8 Best Candidate Tracking Software for Recruiters

Greenhouse is built around structured hiring, and that focus shows in the Core plan. It includes sourcing and CRM, structured interview kits and scorecards, an AI notetaker, scheduling, reporting and analytics, and single sign-on. Recruiters can run the same interview steps for every candidate, which makes feedback easier to compare.

• The plan structure is simple to follow, with Core, Plus and Pro building on each other.
• Plus adds AI powered report filters, a business intelligence connector, sourcing automation and texting, while Pro adds unlimited CRM events, an audit
• That range suits teams that hire across regions and need tighter control over data and process.
• The trade off is cost transparency.

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Workable starts at $299 per month on the Standard plan, or $3,588 per year, and that plan covers both recruiting and HR. The recruiting side includes a candidate sourcing suite, an applicant tracking system, unlimited active jobs subject to fair usage limits, and a custom report builder. The HR side adds an HR information system, employee onboarding, time off management, time tracking, e-signatures and payroll preparation.

• For a small or midsize company that wants one system for hiring and basic HR, that breadth is a real advantage.
• Premier costs $599 per month and Enterprise costs $719 per month, and both include texting, video interviews, assessments and referrals, plus performa
• On Standard, those recruiting add-ons cost extra, at $89 per month for texting, $109 per month for video interviews and $59 per month for assessments.
• Workable also includes a Job Brief Agent and 3,000 complimentary AI credits on each ATS plan, with sourcing, screening and engagement agents using cre

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Lever combines an applicant tracking system and a candidate relationship manager in a single platform, which matters for recruiters who spend as much time sourcing candidates as they do processing applications. Every plan includes the core ATS, CRM, advanced reporting and analytics, and key integrations, so a team does not have to buy separate tools to keep a talent pool warm. The platform also includes AI powered screening to prioritise candidates, fraud prevention signals to flag suspicious applications, and unlimited AI interview transcripts and summaries.

• Add-ons include candidate insights, AI screening by VONQ and onboarding, so teams that want those features should ask how they change the quote.
• Lever says most customers are fully implemented within weeks rather than months.
• The lack of a published price is the main drawback for comparison shopping, since a recruiter cannot tell from the pricing page how Lever compares wit

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Breezy starts at $157 per month when billed annually, or $189 when billed monthly, and every plan includes unlimited users and unlimited open positions. That flat pricing helps a growing team, because adding hiring managers and interviewers does not add seat costs. Startup covers job posting to more than 50 job boards, a branded careers site, interview self-scheduling, video interviews, and email and calendar sync.

• Growth, at $273 per month on annual billing, adds multiple hiring pipelines, scorecards, interview guides, employee referrals, reference checks and e-
• Business, at $439 per month on annual billing, adds offer management, approvals, custom roles and permissions, HRIS integrations and assessment integr
• Breezy Intelligence, the AI scoring tool, works with every plan and scores applicants against set criteria, flags suspicious resumes and summarises ca
• It runs on credits starting at $30 per 100,000, with about 500 credits used per applicant score, and every trial starts with 100,000 credits.

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JazzHR is aimed squarely at small businesses, and its Hero plan costs $1,000 per year when billed annually. That plan includes job postings starting at 3 per month, an applicant tracking system, email message templates, LinkedIn Recruiter integration and premium job listings. The focus is on keeping hiring organised without a long setup process, with a clear pipeline, custom job workflow stages, knockout questions, a resume parser and bulk actions.

• Recruiters can post to free job boards and buy premium listings when they need more reach.
• A mid tier plan costs $3,480 per year, and the Pro plan costs $5,508 per year, adding offers and e-signatures, advanced visual reporting, a custom rep
• Data migration from a current ATS is included in select plans, and the platform integrates with payroll, background check and HRIS tools.
• The limits matter though.

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Recruiterflow is built for recruitment agencies rather than in-house teams, and its pricing starts at $119 per user per month. Both plans include the full core ATS and CRM platform, with unlimited jobs, candidates, contacts and companies, LinkedIn imports, Chrome sourcing, a branded careers page, recruitment and sales automation, and email, calls and text in one place. That combination fits an agency workflow where recruiters manage clients as well as candidates.

• The AIRA plan adds AI agents that handle specific tasks, including a notetaker that creates contact summaries from email, text, calls, meetings and Li
• Recruiterflow says every feature is included in the selected plan with no add-ons, which makes the total cost easier to predict once the per user pric
• White glove migration is extra and typically takes 6 to 8 weeks, though a self-serve Excel or CSV import is free.

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Manatal has the lowest starting price in this list, at $15 per user per month on annual billing, or $19 per user per month on monthly billing. The Professional plan covers up to 15 jobs per account, up to 10,000 candidates and unlimited hiring managers, plus AI candidate enrichment, AI recommendations, resume parsing, candidate scorecards and a customisable career page. It also includes sourcing from LinkedIn and other platforms, mass emailing, GDPR, CCPA and PDPA compliance tools, and Gmail, Outlook, Zapier and n8n integrations.

• The Enterprise plan costs $35 per user per month on annual billing and removes the job and candidate caps while adding workflow automation, and Enterp
• A custom plan is available on demand for custom integrations and a dedicated account manager.
• The Professional plan fits a solo recruiter or a small team with a modest number of open roles, but a team that hires for many roles at once will outg

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Recruitee, now part of Tellent, is an applicant tracking system built for collaborative hiring, where hiring managers and interviewers take an active part in the process rather than leaving everything to the recruiter. It helps recruitment teams manage applicants, run structured hiring steps and keep everyone involved in decisions. Its pricing page confirms that subscriptions are tiered based on the plan chosen, the number of employees at the organisation and the billing period, with annual billing giving a 20 percent discount on the subscription.

• The main drawback is transparency.
• Recruitee does not publish a starting price on its pricing page, so a team cannot compare it with Manatal at $15 per user per month or Breezy at $157
• Contracts also have a minimum commitment of one year, although payment can be monthly.
• That commitment suits a team ready to settle on one system, but it is a poor fit for a team that wants to try a tool for a single hiring round and dec

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