FREEMY ATS

It's your data. Demand your access.

You already pay for your applicant tracking system. Don't pay twice to use your own data.

Tools you buildPartner toolsYour workflowsHOW YOU USE ITATS TOLL$ per API callYOUR ATSYOUR CANDIDATES
WHAT'S HAPPENING

You built the pipeline. Now there's a toll coming...

Your candidates are people you found, interviewed and invested in. They live in your applicant tracking system, and your other tools reach them through API calls. Some ATS vendors have started charging for programmatic access to your own data. Free My ATS is a group of concerned parties saying "No" together.

WHAT YOU HAVE

Your candidates, in your system

Every record was created by your team. You already pay the ATS to store it.

BILL 1Your system$$$PAID
WHAT'S CHANGING

A fee on every call

Each time you, your own integrations or a partner tool sync, look up or update a candidate via the API, the ATS bills you.

BILL 2Your data$$$PAIDAGAIN
WHAT IT MEANS

Paying twice for the same data

The tools you chose get more expensive or stop working with your ATS. Your data gets harder to use, not easier.

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Say no

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Take a stand.

Five things you can do today.

To your ATS account managerEMAIL
Subject: Quick call on API fees?
Hi [name], We've heard some ATS platforms are starting to charge per API call. How are you planning to handle this, for our own integrations and for the partner tools we use with your system? We already pay for our system. Paying again every time we or one of our tools reads or updates our own data isn't something we can support, and we expect it will push partners to raise prices or drop support. Could we find 20 minutes this week to talk it through? We're not alone in this. Other companies are organizing at freemyats.com. Thanks, [your name]
STEP 01

Contact your account manager

Ask your applicant tracking system how they're pricing access to your data, and what it will cost you and the partner tools you work with.

To your recruiting tools and partnersEMAIL
Subject: Quick call on ATS API fees?
Hi [name], We've heard some ATS platforms are starting to charge per API call. Are you hearing this as well? How are you planning to handle it, and will any of the cost land on us? Could we find 20 minutes this week to talk it through? We're not alone in this. Other companies are organizing at freemyats.com. Thanks, [your name]
STEP 02

Ask your partners

Ask the partner tools you use how they're handling the new fees, and whether the cost lands on you.

We won't pay twice.

We already pay for our applicant tracking system. We will not pay again to use our own hiring data.

NAME
COMPANY
SIGNATURE
STEP 03

Join the movement

Add your name. The more companies that say no, the harder it is to charge twice.

YOUR INVOICE · [MONTH]
[Partner tool] subscription$[X]ATS API fee · [calls] calls$[Y]
STEP 04

Report it

Tell the movement what you're being charged. Reports stay private. We only share totals.

For LinkedIn or XPOST
We already pay for our applicant tracking system. Now we're being asked to pay again just to use our own hiring data. We're saying no. Join us: https://freemyats.com #FreeMyATS
FREEMY ATSDON'T CHARGEME TWICE FORMY OWN DATA.FREEMYATS.COM#FREEMYATS
STEP 05

Spread the word

Copy the post, download the share image, or post straight to LinkedIn or X.

Say no to being charged twice.

Join the movement