# ATS Detector - Which Hiring Software a Company Uses (`alexdany/ats-detector`) Actor

Give it company domains, get back which applicant tracking system each one runs on, the public job board URL, and how many roles are open. Covers Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Workable, BambooHR, Breezy and Personio.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/alexdany/ats-detector.md
- **Developed by:** [Alex](https://apify.com/alexdany) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 company checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## ATS Detector

Give it company domains. Get back **which applicant tracking system each company runs on**, the public job board URL, and how many roles are open right now.

```
stripe.com   →  greenhouse  →  stripe      →  746 open roles
notion.so    →  ashby       →  notion      →  147 open roles
skroutz.gr   →  workable    →  skroutz     →    9 open roles
breezy.hr    →  breezy      →  breezy      →    3 open roles
```

### Why anyone pays for this

Knowing which hiring software a company runs is a **buying signal and a market map**:

- **HR-tech sales teams** target accounts on a competitor's platform.
- **Recruiting tools and job boards** find which companies they can integrate with, and how.
- **Investors and analysts** measure real market share across ATS vendors instead of guessing.
- **Data teams** need the board URL to pull a company's jobs, which this hands you directly.

Most "technographics" vendors charge enterprise prices and still guess from stale crawls. This checks the company's live board **right now**.

### How it works

Two passes, both on public endpoints, no proxies and nothing blocked:

1. **Direct probe.** Derive the likely board slug from the domain and ask each ATS API whether that board exists.
2. **Career page read.** If that misses, read the company's own site and follow the link to whichever board it points at.

A company already in the bundled known-board list (274 of them) is answered instantly.

### Platforms detected

**Greenhouse** · **Ashby** · **Lever** · **Workable** · **SmartRecruiters** · **BambooHR** · **Breezy** · **Personio**

### Input

```json
{
  "domains": ["stripe.com", "ramp.com", "skroutz.gr"],
  "includeJobCount": true,
  "includeSampleTitles": false
}
```

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `domains` | One company domain per line. |
| `includeJobCount` | Fetch how many roles are currently open on that board. |
| `includeSampleTitles` | Add up to 5 current job titles, so you can see what the company is building. |

### Output

```json
{
  "domain": "stripe.com",
  "detected": true,
  "ats": "greenhouse",
  "boardSlug": "stripe",
  "boardUrl": "https://boards-api.greenhouse.io/v1/boards/stripe/jobs",
  "jobCount": 746,
  "source": "known board",
  "alsoFoundOn": []
}
```

A domain with no public board still returns a row with `detected: false`, so your list never silently loses entries.

### Pricing

**$10.00 per 1,000 companies checked.** You only pay for rows that come back.

### Notes

- Only public job board endpoints are read. No logins, no private data, no personal data about applicants.
- Need the actual job listings, not just the board? Use **[Job Listings API](https://apify.com/alexdany/company-jobs-api)**, which pulls the full postings from the same sources.

# Actor input Schema

## `domains` (type: `array`):

One company domain per line, for example stripe.com

## `includeJobCount` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch how many roles are currently open on that board.

## `includeSampleTitles` (type: `boolean`):

Add up to 5 current job titles, useful for seeing what a company is building.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "domains": [
    "stripe.com",
    "ramp.com",
    "skroutz.gr",
    "deel.com"
  ],
  "includeJobCount": true,
  "includeSampleTitles": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "domains": [
        "stripe.com",
        "ramp.com",
        "skroutz.gr",
        "deel.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alexdany/ats-detector").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "domains": [
        "stripe.com",
        "ramp.com",
        "skroutz.gr",
        "deel.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alexdany/ats-detector").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "domains": [
    "stripe.com",
    "ramp.com",
    "skroutz.gr",
    "deel.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call alexdany/ats-detector --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alexdany/ats-detector"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/q8LVslGcP3w5hKfYg/builds/4i0yDCmQ1ppy8rIdg/openapi.json