Jobylon vs SmartRecruiters (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Jobylon and SmartRecruiters share a 2.0 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which features you need.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SmartRecruiters
Enterprise applicant tracking and hiring platform with AI features
Paid
Which one is for you
Pick Jobylon if
- Fits if you hire across several brands or countries from one account
- Works for Nordic employers who need local job boards
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you're a small team: it's aimed at large employers
- Skip it if you want a price, since the site sends visitors to book a demo
- Watch out: the talent CRM and Candidate Insights are extensions beyond the ATS
- Tight if you want a free plan or trial, as none is listed
Pick SmartRecruiters if
- Fits if you are a large employer wanting an ATS in many languages
- Works for teams on SAP SuccessFactors
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you are a small team, as no self-serve plan is shown
- Skip it if you want a price, as none is published
- Watch out: Winston Chat is an add-on
- Watch out: no free plan or trial
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAJobylonFair | 2.0GPASmartRecruitersFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published, so we can't set it against the $74 to $149 a month this category charges. That leaves it at C. | CNo price is published, so it sits at the ordinary grade until the vendor says. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial is listed; the site routes you to a demo. A demo request isn't a trial. | FNo free plan and no trial. The pricing page offers a demo. |
| Features | BATS with multi-brand and multi-country hiring, career pages, job distribution and compliance controls. The talent CRM and Candidate Insights are extensions; the listing names no gap in the core ATS work. | BATS, CRM, job distribution, messaging, analytics and a sandbox. Winston Chat is an add-on, but the listing shows no gap in the core ATS job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and the listing shows multiple brands and markets to set up. That puts it at C. | CNo rating on record. An enterprise ATS that takes setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb product posting to LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, CareerBuilder and Nordic boards such as Jobindex and FINN. No desktop or phone app, so B. | BWeb only, with SAP SuccessFactors, Zoom, LinkedIn and DocuSign links. |
| Best for | an ATS for companies hiring across several brands | enterprise applicant tracking |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Jobylon and SmartRecruiters. How we grade
Where they differ
- SmartRecruiters also covers chatbots.
In commonWebReportsApplicant trackingJob board posting
At a glance
| Jobylon | SmartRecruiters | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Jobylon AB | SmartRecruiters |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Jobylon
- No prices are published; the site sends visitors to book a demo, so the cost is unverified.
- Aimed at large employers, so small teams may find it more than they need.
- Talent CRM and Candidate Insights are described as extensions beyond the ATS.
SmartRecruiters
- No prices are published: the pricing page only offers a demo and a conversation with an expert.
- Winston Chat, the conversational AI, is described as an add-on to the core platform.
- The vendor says the interface is available in 37 candidate-facing languages and 31 languages for hiring teams.
- The site describes a customer base of large enterprises; smaller teams may find no self-serve plan.
Key features
Jobylon
- ATS
- Configurable pipelines, collaboration between hiring teams and permissions for multi-team setups.
- Multi-brand and multi-country hiring
- Separate hiring processes per brand and market, viewed from one platform.
- Job distribution and career pages
- Posts to job boards, including Nordic ones such as Jobindex, Duunitori and FINN, and builds branded career pages.
- Talent CRM
- Talent pools and nurturing of candidates before they apply.
- Candidate Insights
- Collects feedback from candidates at each stage and benchmarks the hiring process.
- Compliance controls
- The vendor says GDPR handling, EU data residency and access controls are built in.
SmartRecruiters
- Applicant tracking
- Tracks candidate status across workflows, with advanced search, talent pools, saved searches and synced candidate email and messages.
- CRM and job distribution
- Lists a candidate CRM for sourcing and nurturing talent, plus job distribution and an agency portal for outside recruiters.
- Winston AI
- Winston is the vendor's AI layer, with a talent matching engine, candidate screening and a hiring agent that handles tasks such as scheduling.
- Candidate messaging
- Reaches candidates by SMS, WhatsApp and online messaging, and Winston Chat is an add-on for conversational job discovery and applying.
- Analytics and sandbox
- Includes built-in recruiting analytics and dashboards, and a sandbox environment for testing configuration changes.
Plans
Jobylon
Pricing could not be confirmed. See jobylon.com.
SmartRecruiters
Pricing could not be confirmed. See smartrecruiters.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Jobylon or SmartRecruiters?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Jobylon has no price we could confirm, and SmartRecruiters has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Jobylon or SmartRecruiters?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Jobylon nor SmartRecruiters has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.