Hiring & Recruiting
7 profiles, last reviewed 30 August 2026. This category is queued for its next full check; see the schedule.
Applicant tracking and recruiting platforms give a small company one pipeline for open roles: a careers page, syndication to job boards, structured interview scorecards, and the scheduling and offer steps that follow, replacing the shared inbox and spreadsheet most teams start with.
Hiring is the one operational process a growing company runs badly for years before admitting it needs software, usually because the first few roles really did fit in an inbox. The tools here split along how much process they impose: lightweight trackers that mostly organize candidates and publish a careers page, and structured platforms that push scorecards, interview kits, and reporting on where candidates drop out. For a small business two numbers decide it, the price per open role or per user when only a handful of jobs are live at once, and whether the plan includes the job board syndication that actually fills the pipeline, since that is the feature most often held back for a higher tier.
Typical stack. Teams running hiring usually pair it with Forms & Surveys, Scheduling & Booking, AI Meeting Note Takers, Async Video Messaging, Community Platforms and Social Media Management.
Ashby
All-in-one recruiting platform where the analytics layer is the product, not an add-on
Breezy HR
A flat-rate applicant tracking system with unlimited users and a genuinely free one-job plan
JazzHR
A flat-fee applicant tracking system built for companies hiring a handful of roles at a time
Manatal
Ease of UseAn AI-assisted applicant tracking system and recruitment CRM starting at $15 per user per month
Recruitee
A collaborative applicant tracking system built around a branded careers site and a customizable pipeline
Workable
An applicant tracking system that grew a full HR platform around itself
Zoho Recruit
A two-edition applicant tracking system and recruitment CRM from Zoho, free for one job and $25 per recruiter after that
Profiles are listed in editorial order. Placement cannot be purchased; see our methodology.