An Applicant Tracking System Small Businesses Can Actually Afford
Track every applicant, every role, every interview — without a per-seat contract or a sales call. The pipeline, candidate database and public apply pages are free forever. You only pay when you use AI to find candidates.
- 60-second shortlist
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- Used in 40+ countries
Paste a job description — get 3 real candidates free
No signup to see the matches. Names revealed after you add an email.
Free forever core
Unlimited jobs, unlimited applicants, full pipeline and public apply pages. No seat licences, no annual commitment.
Set up in one afternoon
Paste a job description, publish an apply page, share the link. No implementation project, no consultant.
AI sourcing when you need it
When applicants dry up, run an AI search across LinkedIn, Telegram and GitHub for 20 tokens. Pay per search, not per month.
Why small businesses outgrow spreadsheets but can't afford an enterprise ATS
Most applicant tracking systems are priced for HR departments with headcount plans and procurement teams. If you hire five to fifty people a year, you get quoted for features you'll never open. Meanwhile a spreadsheet loses candidates, drops follow-ups and gives you no record of why someone was rejected. FindHire sits exactly in that gap.
- No per-seat pricing — invite your hiring manager, your founder, your part-time recruiter
- Every job gets a public apply page indexed by Google Jobs and Indeed
- Candidates land in one pipeline: New → Screening → Interview → Offer → Hired
- Comments, mentions and interview notes stay attached to the candidate, not to someone's inbox
What you get on the free plan
The parts of an ATS a small business genuinely needs are free. There is no trial clock and no feature that quietly stops working after 14 days.
- Unlimited open roles and unlimited candidates
- Kanban hiring pipeline with custom stages and hold status
- Searchable candidate database with CV upload and skill tags
- Public apply page per role, plus automatic feeds to Google Jobs, Indeed and LinkedIn
- Offer tracking and structured client or hiring-manager feedback
- Hiring metrics: time to fill, cost per hire, offer acceptance rate
What costs money, and exactly how much
Only the AI does. FindHire runs on F&H tokens — roughly $0.10 each — so a small business pays for outcomes rather than seats. A single AI search across LinkedIn, Telegram or GitHub costs 20 tokens. AI resume analysis costs 1 token. Constant monitoring, which re-scans for new matching candidates every hour, costs 120 tokens per day and can be switched off at any time. New accounts start with free tokens, and creating your first role adds more.
Small-business hiring metrics, calculated for you
You can't improve what you don't measure, and small teams rarely have an analyst. FindHire computes the four numbers that predict whether a role will close: time to fill, time per presented candidate, resource intake and success velocity. If a role is stalling, the dashboard tells you which stage is causing it.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a genuinely free applicant tracking system for small business?
Yes. FindHire's core ATS — unlimited jobs, unlimited applicants, pipeline, candidate database, public apply pages and hiring metrics — is free with no time limit and no card required. Only AI sourcing and monitoring are paid, and they are pay-as-you-go.
How many users can I add?
As many as you need. FindHire does not charge per seat, so hiring managers, founders and contract recruiters can all be invited with role-based permissions.
Can I post jobs to job boards from it?
Yes. Every published role gets a public apply page and is automatically included in the Google Jobs, Indeed and LinkedIn XML feeds. The Job Boards Guide covers the remaining channels.
How is this different from a full HR system?
FindHire covers recruiting only — sourcing, tracking, interviewing and offers. It does not do payroll, benefits or performance reviews, which is why it stays free and simple for small teams.
What happens to my data if I stop using it?
Your candidate database is exportable at any time. Nothing is locked behind a paid tier.
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