Best HRIS With a Built-In Applicant Tracking System

A company that hires a handful of people a year does not need a separate recruiting system: job posts, candidate records and offer letters inside the HR system mean the new hire's record already exists on day one. The limit that matters is how many job openings the plan you can afford allows. We read the vendors' pricing pages on October 28, 2026. Nothing here comes from a hands-on trial.

For whom: a company of 10 to 200 people hiring steadily but not continuously. Not for: a team running dozens of open roles with structured interviews and agency pipelines, which is what a dedicated ATS is for; see HRIS that integrate with Greenhouse.

Hiring features by plan

Our pick

BambooHR. Applicant tracking is part of every plan, not an add-on, and its Core plan already includes the candidate record, job postings and offer-letter templates that a growing company uses most. For a 20-person company the $250 flat price covers HR records and hiring together with five job openings; Pro raises that to 25.

• Choose Paycor Complete if you also want payroll in the same system and hire continuously: Paycor documents unlimited jobs in its recruiting module on that plan; Rippling's limit is not stated in the source we cite. Paycor's small-business page is for businesses with under 50 employees, so above that, get a separate confirmed package.
• Choose Rippling if recruiting is one part of a platform you are already pricing for HR, IT and payroll; ask for the recruiting module in the same quote.

When to buy a separate ATS anyway

If you regularly have more open roles than your plan allows, run structured interview scorecards across several hiring teams, or work with agencies, a dedicated ATS earns its cost; connect it to the HRIS so the hire still lands in one record.

For HRIS pricing in more detail, see HRIS total cost.