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Alternatives to Manatal
23 recruitment tools sit alongside Manatal in this directory. Below is what separates each from Manatal on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Manatal starts at
- On request
Why people look past Manatal
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Manatal entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Manatal carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 5 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Recruitment and employee engagement platform
- Can be used without paying; Manatal cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Manatal does not.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than Per user per month.
- 2 tiers to Manatal's 3.
Powerful, affordable recruiting software
- Publishes an entry price of $1000/year, where Manatal does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
End-to-end recruiting software
- Can be used without paying; Manatal cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Manatal does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 5 tiers to Manatal's 3.
Employer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
- Can be used without paying; Manatal cannot.
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Manatal's 3.
Job search app aggregating listings, owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Glassdoor
- Can be used without paying; Manatal cannot.
- Sold on a Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings model rather than Per user per month.
- 1 tier to Manatal's 3.
AI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform
- Can be used without paying; Manatal cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $100/month, where Manatal does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month, per agent model rather than Per user per month.
- 4 tiers to Manatal's 3.
Every Manatal alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manatal (this page) | On request | Per user per month | 3 | |
| WorkableBroader integrations and job board reach for in-house teams, at a higher price | Free | Usage-based | 2 | vs Manatal |
| JazzHRA comparable low-cost ATS for US small businesses with better North American support hours | $1000/year | Subscription | 3 | vs Manatal |
| Breezy HRA similarly priced ATS for small in-house teams with better North American and European support coverage | Free | Subscription | 5 | vs Manatal |
| Glassdoor | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for branding and recruiting products | 1 | vs Manatal |
| Indeed | Free | Free for job seekers, employers pay for sponsored listings | 1 | vs Manatal |
| Metaview | Free, then $100/month | Per user per month, per agent | 4 | vs Manatal |
| Gem | On request | Per user per month, by company size and seat type | 2 | vs Manatal |
| Codility | On request | Per year by candidate invite volume, with platform user limits per tier | 3 | vs Manatal |
| Findem | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
| HackerRank | On request | Per month by tier, with a metered annual candidate attempt allowance and per-attempt overage on Starter | 3 | vs Manatal |
| ZipRecruiter | On request | Per active job slot per month, quoted individually | 3 | vs Manatal |
| Fetcher | On request | Per user per month, tiered by lead volume and sourcer support | 4 | vs Manatal |
| hireEZ | On request | Quote, enterprise pricing set against the tool stack replaced | 2 | vs Manatal |
| Karat | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
| Oracle Taleo | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
| SeekOut | On request | Per user per month, self-serve entry tier then per seat by quote | 2 | vs Manatal |
| Checkr | On request | Per report, plus pass-through court and database fees | 3 | vs Manatal |
| Occupop | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
| Recruitee | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Manatal |
| BrightHire | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Manatal |
| Comeet | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
| Bullhorn | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
| JobAdder | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Manatal |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Manatal badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Manatal is most often brought in for a small recruitment agency that needs client, candidate and placement tracking without an enterprise contract, an in-house team in asia pacific that wants candidate enrichment without paying enterprise ats prices, a company processing high applicant volume that needs automated ranking to triage a shortlist, a recruiter running both contingent search and internal hiring from one database. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Manatal is broadly right and the question is cost, the Manatal pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Recruitment category lists everything the directory holds, and best recruitment tools ranks them.
Manatal runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Manatal alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Manatal?
- 23 other recruitment tools are listed in this directory, led by Workable, JazzHR, Breezy HR, Glassdoor. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Manatal?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Workable, Breezy HR, Glassdoor, Indeed, Metaview.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Manatal?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Manatal?
- Manatal is most often brought in for a small recruitment agency that needs client, candidate and placement tracking without an enterprise contract, an in-house team in asia pacific that wants candidate enrichment without paying enterprise ats prices, a company processing high applicant volume that needs automated ranking to triage a shortlist, a recruiter running both contingent search and internal hiring from one database. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Manatal?
- None of the recruitment tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Manatal alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Recruitment, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Manatal against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Manatal covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every recruitment tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Recruitment category, 23 tools beside Manatal. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.