Applicant Tracking Software
Simplify your recruiting, fill open positions faster, and make a lasting impression on top candidates.
We take care of your applicant
management
Our applicant management software helps you make quick and transparent decisions – including a recruiting app for Android and iOS.
Advantages of our applicant
management software
Digitalise and optimise your applicant management to manage candidates more easily and hire faster.
Stay on top of things
Keep track of all incoming applications, tasks, and deadlines on a central dashboard – including key recruiting metrics.
Attract top talent
Modernise your applicant management with softgarden – and secure a key advantage in the competition for top candidates.
Integrate existing solutions
Seamlessly connect softgarden and extend your existing HR tools to fully leverage the benefits of professional applicant management.
softgarden in Numbers
2 million
Simple application processes per year
60%
Time savings possible for your recruiting
50 k
Users use softgarden every month
Alexander Mertens
Head of HR and Organisation at Schoeller Werk GmbH & Co. KG
“The recruiting solution works for the HR department like a part-time employee. This gives us valuable time back, which we can dedicate to advising and supporting our managers and employees, as well as handling strategic HR topics.”
Features for Perfect Applicant
Management
Our powerful tools turn your recruiting process into a true candidate experience.
Strengthen your recruiting team, speed up the application process, and collect high-
quality applicant feedback – with softgarden by your side.
Save Time with AI Matching
Find the right candidates faster: Our AI scans incoming applications (on request) and highlights top talent whose profiles strongly match your job listings.
Sync Your Appointments Automatically
Send interview invites directly from the applicant tracking software – and coordinate interviews quickly and easily within your team. Bye-bye, Excel!
Communicate Personally & Automatically
Create as many personalised and automated messages as you like – or use our AGG-compliant message templates. This makes communicating with applicants quick and professional.
Applicant Feedback
Evaluate candidates right after the interview using structured scorecards with predefined criteria. Give star ratings, use the thumbs-up/down option, or leave individual written feedback – for fast and transparent team alignment.
Welcome to softgarden.
What do you want to do next?
I want to test your software
- Free and without obligation
- Test for 14 days, support included
I want to book a product tour
- Without obligation and free of charge
- Personally tailored to you
Seamless Integration for Your Recruiting
With softgarden, you can effortlessly extend your existing HR solutions and benefit from
the powerful functionality of a professional applicant management system.
Applicant Management, Rethought
With softgarden’s applicant management software, you’re shaping the future
of your recruiting.
Applicant Management is Also
Employer Branding
A complicated application process and long waiting times do not reflect well on your company. With our applicant management tools, you ensure an excellent candidate experience while enhancing your employer brand.
Find suitable employees faster.
Good candidates are impatient, and time is a crucial factor. With softgarden’s applicant management system, you impress candidates, provide them with a smooth application process, and position yourself as an attractive, modern employer.
Master digitalization – easily.
Digitalisation and automation speed up your recruiting. With softgarden, digitalising your applicant management becomes a breeze – we have already assisted over 1,600 German companies and are happy to support you too.
Safety first
Certified Quality
softgarden is certified according to ISO 9001 and ISO 27001, ensuring high product and
service quality. Our servers are hosted in ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centres in
Germany, providing the highest security standards for the storage and availability of your
data as well as your applicants’ data.
Overview of Functions
Save time and effort through process automation, AI-powered content creation & candidate matching, and effective collaboration tools.
Connect softgarden to your identity provider (Google and Azure AD) so that your employees can log in with their individual company account.
Thanks to the Xing and LinkedIn integration, candidates can apply directly to your job ads with just a few clicks.
All applicant details at a glance and evaluate candidates quickly and easily.
Standardised application documents through CV parsing make data records comparable.
You can integrate all jobs on your website via iFrame or API.
Optimize your recruiting with a variety of intelligent reports that present complex data in a clear and actionable manner.
softgarden is available in German and English. Job ads and portal are available for you in 18 languages.
Mapping recruiting processes in complex corporate structures with parent companies and subsidiaries.
Store your custom workflows for your recruiting processes in the system.
Speed through mass actions such as rejections or application confirmation emails.
Never miss an event in the recruiting process with e-mail or web notifications for single or multiple events.
Filter applicants by job, location, processor, application phase or evaluation.
Search filters are saved automatically and can be reused as filter lists.
Automatic matching of duplicate applicant profiles.
Upload application documents or enter them quickly and easily manually.
Make notes on applicant profiles that are only visible to you.
Save time with freely definable evaluation criteria and use these as reusable templates.
Simplified selection process through customisable questions for candidates.
Evaluate applicants on score cards based on predefined criteria after the interview – with a star rating or feedback in text form.
Keep an eye on promising candidates to potentially consider them for future positions.
Send appointment invitations directly from the applicant management software.
Simplify processes with email templates that comply with the AGG (General Act on Equal Treatment)
Create your own message templates and automatically send personalised messages to applicants at defined times.
Create and export PDF letters with your own branding.
Attach files in messages to applicants.
Include information about your privacy policy in your messages.
After entering a job title, AI suggests suitable details, such as industry, employment type, career level and typical tasks and requirements
On request, our AI compares the requirements from job postings with the content of incoming applications. High-potential talents are highlighted visually.
Save time and impress with personalised emails. Our AI assists you in creating professional messages and content.
Keep track of all published jobs postings and drafts.
Add up to 8 locations to your job postings and allow candidates to indicate their preferred job location during the application process.
Set up a recruiting team for each job so that all key decision-makers are always in the loop and you can plan and decide on candidates together quickly.
Share your job postings on over 1200 job boards with just a few clicks, thanks to a seamless integration with our multiposting solution
Put together a recruiting team for each job advertisement and recruit collaboratively.
Define standard roles for users and configure authorisations for individual roles yourself and assign them to users.
Create as many users as necessary for each softgarden license.
Individual user role for cooperation with the works council.
Define flexible approval processes when applying for new job postings and receive approvals directly via the software.
Recruiting app for iOS and Android for joint evaluation, voting and selection of candidates.
Coordinate applications, qualifications and interviews together with colleagues, specialists and managers.
Never miss any communication with the team thanks to activated system notifications.
Using the thumb principle, the team votes on whether candidates should be invited to an interview.
Evaluate candidates together after the interview according to defined evaluation criteria and determine the overall score.
Send push notifications via app to colleagues whose feedback on a candidate you are still waiting for.
Take part in the team chat via the app even when you’re on the move and never miss any news.
Get things done, by creating tasks and assigning them to yourself or colleagues.
FAQ Applicant
Tracking Software
Our plans start at €199/month, including unlimited users. More information can be found on our pricing page: softgarden Prices
No, we believe that recruiting is teamwork. That is why we do not limit the number of users or charge for new users.
Our cloud solution does not need to be installed, you do not need to set up an IT infrastructure. You’re ready to go straight after your purchase.
Our plans include different levels of support options. Starting with our online documentation in the Start plan, up to your own personal contact in the Enterprise plan. You can find an overview of all plans here: softgarden pricing
softgarden meets all the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and enables you to recruit in compliance with the law. For more information view our data protection information for the use oft softgarden Software as a Service.
Yes, of course. Map your recruiting processes even in complex corporate structures with parent companies and subsidiaries. You can find out more about the multi-client capability of our applicant management software in our product tour: Book product tour