Migrate your hireful data
UK-focused applicant tracking system for budget-conscious small businesses and charities, with integrated job board posting and built-in EDI tools.
In its favor
Why people choose hireful
The signal that keeps hireful on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.
UK job board integrations with TotalJobs, Reed, and CV Library are native to the platform, so teams already posting to those boards avoid duplicating listings when switching to hireful.
Charities and non-profits get a dedicated NFP tier with free volunteer management included, making it one of the few ATS options purpose-built for the UK charity sector.
EDI features are bundled at no extra cost across all plans, which attracts organisations with active D&I commitments who would otherwise pay for these tools separately.
Small HR teams and standalone HR professionals report the platform's pre-set recruitment workflows reduce the need for internal configuration before first use.
Customers cite responsive account management and customer success support as a reason they stay with hireful rather than switching to larger, less personalised platforms.
Reviewers note the platform lacks a geographic talent-pooling tool, meaning teams cannot easily segment and re-engage candidates by location without manual workarounds.
As hireful is optimised for the UK market, international organisations with multi-country hiring needs find the feature set insufficient compared to global ATS platforms.
Some users report that the ATS feels less suited to high-volume recruitment operations, with workflows that can become cumbersome as vacancy and candidate counts grow.
Reasons to switch
Why people leave hireful
The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing hireful. Presented as facts, not knocks.
Platform scorecard
Strengths, weaknesses, and where hireful fits
Grades across six dimensions, plus a SWOT-style view of where the platform shines and where it falls short.
SWOT — strengths, weaknesses, and use-case fit
Strengths
Weaknesses
Where it works
Where it struggles
Pricing tiers
hireful pricing overview
hireful charges flat annual rates per plan tier, with an additional per-recruiter licence component on Go and Grow tiers. Setup fees of £500–£2,000 apply depending on the tier. Charity and NFP organisations have a separate pricing structure on hirefulnfp.com, with a Pay As You Go option from £600/pa and feature-tiered plans from £2,950/pa.
Go
Tier 1 of 4
£2,450–£2,655/pa
What's included
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What gets migrated
hireful object support
Object-by-object support for hireful migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.
Vacancies
Fully supportedVacancies are the primary object in hireful. We export vacancy records including title, description, status, and pipeline stage via CSV. The destination system's Jobs or Positions object maps directly. Pipeline stage ordering is preserved as a custom property in the destination.
Candidates
Fully supportedCandidate profiles include contact details, work history, CV/resume, and communication history. We extract the full candidate record from hireful's export and map it to the destination's Contacts or Candidates object. GDPR deletion flags are carried as a metadata field in the migration package.
Applications
Fully supportedEach candidate-to-vacancy pairing is an Application record. We map Applications 1:1 between systems and preserve the application status (e.g., Applied, Shortlisted, Rejected) as a standard field in the destination ATS.
Application Forms
Mapping requiredCustom application forms with bespoke field sets are supported at the Pro tier and above. We export form definitions and candidate responses separately, then reconstruct form field mappings in the destination system, noting any conditional logic that cannot be replicated.
Hiring Manager Portals
Mapping requiredHiring managers interact with the ATS through a dedicated portal on the Go tier. We migrate portal user assignments as Owner or Assignee records in the destination ATS, noting that the portal interface itself does not transfer.
Interview Schedules
Mapping requiredInterview scheduling is available on the Grow and Pro tiers. Where interviews are recorded as structured events, we map them to Activities or Events in the destination. Self-service interview scheduling data requires field-level mapping.
Scoring and Evaluation Notes
Mapping requiredRecruiter scoring and evaluation notes are stored against Application records. We export these as structured score data and map them to the destination ATS's rating or evaluation fields. Free-text notes are migrated as comments or activity history.
Job Board Postings
Mapping requiredJob board integrations (Indeed Easy Apply, TotalJobs, Reed, CV Library) are configured in hireful. We record which boards each vacancy was posted to as a metadata field in the migration log, but posting configuration must be rebuilt in the destination ATS.
Attachments (CVs, Documents)
Mapping requiredCVs and uploaded documents are available as attachments to candidate profiles. We extract files via hireful's download interface and re-upload them to the destination ATS against the corresponding candidate record. Binary attachments require separate handling in the migration package.
User Licences
Mapping requiredRecruiter licences and unlimited hiring manager seats are tier-specific. We map active user assignments as Owner or Assignee records. Additional licence counts are noted in the scoping document for billing comparison with the destination platform.
| Object | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vacancies | Fully supported | Vacancies are the primary object in hireful. We export vacancy records including title, description, status, and pipeline stage via CSV. The destination system's Jobs or Positions object maps directly. Pipeline stage ordering is preserved as a custom property in the destination. |
| Candidates | Fully supported | Candidate profiles include contact details, work history, CV/resume, and communication history. We extract the full candidate record from hireful's export and map it to the destination's Contacts or Candidates object. GDPR deletion flags are carried as a metadata field in the migration package. |
| Applications | Fully supported | Each candidate-to-vacancy pairing is an Application record. We map Applications 1:1 between systems and preserve the application status (e.g., Applied, Shortlisted, Rejected) as a standard field in the destination ATS. |
| Application Forms | Mapping required | Custom application forms with bespoke field sets are supported at the Pro tier and above. We export form definitions and candidate responses separately, then reconstruct form field mappings in the destination system, noting any conditional logic that cannot be replicated. |
| Hiring Manager Portals | Mapping required | Hiring managers interact with the ATS through a dedicated portal on the Go tier. We migrate portal user assignments as Owner or Assignee records in the destination ATS, noting that the portal interface itself does not transfer. |
| Interview Schedules | Mapping required | Interview scheduling is available on the Grow and Pro tiers. Where interviews are recorded as structured events, we map them to Activities or Events in the destination. Self-service interview scheduling data requires field-level mapping. |
| Scoring and Evaluation Notes | Mapping required | Recruiter scoring and evaluation notes are stored against Application records. We export these as structured score data and map them to the destination ATS's rating or evaluation fields. Free-text notes are migrated as comments or activity history. |
| Job Board Postings | Mapping required | Job board integrations (Indeed Easy Apply, TotalJobs, Reed, CV Library) are configured in hireful. We record which boards each vacancy was posted to as a metadata field in the migration log, but posting configuration must be rebuilt in the destination ATS. |
| Attachments (CVs, Documents) | Mapping required | CVs and uploaded documents are available as attachments to candidate profiles. We extract files via hireful's download interface and re-upload them to the destination ATS against the corresponding candidate record. Binary attachments require separate handling in the migration package. |
| User Licences | Mapping required | Recruiter licences and unlimited hiring manager seats are tier-specific. We map active user assignments as Owner or Assignee records. Additional licence counts are noted in the scoping document for billing comparison with the destination platform. |
Gotchas
What to watch for in hireful migrations
Issues we've hit on past hireful migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.
No public API means migration relies on CSV exports
Application form fields vary by plan tier
GDPR deletion flags must be preserved separately
| Severity | Issue |
|---|---|
| High | No public API means migration relies on CSV exports |
| Medium | Application form fields vary by plan tier |
| Medium | GDPR deletion flags must be preserved separately |
Leaving hireful?
Where hireful customers move next
5 destinations hireful can migrate to.
How a hireful migration works
Four steps, hireful-specific
Connect
None documented into hireful. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.
Map
We translate hireful-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.
Sample
Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate hireful quirks before production.
Migrate
Full migration with hireful rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.
FAQ
hireful migration FAQ
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