CATS
CATS: A customizable ATS combining workflows, sourcing, scheduling, and job distribution. Ranked #162 of 231 in Applicant Tracking Systems by our editors (3.0/10); pricing: Paid; best for recruiters wanting customizable workflows.
At a glance
- Editor score3.0 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forRecruiters wanting customizable workflows
- Free planNo
- Paid from$89/user/mo
- Career siteYes
- Founded2005 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Facts checked23 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Custom candidate and job workflows with status triggers
- Resume parsing, career portals, and embeddable jobs widgets
- Scheduling, job-board feeds, browser extensions, and API access
Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- SMS texting is limited to the United States and Canada
- Both listed plans use the same name and highlights
Our verdict on CATS
CATS is a web-based applicant tracking and recruiting platform for professional recruiters, staffing firms, and hiring teams. Its core capabilities cover candidate and job workflows, resume parsing, career portals, job publishing, interview scheduling, calendar and email synchronization, browser-based sourcing, reporting, and API access. The product is suited to teams that want to shape recruiting processes around custom statuses, triggers, access levels, and application channels rather than rely on a narrow, fixed workflow.
Workflow depth is a central strength. Teams can configure candidate and job workflows with status triggers, collect applications through a hosted career portal or embeddable jobs widget, and parse uploaded resumes through a resume inbox. Scheduling includes availability, buffer, and notice settings, while calendar and email synchronization connects communication with recruiting activity. The recruiting browser extension supports sourcing through Chrome and Firefox, and the REST API covers candidates, companies, contacts, jobs, and other records. These features make CATS a practical fit for recruiters managing varied processes across multiple roles or clients.
CATS also covers the surrounding recruiting ecosystem through third-party calendars, email, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Careerjet, Jobcase, JobInventory, Juju, LiveCareer, Trovit, and neuvoo. The published plan information includes a customizable careers page or jobs widget, meeting scheduling, two-way calendar and email synchronization, custom access levels, a recruiting browser extension, and SMS texting for the United States and Canada. CATS is a paid product without a free plan. Recruiters seeking customizable workflows and broad recruiting operations should consider it; teams needing unrestricted SMS geography, a free entry tier, or specifically documented AI features should look elsewhere.
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CATS pricing
CATS fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $89/user/mo |
| Career site | Yes |
| Resume parsing | Yes |
| Interview scheduling | Yes |
| Workflow automation | Yes |
| Job board distribution | Yes |
| Active jobs | Not verified |
| Users included | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud, Browser extension |
| Platforms | Web, Chrome extension |
| Integrations | 11 integrations: Third-party calendars, Email, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Careerjet, Jobcase … |
| Pricing | Paid (source) |
| Website | catsone.com |
| Facts checked | 23 Sep 2026 |
CATS integrations
CATS lists 11 integrations on its own site.
- Third-party calendars
- Indeed
- ZipRecruiter
- Careerjet
- Jobcase
- JobInventory
- Juju
- LiveCareer
- Trovit
- neuvoo
Alternatives to CATS
- LeverA broad ATS and recruiting CRM for teams that want one hiring platform.9.3
- WorkableA broad ATS with AI, 200+ job boards and extensive hiring workflows.9.2
- Zoho RecruitA broad ATS with a free tier, mobile apps, API access, and scalable paid plans.9.1
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