Picked vs an ATS · Picked.ai

Category positioning

We are not an

ATS. That's the point.

An applicant tracking system manages 200 CVs you read yourself. Picked makes sure you never see 200 in the first place. They are not the same category. They are not feature-comparable. Below: the line.

ATS

Manages a pipeline you fill

Picked

Delivers a shortlist directly

ATS

You read every CV

Picked

You meet three finalists

The map

Where the tools live. Picked sits one step further down.

The hiring funnel

Sourcing

job boards · LinkedIn · referrals

~1,000s

Application

careers page · ATS form

~200

Screen

recruiter call · take-home

~40

Interview

hiring manager · panel

~8

Decision

reference · offer

~1

covered by

→

One role · live · 23h in

Senior Backend Engineer

Live

Applied

287 · 100%

Triaged

214 · 75%

Screened

142 · 50%

Assessed

78 · 27%

Interviewed

43 · 15%

Shortlisted

9 · 3%

SPEND

£0.00 / £50

BIAS MONITOR

No flags

SHORTLIST IN

~24h

Line by line

The honest comparison. No straw men.

Updated · 11 May 2026

A typical ATS

picked.

Pricing model

$8-$12k / year, per seat

Per AI-vetted candidate · 99¢

Who it sells to

HR / talent ops

The hiring manager

Buying motion

Demo · pilot · contract · rollout

Sign up · post · 50 free

Onboarding

6-10 weeks · change-management deck

Sign in · 30 seconds

What you input

JD, stages, scorecards, interviewers

Title, level, three must-haves

What you get back

200 CVs you read yourself

3 finalists + the ranked rest

Time to shortlist

4-6 weeks (with recruiter)

31h 12m median

First-round

Recruiter screen call you book

AI voice interview · scored

Assessment

Bolt-on integration with another vendor

Built in · Neuroworx item bank

Audit trail

Stage transitions, mostly

Per-candidate JSON · scored reasons

Bias auditing

Manual · usually opt-in

Live · published quarterly

Free tier

14-day trial after sales call

50 candidates free · self-serve

Sits where?

System of record

System of decision

If you already have an ATS

We sit on top. Not in the way.

For teams under 200, we are the only tool you need. For larger teams, we plug into your ATS as the decision layer: we screen, score, and recommend; you push the finalists into Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, or Workable as your system of record.

GreenhouseLeverAshbyWorkableBambooHRSmartRecruiters

What we sync · what we don't

Finalists → ATS as candidatesYes

Transcript / scores → attachmentsYes

Stage transitionsYes · webhook

Calendar integrationYes · Google · 365

Your interview kits / scorecardsNo, we have our own

Take over your ATS's pipelineNo · ever

Touch your offer lettersNo

By name

How we stack against the specific product you're comparing.

vs. Greenhouse