Best Recruiting Software for Remote Teams

Recruiting and ATS tools for companies hiring into home-based roles, with async interviews, scheduling across calendars and large applicant pools.

Written by Maya PatelFact-checked by ChandrasmitaReviewed Jun 10, 2026Last updated Sep 25, 2026

What this audience should prioritize

A remote job posting can attract applicants from an entire country, so volume and screening become the main problem. Interviews run over video, and scheduling across panels in different time zones eats recruiter time. Structured scorecards help keep decisions fair when interviewers never meet the candidate in person.

Greenhouse is built around structured interviews and scorecards, suits companies hiring 50 or more people a year, and is estimated from about $5,100 a year for small teams. Ashby combines ATS, CRM, scheduling and analytics, with pricing starting around $400 a month on its Foundations tier.

For smaller remote companies, Workable offers AI screening and a 400-million-profile sourcing database from $299 a month billed annually for companies with up to 20 employees, and Breezy HR has a free plan for one active position. Manatal uses AI candidate recommendations at $15 per user per month.

Shortlist candidates for Remote Teams

Pinpoint is the applicant tracking system designed specifically for in-house recruiting teams that want their ATS to strengthen their employer brand rather than undermine it.

Custom quoteCloud

Gem is a talent CRM for recruiting teams, with sourcing sequences, pipeline analytics and Gmail and LinkedIn tools, sold alongside your ATS or as an all-in-one.

Tiered pricingCloud

Breezy HR is the applicant tracking system designed for small and mid-sized businesses that want a functional ATS without the enterprise complexity or enterprise pricing.

Tiered pricingCloudFree trial

Manatal is an AI-assisted recruiting system for small companies and agencies, with candidate recommendations, a CRM and job board posting.

Per-user pricingCloudFree trial

ClearCompany is a talent management suite for mid-sized companies, combining an ATS, onboarding, performance reviews and engagement surveys.

Custom quoteCloud

Zoho Recruit is an applicant tracking system for corporate HR teams and staffing agencies, with a free plan and close ties to other Zoho apps.

Tiered pricingCloudFree trial

Recruit CRM combines an applicant tracking system and a client CRM for recruitment and staffing agencies.

Per-user pricingCloudFree trial

Boon is a referral hiring platform that rewards employees and outside networks for candidate referrals and connects to 50+ applicant tracking systems.

Custom quoteCloud

JazzHR is an applicant tracking system built specifically for small businesses that need structured hiring without the complexity or cost of enterprise recruiting platforms.

Tiered pricingCloudFree trial

BambooHR is the HR platform that most small and mid-sized teams encounter first when they outgrow spreadsheets.

Per-employee pricingCloudFree trial

Rippling is the HR platform that refused to stay in its lane.

Modular pricingCloud

Workable is the applicant tracking system that fast-growing SMBs reach for when they realize posting jobs on LinkedIn and managing candidates in a spreadsheet is costing them hires.

Tiered pricingCloudFree trial

Greenhouse is the applicant tracking system that built its reputation on structured hiring methodology.

Custom quoteCloud

Lever, branded as LeverTRM, is the recruiting platform that mid-market companies choose when they need more than a basic applicant tracking system.

Custom quoteCloud

Ashby is the recruiting platform that emerged to solve the tool-sprawl problem in talent acquisition.

Tiered pricingCloud

iCIMS is the enterprise talent acquisition platform built for companies with 1,000+ employees that hire at high volume across multiple locations, business units, and geographies.

Custom quoteCloud

SmartRecruiters is an enterprise applicant tracking system with AI matching, a recruiting CRM and a marketplace of 600+ integrations.

Custom quoteCloudFree trial

Tracker (TrackerRMS) is an ATS, CRM and back-office system for staffing and recruitment agencies.

Custom quoteCloud

AvaHR is an Arizona-based applicant tracking system for small local employers such as dental practices, HVAC and plumbing contractors, med spas and law firms.

Tiered pricingCloudFree trial

Recruiterflow is an ATS and CRM for recruiting agencies, with email sequences, a LinkedIn extension and AI agents on its top plan.

Per-user pricingCloudFree trial

Frequently asked questions

How do remote teams handle high applicant volume?

They use knockout questions, AI screening or structured scorecards to rank applicants before interviews. Tools with automated scheduling also save hours of back-and-forth across calendars.