How to choose the best applicant tracking system in the UK

The best applicant tracking system for a UK company depends on your team size, hiring volume, and whether you hire in-house or run an agency desk.

The right system collects every application in one place, moves candidates through a structured pipeline, and handles the admin that comes with each stage of the hiring process.

For UK teams, four checks matter before any feature tour. Ask where candidate data lives and how retention works under UK GDPR - our GDPR-compliant ATS page covers the controls in detail.

Check which UK job boards the system reaches and whether every application lands in one pipeline with its source recorded. Posting is table stakes - the time savings come from posting combined with source tracking, knockout questions, and AI screening.

Confirm salaries display in GBP. And ask for the price in writing - of 11 UK ATS vendors we checked in July 2026, only four publish prices at all.

If you are moving off an existing system, a structured ATS implementation plan matters as much as the feature list, because switching costs keep many UK teams stuck on tools they dislike.

100Hires is an applicant tracking system built for UK in-house hiring teams. It suits companies with a handful of open roles a year as well as organisations managing hundreds of applications at once.

It is not built for recruitment agencies, which typically need a combined ATS and CRM for client management.

100Hires vs a typical ATS for UK hiring

Here is how 100Hires compares to a typical ATS on the features UK hiring teams ask about most, with pricing available up front.

Where 100Hires fits among UK applicant tracking systems

Most shortlists for the best applicant tracking system in the UK come down to a few international names and a group of UK-founded specialists.

Greenhouse is a respected enterprise choice, but hiring teams under 50 employees repeatedly report it is heavy and expensive for their size. Workable is a solid generalist from $299 per month as of July 2026, with texting, video interviews, and assessments sold as paid add-ons.

Teamtailor is liked for employer branding, though it sells annual contracts only and prices by headcount band.

UK-founded systems tend to fit public-sector and education hiring well, but most keep pricing behind a demo call, and several have been acquired into larger software groups in recent years, with mixed reviews of support since.

Whichever direction you lean, put the same four checks from the list above to every vendor.

100Hires sits in the in-house, small-to-mid-size slot of this market. AI screening and GDPR controls are available from the starter plan rather than gated to enterprise tiers, and knockout questions unlock on the Advanced plan.

Pricing is published starting at $49 per month billed annually, and UK candidate data is hosted on AWS in the United Kingdom, with EU candidate data hosted in Germany. If that matches how your team hires, start a free 14-day trial and compare it against your shortlist.