--- description: Learn more about The Applicant Manager price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: The Applicant Manager Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Applicant Tracking Systems](/directory/30060/applicant-tracking/software) > [The Applicant Manager](/software/123752/the-applicant-manager) # The Applicant Manager Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/123752/the-applicant-manager Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/123752/the-applicant-manager?page=2) > The Applicant Manager (TAM) seamlessly integrates with your brand and recruiting practices in a personalized way. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 125 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses The Applicant Manager? Government, Federal Contracting, Engineering, OFCCP, EEO, Construction, Manufacturing, Logistics, Non-profit, Travel, Hospitality, Industrial, Marketing, Technology, Multi Company, Education ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 125 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Top Echelon - **Location**: Canton, US - **Founded**: 1988 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$90,00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Our flexible by user and by posting packages will provide you with affordable options to meet your organization's changing needs. Instead of requiring a fixed contract, our subscriptions are month to month. We are committed to earning your continued business by meeting your needs and exceeding your expectations. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Canada, United States ## Features - Applicant Tracking - Application Management - Assessment Management - Background Screening - Candidate Management - Careers Page - Customizable Branding - Internal HR - Interview Scheduling - Job Posting - Multi-Channel Marketing - Onboarding - Recruitment Management - Resume Parsing - Resume Storage - Workflow Management ## Integrations (9 total) - BambooHR - Dropbox Sign - GoodHire - Keap - Meta for Business - Namely - Twitter/X - Zendesk Suite - ZipRecruiter ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Applicant Tracking Systems](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30060/applicant-tracking/software) ## Related Categories - [Applicant Tracking Systems](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30060/applicant-tracking/software) - [Recruitment Marketing Platforms](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/33016/recruitment-marketing-platforms/software) - [Recruitment Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30602/recruiting/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Very user friendly, and the staff is responsive should you have any questions. > > **Cons**: Not much, I have been using TAM for a few months now, and at first there was some getting used to, but overall, I thoroughly enjoy logging in everyday\! ----- ### "TAM Fan\!" — 5.0/5 > **Michele** | *10 August 2018* | Logistics & Supply Chain | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We're a small company and TAM checked all the boxes for us at a very reasonable rate. It is easy to use, the knowledge base is very helpful, and when we need something more, the customer service is instantaneous\! There is no waiting for help. TAM has made our lives so much easier, especially as an Affirmative Action company with the tracking requirements we have. We've appreciated that when we have a suggestion, it is taken seriously and often times we see the system upgraded with those suggestions included. The system seems very nimble and the TAM staff highly responsive and a pleasure to work with. We don't use all the features, but those we do are easy and intuitive. > > **Cons**: No complaints whatsoever, but looking forward to being able to text/track conversations with candidates in the future\! ----- ### "The Best of TAM" — 5.0/5 > **Melissa** | *12 August 2019* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I appreciate the customization available to me if I need it. It is also rare these days to have a service provider take your input and suggestions and put it to fruition. Another one of my favorite pieces is the regular webinars. I like learning how other companies use this software as it's given us some great ideas. > > **Cons**: Now that we've used this software for a few years, our requisition list is getting rather long. When I am looking for a certain position to copy from, it'd be great to have more search features to pull the one I want. > > I have worked with a few different Applicant Tracking systems and none have been this easy to use. From the ease of application to friendly and prompt customer service, this is by far my favorite system to use. ----- ### "TAM is great\! Very intuitive ATS with a smooth implementation." — 5.0/5 > **Russ** | *07 March 2018* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The Forms feature that TAM uses is without a doubt the coolest features I have ever seen in an ATS. Managers and Executives normally roll their eyes when HR tells them that they have to learn a new tool in order to hire candidates. TAM solved this by putting the majority of Manager and Executive interaction in simple, interactive forms that are emailed to users. They don’t even have to log into the tool to complete approvals and reviews. Let me repeat that: Users do NOT have to log into the ATS to approve a requisition, approve a hire, or submit interview feedback. They get a simple email with check boxes or drop-down items (you get to pick which). This feature has completely avoided the normal issues with integrating a new system; my managers love it. Developing my approval flows (for both requisitions and candidates) was easy to develop. My support representative had great suggestions and walked me through setting them up. They were also ready and willing to help me create workflows and approval flows for special cases. Nobody at TAM tried to get me to put any round pegs in any square holes. TAM allows me to create event triggers that simplify most activity in the ATS. When I click the ‘thumbs up’ button, an email is automatically generated forwarding the candidate profile to the hiring manager for review. The email automatically includes the position title and the applicant name. And just as importantly, the email comes from me, vice a ‘no-reply’ email address. Any ‘event’ in TAM can be tied to a trigger to send an email. These features can be created and maintained by MY team; I don’t have to contact TAM support to change a workflow step. Service and Support. I can’t say enough about the service that Caroline provided to us both during and after our implementation. TAM gave me a comprehensive checklist of information that they needed prior to all of our meetings. They also gave me access to explore the system on my own and discover some features. I very much appreciated the fact that they were flexible and let the training sessions develop organically. I receive exactly the same level of attention from Caroline now (a month after go-live) that I received before we paid for our bill, if not more attention. The support team has also very patient with me doing the bull-in-a-china-shop thing with the ATS and cleaned up all the messes that I made during training and implementation. Technical support: When one of my users made a suggestion that next workflow steps be revealed when a user hovered over a thumb-up icon, Caroline and tech team thought it was a great suggestion and implemented it within 24 hours. They've been fast and transparent with all of my requests. My 2nd favorite thing about TAM was the price. Compared to some of the other tools I have worked with in the past, TAM is a bargain. It’s definitely not the tool for a staffing agency to use but from a Corporate Recruiting point of view, it’s amazing. > > **Cons**: I wish that I could click on the Positions from my dashboard and link to the job instead of having to go to the Positions Table to accomplish that. > > My main objective was to find an ATS that was easy for my hiring managers and executives to use. I have had not one single complaint from any of my users about implementing this tool. To a user, they all love it. Having worked with some of the more complicated and expensive tools on the market, I was very pleased to see how TAM integrated with my hiring processes ----- ### "Decent system if you don't have to track recruiter productivity" — 3.0/5 > **Ericka** | *15 October 2018* | Insurance | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's a fairly easy to use system, it tracks applicants, works excellently with Bamboo, and offers great on boarding tools. > > **Cons**: It's kinda of expensive depending on which package you choose, it also doesn't offer any sort of tool to figure out which recruiters on your team are the most productive. ----- Page: 1 / 6\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/123752/the-applicant-manager?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/123752/the-applicant-manager) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data