Manatal review

Manatal is the budget pick for a company where one or two people do the recruiting. The Professional plan costs $15 per user per month on annual billing and covers up to 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates, and hiring managers are unlimited on every plan, so a 30-person company can involve every manager for the price of one recruiter seat. That is far cheaper than a flat-fee product when only one person runs the pipeline. Moving up, Enterprise at $35 removes the job and candidate caps and adds workflow automation, and Enterprise Plus at $55 adds an advanced report builder, an open API, a candidate portal, SSO and LLM integrations. The trade-off is depth: scheduling, sourcing and job distribution are lighter than in Workable, and the 15-job limit will bind a growing company. For a small team that wants a real ATS for less than $200 a year per recruiter, it is the clearest value.

Who it is for

Very small hiring teams on a tight budget that want a full pipeline for one or two recruiters.

Price

Professional $15 per user per month billed annually ($19 monthly); Enterprise $35; Enterprise Plus $55.

Professional Plan: $15 USD per user/month (billed annually), including 15 jobs and up to 10,000 candidates.
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 5, 2026.

Key features

• Pipeline for up to 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates on Professional
• Unlimited hiring managers on every plan
• Workflow automation on the Enterprise plan
• Open API, single sign-on and custom permissions on Enterprise Plus
• LLM integrations with ChatGPT and Claude on Enterprise Plus

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: The lowest verified paid price on this list
• Strength: Hiring managers do not need paid seats
• Strength: 14-day free trial with no card
• Weakness: Professional caps you at 15 jobs
• Weakness: Automation needs the $35 Enterprise plan
• Weakness: Fewer native job board and scheduling features than Workable or Breezy HR

Key facts

• Free trial: 14 days, no card
• Professional limits: 15 jobs, 10,000 candidates
• Plans: Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Custom

Where it ranks

Manatal is No. 7 in our Best Applicant Tracking Systems verdict.