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SmartRecruiters
What SmartRecruiters is
SmartRecruiters is a recruiting platform built around SmartOS, which manages hiring from job posting through onboarding. Its tools include applicant tracking, candidate relationship management, dynamic scheduling, messaging, onboarding, offer management, analytics, an agency portal, and sandbox tools. The platform also provides career sites, resume parsing, workflow automation, and job board distribution. Winston AI products add candidate screening, scheduling assistance, talent matching, and conversational candidate chat. SmartRecruiters runs on web, iOS, and Android, with a REST Customer API, webhooks, and connectors for Workday, ADP, UKG, SAP EC, and SuccessFactors. Its Marketplace includes hundreds of plug-and-play integrations. The Essential plan starts at $14,995 a month and includes applicant tracking, CRM, onboarding, SMS messaging, job distribution, and dynamic scheduling. Higher plans add further AI, analytics, sandbox, volume, and guidance features.
Who it suits
SmartRecruiters says it is best suited to organisations with at least 50 employees and many open requisitions. It fits teams needing applicant tracking, scheduling, onboarding, integrations, and mobile access.
What it does well
- Hiring management from posting through onboarding
- Applicant tracking and candidate CRM
- AI screening and talent matching
- REST API and webhooks
- Hundreds of Marketplace integrations
What to know first
- No free plan
- Essential starts at $14,995 a month
- Best suited to organisations with at least 50 employees
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Starting at $14,995 · Applicant Tracking · CRM · Onboarding · SMS Messaging · Job Distribution · Dynamic Scheduling | $14,995 |
| Professional | Request Pricing · Everything in Essential · AI-powered Hiring Agent · AI Talent Matching Engine · Access to add-on features | On request |
| Complete | Request Pricing · Everything in High Volume · Advanced Analytics · Advanced Sandbox · Custom In-App Guidance | On request |
| High Volume | Request Pricing · Everything in Professional · AI-powered Candidate Screening · Conversational AI Chat · Increased SMS + Job Distribution Volume | On request |
As smartrecruiters.com lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
SmartRecruiters combines recruiting workflows, AI assistance, integrations, and mobile access in SmartOS. Review the starting monthly price and plan differences against your hiring volume and required features.
Facts from SmartRecruiters's own pages
- AI
- Winston AI products include candidate screening, scheduling assistance, talent matching, and conversational candidate chat. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- API
- The Customer API is a REST API for customers and partners to integrate applications, build apps, and create career sites. · developers.smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Career site
- Yes · smartrecruiters.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Core features
- SmartOS includes applicant tracking, candidate relationship management, dynamic scheduling, messaging, onboarding, offer management, analytics, agency portal, and sandbox tools. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Founded
- SmartRecruiters says it was founded in 2010 by Jerome Ternynck. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- No · smartrecruiters.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- SmartRecruiters lists its headquarters at 166 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94108. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Ideal customers
- SmartRecruiters says its product is best suited for organizations with at least 50 employees and a significant number of open job requisitions. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- SmartRecruiters lists out-of-the-box connectors for Workday, ADP, UKG, SAP EC, and SuccessFactors, along with open APIs and webhooks for custom integrations. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Interview scheduling
- Yes · smartrecruiters.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Job board distribution
- Yes · smartrecruiters.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Marketplace
- SmartRecruiters says its Marketplace includes hundreds of plug-and-play integrations. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- SmartRecruiters offers a Hiring mobile application for accessing its cloud service on supported mobile devices. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- SmartRecruiters describes SmartOS as an end-to-end recruiting platform for managing hiring from job posting through onboarding. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Resume parsing
- Yes · smartrecruiters.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Security certifications
- Its Assurance Profile lists TISAX, CCPA, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO-27001, and UK Cyber Essentials. · trust.smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- SmartRecruiters states it provides 99.9% uptime, 24/7 global coverage, and first response within 2 hours. · smartrecruiters.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Workflow automation
- Yes · smartrecruiters.com, 20 Sept 2026
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