The most visible applicant tracking systems in Germany, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Germany in German and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Personio

56Heralded Score, range 44–70

Most cited source

youtube.com

12citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Greenhouse

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews 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
– Rippling US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– Sage HR GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 1% First reading
– SmartRecruiters US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Spark Hire US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None First reading
– Talention DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– Taleo CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– TrackerRMS GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Welcome to the Jungle FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Zoho People IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 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 15.0% 2 of 4 10 Not read
2 sprad.io Vendor site 8.3% 3 of 4 3 1
3 haufe.de Vendor site 6.7% 2 of 4 1 7
4 linkedin.com Social 6.7% 2 of 4 4 Not read
5 omr.com Media 6.7% 3 of 4 3 3
6 cipd.org Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
7 dvinci.de Vendor site 5.0% 1 of 4 2 1
8 facebook.com Social 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
9 fuer-gruender.de Media 5.0% 2 of 4 1 10
10 gesetze-im-internet.de Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best applicant tracking system for small businesses English Workable and Zoho Recruit, tied
recruiting software for startups English Breezy HR
how to manage job applicants in one place English Personio
how to post a job to multiple job boards at once English JOIN, Personio and Softgarden, tied
applicant tracking system vs spreadsheets for hiring English Freshteam

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