A free applicant tracking system (ATS) helps businesses collect applications, organize candidates, and manage basic hiring workflows without paying for software. However, most free ATS plans come with trade-offs, such as limits on users, active jobs, resume parsing, reporting, automations, or career site features.

ATS platforms are used by companies of all sizes to organize, search for, and communicate with large groups of applicants. However, many of the best applicant tracking systems are geared toward large corporations that juggle hundreds of applicants. However, small businesses on a budget need fully featured, affordable ATS software as well.…