Søknadsbasen vs Jobylon
Jobylon is a modern, design-strong ATS from Stockholm with career pages and a broad portfolio of integrations, aimed at medium-sized and large Nordic businesses. The price is hidden.
We compare honestly: Jobylon's enterprise ATS against Søknadsbasen's Norwegian ownership, unit price and candidate base.
What is what
Jobylon (Swedish) is a subscription-based ATS with pipelines, beautiful job ads, CV search in its own base and career pages. EU data storage; a Norwegian presence, but not Norwegian-owned.
Søknadsbasen is Norwegian-owned with pay-per-job and no agreement, and a searchable candidate base with pay-per-contact.
Side by side
| Feature | Søknadsbasen | Jobylon |
|---|---|---|
| Price / modelSubscription, no free plan | Per job, NOK 990-2,990 (14-90 days), volume discount | Not public (contact sales) |
| Job posting | highlighted in the job seeker feed, exclusively | + distribution to job portals |
| Searchable candidate base (active sourcing)CV search in its own base, not an open external candidate base | anonymous candidate base, unlocks NOK 49-99 each | Partly |
| Application handling (ATS / pipeline) | pipeline with ATS score + AI summary | full ATS with pipeline |
| AI (ad + screening)AI via integrations/the platform | AI ad + AI screening | Partly |
| No lock-in / annual contractSubscription | no lock-in, pay per job | No |
| Free to get startedDemo, no free plan | free account, pay only on publishing/contact | No |
| Norwegian + EU/GDPR storageSwedish, EU data storage; a Norwegian presence | Norwegian, EU/GDPR, never sells data | Partly |
| Company profile / employer branding | public company profile + brand upgrade | career pages, «beautiful job ads» |
| Target group | Founders/SMBs to HR/agencies | Medium-sized to enterprise in the Nordics/Europe |
What Jobylon does well
- A flexible, design-strong enterprise ATS with beautiful job ads and career pages.
- A broad portfolio of integrations.
- Established in the Nordics with EU data storage.
Where Jobylon falls short
- Price not public and a subscription with lock-in, no free plan.
- Swedish-owned, not a Norwegian privacy/ownership profile.
- The CV search is in its own base, not an open anonymous external candidate base.
What Søknadsbasen offers beyond that
- Norwegian-owned with a public unit price and a free start.
- An anonymous, searchable candidate base from the Norwegian market with pay-per-contact.
- A low threshold, no sales conversation or implementation project.
Choose Jobylon
Choose Jobylon if you are a larger Nordic or European business that wants a tailored, design-strong ATS with strong employer branding.
Choose Søknadsbasen
Choose Søknadsbasen if you want Norwegian ownership, a predictable unit price with no agreement, and a candidate base you can search yourself.
Common questions
- What does Jobylon cost?
- Jobylon does not state a price publicly, it is a subscription with a quote on request, and no free plan. Søknadsbasen costs from NOK 990 per job, and it is free to create an account.
- Is Jobylon Norwegian?
- No, Jobylon is Swedish (Stockholm) with a Norwegian presence and EU data storage. Søknadsbasen is Norwegian-owned and EU-hosted.
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