind CV generation, career pages and multiposting. AI covers CV parsing, candidate summaries, anonymous CV generation, job-post generation and matching, and a dedicated GDPR module handles consent, expiry, renewals and anonymisation. Per-user pricing is published.

Sales CRM is part of the product rather than a second subscription

Serving HR, agency and enterprise buyers means depth must be tested per workflow

Public sources

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System of record

SmartRecruiters

Enterprise hiring platform with AI matching, CRM, and marketplace integrations.

The published entry figure carries no billing period or unit

Public sources

Enterprise
Talentis logo

System of record

Talentis

Executive search CRM from Ikiru People combining assignment management, passive candidate research across public profiles and client reporting, with Outlook, Word and Chrome add-ins. Published from about $125/user/month, with a seven-day trial.

Assignments, longlists and client reporting share one record

A profile count proves nothing about coverage in your own market

Public sources

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System of record

TalentLyft

European applicant tracking system that combines the pipeline with a careers site builder, sourcing and recruitment marketing. Essential and Growth are both listed from USD 100 a month or USD 1,000 a year, with the displayed figure rising as you add job slots; Enterprise is quoted. A 14-day trial is available. Because the price moves with job-slot count, the starting figure is a floor rather than a plan price.

The price moves with job-slot count, so no single figure describes the product

Public sources

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System of record

Teamtailor

Applicant tracking system for in-house teams that combines the hiring pipeline with the career site, employer branding and candidate relationship management. Sold on unlimited users, price on request.

No public pricing: plan names, ranges and pricing basis are all unpublished

Public sources

Enterprise
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System of record

Vincere

Agency-native recruitment CRM and ATS, sold as Access Vincere Evo by The Access Group: candidates and clients, business development, placements, recruiter KPIs and a contract desk with rate rules, timesheets and expenses. From £69/user/month, with AI Smart Packs priced per agency from £25 to £349/month and a 12-month minimum term.

Published £69/user/month entry price in a category where most competitors quote only

The entry price excludes Smart Packs, custom analytics and the third-party data connector

Public sources

Per User
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System of record

Vitae AI

A configurable recruitment operating system consolidating candidate and client ATS and CRM, sourcing, outreach across email, LinkedIn and SMS, scheduling, branded careers pages and reporting, at $69 per recruiter a month. A credit balance meters AI actions and contact-data lookups on top of the seat price, and the platform publishes an API and MCP surface for connecting your own AI assistant.

Seat price is below the sum of the tools it replaces

Credits meter AI and contact-data actions, so cost tracks sourcing volume

Public sources

Workable logo

System of record

Workable

All-in-one recruiting software with AI-powered sourcing, automated actions, and built-in assessments for growing companies.

The price follows headcount, so a quiet hiring year costs the same as a busy one

Public sources

Paid
Zoho Recruit logo

System of record

Zoho Recruit

ATS sold as two editions, one for staffing agencies and one for in-house teams. Staffing: free, then EUR 25 / 50 / 75 per user per month on annual billing. Corporate: free, then EUR 25 / 50. Each licence is capped on active jobs: 1, 10 or 20. 15-day trial.

Each recruiter licence is capped on active jobs: 1 free, 10 Standard, 20 Enterprise

Public sources

Freemium·Free Plan
Arc.dev logo

System of record

Arc.dev

Remote developer hiring platform with HireAI matching. Pre-vetted candidates from 190+ countries.

Automates the most time-consuming sourcing tasks

Older profiles may have stale contact information

Public sources

BambooHR logo

System of record

BambooHR

All-in-one HR platform with ATS, onboarding, payroll, and employee management. AI-powered hiring workflows for SMBs.

Unified view across jobs, candidates, and stages

Data migration can be time-consuming and error-prone

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Cronofy logo

System of record

Cronofy

Calendar API and scheduling infrastructure for recruiting tools. Powers scheduling in 100+ ATS platforms.

Eliminates back-and-forth

Requires calendar setup

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Factorial HR logo

System of record

Factorial HR

HR software with ATS, time tracking, and document management. AI-powered hiring for European SMBs.

Keeps candidates, pipelines, and notes in one place

Plan for downtime and parallel-running during transition

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Fluentive logo

System of record

Fluentive

Lightweight ATS/CRM alternative with a pipeline board and calendar in one screen.

Helps recruiters communicate more effectively in multiple languages

Not specifically designed for recruitment communication

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Free Plan
Fountain logo

System of record

Fountain

All-in-one high volume hiring platform for enterprises. AI-powered screening, scheduling, and onboarding for hourly workers.

No more scattered spreadsheets or siloed information

Expect 2-4 weeks for full migration and team training

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HeyMilo logo

System of record

HeyMilo

End-to-end AI hiring solution managing sourcing, engagement, screening, evaluation, and scheduling within your ATS.

Automated pre-screening filters unqualified candidates fast

Algorithmic fairness depends on training data quality

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Hyre logo

System of record

Hyre

Shift scheduling and hourly hiring platform. Automated scheduling, time tracking, and team communication.

No back-and-forth

Calendar setup needed

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Mathison logo

System of record

Mathison

Workforce analytics for People, HR and talent leaders. Connects to the HRIS, reports on workforce data across the employee life cycle with a DEI lens, assesses policies and practice, and turns the result into an action plan it measures progress against. It is not an applicant tracking system and holds no candidate pipeline.

Reports on the employer's own workforce data rather than on benchmark averages

Not an applicant tracking system: it will not post, track or progress a vacancy

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System of record

Paylocity

Cloud-based HCM platform with recruiting, payroll, and talent management. AI-driven applicant tracking for mid-market companies.

One centralized view replaces scattered spreadsheets

Integrations may need reconfiguring after migration

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Pin (ATS) logo

System of record

Pin (ATS)

AI candidate search and automated outreach with a recruiting CRM on top, connecting to the applicant tracking system a customer already runs rather than replacing it. The agency edition adds multi-client pipelines and placement tracking, and claims it can stand in for an ATS — a claim the general product's own integration-first positioning does not make.

Sits alongside the ATS a team already runs, so adopting it is not a migration

Not an applicant tracking system: applications, offers and compliance stay in the ATS you keep

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Recruiterflow logo

System of record

Recruiterflow

All-in-one recruiting CRM and ATS built for staffing agencies with email sequences, pipeline management, and reporting.

Single source of truth for all recruitment data

Historical data import may need manual cleanup

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System of record

Rippling

Unified workforce platform with ATS, HRIS, payroll, and IT management. AI-powered recruiting built into the full employee lifecycle.

Consolidated data makes reporting and audits simpler

Migrating from another system takes significant effort

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Talview logo

System of record

Talview

AI-powered end-to-end hiring platform with proctored assessments, video interviews, and behavioral insights.

Automated pre-screening filters unqualified candidates fast

Algorithmic fairness depends on training data quality

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Toggl Hire logo

System of record

Toggl Hire

Skills-based hiring platform with homework assignments and async assessments. Anti-cheating AI and auto-grading.

Screening that keeps pace with high application volumes

Bias risk requires proactive DEI review of AI outputs

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Free Plan
Verified First logo

System of record

Verified First

Background screening integrated with 100+ ATS platforms. AI-assisted adjudication and compliance tools.

Automated pre-screening filters save hours per role

Without oversight, algorithms may reinforce patterns

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Which Tool Should You Choose?

You probably need this category if

  • Candidate information currently lives in inboxes and spreadsheets and more than one person needs it
  • You are an agency: clients, placements and billing have to sit with the candidates, not beside them
  • Other tools you want to buy assume there is a system for them to write into

You probably do not, if

  • You are hiring your first two or three people, where the process cost arrives before the benefit
  • You already have one that works and the actual complaint is about a single stage — replacing the system of record is the most expensive way to fix one stage

What to compare on inside this category

  • Whether it is built for hiring into your own company or for billing placements to clients — the two are different products
  • What the published entry price excludes, because in this category it usually excludes the reason you are buying
  • Whether the tools you already run will connect, and what happens to your data if you leave
  • What migrating your existing database costs, in money and in weeks

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