The most visible applicant tracking systems in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Leader

Workable

46Heralded Score, range 42–49

Most cited source

youtube.com

86citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Recruitee

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– iCIMS US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 youtube.com Social 12.4% 3 of 4 37 Not read
2 linkedin.com Social 6.2% 3 of 4 30 Not read
3 sparkhire.com Vendor site 6.9% 4 of 4 4 9
4 capterra.com Review site 5.7% 3 of 4 4 5
5 peoplemanagingpeople.com Media 6.0% 4 of 4 8 9
6 reddit.com Community 5.0% 3 of 4 18 Not read
7 zapier.com Vendor site 5.2% 4 of 4 2 8
8 cipd.org Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 8 Not read
9 europa.eu Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 11 Not read
10 indeed.com Directory 2.6% 2 of 4 13 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Recruitment agency vs in-house recruitment software for growing businesses English No brand recommended
What are some alternatives to managing candidates in spreadsheets? English Greenhouse
What are some alternatives to manually posting each job ad on job boards? English No brand recommended
I’m the only recruiter at a 100-person company. What software can help me manage hiring? English Workable
I run a startup that’s hiring ten people this year and need a simple recruitment process. English No brand recommended
Best applicant tracking system for small businesses English Workable
Recruitment software for startups English Ashby, Breezy HR and Workable, tied
How to manage job applicants in one place English Breezy HR
How to post a job on multiple job boards at once English No brand recommended
Applicant tracking system vs spreadsheets for hiring English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured