SmartRecruiters

SmartRecruiters is an AI-powered talent acquisition suite designed for corporate and enterprise hiring teams. On its website, the product is packaged as a platform ("SmartOS") covering the end-to-end hiring lifecycle, with add-on AI capabilities under its "Winston" intelligence layer. The suite is positioned to support both professional and high-volume recruiting, combining core applicant tracking with candidate relationship management, messaging, scheduling, and onboarding. SmartRecruiters' pricing page presents tiered packages—Essential, Professional, High Volume, and Complete—organized by increasing functionality and scale. Essential is positioned as the fundamentals of hiring on the SmartOS platform, including Applicant Tracking, CRM, Onboarding, SMS Messaging, Job Distribution, and Dynamic Scheduling. Higher tiers add AI features and advanced capabilities: Professional includes an AI-powered Hiring Agent and AI Talent Matching Engine (Winston Match with explainable AI), while High Volume adds AI-powered candidate screening, conversational AI chat (SmartPal), and higher messaging/job distribution limits. Complete adds advanced enterprise controls such as Advanced Analytics, Advanced Sandbox, and Custom In-App Guidance. Founded in 2010 in San Francisco by Jerome Ternynck (serial entrepreneur), SmartRecruiters raised $225 million in total funding including $110M Series E in July 2021 led by Silver Lake Waterman at a $1.5B valuation. In August 2025, the company reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by SAP to bolster the SuccessFactors recruitment portfolio, marking a major strategic consolidation in the enterprise HR tech market. The website describes specific AI capabilities like Winston Match (AI talent matching with transparent match scores and explanations), SmartPal (generative AI chatbot for candidate screening), AI-driven resume parsing and profile enrichment, and predictive analytics for sourcing channel performance. The platform emphasizes workflow efficiency improvements such as automation and reduced screening time. SmartRecruiters highlights an ecosystem approach with "seamless integrations" and an extensive app marketplace with 100+ partners, explicitly naming common tools including Workday (certified bi-directional integration), SAP SuccessFactors (native post-acquisition), LinkedIn Recruiter (RSC), Indeed, Glassdoor, Zoom, DocuSign, Checkr, HireVue, HackerRank, ADP, BambooHR, and HiBob. From a compliance standpoint, SmartRecruiters states it is "globally compliant," explicitly referencing ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II (announced January 2023), GDPR, CCPA, and EEOC/OFCCP. The company serves enterprise customers including Visa, Bosch, IKEA, and other Fortune 500 companies with 300-500 employees. Rebecca Carr serves as CEO (as of 2025 updates). Pricing shows Essential plan "Starting at $14,995" (billing period not stated on vendor page), with other tiers requiring contact sales. SmartStart is available free for small teams (<10 roles). Overall, SmartRecruiters is positioned as a comprehensive enterprise talent acquisition platform with strong SAP backing and global distribution capabilities.