Ceipal ATS vs Crelate

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Crelate is the stronger AI pick in Recruiting: it has a visibility score of 2.6 versus 1.4 for Ceipal ATS, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Ceipal ATS if…

AI answers describe it more positively (50% vs 0% positive)
You need SOC 2 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)

Choose Crelate if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (2.6 vs 1.4)
You need ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or SOC 2 Type II or GDPR or CCPA coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Ceipal ATS	Crelate
Visibility score	1.4%	2.6%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Recruiting	#50	#31
Share of voice	0.3%	0.5%
Mentions this run	2	3
Positive in AI answers	50%	0%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Ceipal ATS 0pp · Crelate 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Crelate leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

4.1%

AI Mode

Perplexity

3.7%

Ceipal ATSCrelate

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Ceipal ATS ranked higher

0Crelate ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Ceipal ATS	Crelate
Official website of the top recruiting platform vendors	ChatGPT	#16	#27

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Ceipal ATS	Crelate
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	$85 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	No
Deployment	—	Cloud-hosted multi-tenant SaaS running on Microsoft Azure
Integrations	—	80+
Compliance	SOC 2	ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
Support	Dedicated support	Self-service help center and Crelate Academy, Daily training webinars, Live-chat support, Call-back phone support
Founded	2015	2012
Headquarters	Rochester, NY	Eagle, Idaho, United States
Employees	201–500	51–200
Funding	Series B	Series B (strategic investment from Five Elms Capital) · $12M raised
Best for	Healthcare staffing firms, IT and general staffing firms, and enterprise recruiting teams	Executive search, direct placement and in-house talent teams that want one platform for ATS, recruiting CRM and sourcing.