Søknadsbasen vs Teamtailor
Teamtailor is a modern ATS known for award-winning career pages and employer branding, used by more than 12,000 companies. It is a Swedish product with a hidden price and an annual agreement.
We compare honestly: Teamtailor's brand strength against Søknadsbasen's Norwegian ownership, low threshold and candidate base.
What is what
Teamtailor (Swedish, Stockholm) is a subscription-based ATS with visual pipelines, strong career pages and an AI Co-pilot (ad, CV summary). Typically a 12-month agreement; the EU or US data zone can be chosen.
Søknadsbasen is Norwegian-owned and EU-hosted, with pay-per-job and no agreement, and a searchable candidate base.
Side by side
| Feature | Søknadsbasen | Teamtailor |
|---|---|---|
| Price / modelThird-party estimate from ~$229/month, not official | Per job, NOK 990-2,990 (14-90 days), volume discount | Not public (contact sales) |
| Job posting | highlighted in the job seeker feed, exclusively | unlimited, distribution to Indeed/LinkedIn |
| Searchable candidate base (active sourcing)Connect talent pool (passive subscribers), not an open external base | anonymous candidate base, unlocks NOK 49-99 each | Partly |
| Application handling (ATS / pipeline) | pipeline with ATS score + AI summary | visual pipelines |
| AI (ad + screening) | AI ad + AI screening | Co-pilot: ad, CV summary |
| No lock-in / annual contractTypically a 12-month agreement | no lock-in, pay per job | No |
| Free to get started14-day trial, no free plan | free account, pay only on publishing/contact | Partly |
| Norwegian + EU/GDPR storageSwedish company, EU or US zone selectable | Norwegian, EU/GDPR, never sells data | Partly |
| Company profile / employer branding | public company profile + brand upgrade | market-leading career pages |
| Target group | Founders/SMBs to HR/agencies | SMB to enterprise, branding focus |
What Teamtailor does well
- Award-winning career pages and employer branding, the core strength.
- A modern, user-friendly ATS with an AI Co-pilot.
- Broad job ad distribution (Indeed, LinkedIn and others).
Where Teamtailor falls short
- Price not public and typically a 12-month lock-in.
- Swedish-owned, the data zone can be set to the USA, not Norwegian privacy by default.
- The talent pool is passive subscribers, not an open searchable candidate base.
What Søknadsbasen offers beyond that
- Norwegian-owned, with the database and files on our own server in Helsinki, Finland (EU).
- A unit price with no annual agreement and a free start, against Teamtailor's subscription.
- A searchable candidate base with pay-per-contact, active sourcing Teamtailor doesn't have.
Choose Teamtailor
Choose Teamtailor if employer branding and a great career page are the main goal, and you recruit regularly enough to justify an annual agreement.
Choose Søknadsbasen
Choose Søknadsbasen if you want Norwegian privacy, to pay per job without lock-in, and to be able to search actively for candidates.
Common questions
- Where is the data stored at Teamtailor versus Søknadsbasen?
- Teamtailor is Swedish and lets you choose an EU or US data zone. Søknadsbasen has the database and files on its own server in Helsinki, Finland (EU) and never sells candidate data. The AI features use Anthropic, which stores the text in the USA, as a rule for 30 days.
- Does Søknadsbasen have career pages like Teamtailor?
- Søknadsbasen has a public company profile with a brand upgrade. Teamtailor's career pages are more extensive and are their core strength, but they come with an annual agreement.
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