9 Best European Greenhouse Alternatives in 2026
The best European alternative to Greenhouse in 2026 is Homerun, based in Netherlands. All 9 options below are European-owned, GDPR-native and ranked by feature parity and relevance.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Our top pick this year is Homerun, but every option on this list is European-owned, GDPR-native, and production-ready. Worth a closer look: softgarden, Recruitee, TalentLyft, Teamtailor.
Greenhouse alternatives are mainly HR & Recruitment. Browse any of those categories for a wider shortlist beyond this list.
Top European Greenhouse alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Country | Open source | Free tier | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homerun | Netherlands | No | No | vs Greenhouse → |
| 2 | softgarden | Germany | No | No | vs Greenhouse → |
| 3 | Recruitee | Netherlands | No | No | vs Greenhouse → |
| 4 | TalentLyft | Croatia | No | No | — |
| 5 | Teamtailor | Sweden | No | No | — |
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Dutch hiring tool for small teams: branded job posts and career pages, structured applicant tracking and collaborative candidate review without enterprise ATS bloat.
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Candidate-centric applicant tracking system with 300+ job-board posting, referral programmes, career-site builder and structured hiring workflows on German data centres.
softgarden is a recruiting and talent acquisition platform covering job posting, applicant tracking, candidate experience and employee referrals for medium and large European organisations. Founded in Berlin in 2011, it is one of the DACH region's leading ATS vendors, serving 2,000+ customers with an explicit focus on candidate experience and employer branding.
The platform pairs a modern ATS workflow (structured scoring, team evaluations, interview scheduling) with a multi-channel distribution engine that posts jobs to 300+ job boards, social networks and programmatic networks in one click. Built-in career-site builders, referral programmes and feedback surveys close the loop between hiring managers and candidates.
Key features:
- Applicant tracking system with structured scorecards, pipeline stages and team collaboration
- Multi-posting to 300+ job boards including LinkedIn, Indeed, XING and programmatic networks
- Career-site builder with drag-and-drop pages, localisation and branded job ads
- Employee referral programme with incentive tracking and one-click sharing
- Candidate experience surveys collecting feedback automatically after every process stage
- Calendar and interview scheduling integrated with Google, Microsoft 365 and Outlook
- Integrations with SAP SuccessFactors, Personio, DATEV and HRIS systems via API
softgarden is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and hosts all recruitment data in German data centres (Frankfurt) under GDPR and the BDSG. ISO 27001 certification, a full DPA and SCCs for any sub-processor are standard on every contract.
Trusted by Deutsche Bahn, BILD, L'Oréal and 2,000+ European employers, softgarden is the reference choice for HR teams that want a candidate-centric ATS with provable German data sovereignty.
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Amsterdam-built applicant tracking system for collaborative hiring: careers site editor, job multi-posting, pipeline management and interview scheduling for growing teams.
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Croatian recruiting software combining an applicant tracking system with sourcing and candidate relationship tools to manage the whole hiring pipeline.
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Swedish recruitment platform pairing an applicant tracking system with employer branding: career sites, candidate pipelines and hiring team collaboration in one place.
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Finnish recruitment software with AI-assisted candidate communication that sends every applicant personalized feedback while automating the hiring pipeline.
