SmartRecruiters is the ATS your team works in. MetaDay is the engine that does the hiring — it sources, interviews and shortlists candidates itself, then runs on top of the ATS you already keep.
SmartRecruiters is software your team operates. An agency is people you pay 15–25% per hire. MetaDay is the third option — a system that does the hiring itself, then hands results to your team on top of the ATS you keep.
Capability
MetaDay
SmartRecruiters
Sources candidates
Automated outreach
AI screening calls
AI interviews & scoring
Offer negotiation
Ranked shortlist delivered
Job description → interview, autonomous
System of record & compliance
Runs on top of your ATS
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Platform Overview
What is MetaDay?
MetaDay is an AI hiring execution engine — it doesn't manage your work, it does it. From role to shortlist, executed: it sources candidates, runs first interviews, and hands your team a ranked, ready-to-hire list.
→ AI sources candidates across the open market
→ AI runs screening calls and interviews with scoring
→ You receive a ready-to-hire shortlist
→ Runs on top of the ATS you already keep
→ Replaces the recruiter admin — not the recruiters
What is SmartRecruiters?
SmartRecruiters is an Applicant Tracking System used by enterprise hiring teams. It organises job posts, applications, and approvals with AI features layered on top. Strong for managing hiring across a team — but sourcing, interviews, and decisions still depend on the recruiters you employ.
Key Differences
How They Compare
Manage vs Do
MetaDay
Runs hiring as an execution layer — sources, screens, interviews, scores and delivers shortlists without human handoffs.
SmartRecruiters
Manages hiring as software — organises roles, applicants, and approvals. Your team still does the work.
Sourcing
MetaDay
AI finds and reaches the right candidates for the role — before anyone on your team starts searching.
SmartRecruiters
Sourcing is manual. Recruiters or agencies bring candidates in; the platform tracks what they bring.
Interviews
MetaDay
AI runs screening calls and structured interviews and scores every candidate. No recruiter calendar required.
SmartRecruiters
Interviews are scheduled and scored inside the system, but every conversation is run by your team.
Works Together
MetaDay
Runs on top of the ATS you keep — does the sourcing and interviewing, and hands the results to your team.
SmartRecruiters
Stays your system of record and approvals layer — where hires are tracked once MetaDay delivers them.
Platform Guide
When to Choose Each
★ MetaDay
AI Hiring Execution Engine
Choose MetaDay when you want hiring done — not coordinated. The system does the work on top of the ATS you already keep, instead of organizing it around you.
Keep SmartRecruiters as-is
ATS · System of record
Stick with SmartRecruiters alone when you have a recruiting team and mainly need a structured system to manage their workflow, applicants and approvals — or you hire only a handful of people a year. In most cases you keep it and add MetaDay on top.
Keep your ATS. Let MetaDay do the hiring.
SmartRecruiters organises the process. MetaDay runs it — sourcing, interviewing and shortlisting on top.
MetaDay is not an ATS. It's an AI hiring execution engine — it sources, interviews, and shortlists candidates itself. Teams choose it as an alternative to SmartRecruiters when they want hiring done, not managed — and it runs on top of the ATS you already keep.
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Do we have to replace SmartRecruiters?
TLDRNo — run it on top.
No. Keep SmartRecruiters as your system of record. MetaDay runs on top of it — doing the sourcing, interviewing and shortlisting it only tracks, then handing the results to your team. If you'd rather consolidate, MetaDay can also stand alone — but you never have to rip out your ATS to use it.
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Will this replace our recruiters?
TLDRRemoves the work, not the team.
It removes the work — sourcing, screening, scheduling, and the agency invoices — not the people. Your recruiters stop doing admin and go do the human parts: closing candidates, building relationships, protecting culture. Same team, redeployed to the shortlist.
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How fast can we realistically hire?
TLDRDays, not months.
"MetaDay turned a complex hire into a controlled, predictable process." — Richard Deakin, CEO, Cambridge Space Technologies. Lead Hydrogen Engineer hired in 3 days. MetaDay sources and interviews continuously, so a ranked shortlist arrives in days while your ATS keeps the record.
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