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A company buying a recruitment system asks whether the price is shown before the seller makes contact, whether the system can be tried for free and whether security has been verified with an ISO 27001 certificate. These decide 50 points out of 100.
Score shows how the company does on our comparison criteria, on a 0–100 scale. Rankings cannot be bought.
Basic metrics · 69.5
+ Package prices (Standard 299 $/month, Premier 599 $/month) are publicly displayed without having to make contact, which is exceptional in the ATS sector
Basic metrics: 69.5, rank 1 · no change
Basic metrics · 66.1
+ All data stays in the EU and the company holds ISO 27001 certification (GDPR tools described)
Basic metrics: 66.1, rank 3 · ▲ 1 place
Basic metrics · 68.6
+ Over 450 ready-made integrations (incl. LinkedIn, Workday, DocuSign) and an open integration directory
Basic metrics: 68.6, rank 2 · ▼ 1 place
– Free trial: A free trial is not mentioned on the pricing or front page (teamtailor.com/en/pricing and /en/). The pages have only a demo request.
Basic metrics · 62.8
+ Clear free 14-day trial with full access rights without a credit card
Basic metrics: 62.8, rank 4 · no change
– Price visible before purchase: No price or price page was found on the front page, the security page or the site's sitemap (no price, price list or pricing page).
Basic metrics · 59.5
+ Both ready-made plug & play integrations and an open API for your own integrations (developer portal)
Basic metrics: 59.5, rank 5 · no change
Basic metrics · 51.2
+ A Finnish system whose privacy notice states that data is mainly stored on servers located in Finland
Basic metrics: 51.2, rank 6 · no change
– ISO 27001 information security certificate: An ISO 27001 certificate is not mentioned on laura.fi's front page or the recruitment system page, which only talk about GDPR.
Weights are fixed. All companies are measured on the same scale. Read the full methodology.
| Buying motive | What is measured | Scale | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price is shown before purchase QUESTIONCan I see the price without the seller contacting me? | Whether the pricing page has a public price as a figure or only a quote or demo request. | Public price on the page = 100, quote or demo only = 0. | 22 p |
| Free trial QUESTIONCan I try the system for free before buying? | Whether the company offers a free trial or just a demonstration. | Free trial = 100, only a presentation or demo = 0. | 14 p |
| ISO 27001 security certificate QUESTIONIs the service's information security verified with the ISO 27001 standard? | Whether the company mentions ISO 27001 certification on its own page. | Own ISO 27001 certificate = 100, certificate only held by a subcontractor = 50, not stated = 0. | 14 p |
| Basic metrics | Digital quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score | Basic metrics × 0.5 | 50 p |
We scored 6 recruitment systems (ATS) on 20 metrics: technical quality, transparency, reachability and data quality. The key question in the ATS sector: is the price revealed without a request for quote, where is your applicants' personal data located (EU or outside it), and does the system work in Finnish?
A recruitment system (ATS, applicant tracking system) is software with which a company publishes job ads, collects and screens applications and manages candidate communication in one place. The biggest transparency problem in the sector is price: most vendors do not publish a price list at all but direct you to a quote request. Because sensitive personal data of applicants is stored in the system, data location and GDPR compliance are also key selection criteria. This comparison measures only transparency, reachability and information quality, not which system has better features.
Price (per user/month or package price) publicly shown without contacting the company (25), free trial or demo and its terms stated (15), integrations (HR systems, job sites) and interfaces stated (15), GDPR compliance and location of applicant data stated (15), Finnish-language interface or service (10), contract term and cancellation stated (10), operating company or owner stated on the site (10)
Transparency is 30% of the basic metrics, i.e. 15% of the total points · these metrics make up its 100 points · the full formula and the other pillars
How to read the comparison correctly: Half of the points come from buyer's questions, i.e. things the buyer finds out before deciding. The other half measures how openly the company publishes its prices, terms and contact details. Clear differences in points indicate a genuine difference: one tells you the price immediately, another only after logging in. Close scores should not be read as a ranking order, because every measurement has a margin of variation. The measurement accuracy and the full calculation formula are open in the methodology.
Customer experience is brought into the assessment separately. We also collect customer feedback and customer experiences about companies through separate surveys. The survey results will be added to the overall assessment later.
The biggest transparency question in the ATS industry is price. A large share of recruitment system vendors do not publish a price at all, but direct you to a request for quote and a demo. We measure the level by whether the price is visible without making contact: Workable publishes its package prices publicly and Recruitee states the starting tier, whereas Teamtailor, LAURA, TalentAdore and Talentech give the price only as a quote.
Applicant information is sensitive personal data, so the location of the data is decisive. European vendors such as Recruitee (Netherlands, data on AWS Frankfurt) and the domestic LAURA and TalentAdore process data in the EU, which makes it easier to meet GDPR requirements. Workable's parent company is outside the EU. Of the systems that work in Finnish, LAURA and TalentAdore are this comparison's domestic ones, and Teamtailor and Talentech offer a Finnish-language interface.
Every company is measured with the same public formula: half of the points come from buyer's questions and half from basic metrics, which have four pillars: technical quality, transparency, reachability and AI quality score. Ranking cannot be bought, and you can see the origin of each point on the company's profile. Read the full methodology →
An ATS (applicant tracking system) is software for publishing job ads, collecting and screening applications and handling applicant communication in one system. It replaces scattered e-mails and spreadsheets.
Many suppliers tailor the price to the company's size and the scope needed and only give it as a quote. In this comparison a public price raises transparency points, because it makes comparison easier.
It depends on the supplier. Some process data in the EU (for example domestic and European suppliers), while the parent company of others is outside the EU. An EU location makes it easier to meet GDPR requirements with regard to applicant data.
No. The comparison measures transparency, reachability, technical quality and clarity of information, not which features you consider best. A ranking cannot be bought.
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