Applicant Tracking System (ATS):
Examples: Taleo, Greenhouse, Workday, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, Lever, JazzHR.
Expansion: ATS platforms only track applicants within an individual company’s system. They don’t connect talent across the industry, limiting visibility beyond direct applicants. ↩︎

Talent CRM Platforms:
Examples: Beamery, Avature, Phenom People, Eightfold.
Expansion: These platforms focus on building long-term candidate relationships but lack ATS capabilities for structured application tracking and internal hiring workflows. ↩︎

Messaging Tools:
Examples: Slack, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Discord, WeChat.
Expansion: These tools facilitate internal and external messaging but lack built-in recruitment workflows, talent databases, or structured hiring processes. Holedo replaces them with a Matrix-powered communication system fully integrated into hiring, team collaboration, and talent relationship management. ↩︎

Social Networks:
Examples: LinkedIn, Facebook, Xing, Viadeo.
Expansion: Social networks host professional profiles and offer limited employer branding and job posting features. However, they lack built-in recruitment workflows, structured hiring processes, and long-term talent management. ↩︎

Profile Hosting:
Expansion: ATS platforms store candidate profiles, but only for applicants who applied to that specific company. Unlike Holedo, they don’t maintain long-term talent relationships beyond active applications. ↩︎

Multi-Company Talent Pool:
Expansion: Unlike ATS and CRM systems, Holedo enables hiring across companies, removing the siloed approach of traditional platforms. ↩︎

Industry-Wide Talent Search:
Expansion: Traditional ATS and CRM systems limit searches to internal databases. Holedo connects a shared, industry-wide talent pool, making it easier to find and engage top talent across borders. ↩︎

AI-Powered Job Matching & Hiring Assistance:
Expansion: Some ATS and CRM platforms use AI for job matching, but Holedo applies it across both structured hiring (ATS) and long-term talent relationships (CRM), creating a more intelligent and adaptable system. ↩︎

Advanced Reporting & Industry Benchmarking:
Expansion: Holedo’s reporting lives in the context of the entire industry, not just an isolated company database. Unlike ATS and CRM platforms that report only on internal data, Holedo provides anonymized industry-wide trends, making insights 40-60% more valuable for strategic decision-making. ↩︎

Compliance & Data Privacy:
⚠ Varies by provider. Some ATS and CRM platforms offer GDPR compliance only if hosted in the EU, while others store data in the US under the CLOUD Act (subject to US government data access). Holedo is fully GDPR-compliant by design, with hosting in Frankfurt, Germany. ↩︎

Interoperability with Other Messaging Services:
Expansion: Holedo’s use of Matrix allows cross-platform messaging, bridging communication between platforms like WhatsApp, Messenger, and LinkedIn. Unlike closed platforms, Holedo doesn’t lock users into a single tool—messages flow where they’re needed, seamlessly connecting teams across different systems. ↩︎

Recruiter-Owned Talent Relationships:
Expansion: In Holedo, recruiters retain connections with talent even if they leave their organization. Unlike ATS platforms that isolate applicant data within company accounts, Holedo ensures that talent relationships persist, enabling long-term engagement without corporate silos. ↩︎