# Applicant tracking systems with AI compared

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/applicant-tracking-systems/
Updated: 2026-11-02
Category: Applicant tracking systems
Map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/

35 companies on the AI hiring software map.

An applicant tracking system is the system of record for hiring. It holds the jobs, the applicants, each stage and the offer. Almost all now add AI that screens and ranks applicants against the job. Many also take interview notes or write job ads.

Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workable are in this group, and so are agency tools such as Bullhorn. Workable Agent is built into its ATS and runs sourcing, screening and messaging. Workable also has an MCP server that lets Claude and ChatGPT operate it.

## Applicant tracking systems

- [iCIMS](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/icims.md): "Power exceptional hiring." iCIMS sells an enterprise talent acquisition platform: ATS, candidate CRM (iCIMS CXM), career sites and frontline hiring, used by more than 4,400 companies including a quarter of the Fortune 500. Its AI, branded iCIMS Coalesce AI since March 2026, covers candidate search and match, digital assistants, agents (Sourcing Agent, Hiring Agent in Microsoft Teams, Interview Scheduling Agent) and Frontline AI, a chat-led apply and screening flow from the Apli acquisition. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-icims
- [Access Vincere Evo](https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/products/vincere/): Vincere is a recruitment CRM and ATS for recruitment agencies, now sold by The Access Group as Access Vincere Evo. Access calls it "a powerful AI-first recruitment software trusted by 22,000+ recruiters worldwide". It covers candidate and client CRM, job posting, temp scheduling and timesheets (TimeTemp) and analytics (Intelligence). AI writes job ads, scores candidates against a job, rewrites emails and briefs, summarises interviews and answers natural-language questions. It is for agencies, not in-house HR teams. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-access-vincere-evo
- [Ashby](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/ashby.md): "What an ATS should be." Ashby sells an all-in-one recruiting platform (ATS, CRM, scheduling, analytics) to startups through enterprises, with "AI embedded in every layer." AI reviews applications against recruiter-set criteria, flags fraudulent applicants, records and summarizes interviews, rediscovers past candidates, and runs custom agents through Ashby Assistant. An AI Interviewer from the Talent Llama acquisition is in private beta. Ashby also sells Ashby Analytics on top of other ATSs. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-ashby
- [Avature](https://www.avature.net/): "The AI Platform for Strategic HR Transformation." Avature sells a configurable talent platform to large enterprises: recruiting CRM, applicant tracking, career sites, onboarding, internal mobility, performance and learning. It says 110 Fortune 500 companies use it. Its AI is platform-native and multi-model: semantic matching, a candidate chatbot, Avature Copilot, workflow-embedded agents with an agent builder, predictive analytics and candidate fraud detection. Customers can switch AI on or off feature by feature. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-avature
- [Breezy HR](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/breezy-hr.md): An ATS for growing and mid-sized businesses, with a free single-job tier. Its AI add-on, Breezy Intelligence, is pitched as "Big-Company AI Recruiting Minus the Big-Company Contract": Applicant Insights gives every candidate a 0 to 10 score with a written explanation, Resume Audit flags resumes built by bots or generators, Interview Analysis scores recorded interviews (beta, separate subscription) and a Breezy MCP Server (beta) connects Claude and ChatGPT. AI runs on prepaid credits. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-breezy-hr
- [Bullhorn](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/bullhorn.md): "The AI recruitment ATS & CRM powering 10,000+ staffing agencies." Bullhorn sells applicant tracking, CRM, middle office and onboarding software to staffing and recruitment firms, not to corporate HR teams. Its Amplify product adds AI "digital workers" whose skills enrich records, match and screen candidates by chat or voice, run outreach, build client submittals, prospect for new business, verify, audit and transcribe. Amplify Chat is a staffing-specific assistant inside the ATS that answers questions and takes actions. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-bullhorn
- [Ceipal](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/ceipal.md): "Ask Anything. Hire Faster. Stop Switching Systems." Ceipal sells one platform for staffing firms, healthcare staffing and corporate recruiting teams: an ATS, a vendor management system (VMS) and workforce management. AI sources, parses, matches and ranks candidates, runs voice AI interviews and SMS pre-screening, writes outreach, checks compliance and reads timesheets. Ceipal says it has over 2,500 clients. Its main buyers are IT, general and healthcare staffing agencies, not in-house enterprise HR. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-ceipal
- [Cezanne Recruitment](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/cezanne-recruitment.md): Cezanne Recruitment is the ATS formerly sold as Occupop, a Dublin recruitment software company that UK HR and payroll vendor Cezanne bought in March 2025 and renamed in July 2025; occupop.com now redirects to it. Cezanne calls it a "fully featured applicant tracking system" for growing businesses, sold alone or with Cezanne's HRIS. AI scores CVs against the job description, explains each score and anonymises CVs for blind review by hiring managers. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-cezanne-recruitment
- [ClearCo (formerly ClearCompany)](https://www.clearcompany.com/): "Clarity. It's how you build stronger teams." ClearCo, renamed from ClearCompany in 2026, sells a talent platform that started as an applicant tracking system and now covers hiring, background checks, onboarding, performance, engagement and people analytics. It serves about 3,000 organizations. Its AI includes AI Talent Match, an AI Sourcing Engine, AI Notetaker, a Virtual Recruiter chatbot and AI content generation, plus a 2026 Agent Platform with Req, Sourcing (AI prescreening calls) and Interview agents and an Agent Studio for custom agents. Not the fintech Clearco at clear.co. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-clearco-formerly-clearcompany
- [Crelate](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/crelate.md): "Your Recruiting, brought to life by AI." Crelate sells one recruiting platform that combines sourcing, a recruiting CRM and applicant tracking to executive search firms, staffing and consulting firms and in-house teams. Its AI comes as two named agents, Discover (outside talent sourcing by chat) and Insights (data refresh and suggested next moves), plus a Co-Pilot and an MCP server that lets Claude, ChatGPT and custom agents work with Crelate data. It does not run AI interviews. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-crelate
- [Greenhouse](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/greenhouse.md): "Hiring. Orchestrated." Greenhouse sells an applicant tracking system plus sourcing, interviewing and scheduling, tied to MyGreenhouse, a profile network for job seekers. Mid-market and enterprise talent teams buy it. Its AI sorts and verifies applicants (Real Talent), runs first-round voice interviews (Voice AI, from the Ezra AI Labs deal), takes interview notes, builds analytics charts, and exposes Greenhouse to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini through an MCP server. Greenhouse frames its AI as support for structured hiring, not a shortcut. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-greenhouse
- [Hireology](https://hireology.com/): "The hiring platform built for how you actually hire." Hireology sells an ATS to multi-location employers with frontline teams, mainly car dealerships, long-term care and hospitality. Its "AI Hiring Intelligence" suite has AI Match, which scores applicants against employer-set attributes with evidence, AI Candidate Summary, and AI Interview, a structured first screen that candidates finish on their own schedule. Background screening, skills tests and onboarding are add-ons. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-hireology
- [JazzHR](https://www.jazzhr.com/): "The Best ATS for Small Businesses." JazzHR sells low-cost applicant tracking to small and mid-size employers. Employ Inc., which also runs Lever and Jobvite, owns it. Its AI is Talent Fit, which "uses AI to analyze resumes and flag strong candidates based on your job description" and explains each match. Employ says every AI capability in JazzHR is built with IBM watsonx.governance. Employ's AI Interview and AI Screening Companions launched first on Lever and Jobvite, not JazzHR. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-jazzhr
- [JobAdder](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/jobadder.md): "The intelligent recruitment platform that puts people first." JobAdder sells an ATS and CRM to recruitment agencies and in-house talent teams in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US and Canada. SEEK has owned it since 2017. Its AI layer, Adder Intelligence, runs in the background. It scores and ranks applicants against job requirements, writes candidate fit summaries with a match recommendation, proposes record and skill updates from documents and outreach, and scores new business opportunities. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-jobadder
- [JobScore](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/jobscore.md): "Simplify your hiring." JobScore is an ATS for small and mid-size in-house hiring teams, with job posting, candidate scoring, sourcing tools, automations and reports; it says it has 1,000+ active employers. Candidate scores come from rules the employer sets, and JobScore says "There is no 'black box' or hallucination-prone machine learning AI used to calculate candidate scores." Generative AI, in beta since July 2026, writes job descriptions, suggests scoring criteria and similar job titles, drafts interview questions and summarises candidate activity. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-jobscore
- [Jobvite](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/jobvite.md): "Customizable Hiring Software." Jobvite is Employ Inc.'s applicant tracking system for mid-sized and enterprise talent teams with high-volume, multi-location hiring, including hourly and frontline roles in retail, hospitality and transportation. It sells a core ATS with add-on modules for onboarding, recruitment marketing and an AI Companion. Its AI is AI-powered candidate matching with written explanations and Employ's AI Interview Companion for structured interviews. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-jobvite
- [Lever](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/lever.md): "Hiring That Doesn't Hijack Your Week." Lever is an applicant tracking system and candidate CRM owned by Employ Inc., sold to mid-market talent teams. Its AI is delivered as Employ "AI Companions": Talent Fit ranks applicants against job requirements with a written reason, the AI Interview Companion writes interview guides, transcripts and summaries and flags biased language, and the AI Screening Companion launched on Lever first. Lever also syncs LinkedIn Hiring Assistant evaluations and offers fraud signals. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-lever
- [Loxo](https://loxo.co/): "The Talent Intelligence Platform now comes with an agentic workforce." Loxo sells an ATS, recruiting CRM, sourcing database, multichannel outreach and sales CRM in one system to direct hire, executive search and staffing firms. Its launch release says the platform is built to replace legacy applicant tracking systems. AI agents handle job intake, job descriptions, longlists of up to 10,000 people and ranked shortlists, while recruiters choose who gets contacted. It also offers an AI Notetaker, AI Chat and an MCP connector. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-loxo
- [Manatal](https://www.manatal.com/): "Transform the way you recruit with AI." Low-cost ATS and recruitment CRM for in-house HR teams and recruiting agencies, used by 10,000+ recruiting teams in 135+ countries. AI recommendations score candidates against job requirements, profiles are enriched from 20+ public sources, an AI Copilot answers questions, and an AI Interviewer add-on runs 24/7 video first-round screens. An MCP server and LLM integration connect ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot Studio to account data. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-manatal
- [Oorwin](https://oorwin.ai/): Oorwin sells one platform with an ATS, a sales CRM and an HRMS, mainly to staffing and consulting firms; its homepage headline is "AI-Powered Talent Intelligence Platform" and it says it is "Trusted by 1,000+ customers". AI generates job descriptions and outreach emails, parses and harvests resumes, matches candidates to jobs (it claims "AI Match Genie with 95% accuracy") and runs a screening chatbot. Since September 2026 its ATS data is reachable from Claude and ChatGPT through a native MCP connector. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-oorwin
- [Recruit CRM](https://recruitcrm.io/): "The AI recruitment CRM & ATS built for Recruitment Agencies." Recruit CRM sells an agency ATS and CRM, with timesheets and billing for contract staffing, to recruitment agencies, executive search, staffing and RPO firms. AI sourcing searches 800M+ external profiles in plain language, and named agents format resumes, write client submissions and pitch emails, and parse custom fields. A Recruit CRM MCP connects Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity to agency data. A Screening Agent is listed as coming soon. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-recruit-crm
- [Recruitee](https://recruitee.com/): "The customizable hiring software that helps you hire smarter and faster." Sold as Tellent Recruitee, an ATS for growth-stage and mid-market employers of 50 to 1,000 staff, mostly in Europe, with 7,000+ customer companies across the Tellent group. AI includes a Screening Assistant that checks applications against hiring-team criteria, a Matching Assistant that rediscovers past candidates, AI Smart Fill for job fields, AI Evaluation Insights and AI Writer. Tellent Agent, in beta, adds hiring and analytics capabilities. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-recruitee
- [Recruiterflow](https://recruiterflow.com/): "AI-native intelligence. Enterprise-grade depth." Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM in one database for executive search firms, recruiting agencies and staffing agencies; it says it is "Trusted by 2,100+ search firms globally." Its AIRA agents search the web and the firm's own database, rank candidates, draft outreach and client submissions, join calls and update the CRM. It also sells BI reporting. It does not target in-house corporate recruiting teams. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-recruiterflow
- [SmartRecruiters](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/smartrecruiters.md): "AI-Powered Hiring Platform That Delivers Results." Enterprise applicant tracking and talent acquisition suite, owned by SAP since September 2025 and sold both standalone and inside SAP SuccessFactors. Its AI layer, Winston, chats with candidates, scores and screens applicants, runs on-demand first-round interviews and answers recruiter questions. Buyers are large and high-volume employers such as Amazon, Visa, McDonald's and Domino's. It does not sell payroll or core HR itself; SAP SuccessFactors covers that. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-smartrecruiters
- [Spark Hire](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/spark-hire.md): "Finally, an ATS that hiring managers love to use." Comeet, a collaborative ATS, joined Chicago-based Spark Hire in June 2023 and is now sold as Spark Hire Recruit to lean, globally distributed hiring teams. Spark Hire AI reviews and ranks resumes, writes job descriptions, drafts interview questions and scorecards, takes interview notes (add-on), scores one-way video interviews and suggests candidate follow-ups. A Recruit MCP connection is in beta. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spark-hire
- [Workable](https://www.workable.com/): "The agent recruits. You manage talent." Recruiting and HR software for small and mid-size companies, used by 35,000+ teams. Workable Agent, built into the ATS, runs a job intake conversation, writes the brief, searches 400M+ profiles, screens, messages and advances top matches, then hands off to humans. Four agents (Job Brief, Sourcing, Screening, Engagement) run on pay-as-you-go credits. An MCP server lets Claude and ChatGPT operate Workable. It also sells employee records and HR tools. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-workable
- [Zoho Recruit](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/zoho-recruit.md): "Say hello to your AI-powered, automation-friendly and all-things-recruitment tool - Zoho Recruit." Zoho's ATS and recruitment CRM serves corporate HR teams and staffing agencies, with a free trial and paid tiers. Its assistant Zia, built on Zoho's own Zia LLM, matches candidates and jobs, writes profile summaries, generates assessments, runs a screening bot, and transcribes and summarises one-way and live video interviews. Zoho lists "AI agents" for Recruit as coming soon. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-zoho-recruit
- [Dover](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/dover.md): "Your startup's all-in-one hiring solution." Dover pairs a free ATS ("unlimited users, jobs, and candidates") with a marketplace of human fractional recruiters, sold to startups. AI in the ATS scores applicants against per-job criteria, takes interview notes and writes job descriptions and career pages. The Dover MCP lets Claude, ChatGPT and Codex review applicants and move candidates. Dover does not sell an autonomous AI recruiter: its "recruiters" are people. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-dover
- [Jobylon](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/jobylon.md): "Enterprise hiring, without the complexity." Jobylon is a Stockholm ATS for large employers running hiring "across brands, markets, and teams," with career sites, an Agency Portal and a Talent CRM. Its AI (Co-Pilot, or Jobylon AI, built on Anthropic models) writes job ads, suggests screening questions and scores applicants on skill fit with talent suggestions. Screening AI such as Tengai, Hubert and Scotty AI comes through partner integrations rather than Jobylon's own product. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-jobylon
- [Kula](https://www.kula.ai/): "The only AI-Native ATS, built by recruiters, for modern hiring." Kula sells an all-in-one ATS with sourcing, CRM, scheduling and analytics to startups and scaling companies. Kula AI scores and summarizes applicants, drafts personalized outreach and job descriptions, takes interview notes and fills scorecards, and answers analytics questions in plain language. A hosted Kula MCP connector works with Claude. Named "AI Teammates" (Fraud Agent, Screener, Recruiting coordinator) are marketed, but AI Agents are labeled "Coming soon." On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-kula
- [Pinpoint](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/pinpoint.md): "The ATS built for multi-stream hiring." Pinpoint sells an ATS to in-house talent teams that run several hiring streams at once, "from desk-based to deskless, early career to executive." Its AI includes a candidate-facing AI Candidate Companion, AI filters, criteria checklists and match scores, an AI Notetaker, and AI Hiring Copilot, which searches candidates, writes job content and works in Microsoft Teams. A Pinpoint MCP lets outside AI assistants take actions in Pinpoint. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-pinpoint
- [Screenloop](https://www.screenloop.com/): "Automate the Mundane, Amplify the Human." Screenloop began as a London hiring intelligence tool and now sells an AI-native ATS to in-house talent teams at start-ups, SMEs and growing companies. Its Talent Operations Platform comes with the ATS at no extra cost and adds interview intelligence, background checks, reference checks, interviewer training and dashboards. Its AI Notetaker takes interview notes and auto-fills scorecards. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-screenloop
- [Spott](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/spott.md): "The AI-native workspace for agency recruiters." Spott, founded in Leuven in 2024 and backed by Y Combinator, Base10 and Balderton, builds what it calls "the AI-native ATS/CRM for recruitment firms". It replaces tools like Bullhorn for staffing and search agencies with one platform for candidates, clients, semantic search and matching, multichannel outreach, call notes, automations and an MCP server. Spott says it does not move candidates into pipelines or present them to clients without human approval. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-spott
- [Teamtailor](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/companies/teamtailor.md): "For hiring people." Stockholm-built ATS and career-site platform for employers, with onboarding, analytics and WhatsApp messaging. Its AI, Co-pilot ("your recruitment ally powered by OpenAI"), screens applicants against set criteria, rediscovers past candidates, drafts job ads, summarises CVs, answers questions about candidates, builds analytics charts from a text prompt and flags hidden prompt-injection text in resumes. An MCP add-on and agent-ready career sites open it to outside AI assistants. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-teamtailor
- [Leonar](https://www.leonar.app/): "Source, engage, and place faster." Leonar is a French ATS and CRM for recruiting agencies and search firms with built-in AI sourcing across 30+ sources and 870M+ profiles, plus email, LinkedIn, SMS and WhatsApp sequences. Its live Sourcing Agent runs daily against open briefs and adds a ranked shortlist to the pipeline. Recruiters accept, edit or reject each proposed action. Conversations and Business Development agents are listed as coming in 2026. On the map: https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#co-leonar

## Other categories

- [HR suites and HRIS](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/hr-suites.md): 21 companies.
- [Applicant tracking systems](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/applicant-tracking-systems.md): 35 companies. (this page)
- [Hiring networks and job platforms](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/job-platforms.md): 7 companies.
- [Sourcing and talent intelligence](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/talent-intelligence.md): 21 companies.
- [AI recruiters and agents](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/ai-recruiters.md): 22 companies.
- [AI talent marketplaces](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/talent-marketplaces.md): 4 companies.
- [AI interviewers and screening](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/ai-interviewers.md): 29 companies.
- [Interview scheduling and intelligence](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/interview-scheduling.md): 6 companies.
- [Skills assessments](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/skills-assessments.md): 22 companies.
- [Job ads and employer brand](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/job-ads.md): 11 companies.
- [Hourly and frontline hiring](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/frontline-hiring.md): 12 companies.
- [HR analytics and workforce planning](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/hr-analytics.md): 24 companies.
- [Background, identity and fraud checks](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/background-checks.md): 19 companies.
- [AI hiring compliance](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/ai-hiring-compliance.md): 3 companies.

## The full map

[The AI hiring software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/hiring-software/#cat-ats): all 236 companies in 14 categories, open at this one.