If you’re trying to grow your recruitment business, the last thing you need is another expensive tool eating into your profits. That’s exactly why we (Giig) built a Free ATS for Recruiters. A genuinely unlimited Applicant Tracking System that costs nothing, works straight out of the box, and removes one of the biggest barriers independent recruiters face: software costs.
No trials.
No upgrades.
No “free plan… until you actually need to use it.”
Just a Free ATS for Recruiters built to help you grow.
I’ve been where you are. When you go independent or start your own small agency, you’re suddenly responsible for everything: sourcing, admin, delivery, clients, compliance, and now tech. Most ATS tools charge £50–£150 per seat per month, which simply doesn’t work for freelancers or solo recruiters.
So we built something different. Something fair.
A Free ATS for Recruiters that actually stays free.
An ATS (Applicant Tracking System) helps you:
Every recruiter needs one; but not everyone should have to pay for one. That’s where a Free ATS for Recruiters becomes a game-changer, especially for freelancers and small UK agencies.
If you’re new to applicant tracking or still comparing tools, here’s a useful breakdown of the best free ATS tools for recruiters in 2025.
The short answer? Because recruiters shouldn’t have to pay just to stay organised.
When you’re freelance or running a small agency, every expense matters. You need a clean, simple, reliable way to store your candidates, but you shouldn’t be forced to commit to expensive monthly subscriptions.
A Free ATS for Recruiters gives you:
The truth is: the recruitment industry has been built around agencies paying high licensing fees. But the rise of independent recruiters has changed the landscape, and the tools need to evolve too.
That’s why Giig Hire built the Free ATS for Recruiters we always wished we had.
Many recruiters choose to go independent to avoid high fees and reclaim flexibility. If you’re thinking about going freelance, this guide is a great starting point: Freelance Recruiter: The Ultimate Guide
If you’re a UK recruiter, you’ll know:
A Free ATS for Recruiters removes the biggest early cost associated with going solo.
You can build your business without draining your budget.
The UK is seeing a rapid rise in independent recruiters. If you’re considering it yourself, here’s how much freelance recruiters typically earn: How much do freelance recruiters make
As we have already discussed your candidate network is the lifeblood of your business so we thought that it would be important to allow you to add as many candidates as you need to the system.
You simply add a candidate by clicking the ‘add candidate’ button attaching a CV and filling in the details.
That candidate will then be stored in Giig, to ensure you can get to them again in the future.
When adding candidates to the free ATS you can skill them so that you can easily find them for future roles.
Skilling candidates make it easy to locate them in the future should you have a new role come up at a later date that has a similar skill set.
At any point in time, you can come back to the Giig database and search for candidates by name, location, skills etc.
This becomes useful when you are given a new role and quickly need to identify what candidates you have in your database that might be suitable.
Within seconds, you can run a search on the platform to understand which candidates you have available that might be a match.
When headhunting candidates it can take time to win their trust and book a call to interview them before sending them to your client.
The prospecting pipeline board allows you to track when a candidate has expressed interest when a candidate meeting is booked & when a candidate is ready to send.
It’s perfect for ensuring you don’t lose track of the candidates who have said they are interested in chatting.
If you want to modernise your outreach workflow, here’s a full guide to improving your candidate and client messages: Outreach Strategies in Recruitment
This one is very similar to the prospecting board, it allows you to track and manage those candidates that you have sent to roles with your clients.
When you have sent a candidate to one of your clients, you need to make sure that you know where they are at all times, so that you can ensure they have a smooth ride through your client’s interview process.
Now winning clients using Giig will become another blog post because it’s a topic in itself!
WIth this free ATS for recruiters, the big USP we will provide is that by building your candidate database on Giig you will get the chance to connect with the clients in the Giig Hire Marketplace.
When Clients post roles on Giig that require the support of recruiters, the platform will run a search to see which recruiters on the platform have the most relevant candidates on the ATS and will connect those recruiters to the clients.
Giving you the chance to make more placements.
You can get your hands on these features today by signing up on the Free ATS Page.
However, we will be pushing hard to make sure there are constant updates to the platform.
If you sign up and create an account you will be added to the mailing list and receive updates with every new feature we push.
Without a magic crystal ball to look into the future, it’s hard for me to predict exactly what the end product will look like.
However,
The vision we have is to create a round product that will allow you to manage your recruitment business.
It’s starting with the ATS to help you manage candidates but we also want to build:
Dashboards — To help you manage performance
The Ability To Invoice — To help you manage your finances
A Portfolio Creator — To help you showcase your abilities to clients and win business
Automation Features — To help take some of the work off your hands
Recruitment Communities — To help you connect with other Independent Recruiters in the same position as you
And many more…
I hope you see that we’re committed to creating something much bigger than an ATS.
Join the community of Independent Recruiters already up and running by signing up for Free today
You can expect to find us here in the years to come: 11 Best Applicant Tracking Systems
A fair question, especially because most “free” tools eventually force an upgrade.
Here’s the truth:
**Giig Hire has enough agencies using the paid-for packages of the product, meaning we can give away the free version at no cost.
We do this to help the start-ups and solo recruiters of the world in hope that one day they will stick with us and upgrade. I will add.. there’s no pressure from us to do this!**
So that’s how we are able to offer a genuine, long-term Free ATS for Recruiters with:
If you never pay us a penny, you can still use the entire ATS forever.
It’s a no-cost Applicant Tracking System that lets recruiters store candidates, track jobs, and manage their entire pipeline without paying monthly fees.
Yes. It’s a 100% Free ATS for Recruiters with no limits, no expiry, and no credit card needed.
Freelancers, independent recruiters, small agencies, or anyone starting out who doesn’t want subscription costs and wants to stay agile.
Absolutely – Giig Hire is UK-built and tailored to recruiters globally.
None. Unlimited candidates. Unlimited jobs. Unlimited everything.
Through larger agencies paying for the Giig Plus package.
Analytics, invoicing, AI matching, and more.
If you want to grow your recruitment business without extra costs, start with a tool designed for independent recruiters:
Create your free ATS account here: https://giighire.com/free-ats
Build your database.
Track your jobs.
Grow your business.
All with a genuinely Free ATS for Recruiters.
