Directory/ATS
An applicant tracking system, or ATS, is software that manages your hiring pipeline from job posting to offer letter. It stores every application, tracks each candidate through your stages, and gives your team one place to review resumes, leave notes, and schedule interviews. For most companies, the ATS is the system of record for recruiting.
Start with your hiring volume. High volume teams need bulk screening, automated stage moves, and strong reporting. Smaller teams should prioritize ease of use and fast setup. Check the career page builder, the quality of the candidate search, and integrations with your HRIS, background check provider, and job boards. If you hire across borders, confirm multi language support and compliance features for your regions.
An ATS tracks applicants through a defined pipeline. A recruiting CRM builds long term relationships with talent before they apply. Many teams need both. Modern platforms are blurring the line, with ATS products adding CRM style talent pools and CRMs adding pipeline tracking. If most of your hires come from inbound applications, start with an ATS. If you rely on outbound sourcing and pipelining, add a CRM.
Pricing scales with company size. Small business plans often start around 100 to 300 dollars per month. Mid market and enterprise plans can run into the thousands, usually priced per employee or per user per month. Some vendors now offer free ATS plans with core features, which can be enough for teams making a handful of hires per year.
The biggest mistake is buying for features you will never use and ignoring adoption. An ATS only works if hiring managers actually open it. Keep the evaluation practical. Run a pilot with a real open role, test the mobile experience, and ask how long implementation really takes. The directory below lists 190 applicant tracking systems so you can compare features side by side.
Prices last checked 15 Oct 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page. How we check · Missing a ATS tool? Suggest it
Our 3 picks are listed first, then every other tool A to Z. How we pick
ATS · CRM
Bilingual Canadian ATS and recruitment CRM from Montreal, sold by quote on admin, recruiter and manager seats.
Quote-based
ATS · Job boards
Job posting to 100+ boards with a simple applicant dashboard, on flat plans priced by job posts from $39/mo.
From $39/mo
ATS · CRM
Staffing and RPO ATS with a live MCP server, sold by quote with recruiter seats starting near $125/mo.
Quote-based
ATS · Sourcing
AI Recruitment OS that layers on top of staffing ATS systems.
From $99/mo
ATS · Learning · Performance · Succession & internal mobility
Enterprise learning and talent platform for skills, LMS/LXP, performance, recruiting, and workforce AI.
Sales-quoted
ATS · CRM
Belgian ATS sold by quote, with per-user or unlimited-user licensing and a portal for HR agency partners.
Quote-based
ATS · Onboarding
Hourly-workforce ATS, onboarding, and I-9/E-Verify for multi-location employers.
Sales-quoted
ATS
US applicant tracking system for high-volume hiring with EEO and OFCCP compliance tools, sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · Assessments · Interviewing · Texting
SMB hiring platform: post to 100+ boards, personality assessments, one-way video and texting, priced by job slot from $149/mo.
From $149/mo
ATS · Job boards
Built-in ATS and free job posts on a professional network.
Free plan, job posts $2/job
ATS · Interviewing · CRM · Sourcing
AI-native ATS and recruiting CRM for agencies and TA teams, with a first-party MCP connector for ChatGPT and Claude.
Sales-quoted
ATS · Job boards
Map-based job board with a built-in ATS for small employers: one job post free, then packages of 20 postings from $100/mo.
Free plan, paid from $100/mo
AI screening · ATS
AI-native ATS with unlimited jobs and AI CV screening, from $10/mo on your own AI key or $50/mo with AI included.
From $10/mo
ATS · Job boards · CRM
ATS, CRM, and job multiposting in one platform.
Sales-quoted
ATS · HRIS
Australian HRIS with ATS, onboarding, award payroll and LMS, priced by quote on modules and headcount.
Quote-based
ATS · CRM
Staffing CRM and ATS on Microsoft Dynamics 365 with Copilot and back office, sold by quote via a live demo.
Quote-based
ATS · CRM
Paychex-owned applicant tracking suite for employers, sold by quote and used by more than 3,500 customers.
Quote-based
ATS · Outreach · CRM · AI sourcing · Sourcing
AI-native recruiting platform: source 800M+ profiles, multi-channel outreach, optional ATS/CRM, plus MCP.
Free plan, paid from €49/mo
ATS · Onboarding · Scheduling · Texting
Enterprise ATS with two-way SMS, I-9 and W-4 onboarding packets and a REST API, sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · HRIS
K-12 applicant tracking from posting to offer, used by 3,000+ districts for recruiting and HR. Sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · CRM
Sydney recruitment CRM and ATS for agencies with built-in AI, e-signing and SMS, sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · CRM
Agency ATS and CRM from Evanston, Illinois with semantic search and Kanban project boards, sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · CRM
Simple ATS for small businesses and staffing firms with job board posting and a candidate CRM, from $49/mo, plus iReformat resume formatting.
From $49/mo
ATS · Assessments · AI interviewing · AI screening
AI hiring platform with ATS, screening receipts, assessments, video interviews and HRIS, from $249/mo with unlimited users.
From $249/mo
ATS · CRM
Agency ATS, CRM and rostering on one flat fee from $1,500/mo billed annually, with unlimited users.
From $1,500/mo
ATS · Employee referrals
Enterprise agentic ATS for campus, volume and referral hiring, sold by quote, with an MCP server.
Quote-based
ATS · HRIS · Succession & internal mobility
Enterprise HCM recruiting module.
Enterprise
ATS · Job boards
Australian job boards plus ATS for local employers.
From $150/mo
AI note takers · ATS · Interviewing
AI ATS with interview intelligence, references, and analytics.
Sales-quoted
ATS · Employee referrals · Onboarding
AI-assisted ATS with Standard, Professional and Enterprise tiers, sold by quote, with onboarding forms on Enterprise.
Quote-based
ATS · CRM · Recruitment marketing
Talent acquisition suite for global enterprises.
From $14,995
ATS · CRM
Cleveland staffing ATS and CRM with AI Smart matching, onboarding and vendor management, sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · Assessments · Job boards
SMB ATS with job posting, predictive candidate benchmarks and AI ranking, from $149/mo for 5 active jobs.
From $149/mo
ATS · Healthcare recruiting · Onboarding
Applicant tracking system built for hospitals and health systems, formerly HealthcareSource, with texting, onboarding and assessments.
Quote-based
ATS · Recruitment marketing
Spanish talent acquisition system with multiposting to 80+ channels, now part of Beetween Group. Sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS
Bangalore AI-native ATS whose agentic recruiter ERIKA runs high-volume hiring, sold by quote.
Quote-based
ATS · Employee referrals · CRM · Recruitment marketing
Career-site-first ATS, rising in mid-market mentions.
Quote-based
Job boards · ATS
Sports and live-events job board plus ATS, sold by quote as an annual license, used by 1,500+ organizations.
Quote-based
ATS
Open-source ATS under the MIT license, free to self-host on Supabase, or custom-built and hosted by SparxIT by quote.
Free self-hosted, implementation by quote
Sourcing · ATS · AI screening · AI sourcing
AI recruiter AiRA writes the job description, sources passive candidates, screens and schedules. Job slots from $199, 7-day free trial.
From $199/job slot
ATS · CRM
Executive search software, sold by quote, that says 30,000+ executives are hired with it each year.
Quote-based
Time & attendance · ATS · Workforce management
Swipeclock's time, scheduling and hiring platform for small businesses, month to month from $4/employee/mo.
From $4/employee/mo
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190. Each listing records its starting price, free plan, free trial, MCP and API support the same way, so the cards can be compared line for line.
76 of the 190 list a US dollar starting price, and the median of those is about $83. Units differ by vendor (per seat, per month, per check or credit pack), so compare the unit on each card, not just the number. 97 are priced by quote, so the vendor sets the number after a call.
21 of them have a permanent free plan rather than a timed trial. 38 offer a free trial.
34 of the 190 ship a first party MCP server, and 97 publish a public API. MCP is only marked where the vendor runs the server themselves, so an agent can query the tool directly.
The tools we use ourselves are marked as picks and listed first, then everything else runs A to Z. There is no paid ranking: a sponsored slot is labelled as such and never changes a listing, its category or its position.
Counted from every published listing in this category, so the numbers move with the directory.
