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CATS 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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  • Overview
  • Pricing and Plans
  • Features
  • Integrations
  • User Reviews

Overview

CATS
CATS
4.2
(144)

Pricing

Starting at $110.00 per month

About CATS

CATS Applicant Tracking System was first introduced as an open source application. In 2007, the solution was released as a cloud-hosted version.

CATS helps the recruiting firms to manage their entire operations involved in a recruitment life cycle. CATS search engine combs through resumes and highlights keywords. Comprehensive reports can be exported directly to Excel, giving users visibility over the pipeline for a position. CATS is also customizable and can be integrated into any company’s website.

CATS pushes job postings automatically to well-known job boards, such as Indeed and Glassdoor. Imported resumes can be emailed into CATS with the Resume Inbox feature. Once resumes are submitted, CATS automatically parses through them and enters them in the company database.

Since each recruiter’s hiring method varies, CATS offers different add-ons for Outlook, Word and social media. Custom questionnaires are available to screen applicants early on and CATS provides templates for the email blast.

CATS Screenshots

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CATS Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $110.00 per month
Free Trial
Free Version

CATS Pro

$110.00

per user, per month

Plan includes:

  • 2-Way Calendar and Email Sync
  • Custom Access Levels
  • Meeting Scheduler
  • Pay $1000 for Data Migration
  • Recruiting Browser Extension
  • SMS Texting
  • Sponsored Job Posting
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CATS Features

  • Popular features found in Recruiting
    Assessment Management
    Background Screening
    Communication Management
    Job Posting
    Job Requisition
    Onboarding
    Resume Parsing
    Resume Search
    Self Service Portal
  • More features of CATS
    Activity Dashboard
    Activity Tracking
    Alerts/Notifications
    API
    Applicant Tracking
    Application Management
    Billing & Invoicing
    Boolean Search
    Calendar Management
    Candidate Management
    Candidate Profiles
    Candidate Sourcing
    Candidate Tracking
    Careers Page
    Collaboration Tools
    Compliance Tracking
    Configurable Workflow
    Contact Database
    CRM
    Customizable Branding
    Customizable Forms
    Data Import/Export
    Email Management
    Email Marketing
    Email Templates
    For Staffing Agencies
    Full Text Search
    HR Management
    Internal HR
    Interview Management
    Interview Scheduling
    Job Application Management
    Job Board
    Job Tracking
    Mobile Access
    Pipeline Management
    Pipeline Reports
    Real-Time Reporting
    Recruiting Firms
    Recruitment Management
    Reporting/Analytics
    Resume Database
    Resume Storage
    Search/Filter
    Social Media Integration
    Social Recruiting
    Status Tracking
    Tagging
    Talent Acquisition
    Task Management
    Temporary Staffing
    Third-Party Integrations
    Workflow Management

CATS Integrations

Constant Contact
Constant Contact
Mailchimp
Mailchimp
WordPress
WordPress
Gmail
Gmail
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook
HighMatch
HighMatch

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CATS User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

5

45%

4

40%

3

10%

2

3%

1

1%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.1

CD

Cara D.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

CATS: Easy to Use, But Customer Service Falls Short

3

Previously 4

I would say my experience has been positive until the last year. We are still using CATS and it has been great but since we are growing we need an ATS company that we can grow with.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
4
Value for money
3
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
I like the ease of use, it's easy for my employees to understand and adjust to certain things. I love the buttons and how they function within a workflow, especially how we use them in our company. The videos provided are definitely helpful as well.
Cons:
My main issue recently has been the customer service. They responded to most of my questions but there was a big thing I needed answered/help with and I ended up reaching out 3 times and still never received a response. This resulted into searching for a new ATS platform as I need a company that we can grow with.

Reasons for choosing CATS

I was referred to CATS which led me to use their systme.

Reasons for switching to CATS

I was having issues with my emails being received from CATS

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BJ

Benjamin J.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2019

Without CATs I'm not sure how we would manage

5

Excellent, the sales and support staff are always on point. I hate calling tech support in general, but really don't mind with CATs. Always affable and helpful. We have yet to have an issue that wasn't promptly resolved by the CATs tech support.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
Ease of in-house communication and interoperability. Each user can easily see the work of their colleagues which cuts down on a huge amount of unnecessary communication. We can seamlessly take over each other's work when colleagues are on leave or otherwise busy. The application portals are very easy to use and the workflow is intuitive and useful. Honestly, I'm not sure how we could manage with such a lean HQ staff without having CATs.
Cons:
The only con I can identify with CATs is their search algorithm. The Boolean search functions can be improved. For example, if I'm looking for an "Education in Emergencies Specialist" within my database and search for this phrase using the Boolean quotation marks I will occasionally get results that identify anyone who has the word "in" somewhere in their resume. Yes, I also get "Education in Emergencies Specialists" but also a lot of people with completely irrelevant CVs. Some of this is mitigated by using the tags, lists, and custom fields but sometimes weird results are populated. Again, this is really the only issue I have with CATs and I'm really nit picking here. I don't find this to be a significant impediment to my work, and the pros heavily outweigh this one con.

Reasons for choosing CATS

I wasn't involved with that process.

Reasons for switching to CATS

The previous database solution was no longer supported.

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Erik B.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Better than average product, best in class customer service

4

Better than other ATS I have used. Since this is a recruiting and staffing tool, making it as simple as possible is a best practice since we need quick access to notes for reference more than any other functionality. It provides this quickly and efficiently.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
4
Value for money
4
Customer support
Previously 3
3
Functionality
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Pros:
-Responsive customer service -Idiot-proofed functionality -Mobile experience has 90%+ of the full functionality
Cons:
-Latest upgrade to Nala was clumsy and left some very obvious bugs in for release

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DH

Dana H.

Verified reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2025

CATS - Great value CRM for small businesses

3

CATS was always easy to work with. Great customer service. I always got a reply within a day of my inquiry.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
2
Functionality
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Pros:
CATS is very cost-effective and easy to use. It was my first CRM for my business and it's was a great starting CRM.
Cons:
There were limited CRM features for scheduling and communicating with candidates. I also needed a CRM with a really strong Search function. CRM wasn't as strong there.

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VB

Valonda B.

Verified reviewer

Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2019

CATS was a Godsend

5

We appreciate being able to unify our process, helping streamline our process, provide our applicants with a consistent experience, identifying where our good candidates are coming from and unifying our recruiting team and efforts.

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
I appreciated the support through the set up process and the responsiveness of the team to our beginning processes. There is so much customization for your workflow and we have appreciated all of the improvements to the system over the time we have used it. (over 6 years)
Cons:
Honestly - it's really hard find things we don't like about the software. Support has been great about helping us to work around things we thought we wanted.

Reasons for choosing CATS

Simplicity - ease of set up and experience with the sales and support team

Reasons for switching to CATS

We had very little support with the last system and many glitches!

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JH

Jeff H.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2019

Long time user

5

I switched to CATS more than a decade ago when it was a free beta program. It has been a part of my business on an almost daily basis. It's comfortable and hard to imagine switching to something different.

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
4
Value for money
5
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
Great interface, comfortable to use. Becomes familiar quickly. Grown with the software.
Cons:
No ability to drag and drop related emails or documents into a a candidate or client record.

Reasons for choosing CATS

Familiarity and interface. Like the ability to customize workflow

Reasons for switching to CATS

At the time, it was free and had a better interface.

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AW

Amber W.

Verified reviewer

Staffing and Recruiting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed August 2019

Excellent ATS Option

4

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
5
Functionality
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Pros:
We went from using the same ATS for over 17 years when we decided to make the change to CATS. It’s modern, sleek, easy to use and customer support is very easy to understand and knowledgeable.
Cons:
I do wish there was a platform versus it being web based.

Reasons for choosing CATS

Cost, functionality and more.

Reasons for switching to CATS

Ready for something better that could support modern recruitment styles.

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MB

Marc B.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

I love CATS

5

Ratings Breakdown

5
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
It is intuitive and easy to use. It has all the functionality of a large CRM in a great software that is affordable
Cons:
Have not found any yet. I would like a couple other calendaring functions but just a minor change would be it.

Reasons for switching to CATS

Gopher is heavy, slow and has no LI interface. Plus it was installed vs cloud based.

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AP

Alexis P.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed August 2019

CATS has been such a help so far!

5

We have been using CATS since May 2019 and so far I love it! We are a smaller - midsize company and I had been looking for an ATS that would help to make my recruiting process smoother. As the only recruiter here, I needed something to help streamline my process, hold all the candidates information, generate reports and make it easy to know what steps I am in during the process. So far it's everything we have been looking for!

Ratings Breakdown

4
Ease of use
5
Value for money
5
Customer support
4
Functionality
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Pros:
The SMS Feature Easy job posting Quick Customer service Quickly able to look at the candidates profile Website to host your jobs, makes applying for the candidate easier
Cons:
The learning curve, but that comes with any software.

Reasons for choosing CATS

Overall it was due to CATS having every option I was looking for.

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Bill B.

Verified reviewer

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed May 2014

Affordable, Simple, Flawed

3

I’m approaching two years with CATS and have reviewed and demoed many other ATS’s including iCIMS, JobVite, The Applicant Manager, AcquireTM and the Monster Talent Management Suite. Bottom line up front: This is a solid choice for new firms on a budget who have low customer service expectations and no need for a reporting capability. The first thing that appealed to me about CATS was that it gave me a free 30-day trial that didn't hold back the bells and whistles. I had access to every feature from the moment I signed up. It was the most intuitive of all the products I demoed. I didn't need a salesperson to walk me through each section (something that I would have been hindered by with the other products). The default customization was nearly perfect and I was able to easily make the few tweaks that my workflow required. I uploaded my stash of resumes, posted my open job orders and started moving candidates through the hiring process. It was simple. Other CATS features - Want to allow candidates apply through LinkedIn or Indeed? Check. Want to push jobs to your company Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn page? Check. Mass emails, automatic emails, job sharing with hiring managers, integration with Outlook and Word, a customizable jobs website? Check. CATS is set up for both corporate and agency recruiting. The two main negatives are customer service and reporting. Customer service is about what you’d expect from a budget firm. Some questions I sent through email were ignored and some were returned with one-word answers. The reporting capability is a bit scary for anyone who might need to generate an AAP/EEO report. The detail just isn’t there and CATS is either unwilling or unable to generate a custom report with the necessary data.

Ratings Breakdown

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Pros:
Affordable, Intuitive
Cons:
Customer service, reporting

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