Top Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

• Candidate messaging: Breezy centralizes email conversations within candidate profiles, so recruiters can review previous messages and respond without switching between applications. SMS messaging is available as a paid add-on, giving teams another way to communicate with applicants.
• Candidate management automations: Recruiters can configure stage-based actions to send questionnaires, assign tasks, and request feedback as candidates move through the hiring process. They can also route applicants based on screening responses, helping keep promising candidates in consideration for other positions.
• Search and filtering: Breezy lets recruiters combine keywords using AND and OR searches, filter candidate records, and save frequently used criteria as segments. This makes it easier to find past applicants with specific qualifications without reviewing the entire candidate database.
• Interview management: Candidates can select available interview times through self-scheduling links, while recruiters coordinate meetings with hiring managers using connected calendars. Breezy also supports video interviews and customizable interview guides, although some capabilities require higher-tier plans.

Since our last update, Breezy has introduced a spam filter that flags applications submitted using disposable or temporary email addresses. Hiring teams can review these applications and decide whether to add them to the pipeline or delete them, helping reduce time spent sorting through questionable submissions.

Another addition is AI Interview Analysis, a paid add-on currently in beta. It analyzes supported video interview transcripts and provides summaries, candidate responses, and scores based on criteria set by the hiring team. Recruiters can also generate suggested questions for subsequent interview rounds.

Breezy has also updated Applicant Insights to support up to three must-have categories when evaluating candidates. This gives recruiters more control over the requirements used in AI-assisted screening, although they should still review the results before making hiring decisions.

Breezy HR offers five plans, including several add-ons: 

• Bootstrap: Free forever; includes unlimited users, one active position or candidate pool, a branded career site, and resume parsing. Access to candidate records is limited to those added within the past 30 days.
• Startup: $189/month; adds unlimited positions and candidates, customizable pipelines, screening questionnaires, candidate automations, interview self-scheduling, and standard reporting.
• Growth: $329/month; adds customizable interview guides and scorecards, automated reference checks, employee referrals, e-signatures, and multiple recruiting pipelines.
• Business: $529/month; includes HRIS integrations, advanced questionnaires, candidate comparison, nurture campaigns, offer management, and additional approval controls.
• Pro: Custom pricing; includes dedicated account management and options for advanced reporting, API access, and data import and export.

Add-ons

• Breezy Intelligence: Credits start at $30 per 100,000 credits.
• SMS/Text Messaging: Starts at $41/month.
• Breezy Onboard: Starts at $49/month.

Note: Annual pricing subscriptions include two months free.

• Trigger-based automations: Teamtailor lets recruiters automate actions such as sending messages, assigning tasks, updating candidate tags, and initiating pre-employment assessments. For example, a candidate who meets specific screening requirements can automatically advance to the next stage without a recruiter manually updating their status.
• Candidate nurture campaigns: Hiring teams can create branded or plain-text email sequences to stay connected with potential candidates. They can customize the timing between messages and set conditions that remove recipients from a campaign once they apply, respond, or connect with the company.
• Search and filtering: Recruiters can use Boolean searches and detailed filters to narrow candidates by skills, ratings, application stages, and custom fields. They can also save their searches as personal or shared segments for future hiring needs.
• Customizable career sites: Teamtailor's drag-and-drop builder lets employers add videos, employee stories, and other content to showcase their company culture. It also supports multilingual career sites and custom HTML or CSS for businesses needing more design flexibility.
• Co-pilot AI: Teamtailor's AI assistant can summarize resumes, suggest interview questions, draft recruiting content, and evaluate candidates against predefined screening criteria. Recruiters should review its assessments and follow good practices for avoiding hiring bias rather than relying entirely on automated recommendations.

Since our last update, Teamtailor has expanded its integration marketplace with 30 new technology partners and 12 additional job boards. It has also improved 27 existing integrations, including connections with HR platforms, assessment providers, and other recruiting services. These updates give businesses more options for connecting their recruitment workflows with the tools they already use.

Another improvement is the Applications view, which brings active applications from multiple job openings into one workspace. Recruiters can switch between board and list views, apply filters, and review candidates without opening each job separately.

Teamtailor has also introduced WhatsApp messaging. Hiring teams can connect a WhatsApp Business account and manage conversations alongside candidate emails and SMS messages. The feature includes consent management but requires additional messaging credits.

Teamtailor does not publish standard pricing on its website. You must contact its sales team for a quote based on your organization and recruiting needs.

• AI candidate sourcing: Manatal's Sourcing Hub provides access to a database of more than 700 million professional profiles, helping recruiters find people beyond those who have already applied. It also supports job distribution across thousands of free and premium channels, although external profile searches have monthly usage limits.
• AI candidate recommendations: Recruiters can compare candidates against job requirements and adjust the criteria used to evaluate their qualifications. The system also suggests suitable openings for people already in the candidate database, helping teams identify potential matches for other positions.
• Search and filtering: Manatal combines Boolean searches, customizable filters, and AI-powered semantic search to find candidates with relevant skills and experience. Its relevance scores can help recruiters identify potential matches even when resumes use different terminology.
• Candidate enrichment: The software supplements candidate records with publicly available professional information from sources such as LinkedIn and GitHub. Recruiters can use these details to review a person's work history, education, and skills without gathering everything manually from multiple websites.
• Customizable application forms: Hiring teams can build forms with required or optional fields, dropdown responses, and questions tailored to specific positions. Manatal also provides templates, so recruiters don't have to create every application form from scratch.
• AI Interviewer tool: With this add-on for asynchronous video screening, recruiters can generate interview questions from job descriptions or create their own questions and grading criteria. Once candidates complete their interviews, Manatal provides recordings, transcripts, summaries, and AI-generated assessments for review. While it is helpful in managing high-volume screening, this requires a separate subscription and uses credits for completed interviews.

Since our last update, Manatal has introduced an in-app AI Copilot. Currently in beta, recruiters can use it to summarize candidate profiles, identify qualification gaps, compare applicants, and prepare interview questions using information already stored in the system. Usage limits depend on the subscription and available AI credits.

Manatal offers three standard subscription plans and a custom option. Pricing is charged per user, with unlimited hiring managers included in every plan.

• Professional: $19/user monthly; includes up to 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates, AI recommendations, profile enrichment, candidate sourcing, and standard reporting.
• Enterprise: $39/user monthly; adds unlimited jobs and candidates, plus workflow automation.
• Enterprise Plus: $59/user monthly; includes advanced report building, Open API access, SSO, custom permissions, priority support, and integrations with ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLM tools.
• Custom: Quote-based; provides dedicated account management, phone support, custom integrations, and specialized compliance and reporting options.

Note: Annual subscriptions have lower equivalent monthly rates.

• Custom talent pools: BambooHR lets recruiters organize previous applicants and promising candidates into separate groups for future job openings. Each pool has its own dashboard, making it easier to revisit qualified candidates when a similar position becomes available.
• Document management: Hiring teams can create reusable offer letter templates with placeholders that automatically populate candidate details, then collect e-signatures within the platform. Once someone is hired, their application information and documents move into the human resources information system (HRIS), reducing manual data entry.
• Search and filtering: BambooHR lets recruiters search resumes, cover letters, locations, and application responses using keywords, then filter candidates by status, rating, source, and other criteria. Users can save their filter selections to make reviewing past applicants easier.
• Knockout screening questions: Recruiters can add qualifying questions to job applications and automatically disqualify candidates based on specific responses. For example, a company hiring for a licensed position can use a screening question to identify applicants who don't hold the required credential.

BambooHR has expanded its interview scheduling tools with Candidate Self-Scheduling. Recruiters can connect Google or Microsoft calendars, create reusable interview templates, and send candidates a secure link to select an available time. This works with Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, helping reduce back-and-forth scheduling emails.

The company has also improved its New Hire Packets. HR teams can now add personalized welcome messages, videos, and first-day schedules to help new employees prepare before their start dates. These additions can be saved in templates, making it easier to provide a consistent employee onboarding experience.

Another improvement supports rehiring former employees. BambooHR now allows HR teams to send a fresh New Hire Packet to returning employees, even if they completed one during their previous employment. This helps businesses collect updated information without managing the process outside the system.

BambooHR offers three HR subscriptions with applicant tracking included in every plan. Businesses with 25 employees or fewer pay a flat monthly fee, while larger organizations are charged per employee.

• Core: $250/month for up to 25 employees, or starts at $10 per employee/month for larger teams. Includes five active job openings, employee records, hiring and onboarding, reporting, and time-off management.
• Pro: $425/month for up to 25 employees, or starts at $17 per employee/month for larger teams. Adds support for up to 25 active job openings, performance management, employee experience tools, and expanded training resources.
• Elite: $650/month for up to 25 employees, or starts at $25 per employee/month for larger teams. Includes up to 50 active job openings, compensation management, advanced reporting and analytics, HR benchmarking, and premium services.

Add-ons

• Payroll: Call for a quote; for U.S.-based employees only
• Benefits Administration: Call for a quote; for U.S.-based employees only
• Time & Attendance: Call for a quote; includes shift scheduling, project tracking, time clocks, and automated approvals.
• Global Employment: (powered by Remote): Call for a quote; includes Employer of Record (EOR) and contractor management services.

Note: U.S. customers can receive a 15% discount when they combine Payroll and Benefits Administration with a Core, Pro, or Elite subscription.

• Structured hiring and anti-bias controls: Greenhouse provides job kickoff forms, interview kits, and standardized scorecards to help hiring teams assess applicants against consistent, job-related criteria. Recruiters can use these tools to evaluate candidates' hard and soft skills, while built-in reminders help interviewers recognize potential bias during evaluations.
• Candidate experience tools: MyGreenhouse lets applicants create profiles, prefill applications, receive job alerts, and check their application status. Candidates can also share their preferred pronouns and name pronunciations before interviews, helping hiring teams prepare for more respectful interactions.
• Search and filtering: Greenhouse supports Boolean searches and candidate filters, while its AI-powered Talent Matching helps organize applicants based on recruiter-defined skills and experience requirements. Hiring teams can review the matching results and explanations before deciding which candidates to advance.
• Events hiring tool: Greenhouse offers an iOS app for collecting candidate information at job fairs, industry conferences, and other recruiting events. Recruiters can capture resumes, add notes, and track prospects in the ATS, making it easier to follow up with promising candidates. For more ideas beyond traditional job postings, see our guide to creative ways to find employees.

Greenhouse has introduced several improvements to interview scheduling and candidate management. Recruiters can now add interviewer groups to self-scheduling requests, allowing candidates to select times based on the availability of multiple team members. Self-scheduling also supports individual interviews within multi-interview stages, giving applicants more flexibility when coordinating several meetings.

Another update lets recruiting teams set application limits for job postings. Once a position reaches its configured limit, Greenhouse can automatically move the posting to draft to stop accepting additional applications. Teams can also configure rejection actions for applications received after the limit is reached.

Greenhouse has continued improving its Analytics platform, which remains in open beta. The self-service reporting tools allow users to analyze application, interview, and offer data, create visualizations, and investigate hiring trends. Recent enhancements have improved dashboard performance and made it easier to see when the underlying data was last refreshed.

Greenhouse has three subscription plans: Core, Plus, and Pro. The company does not reveal its pricing, so you must contact its sales department for a custom quote.