Manatal was built for internal HR in Asia. If you run multiple clients from one account, you need a system designed for your model.
Manatal is an ATS founded in Bangkok with expansion into emerging markets. Its pitch is an affordable AI-powered ATS for internal HR teams: good user experience, a mobile app, LinkedIn integration, and a clean interface that makes onboarding easy.
The problem is its architecture: Manatal was designed for a single company managing its own hiring. There's no concept of an "external client who needs to see their pipeline" or "multiple active accounts at once." For a boutique recruiting agency juggling 6 clients simultaneously, that architecture creates friction at every step.
| Feature | Klyver | Manatal |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time client portal | ✓ Included | ✗ Not available |
| Multi-client pipeline in one account | ✓ Native | ✗ No |
| Bilingual AI parser | ✓ Yes | ~ Generic AI (English) |
| Commercial relationship CRM | ✓ Included | ✗ No |
| Invoicing and fee tracking | ✓ Included | ✗ No |
| Bilingual support | ✓ Native | ~ Limited |
| Published base price | ✓ $79 USD/mo | ✗ $15-35 USD/user/mo |
| Free trial, no card required | ✓ 14 days | ~ 14 days (with limits) |
Klyver includes a portal where each client sees the pipeline for their positions in real time. Manatal has no such module. For an agency with 5 active clients, that's 4-6 hours a week of manual reporting that simply disappears with Klyver.
Manatal charges per user. An agency with 4 recruiters pays between $60 and $140 USD a month. With Klyver, the Growth plan covers 8 recruiters for $249 USD with functionality Manatal doesn't even have, like the relationship CRM and fee invoicing. The total cost of operation is significantly lower.
Manatal's parser was trained primarily on English-language CVs. The formats that dominate the Mexican, Colombian, and Argentine markets (2010-era Word docs with tables, Canva-designed PDFs, scanned files) produce inconsistent results. Klyver trained its parser specifically on CVs from across the Americas.
Manatal is a reasonable option for:
If your operation is a boutique agency, or an RPO team managing accounts for multiple companies, Manatal wasn't built for your model, and you'll feel it in every process you open.
If you already have candidates in Manatal, Klyver can import them via CSV export. The process takes 2-4 hours for databases of up to 2,000 candidates. The AI parser structures the information automatically on import.