CATS Applicant Tracking System vs. Recruitee by Tellent

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CATS ATS
Score 3.3 out of 10
N/A
CATS is a web-based recruiting software. Users can manage the entire recruiting process including custom job applications, posting jobs, resume parsing, custom recruitment workflows, and generating customized reports. Pricing is tiered per user, per month.
$69
per user, per month
Recruitee by Tellent
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Recruitee, headquartered in Amsterdam, offers their eponymous collaborative hiring platform. A cloud-based ATS and recruitment management system supporting branded job posting, candidate sourcing and tracking, and recruitment analytics. It is presented as suitable for companies of all sizes, and boasts users such as Taco Bell, Red Bull, Toyota, and Staples.
$91
per month (10 job slots)
Pricing
CATS Applicant Tracking SystemRecruitee by Tellent
Editions & Modules
Annual Pro Plan
$69
per user, per month
Monthly Pro Plan
$99
per user, per month
Launch
$91
per month (10 job slots)
Scale
$333
per month (10 job slots)
Lead
Custom pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CATS ATSRecruitee by Tellent
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlease visit the CATS pricing page to compare plans and features16% discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
CATS Applicant Tracking SystemRecruitee by Tellent
Considered Both Products
CATS ATS
Chose CATS ATS
I spent 4 months doing research on all available hosted and on-premise solutions and the CATS score outweighed all the other available solutions.
Chose CATS ATS
TargetRecruit - CATS is way more user friendly than TargetRecruit. You have to have a degree in Computer Programming to use TargetRecruit. CATS is very streamlined, clean and easy to implement.

Zoho Recruit - with the exception of the resume parser, CATS is an infant learning …
Chose CATS ATS
The implementation relative to anything else I've seen that is as customizable and powerful as CATS is first reason. The cost is a huge factor as well - at $99/month for a user license, it's much less expensive than similarly featured products and immensely better than ones …
Chose CATS ATS
Many systems seem to have the same options. The customization and flexibility was key, as well as the cost factor and no contract requirement.
Chose CATS ATS
Zoho Recruit was clunky and not easy to use. It also wasn't made for an agency like oursleves.
Chose CATS ATS
Customization and cost. A lot of the products are really overkill for a one person shop that is strictly recruiting - no need of HR functionality. I had very specific ways I wanted to be able to customize / track certain things. CATS was the only product that could accomplish …
Chose CATS ATS
CATS is much cheaper, much easier to use, and I can customize CATS exactly the way I want.
Chose CATS ATS
CATS is accessible from anywhere and does not require any software to be installed on your computer.
Chose CATS ATS
CATS was selected based on price and business needs.
Chose CATS ATS
This product had a much larger range of functionality and it is much more reliable.
Chose CATS ATS
Although I have used JobDiva, CATS was the way ahead in features when it comes to applicant management.
Chose CATS ATS
I've tried most of the ATS out there. The cost, ease of use and functionality surpasses everything I've seen.
Chose CATS ATS
We used to use Sendouts (prior to it being acquired by Bullhorn) - and it wasn't browser based like CATS so instead of being able to access it from a home computer, laptop, mobile phone, etc. you could only use it on the computer with the software uploaded - which is a …
Chose CATS ATS
I have used just about every type of ATS system, Bullhorn, Maxhire, Zoho, Big Biller. CatsOne blows the competition away on usability and cost.
Chose CATS ATS
People Matter was not as user friendly as the simplicity of CATS software. They also don't have enough options for specific questions and search filters for writing reports. Our time to screen candidates to hire would have increase about 80%.
Chose CATS ATS
Same features for a fraction of the cost. More intuitive.
Recruitee by Tellent
Chose Recruitee by Tellent
There is really no competition for me. One is the idea of what might be good and one is what is functional and easy to use on a day to day basis. Recruitee seems to come from the mind of a recruiter rather than a product manager who thinks they know what a recruiter might want
Chose Recruitee by Tellent
Recruitee has more features than GreenHouse. Recruitee is more updated regarding social media platforms, website designing, integrations and more! Definitely, Recruitee has more to offer than other ATS systems. It seems that they upgrade and always are looking to improve! I …
Chose Recruitee by Tellent
Recruitee is the most straightforward and easy to use recruitment platform I have ever managed. I have managed also taleo which was really complex and several company built platforms that always were either too slow or complex to manage. Recruitee works like a charm, is rarely …
Chose Recruitee by Tellent
Recruitee is more user-friendly and more visually appealing.
Recruiting is an EXCELLENT applicant tracking system
Crelate is better at tracking marketing activities for recruiting firms
Chose Recruitee by Tellent
Many things were determinant for the selection of Recruitee. Among them, the things that stand on top are the easy usability, the possibility of sharing the candidate information in a link, so our final client (or the manager, in the case of a company) can easily access it; the …
Chose Recruitee by Tellent
Recruitee is [a] standalone application and there were no additional licenses required. It worked pretty well with social platform such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and other job boards. Application management, duplicate candidate prevention, and offer extension are good feature[s …
Features
CATS Applicant Tracking SystemRecruitee by Tellent
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
CATS Applicant Tracking System
8.2
Ratings
3% above category average
Recruitee by Tellent
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.50 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.60 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Resume Management8.10 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Candidate Search6.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Collaboration8.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.60 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Email Templates9.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
User Permissions8.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting4.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CATS Applicant Tracking SystemRecruitee by Tellent
Small Businesses
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.1 out of 10
Breezy HR
Breezy HR
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
CATS Applicant Tracking SystemRecruitee by Tellent
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
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10.0
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Usability
2.7
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Performance
5.9
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.5
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CATS Applicant Tracking SystemRecruitee by Tellent
Likelihood to Recommend
I don't know how appropriate it'd be for large organizations with very large recruiting teams - cost per license might not make sense after a certain point. For small/medium sized businesses, it's absolutely worth a look. It's very affordable, super-easy to use, highly configurable, and set up is an breeze. Knowledge base is decent, and support is generally OK, though it's not necessarily a strength. The product team is engaged with the user community to crowdsource suggestions for updates/improvements and allows users to vote on others ideas that are appealing. Search functionality is solid and documents are instantly indexed as far as I can tell - I've never noticed any delay. It'll push postings out to various free job boards and you can customize to push out to pay boards as well. It will integrate to certain HRIS packages, so if that's of interest, making sure yours is on the supported list would be important. Data backup is super easy and would likely make changing to another ATS down the road pretty simple if the need arises.
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Recruitee does an excellent job at making recruitment easy for all. It has several features and customizable ones that complete a 360 platform to guarantee a smooth recruitment process for all. Internally and externally. Using kanban boards has been an eye-opening experience and recruitee has that in a way that is easy for everyone to follow
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Pros
  • Custom fields for all entities of any data type let's you track what you care about. Also customizable workflow with triggers can save a ton of time in automating processes and also ensuring steps aren't missed/established processes and protocols are adhered to.
  • Support is extremely responsive, knowledgeable and committed to resolving any issue.
  • Integrations with LinkedIn, job boards etc. is a big time saver and helps bring it all to one place.
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  • Very good resource for managing our job positing on multiple job sites
  • Excellent platform to track our notes and recruiting activity
  • Excellent platform for tracking email dialogue and documents
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Cons
  • The safeguard to protect your database from duplicates is absolute trash. It catches duplicates less than half of the time.
  • CATS could definitely do a better job at being able to be sorted by multiple features rather than just one column at a time
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  • As a third-party Recruiter, I have to continue our paid subscriptions with the job boards in addition to the Recruitee monthly fee. This isn't a fault of Recruitee and certainly isn't a deal breaker, just something to keep in mind.
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Likelihood to Renew
Our company has been using it and enjoying the benefits for a few years now. Its a perfect system for our end goal of finding the best candidate effectively and being able to track and write reports on our progress.
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100% I will continue to use this amazing system! It has helped us a lot!! It has it all, I have used other systems and I haven't been able to get all the features I needed. This system was able to offer it all. I would renew the contract for sure.
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Usability
not recruiter friendly. workflow is not good
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It's extremely easy to use and the different features don't require extensive research to understand. The scorecards and evaluations allow the user to be able to view aggregate scores from the whole hiring process and view the top rated candidates to be able to make offers and decisions. The templates are also very helpful
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Support Rating
I've had mixed results with asking for support. Sometimes they gave a quick answer and sometimes my emails were never responded to. Some responses were a single word.
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Recruitee has been able to provide excellent customer service! Their support team they go way beyond for their customers. I'm the type of person who asks a lot of questions. They have been able to keep it up with me.
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Implementation Rating
This is an incredibly easy system to implement. There is no hardware or software required, it's entirely SaaS based. Compared to other systems I've implemented, it's breathtaking. Customization can all be done directly in the tool, there is no need for any involvement of consultants and most of the information you cannot figure out intuitively is covered in the knowledge base
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Yes, during the implementation process, I do remember from the sales team to the onboarding team, they were able to help all the way through. They provide quick assistance and you don't feel lost in the process at all
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Alternatives Considered
TargetRecruit - CATS is way more user friendly than TargetRecruit. You have to have a degree in Computer Programming to use TargetRecruit. CATS is very streamlined, clean and easy to implement. Zoho Recruit - with the exception of the resume parser, CATS is an infant learning to crawl and Zoho Recruit competes in triathlons. For $70 per month per user, you can build a recruiting universe. Top Echelon - turns out they purchased CATS. We tested them, but it was not as user friendly. JobAdder - loved this product. Customizable like CATS, but the API for JobAdder gives many, many option. However, JobAdder only uses Zapier and all the addons will nickel and dime you to death. A $100 license with JobAdder becomes a $250 per month per user really quick.
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There is really no competition for me. One is the idea of what might be good and one is what is functional and easy to use on a day to day basis. Recruitee seems to come from the mind of a recruiter rather than a product manager who thinks they know what a recruiter might want
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Return on Investment
  • We went from Excel spreadsheets to using CATS so honestly anything would be an improvement. But CATS has saved tremendous time on an on-going basis in terms of managing the career portal automatically.
  • Being able to log email conversations with the click of a button from Outlook right into CATS has been a time-saver and also has helped numerous times in providing better follow-through to candidates and providing better tracking of candidate interactions and what they have previously said (or not).
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  • Talking about ROI, Recruitee was easy a positive investment (in my point of view), because he was the main platform used in our hiring process (our product).
  • Another positive impact is the possibility of searching candidates, making the overall time of hunting candidates way lower.
  • Since it has its own career page, it had a positive impact in our budget.
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ScreenShots

CATS ATS Screenshots

Screenshot of Easily view candidates, without leaving the job order, using the candidate preview. Even quickly communicate with candidate via SMS without leaving your current screen.Screenshot of Candidate ProfileScreenshot of Add filters to quickly search and narrow down your candidate database.Screenshot of

Recruitee by Tellent Screenshots

Screenshot of Schedule interviews including multiple team membersScreenshot of Move candidates down the pipelineScreenshot of Hire on the go with the Recruitee mobile appScreenshot of Track your hiring analytics