Key takeaway: Manatal is one of the cheapest full ATS platforms you can buy without a sales call: Professional is $15 per user a month billed yearly, Enterprise $35, and Enterprise Plus $55 (monthly billing is $19, $39, and $59). The detail most buyers miss is where features sit: the Open API, single sign-on, the advanced report builder, and LLM integrations are Enterprise Plus features, not Enterprise. A 5-person team that needs SSO pays $3,300 a year, not $2,100.
What does Manatal cost in 2026?
Manatal publishes its prices at manatal.com/pricing (read 7 October 2026). Every plan is priced per user, and hiring managers are unlimited on every tier. For other budget ATS options, compare Zoho Recruit pricing and JazzHR pricing, or see the recruiting tools guide for how ATS and sourcing tools fit together.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Limits and headline features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | $15 per user a month | $19 per user a month | Up to 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates, unlimited hiring managers |
| Enterprise | $35 per user a month | $39 per user a month | Unlimited jobs and candidates, workflow automation |
| Enterprise Plus | $55 per user a month | $59 per user a month | Advanced report builder, ChatGPT/Claude/LLM integration, Open API, candidate portal and internal mobility, custom permissions and user groups, SSO, priority support |
| Custom | On demand | On demand | Dedicated account manager, phone support, custom features, integrations, and compliance reports |
Manatal offers a 14-day free trial with no card required. The AI Interviewer (24/7 video screening) and a branded guest-portal domain are add-ons on top of any plan.
What does a team actually pay per year?
Annual billing, with the plan each team typically needs:
| Team | Plan that fits | Annual cost |
|---|---|---|
| Solo recruiter, under 15 open jobs | Professional | $180 |
| 5 recruiters, more than 15 jobs | Enterprise | $2,100 |
| 5 recruiters who need SSO or the API | Enterprise Plus | $3,300 |
| 15 recruiters on Enterprise | Enterprise | $6,300 |
| 15 recruiters on Enterprise Plus | Enterprise Plus | $9,900 |
The jump that catches teams is the 15-job cap. An agency or a growing in-house team that runs more than 15 open requisitions at once is on Enterprise whether or not it wants the other features, and any security review that asks for SSO moves the whole team to Enterprise Plus, because the price is per user.
Why Manatal's pricing is attractive
- AI is part of the core product. Candidate recommendations from the job description, AI summaries, fit and gap analysis, and automatic scoring appear in the main plan comparison rather than as a separate AI product. The AI Interviewer is the one AI add-on.
- Monthly billing. You can pay month to month at $4 more per user than yearly billing.
- Unlimited hiring managers. Hiring managers do not count as paid users on any plan.
- Published prices. You can model the cost without a sales call, which is still unusual for an ATS with AI features.
What features does Manatal include?
What the feature list covers
The feature groups below are from the plan comparison on Manatal's pricing page (read 7 October 2026), which marks which tier includes each item, so check the ticks for your tier:
- Full ATS with unlimited custom pipelines, boolean search, and AI semantic search
- AI candidate enrichment from social profiles, plus CV and resume parsing
- AI recommendations, AI Copilot chat, candidate summaries, and interview prep
- LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter Chrome sourcing extension
- Career page builder with custom domain hosting
- Job sharing on what the page calls "thousands of free and premium channels"
- CRM, mass emailing, and SMS recruitment
- Data privacy compliance tools
- Duplicate management and a referral management system
Enterprise adds
- Unlimited jobs and candidates
- Workflow automation
Enterprise Plus adds
- Advanced report builder
- ChatGPT, Claude, and LLM integration
- Manatal Open API
- Candidate portal and internal mobility
- Custom permissions and user groups
- Single sign-on and priority support
The same pricing page (read 7 October 2026) lists, in its sourcing section, a People-Match AI Chrome extension for sourcing from "10+ platforms including Xing, Indeed, SEEK, and GitHub" and "a database of over 700 million candidates", and, in its feature list, an MCP server to "connect to ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLMs" and chat with account data. Check the plan comparison for which of these your tier includes before you rely on them.
What are Manatal's limitations?
The 15-job cap on Professional. Agencies hit it first. Count your peak number of open roles, not your average, before choosing the entry plan.
Security and API features sit on the top tier. SSO and the Open API are Enterprise Plus features. If IT requires SSO, price the whole team at $55 per user a month billed yearly.
Sourcing is still recruiter-driven. The Chrome extensions and the candidate database help a recruiter find and import people, and the AI recommendations rank who is already in your database. Neither runs outreach and follow-up on its own for passive candidates who never applied.
Support depth by tier. Phone support and a dedicated account manager are listed on the Custom plan. Enterprise Plus lists priority support; the lower tiers list neither.
Enterprise process depth. For complex approval chains, OFCCP reporting, or heavily structured interview programs, mature enterprise ATSs such as Greenhouse or iCIMS have more depth. See Greenhouse pricing for what that depth costs.
How does Manatal compare to alternatives?
| Manatal | Greenhouse | Zoho Recruit | JazzHR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Published, per user, monthly or yearly | Quote-based | Published tiers | Published tiers |
| Current breakdown | This page | Greenhouse pricing | Zoho Recruit pricing | JazzHR pricing |
| Best for | Budget-conscious teams and agencies | Structured hiring at mid-market and enterprise | Teams already on Zoho apps | Very small teams |
Manatal's advantage in this group is predictability: every tier has a per-user price on the public page, with a monthly option, so the cost of adding a recruiter is known before you sign.
When Manatal is the right choice
Small to mid-size teams and agencies that want a modern ATS with AI ranking at a price they can see up front. If your open roles stay under 15 and you do not need SSO, Professional at $15 per user a month is hard to beat.
When to look elsewhere
Enterprise teams with deep compliance and structured interviewing needs should look at Greenhouse or iCIMS. Teams whose real bottleneck is finding candidates, not tracking them, need a sourcing layer on top of whichever ATS they choose. Our Noon vs. Manatal comparison lays out that difference in detail.
What does AI sourcing add to Manatal?
Manatal's AI ranks the people already in your pipeline, and its extensions help a recruiter import more. What it does not do is go and find qualified passive candidates on its own, contact them, and follow up until they reply.
An AI sourcing agent covers that gap. Noon searches across the whole web, not only LinkedIn, evaluates every profile against your role's criteria and non-negotiables, and runs personalized email and SMS outreach until candidates respond, with interviews booked by the AI scheduler. It is one plan with unlimited sourcing, contacts, agents, and seats, so the combined cost of a cheap ATS plus an autonomous sourcer is easy to model. See Noon pricing for how the plan works, and the candidate sourcing tools guide for other options. If you're evaluating this pairing for your recruiting team, you can book a demo to see how automated sourcing works alongside your existing ATS.
Frequently asked questions
Is Manatal really $15 a month? Yes, per user, on the Professional plan billed yearly (read 7 October 2026). Billed monthly it is $19 per user. Professional is capped at 15 jobs and 10,000 candidates.
Does Manatal include SSO and API access on Enterprise? No. On the current plan comparison, single sign-on and the Manatal Open API are listed under Enterprise Plus ($55 per user a month billed yearly). Enterprise ($35) adds unlimited jobs and candidates and workflow automation.
Does Manatal have a free plan? No permanent free plan. Manatal offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.
Is Manatal good for agencies? Yes. Its per-user price, unlimited hiring managers, CRM, and mass emailing suit agencies. The thing to check is the 15-job cap on Professional, which most agencies outgrow.
Does Manatal have an AI interviewer? Yes, as an add-on. Manatal's pricing page lists 24/7 automated video screening, a customizable AI interview builder, and interviewing in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Pricing for the add-on is not shown on the plan table.
How does Manatal's AI compare to dedicated AI sourcing? Manatal's AI scores and ranks candidates in your database and suggests candidates from the job description. Dedicated AI sourcing finds new candidates outside your database and contacts them. They solve different problems, and many teams run both.
