ATS Pricing: What Does an Applicant Tracking System Cost?

Cleveland Public Library, Ohio — Jobvite

$63,000 a year for its ATS, plus a separate one-time $14,700 implementation fee. The board approved up to $140,700 for two years. The papers do not establish every included product or service; board approval is not a directly documented signed agreement.

Source: Exhibit 17: Resolution Authorizing Agreement for Applicant Tracking System (Board Meeting, December 21, 2023)

City of Delray Beach, Florida — NEOGOV

$42,013.73 a year, or $210,068.65 over one year plus four renewals. This covers hiring and performance-review modules together, not the ATS alone.

Source: Delray Beach File 25-1072: Resolution 190-25, agreement with Governmentjobs.com dba NEOGOV

City of San Diego, California — NEOGOV

Up to $1,889,566 over five years for an ATS contract. This is a spending ceiling, not a quoted yearly fee. The product scope is not broken down in the source.

Source: San Diego Ordinance O-22060: approving a contract with NEOGOV for applicant recruitment, tracking, and hiring software

Spending limit vs total if every option is used. The City of San Diego approved a NEOGOV contract of up to $1,889,566 for the first five years. If it uses all five one-year options, which increase 3% a year, the ten-year total is $4,183,202.55. "Up to" means a ceiling the city may spend, not a quoted price.

Source: San Diego Ordinance O-22060: approving a contract with NEOGOV for applicant recruitment, tracking, and hiring software

Yearly price and bundles. The City of Delray Beach renewed NEOGOV at $42,013.73 a year, $210,068.65 over one year plus four renewals. That price covers its hiring module and its performance review module together, so it isn't an ATS-only price.

Source: Delray Beach File 25-1072: Resolution 190-25, agreement with Governmentjobs.com dba NEOGOV

Yearly fee vs one-time setup. Staff at Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority recommended UKG at $105,000 a year for three years, plus a one-time $32,000 for implementation and training, with the contract capped at $347,000. A quote that shows only the yearly fee leaves out setup. This was a recommendation; we haven't found the board's final approval.

Source: Applicant Tracking System Services — presentation to the Organizational, Services & Performance Monitoring Committee

What a total covers. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District renewed NEOGOV for three years at $355,062. Its staff report splits that by fiscal year. Only part of the total is the "HR Suite" (Applicant Tracking System, Position Requisition, Employee Onboarding and Offboarding); the rest is Performance Management (Perform) and Training Management (Learn).

In each year, the performance and training modules cost more than the HR Suite. Two contract totals can look similar and cover very different things.

Source: Summary of Actions, Board of Directors meeting of July 24, 2026; Agenda Item No. (3): Authorize award of Contract No. 2026-D-060, NEOGOV HR Suite, to Governmentjobs.com, Inc. (dba NEOGOV) — staff report

Quotes that look alike may not be. Cleveland Public Library in Ohio met four ATS vendors in 2023 and listed three quotes side by side, "for the sake of comparison", as two-year prices. Each came with a different condition:

• iCIMS: $95,000, "Requires 3-year contract"
• Workable: $54,700, "Price reflects year-end discount"
• Jobvite: $140,700, "Includes implementation fee"

The fourth vendor, NEOGOV, has no quote listed. The board papers don't say what else each quote covered, so these figures can't tell you which system would have cost least. The library chose Jobvite: $63,000 a year plus a one-time $14,700 implementation fee, with the board approving up to $140,700 for two years.

Source: Exhibit 17: Resolution Authorizing Agreement for Applicant Tracking System (Board Meeting, December 21, 2023)

Contract value. Dorset Council in the UK bought Eploy's ATS for £111,150 for 26 June 2023 to 15 October 2025. The notice doesn't say what the price includes.

Source: Contracts Finder award notice: Applicant Tracking System for Dorset Council

First term vs option years. British Transport Police in the UK awarded Tribepad £213,285 for a first term of two years. The notice gives a separate £99,472 for one extra year "if utilised". The headline figure covers only the first two years.

Source: e-recruitment Applicant Tracking System (ATS) — award notice BTP/CON/848

Early figure vs agreed price. The first figure published isn't always what the buyer agreed. The Regulator of Social Housing in the UK gave an estimate of £80,000 before it bought, and its contract with Tribepad was £42,200. The London Borough of Hackney's notice showed a contract value of £180,000, while the value awarded to Cornerstone was £168,067.20 — and that covered an onboarding module as well as the ATS.

Source: Regulator of Social Housing Applicant Tracking System Procurement — contract award notice; Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Procurement — prior information notice; Applicant Tracking System — London Borough of Hackney award notice

Extensions of an existing contract. Before its new contract, San Diego approved extensions of its previous NEOGOV contract, including $127,057.56 and $57,606.58. Extensions like these are priced separately from a new contract.

Source: San Diego Ordinance O-22060: approving a contract with NEOGOV for applicant recruitment, tracking, and hiring software