SmartRecruiters Review
SmartRecruiters is an AI-enabled talent acquisition platform covering attraction, selection and hiring, aimed at corporate employers with 50+ employees and sold on annual plans.
Best for
- Corporate employers with 50+ employees
- High-volume hiring teams needing AI screening
- Companies running SAP SuccessFactors
Not ideal for
- Staffing agencies
- Employers with fewer than 50 employees
Quick answers
- Who owns SmartRecruiters?
- SAP completed its acquisition of SmartRecruiters on September 11, 2025.Based on Parent company: SAP
- How much does SmartRecruiters cost?
- Pricing is partly public: Essential lists a starting price on annual billing, and Professional, High Volume and Complete are quote-only.Based on Price transparency: Partly published
- Is SmartRecruiters an ATS?
- Yes. It is an applicant tracking system with CRM, job distribution, interview scheduling and offer management.Based on Configurable hiring workflow: Yes
- Is SmartRecruiters SOC 2 compliant?
- Yes. Its trust center lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001.Based on SOC 2 Type II: Yes
- Does SmartRecruiters integrate with SAP SuccessFactors?
- Yes. SAP SuccessFactors is a native integration, and the marketplace lists 50+ HCM integrations.Based on Notable integrations: 50+ HCM integrations, SAP SuccessFactors
Specifications
Fit
- Best for
- Enterprises
- Minimum employees
- 50
Product
- Modules
- Attract, Select, Hire
Our verdict
An AI-enabled applicant tracking and talent acquisition platform for corporate employers with 50+ employees, sold on annual plans. Only the Essential plan shows a starting price; Professional, High Volume and Complete are quote-only.
Strengths
ATS, CRM and scheduling together
Essential includes applicant tracking, CRM, onboarding, SMS messaging, job distribution and dynamic scheduling.
Evidence: Interview scheduling: Yes
AI features by tier
Plans add an AI hiring agent, talent matching, AI candidate screening and conversational chat.
SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001
Both certifications are listed on its trust center.
Evidence: SOC 2 Type II: Yes
API, webhooks and marketplace
A REST API with webhooks is available, and the marketplace lists 600+ apps and services.
Evidence: Open API: Yes
Weaknesses
Mostly quote-only pricing
Only Essential shows a starting price; the other three plans require a pricing request.
Evidence: Price transparency: Partly published
Add-ons cost extra
Advanced Analytics, Custom Guidance and Advanced Sandbox are listed as add-ons.
Evidence: Extra costs: Add-ons: Advanced Analytics, Custom Guidance, Advanced Sandbox
Coverage of core applicant tracking systems capabilities
Capabilities verified against SmartRecruiters’s own documentation; capabilities we could not verify are not listed.
6 of 6 standard features
Price at a glance
Pricing model
Price transparency
SmartRecruiters integrations
1 integrations we documented, by how they connect. SmartRecruiters reports 600 native integrations in total.
Native integrations
- SAP SuccessFactors
SmartRecruiters alternatives
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Where it ranks
- #9 of 14Applicant Tracking Systems
- #8 of 9Talent Acquisition Software
- #8 of 10Onboarding Software
- #6 of 10Applicant Tracking Systems for Enterprises
Security and compliance
- SOC 2 Type IIYes
- ISO 27001Yes
- Single sign-onWebSSO (ADFS supported)
About SmartRecruiters
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Ownership
- Subsidiary
- Parent company
- SAP
Official profiles
Changelog
First published.
Data sources
Every value on this page links to its source below. Primary sources are the vendor's or authority's own pages.
- news.sap.com/2025/09/sap-completes-smartrecruiters-acquisition · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters pricing page · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters website · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters app directory: Marketplace · secondary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters website · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters documentation · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters documentation: The SmartRecruiters platform · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026
- SmartRecruiters website: About us · primary source, checked Oct 5, 2026