Manage hires, track candidates, and coordinate interviews in an AI-powered system built with AI you customize to fit your team's workflow.




Customize your applicant tracking system with the exact steps and recruitment views your team needs. Add features as workflows evolve—no code.






Connect candidate spreadsheets and interview notes with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create a single source of truth for your hiring process.
Give each recruiter and manager the right access. Set up secure logins, user groups, and granular permissions—no IT support or dev work needed.
Give hiring managers, interviewers, and HR staff tailored dashboards, so each role sees just the candidates and tasks that need their attention.
Give hiring managers, interviewers, and HR staff tailored dashboards, so each role sees just the candidates and tasks that need their attention.
Streamline your hiring with Softr Workflows. Trigger native notifications or status changes based on team feedback to keep the recruitment process moving.
Review resumes and update candidate statuses on the go. All tracking tools are mobile-ready out of the box for busy managers.
Use Google or SSO logins to give your hiring team fast, secure access to the candidate database—no internal IT tickets required.
Keep candidate personal data and internal reviews safe with SOC2 and GDPR compliance, plus fine-tuned access control at every stage.
No more one-size-fits-all tools or costly custom builds. Softr is easy to use and fully customizable, so you can launch faster, adapt as you grow, and skip the complexity of traditional software.

Build your applicant tracking system in minutes with AI—no manual setup or complex configuration needed.

Add features like scorecards, automated emails, or pipeline dashboards as your hiring needs evolve—no rebuild.

Start with hiring, then add employee portals, internal directories, or form logs—all with no extra tools.
Co-build with AI
Simply describe what you need. Let Softr handle everything - Interface, database, workflows.
Iterate with AI or visually
Control most critical parts of your app yourself - roles, permissions, security.
Ship the same day
Invite team members or external clients and partners right away. No developer handover.
Use drag-and-drop blocks to build a portal that looks sleek and modern out of the box. Add only the features you need, and iterate as your workflows evolve.




An applicant tracking system for small businesses is a secure space where your hiring team can manage job postings, candidate profiles, and interview stages in one place. It serves as a central hub where applicants can submit resumes and track their status, eliminating the need for scattered email threads or manual spreadsheets. This makes it easier for small teams to stay organized and provide a professional, transparent experience for every candidate.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software, making it easy to build a custom applicant tracking system that fits your unique hiring process. You can describe your recruiting needs to the AI Co-Builder to instantly generate your database, job boards, and application logic—already connected and secure.
You don't need to code anything. You can start by generating with AI, using a specialized recruiting template, or building from scratch. Everything runs on Softr Databases, the native, relational database built into the platform, or you can connect external tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, or HubSpot to manage your candidate pool. You have full control to adjust the layout visually, decide which hiring managers see specific departments, and brand the portal to match your company's identity. It's quick to get up and running, simple to update as your team grows, and flexible enough to scale with your hiring volume.
You can include a wide range of features in your applicant tracking system, depending on what your recruiting workflow looks like. A great hiring app usually mixes classic functional blocks with AI-powered intelligence:
- AI-Powered Intelligence – Use Ask AI to query your candidate database conversationally, or set up Database AI Agents to summarize resumes or conduct initial background research on applicants.
- Vibe Coding Blocks – Build complex, custom UI elements—like a custom interview scorecard or a branded career page—using the AI Code block to "vibe code" exactly what you need.
- Softr Workflows – Build native automations (like automatic email notifications to candidates upon status changes) that trigger whenever a record is moved or an interview is scheduled.
- User Portals & Logins – Securely manage access so hiring managers only see candidates for their specific roles while HR retains a full view of all applicants.
- Forms & Data Collection – Capture candidate information with custom job application forms, resume file uploads, and conditional screening questions.
- Dashboards & Charts – Visualize your recruiting performance, such as time-to-hire and source of hire, with real-time charts and summaries.
- Lists & Advanced Filtering – Display and manage your pipeline with searchable applicant tables, kanban boards for pipeline stages, and detailed resume preview views.
Everything is built using Softr's drag-and-drop blocks, so you can create these features without writing code. Need something more custom? Use the Vibe Coding block to generate a tailored recruiting component with AI.
Vibe coding is all about moving fast and using AI to build exactly what you need for your hiring process. You can "vibe code" an applicant tracking system in Softr by simply describing your recruiting requirements—such as pipeline stages or interview criteria—to the AI Co-Builder. Softr then generates a production-ready hiring app on top of a stable, secure foundation.
Unlike other tools that just generate raw, fragile code for a simple form, Softr handles the "boring 80%"—like applicant authentication, database logic, and role-based security—natively. This means you get the speed of vibe coding without the "Day Two" headaches of managing raw code. You describe your recruiting workflow, Softr builds it, and it’s ready for your hiring team to evaluate candidates instantly.
Yes. You can manage multiple departments or hiring teams in a single applicant tracking system. Each interviewer or manager only sees the candidates and job openings assigned to them, based on their login and role. This is useful for small businesses where different managers need to oversee their own specific hiring pipelines without seeing sensitive salary data or candidate info for other departments.
Yes, you can. You don't need to bring your candidate data from somewhere else to start building your applicant tracking system with Softr. If you're starting your hiring process from scratch, you can use Softr Databases, which is built into the platform and integrates perfectly with the application tracking interface you build.
But if you already have resume and applicant data in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, or Notion, you can connect those too. You can also use the REST API connector to bring in candidates from job boards or other sources. Either way, you have full control over how your applicant data is structured and displayed in your system.
Softr Databases is the recommended native, relational data source for your applicant tracking system. It is built explicitly for business apps, offering high performance, instant automation triggers for candidate status changes, and a lightning-fast experience because the recruiting data is native to the platform.
If you already have your applicant pool elsewhere, Softr also connects to 17+ external data sources. You can connect to Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, SmartSuite, or BigQuery. You can even integrate multiple data sources into the same app—so your system could pull in application forms from Softr Databases and background check data from HubSpot at once. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, so any interview notes added in your app stay in sync automatically.
Yes, Softr gives you full control over how recruiters and managers experience your applicant tracking system. You can customize the layout, navigation, and candidate views to match your internal workflow. Each page or block can be shown or hidden based on who's logged in, so every manager sees only the applicants relevant to their department.
You can also set up different user roles, such as Recruiter, Hiring Manager, or Admin—and define exactly what each role can view or edit. For example, managers can only see candidate notes for their active roles, while the HR Admin can manage job postings and salary information across the whole company. You can also create personalized views by filtering the candidate list based on the logged-in user.
This level of customization is especially useful when managing multiple departments in one system. It helps keep the recruiting experience clean, secure, and tailored to each team member's responsibilities.
Yes, you can fully white-label your applicant tracking system in Softr. You can use your own logo, brand colors, fonts, and a custom domain (like careers.yourcompany.com) to make the hiring portal feel like a natural extension of your brand. You can also remove all Softr branding, so your candidates only see your company's identity throughout the entire application and tracking experience.
Yes, you can. Softr gives you a lot of flexibility to control the design and layout of your applicant tracking system. You can adjust colors, fonts, spacing, and page structure to match your brand style. You can also choose how each recruiting page is laid out, decide which data blocks go where, and set what managers see when they log in.
To display your hiring data, you can add different types of blocks depending on your needs:
- Table blocks – to show structured applicant lists and status updates
- List or Card blocks – to highlight candidate profiles or preview resumes
- Detail View – to show a comprehensive candidate profile, including history and notes
- Forms – for internal interview feedback or candidate applications
- Charts – to show recruiting metrics like volume by source
- Calendar blocks – to display interview schedules and deadlines
If your hiring process changes later, it's easy to go back and make updates right in the visual builder.
Softr is built with security in mind, which is critical for sensitive applicant information. All data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest, and your recruitment apps are hosted on secure, reliable infrastructure. Softr apps also give you full control over who can see candidate details. You can set up role-based permissions, manage hiring team users directly within your data source, set visibility rules for sensitive fields like salary expectations, and apply global restrictions to protect personal data across your entire app.
For systems using Softr Databases, your data is stored in a secure environment with all data hosted in Europe (Germany) and SOC 2 Type II compliance. For apps connected to external data sources like Airtable or SQL, Softr doesn't store your candidate files—it just displays them in real time based on your access settings. You're always in control of recruitment privacy.
Softr also follows industry best practices for authentication and platform monitoring to help keep your candidate data safe.
It is fully production-ready. Unlike many AI tools that just "vibe code"—generating fragile, custom code for a job board that is hard to maintain—Softr builds your applicant tracking system on top of a stable, business-grade foundation.
We handle the "boring 80%" (like secure candidate logins, resume file hosting, and granular permissions) natively, so you don't have to. This solves the "Day Two" problem of AI: you get the speed of instant generation for your hiring portal without the headache of managing raw, unreliable code. Your app is secure, scalable, and ready for your team to start hiring from day one.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software. Unlike pure "vibe coding" tools that generate fragile code for a simple job page, or traditional no-code tools that require hours of manual configuration, Softr's AI Co-Builder creates an applicant tracking system on top of a secure, production-ready foundation.
What sets it apart is the hybrid advantage: you can use AI to generate your candidate database, tracking app, and hiring logic in minutes, then use visual controls for precise editing of your pipeline. You get the speed of AI with the reliability of business-grade infrastructure (auth, recruiter roles, and secure hosting) already built-in. It's designed for small business teams who want to move from a manual process to a professional system on day one.
Yes. Softr supports powerful native workflows and a wide range of integrations so you can connect your applicant tracking system to the rest of your hiring stack. You can automate tasks using Softr Workflows, such as sending a Slack notification when a new application is received, or sync with tools like Google Calendar for interview scheduling. Softr also supports REST API and webhooks for more advanced recruitment workflows.
Whether you need to send candidate data to an onboarding system, trigger background checks, or display job listings from other platforms, you can build it into your applicant tracking system without writing code.
Describe what you need. Softr's AI builds your custom applicant tracking system in minutes.