Applicant tracking for small teams
Primary sources checkedApplicantStack
A long-standing US applicant tracking and onboarding system, now part of Swipeclock's WorkforceHub but still sold and priced on its own.
The short answer
- Best for
- US small businesses that need onboarding forms as well as an ATS
- Not ideal for
- European hiring: the product, the compliance features and the pricing are all US-shaped
- Price
- 14-day trial, then USD 29.99 to 159.99 a month depending on tier
- Closest alternative
- Breezy HRA more modern interface at a similar price, if you do not need the onboarding module
At a glance
- Recruitment fitStrong
- Ease of useUnknown
- ImplementationUnknown
- Price transparencyStrong
- Value for moneyFair
- ScalabilityFair
Why these assessments
- Recruitment fitStrong
- Purpose-built applicant tracking with an onboarding module attached: requisitions, candidates, stages and new-hire paperwork.
- Ease of useUnknown
- We have not used it. It is an older product and the interface has a reputation to match, but we found nothing we would stand behind.
- ImplementationUnknown
- A 14-day trial is published; nothing is published about configuring workflows, onboarding forms or a data migration.
- Price transparencyStrong
- Four tiers with exact monthly prices are published, which is more than most of this category manages.
- Value for moneyFair
- USD 29.99 a month is a low entry price for a working ATS, but what each tier includes and how many users it carries is not stated on the page.
- ScalabilityFair
- Four published tiers give a clear ladder, and the WorkforceHub parent adds time and attendance and HR if you grow into it, at extra cost.
Our reading of the evidence on this page. No score, no formula.
Where it sits
- Apply
- Screen
- Interview
- Decision
- Hire
The SourcrLab bottom line
One of the older names in small-business applicant tracking, acquired by Swipeclock and folded into the WorkforceHub suite while keeping its own name, pricing and sales motion. Four tiers run from USD 29.99 to USD 159.99 a month with a 14-day trial. The published prices are unusually specific for this category, but what each tier actually contains, and how many users it carries, is not on the page. The onboarding module is the differentiator and it is US-shaped, which decides the question for most European buyers.
Best fit
A US small business that wants applicant tracking and new-hire paperwork from the same vendor at a low monthly price, and does not need the product to look modern.
Think twice if
If you hire in Europe. The onboarding module is built around US forms and US compliance, and nothing on the pricing page addresses GDPR, data location or EU transfers.
SourcrLab assessment
Everything on this page comes from the vendor's own pages, checked on the dates below. SourcrLab has not used this product in real recruitment work, so you will not find a first-hand opinion here.
Why choose ApplicantStack?
A genuinely low entry price with exact figures
USD 29.99 a month, published to the cent across four tiers. Most competitors at this end either hide the price or start considerably higher.
Onboarding sits in the same system as tracking
For a small US employer, moving a hire from offer to signed paperwork without exporting to another tool is a real saving of time and of errors.
A long track record and a larger parent
The product has been sold for well over a decade and now sits inside Swipeclock's WorkforceHub, which reduces the risk of it disappearing next year.
Main trade-offs
It is built for the United States
The onboarding forms, the compliance framing and the pricing are all US-first. Nothing published addresses GDPR, EU data residency or transfer safeguards.
The prices are published but the plans are not
Four figures with no feature comparison and no user counts. You cannot tell from the page whether USD 29.99 buys one recruiter or a team, which makes the transparency less useful than it looks.
An older product in a category that has moved on
Competitors at the same price ship a more modern interface and more integrations. If the onboarding module is not the reason you are buying, the case is thin.
Pricing and buying reality
14-day free trial, then USD 29.99 to 159.99 a month
- Four published tiers: USD 29.99, 49.99, 109.99 and 159.99 a month
- A 14-day free trial
- Applicant tracking with an onboarding module for new-hire paperwork
- Part of Swipeclock's WorkforceHub, which adds time, attendance and HR at extra cost, but ApplicantStack is still sold and priced under its own name
- The pricing page does not state what each tier includes or how many users it carries. Prices in USD
What we do not know
- What each of the four tiers includes
- How many users each tier carries
- Whether the onboarding module is on every tier or only the higher ones
- Whether EU data residency or GDPR-specific handling is available
Checked on the vendor's pricing page, August 2026. ApplicantStack pricing page, four published monthly tiers
How it fits your stack
Works with
- WorkforceHub time, attendance and HR modules, at extra cost
Likely replaces
- A separate onboarding paperwork tool for US new hires
- A spreadsheet as the applicant pipeline
May overlap with
- Breezy HR and Zoho Recruit, which cover the same small-business ATS purchase
Check before buying
- Which tier includes onboarding, since that is the reason to pick it
- How many users your price covers
- Whether it can meet your obligations if you hire in the EU
ApplicantStack vs alternatives
Products a buyer would genuinely put next to this one, with the reason you would pick each instead.
Choose Breezy HR when you want a more modern interface and a longer integration list at a similar price, and do not need the onboarding module.
Choose Zoho Recruit when you want a bigger product with published per-user pricing and international coverage.
Choose Jobsoid when several colleagues need access, since users are unlimited on every plan.
Used ApplicantStack?
Tell other recruiters what worked, what did not, and who it suits. Positive, mixed or critical — all useful.
Evidence
- Four published monthly tier prices — checked against a primary source: ApplicantStack pricing page, four published monthly tiers
- A 14-day free trial — checked against a primary source: ApplicantStack pricing page, four published monthly tiers
- Applicant tracking with an onboarding module — checked against a primary source: ApplicantStack pricing page, four published monthly tiers
- Part of Swipeclock's WorkforceHub while sold under its own name — checked against a primary source: ApplicantStack pricing page, four published monthly tiers
- What each tier includes and how many users it carries — not enough evidence
- EU data residency or GDPR-specific handling — not enough evidence
- SourcrLab hands-on use — not enough evidence
Last reviewed: August 2026. How SourcrLab verifies information
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