Talentera

What Talentera does

Talentera is a Dubai-headquartered, private SaaS company that builds recruitment technology tailored for the Middle East. Founded in 2013 and operating with 11-50 employees, it provides a cloud-based applicant tracking system (ATS) augmented by AI video assessments, the SDAIA-certified SANAD AI recruiting assistant (sourcing from 810M+ candidate profiles with explainable scoring and an onboarding chatbot), and post-hire Employee Onboarding automation. The platform is bilingual Arabic/English, operates on local UAE data centers, and embeds GCC-specific compliance features such as Emiratisation, Tawteen, Saudi PDPL, and SDAIA standards.

The product is monetized through tiered annual SaaS subscriptions: Talentera Core (small teams, 1 user), Talentera Pro (mid-market, 5 users), and Talentera Enterprise (unlimited users with HR budget, visa quota, requisitions, and HRMS integration), plus a white-label Job Board offering for publishers and universities. Pricing is fully quote-based with no public list price. Distribution combines enterprise field sales for large deals, inside sales for SMB/mid-market, a recruitment agency module that onboards external recruiters into the platform, and mobile apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

The customer base comprises 500+ Middle Eastern institutions across banking (claimed 70% Saudi bank share including Al Rajhi, RAKBANK, Dubai Islamic Bank, Alinma), healthcare (BUPA Middle East, National Medical Care), government (Ministry of Economy UAE, Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu), aviation (Saudia, Saudia Technic, Royal Jet), retail (Panda Supermarket), hospitality (Rotana, Ali Bin Ali), and education. Named enterprise engagements include an 8-year relationship with Dubai Expo 2020 (3000 hires, 600,000+ talent pool) and Rotana (1.3M+ talent pool, 1,000+ hires/year). Geographic footprint spans the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Egypt, with the TX HR Community event series operating across Riyadh, Doha, and Dubai in 2025 as a brand-building mechanism.

Name

Talentera

Legal name

Talentera

Website

https://talentera.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Talentera is a Dubai-based SaaS company that provides an AI-powered applicant tracking system and recruitment platform tailored for the Middle East, serving 500+ enterprise and mid-market institutions across banking, healthcare, government, aviation, and hospitality in the MENA region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Software / Applicant Tracking Systems

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Skills Assessment & Talent/Employability Testing Platforms (EDAFADAM)

Keywords

• Applicant tracking system
• Recruitment software
• Talent acquisition platform
• Candidate screening tools
• Employee onboarding software

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Talentera Core): Entry-level subscription for small teams and businesses with basic recruitment features including branded career pages, job board, CV parsing, applicant tracking with custom recruitment stages, and 30+ filter search.
2. SaaS Subscription (Talentera Pro): Mid-tier subscription for fast-growing companies including all Core features plus fully branded mobile-friendly career site, employee referral programs, recruitment agency module, scorecards, psychometric tests, and interview scheduling.
3. SaaS Subscription (Talentera Enterprise): Enterprise subscription for large organizations with mature, complex processes. Includes all Pro features plus HR budget management, headcount & cost tracking, visa quota management, requisitions module, hiring approvals, offer letters, onboarding, HRMS integration, and branded mobile apps.
4. Job Board Platform: White-label job board offering for publishers and universities to create branded, mobile-friendly job sites with CV search packages, employer accounts, content management, and monetization options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Talentera provides a cloud-based Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for employers in the Middle East, combining requisition management, AI-powered candidate sourcing and screening via SANAD AI, AI video assessments, and employee onboarding automation into a single bilingual (Arabic/English) platform. It also sells a white-label Job Board platform to publishers and universities, and offers industry-specific recruitment solutions tailored for finance, healthcare, government, retail, and recruitment agencies with regional compliance features such as Emiratisation and Tawteen.

Product overview

Talentera is a comprehensive recruitment platform combining applicant tracking, AI-powered assessment, and employee onboarding into a unified system. The core offering is the Talentera ATS (Applicant Tracking System), available in three pricing tiers: Core (small businesses), Pro (growing mid-size companies), and Enterprise (large organizations). Add-on modules include SANAD AI for intelligent candidate sourcing and screening from 810M+ profiles, AI Video Assessment & Screening for pre-recorded evaluations with automated scoring, and Employee Onboarding for post-hire workflow automation. Industry-specific solutions target Finance, Healthcare, Public Sector, Retail, and Recruitment Agencies. The white-label Job Board offering serves publishers and universities. Supporting features span candidate sourcing, requisitions, evaluation tools, offers, talent CRM, manpower planning, reporting, and team collaboration. The platform is bilingual (Arabic/English) and built specifically for the Middle East market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SANAD AI: AI Recruiting Assistant - an AI intelligence layer inside Talentera that sources from 810M+ profiles, shortlists with explainable scoring, and summarizes candidate activity. SDAIA certified for ethical AI compliance in Saudi Arabia.

Products and services

• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) AI-driven applicant tracking system built for the Middle East that combines requisition management, customizable hiring pipelines, multichannel job posting, resume parsing, bulk resume management, collaborative hiring tools, interview scheduling, and analytics into a unified recruitment platform with Arabic language support and GCC compliance features including Emiratisation and Tawteen.
• SANAD AI Recruiting Assistant AI recruiting assistant embedded within Talentera that sources candidates from 810M+ profiles, provides explainable AI scoring and ranking, generates candidate activity summaries, and includes an AI onboarding chatbot. SDAIA certified and bilingual (Arabic/English). Delivers 98% reduction in resume-screening time and 50% faster time-to-fill.
• AI Video Assessment & Screening AI-powered video assessment platform for candidate evaluation featuring custom assessment creation with AI, pre-recorded video evaluations, automated scoring, cheat-proof settings, and automatic translation supporting Arabic and English. Includes a library of 800+ pre-defined skill tests. Achieves 40% less time-to-hire, 80% improvement in hiring quality, and 67% less manager evaluation time.
• Employee Onboarding Software Onboarding software to build and automate seamless employee onboarding processes featuring customizable workflow editor, task routing, training integration, data capture forms, centralized onboarding dashboard, and an AI chatbot providing 24/7 candidate support for new hires.
• Job Board Platform (White-Label) White-label job board platform for publishers and universities to create branded, mobile-friendly job sites. Includes CV builder, employer registration, single sign-on, CV search packages, banner ad management, featured employer listings, news and career advice, jobs aggregation, moderation tools, email shot module, SMS/text messaging, and performance reports.
• Finance Recruitment Software Specialized recruitment solution for financial services sector featuring AI shortlisting for financial roles, automated screening and approvals, SDAIA and PDPL compliance, digital offer contracts, and ERP system integration. Trusted by 70% of Saudi Banks including Al Rajhi Bank, RAKBANK, Dubai Islamic Bank, Alinma Bank, and Riyad Bank.
• Healthcare Recruitment Software AI-powered recruitment platform for healthcare institutions featuring SANAD AI for screening medical professionals, smart automation with SLA rules, external agency management with governance controls, source tracking dashboards, and digital contracting. Used by BUPA Middle East and National Medical Care.
• Public Sector Recruitment Software Recruitment platform for government and public sector organizations featuring multi-level approval workflows, structured evaluations, role-based collaboration, executive reporting, SLA-driven automation, SANAD AI within governance standards, and ERP/HRMS integration. Used by Ministry of Economy UAE and Royal Commissions.
• Retail Recruitment Software Recruitment solution for retail sector handling high-volume hiring, seasonal recruitment, and large application volumes. Features AI shortlisting via SANAD, SLA-based automation, comprehensive job posting dashboards, pre-interview tests, and automated onboarding. Used by Rotana, Ali Bin Ali, and Panda Supermarket.
• Recruitment Agency ATS Specialized ATS for recruitment agencies and hospitality sector featuring SANAD AI for resume analysis, SLA-based time automation, systematic evaluation tools, digital offer and document collection, and branch hiring dashboards for managing multiple clients and candidate pipelines.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% less time-to-hire
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability10 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EvalufycoreTechnology or IntegrationVideo screening and interviewing solution integration with Talentera. Enables pre-recorded video assessments, customized assessments, playback of video responses, and multi-evaluator scoring. Extends Talentera's evaluation capabilities with AI-powered video interviewing.
• AfterHirecoreTechnology or IntegrationState-of-the-art employee onboarding solution integrated with Talentera. Candidates can be sent directly from Talentera to AfterHire account and enrolled in onboarding processes for seamless new hire experience.
• SAP/OraclecoreTechnology or IntegrationHRMS/HRIS integration via Talentera's readymade APIs enabling automatic transfer of candidate data to SAP, Oracle, and other enterprise HR systems. Local hosting aligned with financial sector security regulations.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Bayt.com: Bayt.com is the largest job board in the MENA region and a long-standing integration partner of Talentera. Both serve Middle Eastern employers and HR teams with recruitment-focused technology; Bayt.com leans job-seeker-first while Talentera leans ATS/employer-first, but they overlap on candidate data and regional employer relationships.
• GulfTalent: GulfTalent is a MENA-focused job board and recruitment services platform with similar regional specialization. Operates primarily as a job seeker destination with employer branding products, but competes for the same Middle Eastern employer hiring budgets.

Direct peers

• SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is a global cloud-based ATS serving enterprise and mid-market employers with similar recruitment workflow, candidate management, and AI matching features. It competes directly with Talentera Pro/Enterprise tiers for multi-country employers operating in MENA.
• Greenhouse: Greenhouse is a leading enterprise ATS with structured hiring, interview kits, scorecards, and integrations — overlapping almost 1:1 with Talentera Enterprise functionality. Targets large/mid-market employers globally and actively expanding into international markets including MENA.
• iCIMS: iCIMS is an enterprise talent acquisition platform offering ATS, CRM, onboarding, and candidate engagement — directly comparable to the full Talentera stack. Has been expanding presence in MENA through partnerships and enterprise deals.
• Workable: Workable is an ATS + sourcing platform serving SMB and mid-market employers globally with similar pricing-tier structure. Competes with Talentera Core/Pro tiers, particularly for English-speaking employers in MENA.
• Lever: Lever (now part of Employ) combines ATS and CRM with automation features comparable to Talentera's ATS + Talent CRM modules. Targets tech-forward mid-market and enterprise employers globally.

Broad incumbents

• Workday Recruiting: Workday is a dominant global HCM cloud suite bundling recruiting with HR, payroll, and talent management. As a broad incumbent, it competes for large MENA enterprise deals where HCM integration matters more than best-of-breed ATS features.
• SAP SuccessFactors: SAP SuccessFactors is the talent management/HCM suite within SAP, including recruiting (formerly SuccessFactors Recruiting). Talentera offers explicit SAP integrations, indicating it competes for layer-of-the-stack deals at large SAP customers.
• Oracle Taleo: Oracle Taleo is Oracle's enterprise talent acquisition cloud, competing with Talentera Enterprise for large organizations. Like SAP, it appears as both an integration partner and competitor in the MENA enterprise segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/talenteraats
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@TalenteraATS
• Facebookfacebook.com/talenteraATS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/talentera
• Instagraminstagram.com/talentera.ats
• TikToktiktok.com/@talentera_ats

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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