Hireology vs. Low-Cost or Free Applicant Tracking Systems

Considering adopting your payroll provider’s free or low-cost applicant tracking system (ATS) in the name of all-in-one people management? Think again. An ATS that is not designed with the unique challenges of today’s hiring market in mind can be detrimental to your hiring outcomes.

Hireology has what it takes you help you hire
quality talent faster in today’s tough market with:

The costs of moving to low-cost or free ATS in the name of all-in-one

Low volume of quality candidates

Most low-cost, payroll-provided ATS add ons offer little to support sourcing top talent on diverse channels or vet and verify applicants to identify top candidates.

Slow hiring speed

Most free or low-cost ATSes require talent to create a login just to apply — a practice that leads to 52% of job seekers quitting applications — making it harder to attract the applicants you need to fill roles fast.

Poor user experience

Payroll-provided ATS add ons are almost always built as an afterthought, never with the recruiters and hiring managers top of mind.

Improve candidate quality with Hireology

The quality rate of referrals is double the rate of non-referrals. Referrals are also easier to retain, reducing the cost of turnover.

The cost of a bad hire is up to 30% of that employees annual salary

Leverage automation and customization to make hires faster

You lose revenue for every day critical roles remain unfilled. Hire quickly and drive bottom-line with Hireology’s built-in tools for hiring speed, including:

52% applicants quit applications that require a login

Speed up time to hire by 3.5 days when using SMS texting

Hireology offers a hassle-free hiring experience for your team

At times of high competition in the hiring market, productivity matters. Your team should always be focusing on the tasks that matter — not repetitive, manual work. Hireology is built to help you work smarter, not harder with tools like:

Hireology increases productivity by up to 25% — leading to faster time-to-hire, lower recruitment costs, and greater bottom-line impact

What our customers have to say

 “It’s not really free when you consider the time added to your hiring process and the impact on the quality of hire we are able to make. An ATS that is free or very low cost typically does not offer enough value to justify charging for.”

— Hireology customer considering using a free payroll-provided ATS

“Getting a large volume of low quality applicants without any tooling or automation to screen them out wastes the time of the hiring team.”

— Hireology customer considering using a free payroll-provided ATS

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Learn how Hireology can help you attract and hire talent faster. 

Attract & Source
A diversified strategy helps find and attract the right people faster, while building a pipeline of qualified candidates for every role.
Features:
Job Boards
New
Career Sites
AI
Referrals
QR Codes
Campaigns
Engage & Evaluate
Leading-edge tools enhance candidate experience, and help teams to connect, dig deeper, and assess with consistency.
Features:
SMS
New
Email
AI
AI / Automation
Prescreen Survey
Interview Scheduling
Decision & Hiring
Hireology helps to get hiring to the top of the to-do list with real-time prompts and reminders that can be accessed and acted upon from a mobile device.
Features:
Background Check
New
Offer Letter
AI
References
Testing
Interview Guides
Manage & Optimize
Transformative tools drive next-level hiring solutions which align teams, sharpen focus on priorities, and drive growth.
Features:
Action Center
New
Collaboration Tools
AI
Reqs & Approvals
Mobile App
Onboarding
Selection Manager
Measure & Improve
Tools for measuring improvement and evaluating impact provide visibility into what’s working and what needs improvement among every role, team, and location.
Features:
Hiring Velocity
Hiring Funnel
Hiring Steps
Sourcing Performance
User Activity
New
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AI
“I need consistency across locations without more red tape.”
Easy-to-adopt tools that fit with existing flows drive the transition from scattered to standardized.
"I need to surface the best candidates quickly — before we lose them."
Hireology helps you identify top candidates early in the process, and gives your team the tools to evaluate and act fast, without cutting corners.
"I need more right-fits, not just more resumes."
By building a hiring portfolio from multiple sources, and optimizing it in real time, Hireology helps to ensure optimal alignment between candidate skills and job requirements.
"I need control over how we manage resources, timelines, and outcomes."
Hireology gives you the tools to create structure, enforce consistency, and stay informed – all without needing to personally manage every step.
"I need candidates who actually show up, stick around, and succeed."
Hireology helps to raise the bar at every stage, attracting stronger candidates, evaluating for long-term fit, and supporting a better start.
"I need accountability so hiring doesn't fall through the cracks."
By easily assigning roles and tracking activity, Hireology makes it easy to enforce timelines, and keep everyone on track.
"I need visibility into what's working, what's not, and where things stall."
Hireology helps you see across every role, team, and location, so you can take action with confidence, knowing what’s working, what’s not, and what’s getting in the way of hiring momentum.
"I need fewer unfilled positions — those are revenue-killers."
Fast access to the right fits and accountability built into process flows helps to keep your teams fully staffed and productive.
"I need to make it simple for managers who are
on the go.
"
Recruitment tools that easily integrate into day-to-day realities of the job, help managers to hire well, without dropping what matters most.
“I need to make applying fast and easy.”
A fast, mobile-friendly, low-friction application experience helps to keep job seekers engaged from the first click to the final step.
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