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Manatal vs Metaview

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Manatal

Recruitment

Low-cost applicant tracking and recruitment CRM with candidate enrichment, sold to both in-house teams and agencies

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Metaview logo

Metaview

Recruitment

AI notetaking and sourcing agents for recruiters, priced per agent rather than per platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Metaview has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: 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.; Metaview pricing is per user per agent, so a five-person team using notetaking, sourcing and application review multiplies quickly; the visible 100 USD figure is one agent for one recruiter, not a team subscription.
  • They diverge on capability: Manatal covers Candidate enrichment, Metaview covers Structured interview notes.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Manatal and Metaview actually diverge.

Attributes where Manatal and Metaview differ
AttributeManatalMetaview
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelPer user per monthPer user per month, per agent
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome extension

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 Manatal

  • Candidate enrichment
  • AI candidate scoring
  • Recruitment CRM
  • Multi-board posting
  • CV parsing
  • Careers page builder
  • Custom pipelines
  • Reporting

Only in Metaview

  • Structured interview notes
  • ATS write-back
  • Sourcing agent
  • Application review agent
  • Intake call capture
  • Interviewer coaching
  • Assistant questions
  • Reports add-on

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Manatal

  • A small recruitment agency that needs client, candidate and placement tracking without an enterprise contractnot Metaview
  • An in-house team in Asia Pacific that wants candidate enrichment without paying enterprise ATS pricesnot Metaview
  • A company processing high applicant volume that needs automated ranking to triage a shortlistnot Metaview
  • A recruiter running both contingent search and internal hiring from one databasenot Metaview

Metaview

  • A talent team where hiring managers complain that interview feedback quality varies wildly between interviewers and nobody writes notes within a day of the callnot Manatal
  • An agency recruiter running back-to-back screens who needs a submittable candidate summary produced without an hour of typing afterwardsnot Manatal
  • A hiring process under scrutiny for consistency, where every interview needs the same competency evidence recorded in the same shapenot Manatal
  • A small in-house team using the sourcing agent to build a candidate list without paying for a separate sourcing platform seatnot Manatal

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

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.

Metaview

  • Pricing is per user per agent, so a five-person team using notetaking, sourcing and application review multiplies quickly; the visible 100 USD figure is one agent for one recruiter, not a team subscription.
  • Recording candidates triggers consent and data protection duties that vary by jurisdiction, and in the EU and two-party consent US states you must obtain and evidence agreement before recording, which adds a step to every interview and gives candidates a reason to decline.
  • An AI-generated summary of a hiring conversation is a discoverable record; if the summary mischaracterises what a candidate said, that document can surface in a discrimination or unfair rejection claim.
  • Note quality depends on audio quality and on interviewers running structured interviews in the first place; a rambling unstructured conversation produces a rambling unstructured summary, so the tool amplifies existing process rather than fixing it.
  • The advertised prices cover the sourcing agent specifically; pricing for the notetaker, application review and the all-agents bundle is not shown on the same page, so a buyer cannot total the cost of the configuration they actually want without a sales conversation.

Pricing, plan by plan

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

Metaview

Free
  • FreeFree
    • First 100 profiles sourced free
    • Unlimited concurrent searches
    • Full platform access
  • Pro$100/month
    • 200 profiles sourced per month
    • Unlimited concurrent searches
    • Assistant questions and note regenerations included
  • Max$300/month
    • Unlimited profiles sourced
    • Unlimited concurrent searches
    • Per user, per agent
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Custom volume and usage
    • Dedicated support and training
    • Enterprise security features

Which should you pick?

Choose Manatal if

  • You need candidate enrichment.
  • You also want ai candidate scoring.
Manatal review

Choose Metaview if

  • You need structured interview notes.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Chrome extension.
  • You also want ats write-back.
Metaview review

Questions people ask

Is Manatal or Metaview better?
Neither clearly leads. Manatal starts at On request and Metaview at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Manatal or Metaview?
Metaview has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Manatal and Free for Metaview.
Does Manatal or Metaview run on more platforms?
Manatal runs on Web. Metaview runs on Web, Chrome extension.
Can I use Metaview for free?
Yes. Metaview has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Manatal starts at On request.
What is Manatal best used for?
Manatal is most often used 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. Of those, a small recruitment agency that needs client, candidate and placement tracking without an enterprise contract and an in-house team in asia pacific that wants candidate enrichment without paying enterprise ats prices are not what Metaview is typically brought in for.
What can Manatal do that Metaview cannot?
Manatal covers Candidate enrichment, AI candidate scoring, Recruitment CRM, Multi-board posting. Metaview covers Structured interview notes, ATS write-back, Sourcing agent, Application review agent.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

Metaview: What does Metaview cost?

The sourcing agent is free for the first 100 profiles, then 100 USD per user per month for Pro and 300 USD for Max. Other agents are priced separately and not all rates are published.

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.

Metaview: Do candidates have to consent to recording?

Yes, in the EU and in two-party consent US states. Metaview provides the capture; obtaining and recording consent remains your legal obligation.

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.

Metaview: Does it write back to my ATS?

Yes, to Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday and others, which is the main reason teams adopt it over a generic meeting recorder.

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.

Metaview: Is it a replacement for an ATS?

No. It produces and files interview records. Requisitions, pipelines and offers stay in your applicant tracking system.

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