Untap vs SmartRecruiters
Enterprise hiring at volume. Still one object model: requisition, candidate, hire.
Updated August 2026
$14,995
the only published SmartRecruiters price
Essential is the sole tier with a public number; Professional, High Volume and Complete are quote only. Untap publishes every plan from $250/month.
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The short version, for people in a hurry.
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PRICING
Pricing comparison, line by line.
Their plans on the left, Untap Corporates plans on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
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SmartRecruiters
Essential
SmartRecruiters
Professional
SmartRecruiters
Complete
UNTAP
Starter
UNTAP
GrowthPopular
UNTAP
Ultimate
Their plans on the left, Untap Corporates plans on the right. Education and NGO pricing subtracts 25% and 50% respectively.
SmartRecruiters publishes a single number: Essential from $14,995. Professional, High Volume and Complete are all quote-based, and aggregated buyer data puts the median contract near $33,500/year across a $15,250-$51,600 range. Pricing is modular and per recruiter, with CRM and onboarding as explicit paid add-ons and the AI hiring agent gated to higher tiers. Untap Talent publishes all three plans, includes AI screening, communities, LMS and evaluations on every one, and never charges per recruiter.
Annual billing includes 2 months free. Subscription pause available at $15/month between hiring cycles. Education tier: 25% off list. Small NGO tier: 50% off list.
FEATURES
Feature comparison, grouped by workflow.
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Application and Submission Management
7 capabilities
Review and Evaluation
8 capabilities
Engagement and Communication
6 capabilities
Platform and Program Breadth
7 capabilities
Integrations, Pricing and Security
7 capabilities
WHAT USERS SAY
Common feedback about SmartRecruiters.
Paraphrased themes from public reviews. No direct quotes, no cherry-picking: recurring patterns only.
Best-in-class candidate experience
Career-site UX and the candidate journey are the strongest and most consistent praise in enterprise reviews.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Reporting is manual work
Independent analysis flags analytics assembly as the main pain point below the top tier.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Pricing is opaque above entry
Three of four tiers require a sales conversation, which lengthens evaluation.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
SAP acquisition raises roadmap questions
Buyers weigh long-term independence against absorption into the wider SAP HCM suite.
BASED ON G2, CAPTERRA AND TRUSTRADIUS REVIEWS, 2024-2026
Themes are synthesized from public reviews on G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. We do not reproduce reviewer text.
BY ORGANIZATION
Which platform is right for you?
An honest take. There are scenarios where SmartRecruiters is the right answer.
Choose SmartRecruiters when...
- You are a large enterprise hiring at high volume across many countries
- You are standardising on SAP and want the HCM suite alignment
- Career-site experience and a large integration marketplace are decisive
- You have procurement capacity for a modular enterprise contract
Choose Untap when...
- You need program breadth: hackathons, awards, fellowships and challenges alongside hiring
- External judges, mentors and assessors should not consume recruiter licences
- You want published pricing instead of a quote for three of four tiers
- Evaluation needs weighted rubrics, calibration and blind review
- You want an engaged talent community, not a dormant candidate archive
- You are an NGO, foundation or university and need a structured discount
BY PROGRAM TYPE
Best fit by program type.
How each platform holds up across the talent program shapes teams actually run.
Being fair
Where SmartRecruiters is stronger
SmartRecruiters is the better pick when your needs match what it was built for — see the “Choose SmartRecruiters when...” card above. Untap is the better pick when you run programs continuously and need unlimited submissions, users and programs on one flat price. Both are valid; the honest question is volume and frequency.
Last reviewed: August 2026
What you also get, beyond the comparison above
Point tools win on one job and stop. Untap ships the whole program lifecycle on one engine — including a training stack and an events and bookings stack most alternatives do not have at all.
Trusted at scale
1M+ participants have applied to programs built on Untap.
Fortune 500 innovation teams, UN agencies, universities and national governments run their programs here.
1M+
Participants
400+
Programs
100+
Customers
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