B2B data API for applicant tracking systems
Reach applicants and passive candidates without stale contacts.
Update old applicants' current roles and contacts so they show up in new searches and can be re-engaged.
- $5 free credits
- 800M+ people
- 65M+ companies
A selection of applicant tracking systems using Forager · plus other recruiting platforms
Applicant tracking systems tools are judged on candidate replies
A contact that reaches the wrong person, or nobody, is a failure your users see in your product, not ours.
- Does it connect? A number that is dead or disconnected wastes the call.
- Does the name match? A live number for someone else is worse than none.
- Is it the profile you asked about? Not a namesake, not a former owner of the number.
Four jobs applicant tracking run on Forager
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Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface
Update old applicants' current roles and contacts so they show up in new searches and can be re-engaged.
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Pre-fill applicant profiles from the email on an application
When a candidate applies with a personal email, fill their profile in the ATS with work history, education and skills so recruiters review a complete record.
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Rebuild a corporate alumni list for boomerang hiring
Help an ATS or alumni platform find a company's former employees, see where they work now, and invite them back when a fitting role opens.
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Suggest referral candidates from employees' former colleagues
In an ATS or referral tool, show each employee the people they worked with before who now fit an open role, and let the employee make the introduction.
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Go deeper by product
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Applicant tracking × Person enrichment
Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface
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Applicant tracking × Personal emails
Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface
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Applicant tracking × Reverse email lookup
Refresh stale ATS candidate records so past applicants resurface
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Applicant tracking × People search
Suggest referral candidates from employees' former colleagues
See 2 recipes
A selection of applicant tracking systems using Forager · plus other recruiting platformsSelected teams using Forager
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Juicebox
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.
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SeekOut
- Talent intelligence
Selected use case: Forager’s people data feed, used to keep candidate profiles current.
2–3 years on the Forager people data feed, by SeekOut’s own account1
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Velox
- Staffing firms
Technical staffing firm in the Netherlands.
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Intro
- AI candidate sourcing
Selected use case: phone numbers for outreach to passive candidates.
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SBR2TH - Staffing firms
Selected use case: people and job-postings feeds loaded into its own data lake for AI search.
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Leelu - AI candidate sourcing
Team behind the Leelu AI recruiting copilot.
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MarketMapr - Talent intelligence
Selected use case: licensed people and company feeds that let recruiters map a whole niche.
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PrimeHammer
- Staffing firms
Software studio in Czechia.
Sources
1 SeekOut: SeekOut, customer interview, Sep 2026.
“Forager leads in accuracy across all regions, Forager's dual strength in accuracy and volume makes it a powerhouse for sales teams that are targeting businesses around the globe.”
Questions applicant tracking teams ask
What does Forager offer applicant tracking systems?
Forager is a B2B data API and data feed for people, companies and jobs, covering 800M+ people and 65M+ companies. Applicant tracking systems use person enrichment, personal emails, reverse email lookup and people search most, by API or data feed. Products like yours are judged on candidate replies, so every result is about reaching the right person.
How do I update outdated candidate records in my ATS?
Match ATS records by email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/ or by LinkedIn identifier. Update current role_title, employer and skills from POST /person_detail_lookup/.
How does Forager pricing work for applicant tracking systems?
Every product draws on one credit balance. Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Personal emails: 5 credits per personal email found, and a personal email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles, 1,650 emails or 8,250 person enrichments, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices
Can we show Forager data inside our product?
Yes, under platform terms. Self-serve plans cover internal use by your own team. Showing Forager contacts to your users, or passing records on, is licensed separately: talk to sales about volume and which fields your users need to see.
How do I enrich job applicants with work history?
Resolve the applicant email with POST /person_detail_reverse_lookup/by_email/. Map roles, educations, skills and certifications onto the candidate profile fields.
Is there a free way to try Forager?
Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.
Which Forager products do applicant tracking systems use most?
Person enrichment (4 recipes), personal emails (3 recipes), reverse email lookup (2 recipes) and people search (2 recipes), counted across the recipes on this page. Every product draws on one credit balance, so you can mix them on one plan.
How do you check data quality?
Forager ranked #1 of 10 in Clay's 2026 test of mobile data providers, by quality score: Clay's measure of how likely a dialled number reaches the right person. The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.
Does Forager integrate with the tools we already use?
Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code. Everything else connects through the REST API with one API key.
How do I find former employees of a company?
Find former employees with POST /person_role_search/ (organizations, role_is_current: false). Fetch current roles with POST /person_detail_lookup/ to see where each person is now.
Is there a contract or minimum commitment?
No contract to start: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.
Should applicant tracking systems call the API or license a data feed?
Call the API when your product needs one person or company at a time, when a user opens a record or an agent asks. License a feed when you need whole layers (people, companies or job postings) in your own warehouse or index. Contact fields (mobiles and emails) stay in the API, paid per result found.
Written answers are not available right now. The matching pages above still help, or book a demo and ask the team.
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Make your own
Send us your workflow and a sample of records. We run it and show you what we find.
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