For recruiting teams and agencies whose bottleneck is finding and contacting candidates, HeyTalent is the best Workable alternative: it combines LinkedIn sourcing, AI filters, email and phone finding and automated outreach, and includes an ATS at no cost. The other Workable alternatives fall into four groups: employer branding and automation ATSs (Teamtailor, Recruitee), method and analytics ATSs (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby), HR suites (Personio, Factorial, Bizneo HR) and ATSs with published pricing (Zoho Recruit, Manatal). The useful question is not which ATS copies Workable best, but which part of the process makes each hire expensive.
What is Workable and why teams look for an alternative
Workable is a cloud ATS (Applicant Tracking System) that centralises multi-board job posting, the candidate database, the pipeline for each job and collaboration with hiring managers. An ATS is defined as the system of record for the hiring process: it organises what happens after a candidate enters your database.
Teams look for a Workable alternative when they need stronger employer branding, deeper analytics or a different pricing model, or when the real problem is getting candidates in the first place, which no ATS solves.
One report puts the Spanish ATS market at $83 million in 2025 and $98 million by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of 2.3 % (Spanish ATS market data).
Comparison of 11 Workable alternatives in 2026
| Product | Core function | Published pricing | Passive sourcing |
|---|---|---|---|
| HeyTalent | LinkedIn sourcing, AI filters, email and phone finder, sequences; free ATS | From €109/month billed quarterly (October 2026 rates) | Yes, core function |
| Teamtailor | Career site and employer branding | Quote-based | No |
| Recruitee (Tellent) | Automations and multi-posting | Public plans | No |
| Greenhouse | Structured hiring and scorecards | Quote-based | No |
| Lever | Integrated ATS and CRM | Quote-based | Partial (CRM, no enrichment) |
| Personio | Recruiting on top of Core HR | Based on headcount and apps | No |
| Factorial | HR suite with an ATS | Modular, varies by country | No |
| Bizneo HR | HR suite with multi-posting | Quote-based, per module | No |
| Ashby | Native analytics and scheduling | Public entry plan | No |
| Zoho Recruit | ATS for companies and staffing | Per user, visible | No |
| Manatal | Entry-level ATS with AI | From US$15/user/month (annual) | No |
HeyTalent: sourcing, contact data and an ATS at no cost
HeyTalent is the Workable alternative that tackles the stage before the pipeline: finding profiles who have not applied to the job, getting their contact details and automating the first approach. It extracts LinkedIn profiles in real time from Boolean searches, applies AI variables the recruiter defines, finds email and phone numbers and runs omni-channel outreach sequences.
Compared with Workable, the pricing model also differs: HeyTalent offers its ATS at no cost and charges for the sourcing layer. HeyTalent's free ATS includes pipelines per job, application forms, a career page with job posts pushed to Google Jobs and pipelines you can share with the client, who chooses which stages they see.
AI variables let you filter each job by your own criteria, such as language level or career path, instead of relying only on titles and keywords. Because profiles are extracted at the moment of the search, work histories are up to date when the recruiter reviews them.
According to HeyTalent, its users work 60 % faster during their first month of use, a self-reported average the company attributes to tighter lists and filters. The company also reports multiplying its users' previous reply rate by 2.5 thanks to automated follow-ups.
The limit is clear: HeyTalent is not an HR suite and does not include onboarding or employee administration. If the team depends on those functions, it can keep its current tool and use HeyTalent as its candidate acquisition layer; if not, its ATS covers pipeline management without an extra licence.
Teamtailor and Recruitee: employer branding and automation
Teamtailor and Recruitee are the Workable alternatives for teams that need to attract and organise applications, not go out and find candidates. HeyTalent covers exactly what both leave out, locating passive profiles and getting their email or phone number, and its free ATS already publishes jobs on a career site pushed to Google Jobs.
Teamtailor is built around an editable career site with quote-based pricing; Recruitee, by Tellent, combines automations, multi-posting and external agency management with public plans. They make sense when employer branding is the priority; if too few qualified profiles come in, neither solves it without a sourcing layer alongside.
Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby: structured hiring, CRM and analytics
Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby are the Workable alternatives that compete on method and measurement, not on candidate inflow. Even Lever, with its native CRM, does not guarantee an email or phone number for every profile, which is what HeyTalent adds with its contact data finder.
Greenhouse applies structured hiring with scorecards per stage, Lever combines ATS and CRM to nurture relationships with passive talent and Ashby targets data-driven teams with native analytics. They fit companies with mature interview processes; Greenhouse and Lever sell on quotes and Ashby only publishes its entry plan.
Personio, Factorial and Bizneo HR: the ATS inside an HR suite
Personio, Factorial and Bizneo HR are Workable alternatives when the project links recruiting with onboarding and employee administration. HeyTalent does not compete on that ground: it focuses on sourcing, contact data and an ATS at no cost, and leaves HR administration to the suite.
Personio adds a recruiting module to its Core HR, Factorial is a Spanish HR suite with a built-in ATS and Bizneo HR combines multi-posting with support in Spain and Latin America. They add more to an HR department that wants a single system than to a multi-client agency. The guide to the best ATSs in Spain compares all three with the local market.
Zoho Recruit and Manatal: ATSs with published pricing for agencies
Zoho Recruit and Manatal are the Workable alternatives whose cost is easiest to model, because both publish per-user pricing. Before paying per user for an entry-level ATS, remember that HeyTalent offers its ATS at no cost, charges for the sourcing layer and includes unlimited users on every plan.
Zoho Recruit separates an edition for companies from one for staffing; Manatal starts at $15 per user per month billed annually and caps jobs and candidates depending on the plan. Both organise candidates who are already in the database: finding passive profiles still requires sourcing. The guide to Manatal alternatives extends the comparison.
How much does a Workable alternative cost in 2026
Seven of the ten ATS alternatives to Workable do not publish a fixed price; only Recruitee, Zoho Recruit and Manatal show pricing, and Ashby publishes its entry plan. HeyTalent publishes its prices, with the ATS included at no cost.
As of October 2026, HeyTalent has three plans: Recruiter at €109/month for up to 2,000 candidates a month, Agency at €214/month for up to 5,000 and Ultra at €599/month for up to 14,000, billed quarterly (from €93/month billed annually). All of them include email and phone finding, automated outreach and unlimited CSV export.
External sourcing adds to the real cost. LinkedIn does not publish fixed prices for Recruiter; a 2026 Spanish guide puts Recruiter Lite at around €130 to €150 per month per licence, with 30 InMails, and the team plan at €700 to €900 (guide to LinkedIn Recruiter in Spain).
HeyTalent charges per organisation rather than per seat, which according to the company means savings of up to 5x compared with the cost of LinkedIn Recruiter; the margin grows with team size and does not apply the same way to a solo recruiter.