Polymer
ATS with a branded company job board, unlimited users and Plato AI applicant scoring, from $124/mo for 5 open jobs with a 14-day trial.
From $124/mo 14-day free trial API
Bottom line
Polymer is a simple ATS with a branded job board built in, aimed at startups and small in-house teams. Every plan has all features and unlimited users, and Plato AI scores each applicant against your job's criteria. Plans start at $124 a month for 5 open jobs, with a 14-day trial that starts when your first job goes live.
Stands out for: Pricing is by open jobs, not seats, so the whole team can join on the Starter plan, and no features are held back for higher tiers. The trial clock only starts once a job is published, and Plato shows its reasoning per criterion and strips name, location and email before scoring.
Watch out for: Plato is metered at 50 to 150 AI credits a month, so a role with hundreds of applicants can outrun the allowance. Starter caps you at 5 published jobs, and there are no direct HRIS or calendar integrations named beyond Zapier, Slack and Discord.
Overview
Polymer combines a company job board with an applicant tracking system. Roles are published to a branded board, on your own domain if you like, and can be pushed with one click to Google Jobs, your LinkedIn company page, X, We Work Remotely and WhatJobs.
Applicants land in a hiring dashboard with custom stages, stage-based automation, rich candidate profiles, custom application forms, shared notes and reviews, plus one-to-one and bulk messaging with templates.
Plato, the built-in AI reviewer, can review every application the moment it arrives. It pulls core, preferred and bonus criteria from the job description, marks each as a full, partial or no match with its reasoning, and sorts candidates into five fit levels. Name, location and email are removed before scoring.
Every plan includes all features and unlimited users. Plans differ only by how many jobs can be published at once and how many Plato credits arrive each month. A jobs API supports custom job board front ends, and Slack, Discord, Webflow and Zapier are supported.
Starter is $124/month (5 jobs, 50 credits), Growth $233/month (20 jobs, 100 credits) and Scale $415/month (50 jobs, 150 credits), with savings on annual billing. The 14-day trial begins when the first job is published.
Who it's for
Best for
- Startups and small in-house hiring teams
- Companies that want a branded careers page on their own domain
- Teams that want every hiring manager in the tool without seat fees
- Remote-first companies posting to We Work Remotely
Not ideal for
- Agencies that need a recruiting CRM and client management
- High-volume hiring with more than 50 open jobs
- Teams that need deep HRIS integrations
Key features
Company job board. Branded careers board on your own domain, with one-click posting to Google Jobs, LinkedIn company pages, X, We Work Remotely and WhatJobs.
Applicant tracking. Custom hiring stages, stage-based automation, rich candidate profiles, custom application forms, shared notes and reviews.
Plato AI screening. Scores each application against core, preferred and bonus criteria pulled from your job description, shows its reasoning, and anonymises name, location and email first.
Candidate messaging. Built-in one-to-one and bulk messaging with reusable templates.
Unlimited users. Every plan has all features and no seat limit, with user roles and job assignments.
APIs and integrations. Jobs API for custom job board front ends, plus Slack, Discord, Webflow and Zapier.
AI features
| What the AI does | Plan |
|---|---|
| Plato scores each application against criteria from your job description, with reasoning | All plans (monthly credits) |
| Auto-reviews new applicants the moment they apply | All plans (monthly credits) |
| Sorts candidates into five fit levels for filtering | All plans |
| Anonymises name, location and email before scoring | All plans |
Only features named in the vendor's own documentation. Anything sold separately is marked as an add-on.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $124/mo | 5 published jobs, 50 Plato AI credits, unlimited users |
| Growth | $233/mo | 20 published jobs, 100 Plato AI credits |
| Scale | $415/mo | 50 published jobs, 150 Plato AI credits |
Polymer publishes three plans, each with every feature and unlimited users. Starter is $124/month for up to 5 published jobs and 50 Plato AI credits, Growth is $233/month for 20 jobs and 100 credits, and Scale is $415/month for 50 jobs and 150 credits. Annual billing saves $300 a year on Starter, $552 on Growth and $1,008 on Scale. You can set everything up without a card, and the 14-day free trial starts only when your first job goes live. More than 50 jobs or custom work is quoted. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.
Checked 28 Oct 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
Is Polymer expensive?
Polymer starts at $124/mo. We list 204 ATS tools in total. 26 have a free tier, and those with a public price typically start around $80 a month.
- 99 quote-based
- 26 free tier
- 86 public price
Worked out automatically from every ATS listing, so it updates as the directory changes.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Unlimited users and all features on every plan
- Trial starts only when your first job goes live
- Plato AI shows its reasoning per criterion
Cons
- Plato AI credits capped at 50 to 150 a month
- Starter limited to 5 published jobs
- Few integrations beyond Zapier and chat tools
Integrations
Google Jobs LinkedIn X We Work Remotely WhatJobs Slack Zapier Webflow
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How Polymer compares
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymer (this tool) | – | $124/mo | – | ✓ | |
| | – | Quote-based | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
| | – | $299/mo | ✓ | ✓ | Compare |
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