Recruitment · head to head
Factorial vs Manatal
Manatal
Recruitment
Low-cost applicant tracking and recruitment CRM with candidate enrichment, sold to both in-house teams and agencies
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The short version
- Only Factorial has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Factorial no published tier names or feature-based pricing breakdown; Manatal pricing is per recruiter seat, so putting every hiring manager into the system to review candidates multiplies the licence count and erases the price advantage.
- They diverge on capability: Factorial covers HR Management, Manatal covers Candidate enrichment.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Factorial and Manatal actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Recruitment).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Factorial
- HR Management
- Time Off
- Time Tracking
- Documents
- Payroll
- Performance
- Recruiting
- Shift Management
Only in Manatal
- Candidate enrichment
- AI candidate scoring
- Recruitment CRM
- Multi-board posting
- CV parsing
- Careers page builder
- Custom pipelines
- Reporting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Factorial
- Managing employee records, onboarding and offboardingnot Manatal
- Tracking time off, attendance and shiftsnot Manatal
- Running recruitment and performance reviews alongside HR datanot Manatal
Manatal
- A small recruitment agency that needs client, candidate and placement tracking without an enterprise contractnot Factorial
- An in-house team in Asia Pacific that wants candidate enrichment without paying enterprise ATS pricesnot Factorial
- A company processing high applicant volume that needs automated ranking to triage a shortlistnot Factorial
- A recruiter running both contingent search and internal hiring from one databasenot Factorial
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Factorial
- No published tier names or feature-based pricing breakdown
- Pricing customization requires sales consultation
Manatal
- Pricing is per recruiter seat, so putting every hiring manager into the system to review candidates multiplies the licence count and erases the price advantage.
- Candidate enrichment depends on public profile data, so accuracy drops sharply in markets where professional networking sites have low penetration and the scores become misleading rather than useful.
- Integrations with major HRIS and payroll systems are limited compared with Western competitors, so new hire handover is frequently a CSV export rather than a sync.
- Support operates on Indochina business hours, which leaves European afternoons and all of North American working hours outside the responsive window.
- Reporting covers recruiter activity and source data but lacks the cohort and quality-of-hire analysis a mature talent function expects, and custom analysis means exporting to a spreadsheet.
Pricing, plan by plan
Factorial
Free- FreeFree
- Basic HR
- Time Off
- Documents
- Business$5/month
- All Free features
- Payroll
- Performance
Manatal
On request- Professional$undefined/month
- Per recruiter seat
- Unlimited jobs and candidates
- Candidate enrichment and AI scoring
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Per recruiter seat at a higher rate
- Custom fields and advanced permissions
- Recruitment CRM for agency use
- Custom$undefined/year
- Negotiated terms for larger teams
- Single sign-on and security review
- Dedicated account management
Which should you pick?
Choose Factorial if
- You need hr management.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want time off.
Questions people ask
- Is Factorial or Manatal better?
- Neither clearly leads. Factorial starts at Free and Manatal at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Factorial or Manatal?
- Factorial has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Factorial and On request for Manatal.
- Does Factorial or Manatal run on more platforms?
- Factorial runs on Web, Ios, Android. Manatal runs on Web.
- Can I use Factorial for free?
- Yes. Factorial has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Manatal starts at On request.
- What is Factorial best used for?
- Factorial is most often used for managing employee records, onboarding and offboarding, tracking time off, attendance and shifts, running recruitment and performance reviews alongside hr data. Of those, managing employee records, onboarding and offboarding and tracking time off, attendance and shifts are not what Manatal is typically brought in for.
- What can Factorial do that Manatal cannot?
- Factorial covers HR Management, Time Off, Time Tracking, Documents. Manatal covers Candidate enrichment, AI candidate scoring, Recruitment CRM, Multi-board posting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Factorial: What is Factorial's starting price?
Factorial starts at $8 per month per user. The company offers modular pricing where customers select features across categories including time management, talent management, finance management, and IT management.
SourceManatal: Is it for agencies or in-house teams?
Both. The agency mode adds client and placement management; the corporate mode is a conventional ATS. Buying the wrong mode means paying for modules you never open.
Factorial: Can I customize my Factorial plan?
Yes. Factorial offers customizable plans for all businesses and budgets. A specialist will design a plan based on specific business needs. All plans include the Factorial Core platform with employee directory, onboarding/offboarding, payslip distribution, legal e-signature, and custom notifications.
SourceManatal: How is it priced compared with other ATS products?
Per recruiter seat per month. That is not comparable with vendors that charge per active job slot or per employee, so model your real user count before comparing headline numbers.
Manatal: Where is candidate data hosted?
On cloud infrastructure with GDPR commitments, but region-specific residency guarantees are weaker than EU-native vendors offer, which matters for regulated European buyers.
Manatal: Does the AI scoring actually work?
It ranks reliably against structured requirements such as skills and experience length. It is far less reliable where enrichment data is sparse.
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