Recruitment · head to head
Factorial vs Occupop
Occupop
Recruitment
Applicant tracking built for small and mid-sized European employers that hire without a dedicated recruiter
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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; Occupop there is no outbound sourcing or passive candidate search, so any role that will not fill from applications has to be worked in LinkedIn Recruiter or an agency and tracked back manually.
- They diverge on capability: Factorial covers HR Management, Occupop covers Multi-board posting.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Factorial and Occupop 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 Occupop
- Multi-board posting
- Branded careers page
- Candidate scoring
- Interview scheduling
- Talent pools
- Hiring manager collaboration
- Offer management
- Reporting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Factorial
- Managing employee records, onboarding and offboardingnot Occupop
- Tracking time off, attendance and shiftsnot Occupop
- Running recruitment and performance reviews alongside HR datanot Occupop
Occupop
- An Irish employer that needs applications tracked in one place and posted to Irish boards without manual re-keyingnot Factorial
- A hospitality or care group hiring the same roles repeatedly across multiple sitesnot Factorial
- A public sector or charity buyer that requires candidate data to stay inside the European Unionnot Factorial
- A company where line managers do the hiring and will abandon anything that needs trainingnot 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
Occupop
- There is no outbound sourcing or passive candidate search, so any role that will not fill from applications has to be worked in LinkedIn Recruiter or an agency and tracked back manually.
- Integration coverage is thin outside the Irish and UK ecosystem, so a company running a US payroll or a major HRIS will usually be exporting CSV files rather than syncing new hires.
- Reporting answers time to hire and source questions but does not support the cohort or funnel analysis a talent team needs once it runs dozens of requisitions at once.
- The vendor is small, which means the roadmap moves slowly and there is no realistic pressure a mid-market customer can apply to get a feature built.
- Pricing is quoted rather than published and is structured around plan tiers and hiring volume, so seasonal employers can find the annual cost jumps in the year they run a peak recruitment campaign.
Pricing, plan by plan
Factorial
Free- FreeFree
- Basic HR
- Time Off
- Documents
- Business$5/month
- All Free features
- Payroll
- Performance
Occupop
On request- Occupop$undefined/year
- Unlimited users on most plans
- Multi-board job posting
- Branded careers page
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 Occupop better?
- Neither clearly leads. Factorial starts at Free and Occupop at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Factorial or Occupop?
- Factorial has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Factorial and On request for Occupop.
- Does Factorial or Occupop run on more platforms?
- Factorial runs on Web, Ios, Android. Occupop runs on Web.
- Can I use Factorial for free?
- Yes. Factorial has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Occupop 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 Occupop is typically brought in for.
- What can Factorial do that Occupop cannot?
- Factorial covers HR Management, Time Off, Time Tracking, Documents. Occupop covers Multi-board posting, Branded careers page, Candidate scoring, Interview scheduling.
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.
SourceOccupop: Where is candidate data stored?
Inside the European Union, which is the reason many Irish public sector and healthcare buyers shortlist it over larger non-EU vendors.
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.
SourceOccupop: Does it do candidate sourcing?
No. It manages inbound applications and talent pools. Sourcing passive candidates happens elsewhere.
Occupop: Is it priced per recruiter?
No. Plans are sold on tier and hiring volume with unlimited users on most tiers, which suits companies where many managers need access.
Occupop: Will it scale past a few hundred employees?
It handles the hiring volume, but companies with a dedicated talent function usually move to a system with sourcing, CRM and deeper analytics.
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