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Recruitee, Tellent or Teamtailor? Choosing the right ATS.

Recruitee and Teamtailor are both widely used ATS platforms for small and mid-sized companies, but they differ in design, price and fit. A concrete, independent comparison — from someone who has set up both.

Which system fits best depends on your organisation — not on the tool in isolation.

Recruitee (Tellent)

Simplicity, speed and transparent pricing.

Recruitee is built around simplicity and speed: quick to set up, a clear pipeline per vacancy, strong multiposting to job boards and LinkedIn, and a short learning curve. Its public plans run from an entry tier (from around €149 per month) to an unlimited plan — so you know where you stand up front.

Since the acquisition, Recruitee is the ATS within Tellent, a broader people suite that also covers HRIS and performance management. In practice you simply work in Recruitee; the upside is that you can later expand into onboarding or performance within the same environment.

pipeline & speed

Teamtailor

Employer branding and a strong career site.

Teamtailor puts the emphasis on employer branding. Its built-in career-site builder is among the best in class, and the candidate CRM is well developed: segment past applicants, re-engage them automatically and rediscover warm candidates. The browser extension to clip profiles from LinkedIn or GitHub straight into your pipeline is a nice touch too.

On the other hand, pricing is quote-based — no public rates, so always via a sales process — and implementation takes a little more time and attention. The depth of pre-screening and the number of integrations are more limited than with the heaviest competitors.

employer branding

In short.

Pricing modelRecruitee: public rates, from ~€149/mo. Teamtailor: quote-based, no public pricing.01

Career site & brandingTeamtailor is strongest; Recruitee is fine for most SME needs.02

Ease of useRecruitee: short learning curve, quick to go live. Teamtailor: more capability, a little more setup.03

Candidate CRM & re-sourcingBoth strong; with Teamtailor it is a clear focus.04

Room to growRecruitee scales within Tellent (HRIS, performance). Teamtailor stays focused on hiring & branding.05

Who it suitsRecruitee: teams that want speed and transparent pricing. Teamtailor: where employer branding comes first, with a little more budget.06

No league table: the ‘best’ ATS is simply the system that matches the way you work.

What your choice depends on.

The size of your organisationA small team with short lines has different needs than an organisation with several departments and approval flows.01

The number of concurrent vacanciesMore volume and parallel pipelines make how you set things up — and the number of job slots in your plan — more important.02

The role of employer brandingDo you want hiring and employer brand in one system, or is the emphasis on speed and simplicity?03

Budget & transparencyDo you want a fixed, public price up front, or is a tailored quote no obstacle?04

Implementation

The choice is the start; the setup makes the difference.

An ATS only pays off when it matches your process and the team actually uses it. I have set up and optimised both platforms, including migration from an existing system — vacancies, candidates and history — and adoption by recruiters and hiring managers.

Independent: I earn nothing from choosing one platform over the other. What matters is that the system fits your organisation.

migration & adoption

Good to know.

Prices and plans are indicative (as of 2025, usually excluding VAT) and change regularly; Teamtailor works with tailored quotes. Always check current rates with the provider directly.

Sources: Recruitee – pricing · Tellent · Teamtailor.

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