Recruitment · head to head
Glassdoor vs Manatal
Glassdoor
Recruitment
Employer review and salary transparency app owned by Recruit Holdings, the same parent as Indeed
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Manatal
Recruitment
Low-cost applicant tracking and recruitment CRM with candidate enrichment, sold to both in-house teams and agencies
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Glassdoor has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Glassdoor it shares the same parent company, Recruit Holdings, as Indeed, whose revenue depends on employer ad spend, which sits in tension with Glassdoor's role as an independent employer watchdog.; 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: Glassdoor covers Employee reviews, Manatal covers Candidate enrichment.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Glassdoor 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 Glassdoor
- Employee reviews
- Salary reports
- Interview insights
- CEO approval rating
- Job listings
- Company comparisons
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.
Glassdoor
- Researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offernot Manatal
- Comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiationnot Manatal
- Reading anonymous interview reports to prepare for a specific company's processnot Manatal
- Checking CEO and leadership approval trends before joining a companynot Manatal
Manatal
- A small recruitment agency that needs client, candidate and placement tracking without an enterprise contractnot Glassdoor
- An in-house team in Asia Pacific that wants candidate enrichment without paying enterprise ATS pricesnot Glassdoor
- A company processing high applicant volume that needs automated ranking to triage a shortlistnot Glassdoor
- A recruiter running both contingent search and internal hiring from one databasenot Glassdoor
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Glassdoor
- It shares the same parent company, Recruit Holdings, as Indeed, whose revenue depends on employer ad spend, which sits in tension with Glassdoor's role as an independent employer watchdog.
- Review authenticity cannot be independently verified, and companies have periodically been accused of soliciting favourable reviews from current employees to offset negative ones.
- Self-reported salary data is not verified against payroll records, so figures for a given role and company can be inconsistent or dated.
- Older accounts were required to submit their own review or salary before unlocking others' data, and remnants of that give-to-get pressure can still affect what gets submitted.
- Employers can purchase enhanced branding pages, which changes what job seekers see on a company's page compared with a company that has not paid for branding.
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
Glassdoor
Free- Job seeker accountFree
- Free browsing of reviews, salaries and listings
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 Glassdoor if
- You need employee reviews.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on iOS, Android, Web.
- You also want salary reports.
Questions people ask
- Is Glassdoor or Manatal better?
- Neither clearly leads. Glassdoor 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, Glassdoor or Manatal?
- Glassdoor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Glassdoor and On request for Manatal.
- Does Glassdoor or Manatal run on more platforms?
- Glassdoor runs on iOS, Android, Web. Manatal runs on Web.
- Can I use Glassdoor for free?
- Yes. Glassdoor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Manatal starts at On request.
- What is Glassdoor best used for?
- Glassdoor is most often used for researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offer, comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiation, reading anonymous interview reports to prepare for a specific company's process, checking ceo and leadership approval trends before joining a company. Of those, researching a company's culture and management reputation before accepting a job offer and comparing self-reported salary data for a role before a negotiation are not what Manatal is typically brought in for.
- What can Glassdoor do that Manatal cannot?
- Glassdoor covers Employee reviews, Salary reports, Interview insights, CEO approval rating. Manatal covers Candidate enrichment, AI candidate scoring, Recruitment CRM, Multi-board posting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Glassdoor: Is Glassdoor free to use?
Yes for job seekers; employers pay for enhanced branding and recruiting products.
Manatal: 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.
Glassdoor: Are Glassdoor and Indeed the same company?
No, they are separate products but share the same parent company, Recruit Holdings.
Manatal: 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.
Glassdoor: Are Glassdoor reviews verified?
No, reviews and salary reports are self-reported and anonymous; Glassdoor applies moderation but does not verify employment or salary details against payroll records.
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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