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Best ATS for independent recruiters / small agencies?

Hey Everyone,

It seems like this topic has been beaten to death and there seems to be a lot of conversations about this topic a few years ago but I can't seem to find anything recent. Maybe there is a recent thread on this but I couldn't find it. And if that's the case then maybe I should chose a different profession ;) So at the risk of public humility and ridicule I'm going to ask this question again. :)

I'm interested in what ATS platforms are being used for independent recruiters or small agencies. I've been demo'ing Workable, Zoho Recruit, Recruitee, iKrut, and Lever and while they seem to be the cool guys on the block with their sexy UI's and such they're not quite suited for independent heads like myself. They all offer slick one click posting features and candidate tracking along a pipeline, but what is missing is the ability to populate a database and pipeline candidates for future positions. Now any of the sales guys from any of the above systems will debate this. They will tell you that you need to create a job called "database" and then populate that. What sucks about that is that their pricing model is based on the number of roles (jobs slots) that you're working on. So with Workable if you chose their 3 job slot monthly program, one of the job slots will always be used as a database. Which I suppose isn't the end of the world but it's definitely not ideal.

I'm also working on a lot of confidential roles that really don't support postings but do require associating candidates to a position(s).

My other requirements are that it be cloud based, integrate with outlook, and be fairly affordable. I'd also love to keep it under 100/month. And maybe have an iphone / android support.

Anyone using something magical that I've over looked? Am I asking for the world?

-Jesse

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