The SmartRecruiters alternative that puts your hiring team in control
Tellent Recruitee gives hiring teams the customization, reporting, and integration flexibility that SmartRecruiters locks behind support tickets and enterprise pricing.
Ease of use shouldn’t mean "rigid”
SmartRecruiters works great for basic hiring, but simplicity comes with limitations.
When you need to…
- Build complex approval workflows
- Create reports that track specific KPIs
- Connect tools outside their partner ecosystem
…your team will often find themselves building workarounds or waiting weeks on support tickets to make simple changes.
Move fast, build your way, and stay in control with Tellent Recruitee
Set up any kind of custom workflow
Build approval processes, hiring stages, and automated workflows to reflect how your business works.
Get reporting that drives decisions
Create custom dashboards, build reports around your specific KPIs, and export data the way you need it.
API access included in all plans
Connect your tech stack without paying for enterprise tiers or waiting for vendor partnerships.
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Get everything you need to customize your process, out of the box
Track the metrics that matter to your business
You don’t have to export data to spreadsheets or BI tools to understand your recruiting performance. Tellent Recruitee lets you build reports that answer your leadership’s specific questions and prove ROI.
Track:
- Time-to-hire by department
- Effectiveness by job board
- Candidate drop-off by pipeline stage
- 90+ more metrics
Spend time on candidates, not on admin
Tellent Recruitee lets you combine triggers, conditions, and actions. Build intelligent, custom workflows in your hiring process, without sacrificing control.
- Send personalized rejection emails based on reason and stage
- Auto-close job once all openings are filled
- Instantly publish jobs to boards when ready
- Auto-share or unshare candidates with stakeholders in specific stages
Let everyone see where a request stands without asking
Build multi-step approval chains that match your company's process for signing off on new roles. Route approvals to the right stakeholders in sequence and keep the whole process transparent.
Your tech stack, your rules
Connecting SmartRecruiters to other tools often requires technical expertise or dedicated support.
Tellent Recruitee includes API access in all plans so you can connect your tech stack without upgrading or waiting for vendor partnerships.
All users can access our top-rated support team
With SmartRecruiters, getting help often means going through a ticketing process that can be slow, and faster support typically requires higher-tier plans.
With Tellent Recruitee, every user can contact support directly. If you have an issue, you can get help immediately.
Reach candidates wherever they are – via WhatsApp
With Tellent Recruitee’s native integration, candidates can apply via WhatsApp. Your team can send interview scheduler links, questions, updates, and communicate with candidates directly in the platform through the entire process.
Track the metrics that matter to your business
You don’t have to export data to spreadsheets or BI tools to understand your recruiting performance. Tellent Recruitee lets you build reports that answer your leadership’s specific questions and prove ROI.
Track:
- Time-to-hire by department
- Effectiveness by job board
- Candidate drop-off by pipeline stage
- 90+ more metrics
Spend time on candidates, not on admin
Tellent Recruitee lets you combine triggers, conditions, and actions. Build intelligent, custom workflows in your hiring process, without sacrificing control.
- Send personalized rejection emails based on reason and stage
- Auto-close job once all openings are filled
- Instantly publish jobs to boards when ready
- Auto-share or unshare candidates with stakeholders in specific stages
Let everyone see where a request stands without asking
Build multi-step approval chains that match your company's process for signing off on new roles. Route approvals to the right stakeholders in sequence and keep the whole process transparent.
Your tech stack, your rules
Connecting SmartRecruiters to other tools often requires technical expertise or dedicated support.
Tellent Recruitee includes API access in all plans so you can connect your tech stack without upgrading or waiting for vendor partnerships.
All users can access our top-rated support team
With SmartRecruiters, getting help often means going through a ticketing process that can be slow, and faster support typically requires higher-tier plans.
With Tellent Recruitee, every user can contact support directly. If you have an issue, you can get help immediately.
Reach candidates wherever they are – via WhatsApp
With Tellent Recruitee’s native integration, candidates can apply via WhatsApp. Your team can send interview scheduler links, questions, updates, and communicate with candidates directly in the platform through the entire process.
Make your employer brand shine
With Tellent Recruitee, you can:
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Build multi-page, multi-language career sites
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Choose custom domains
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Get full branding control
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Create dedicated pages for specific roles
Connect with candidates instantly via WhatsApp
Personio limits you to email. Tellent Recruitee’s native WhatsApp integration helps you attract more candidates and talk to them where they are, so you can hire faster.
Spend time on the right people
Use Tellent Recruitee’s pre-built and custom screening questions to filter candidates before they hit your pipeline.
Push and pull Tellent Recruitee data in real-time
Connect to your tech stack without paying for premium tiers.
All users can access our top-rated support team
With Personio, only account admins can access support.
With Tellent Recruitee, every user can contact support directly. If you have an issue, you can get help immediately.
Tellent Recruitee vs Smartrecruiters
Start with recruiting — add Tellent HR Manage and Tellent HR Grow modules when you’re ready
SmartRecruiters stops at recruitment. Tellent Recruitee is part of the Tellent platform. When you need more — onboarding, Core HR, performance management — Tellent HR Manage and Tellent HR Grow plug right in.

Tellent Recruitee vs Smartrecruiters
Where we’re similar
Where Tellent Recruitee is different
Custom pipelines, approval flows, and stage transitions,
Standard workflows
Advanced automations based on triggers, conditions, and actions
Complex automations require help from support
Writes candidate emails and job descriptions, summarizes evaluations, translates job postings, and screens candidates
Hiring agent, talent matching, candidate screening, and conversational AI
No-code, multi-page, page templates, custom domain
Paid extra
Native integration
Native integrationAllow WhatsApp applications, interview scheduling, and candidate communication
Only via 3rd party tools
Build dashboards with your metrics
Basic reporting
Add Manage and Grow modules
Recruiting and onboarding only
Switching is easier than you think
Most teams are up and running within two weeks.
Our team migrates your data via API (included in Optimize plans). Smaller datasets? Import through CSV yourself following our step-by-step guide.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I use Tellent Recruitee if I already have an HRIS?
Yes, Tellent Recruitee works as a standalone ATS alongside whatever HRIS you're currently using. It integrates with major HRIS platforms like Lucca, Personio, HiBob, and BambooHR, and API access is included in all plans, so you can connect to your existing HR tools. If you later want a unified platform, you can add Tellent HR modules for a unified experience.
How does Tellent Recruitee handle compliance and GDPR?
Tellent Recruitee is GDPR-compliant with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications. Data is stored in the EU with granular access controls, so you decide who sees what. The platform includes GDPR-compliance settings, role-based access controls, and configurable data retention policies that adapt to regional requirements.
We build local hiring regulations and compliance expertise directly into your workflows, ensuring you stay compliant as you enter new talent markets.
Does Tellent Recruitee support team collaboration like SmartRecruiters?
Yes, collaborative hiring is one of Tellent Recruitee's core strengths. All plans include unlimited users, so your entire hiring team can participate without per-seat cost concerns. Features like hiring roles with granular permission settings, shared evaluations, hiring scorecards, notes, tasks, @mentions, and Fair Evaluations (which hide individual feedback until everyone submits) help teams make better, less biased decisions together.