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There are a number of applicant tracking systems on the market that cater to every type of institution from small startups to large enterprise companies.In terms of the Fortune 500, Workday and Taleo definitely lead the pack, with Workday gaining a lot of traction over the past year. Fortune 500 companies generally still use the same five ATS: Workday, Taleo, SucessFactors, BrassRing and iCIMS.Currently, this is how much market share they have in the Fortune 500:Workday: 26% - 130 companiesTaleo: 26% - 109 companiesSAP/SuccessFactors: 14.6% - 73 companiesIBM Kenexa BrassRing: 9.4% - 47 companiesiCIMS: 7.2% - 36 companiesADP: 2.4%, - 12 companiesOther: 18.6% - 93 companiesLet’s break it down:Workday: The company was founded in 2005 and is geared toward attracting the customers of top ATS Taleo and SAP. It is used by a healthy combination of mid-size companies and Fortune 500 businesses including Expedia, Pfizer, Salesforce and Target, and has features beyond applicant tracking, such as benefits and payroll management. This year, it overtook Taleo and holds 26% market share (compared to 14.6% last year).Positives: Reporting functionalityNegatives: Performance issues, customization of sections can be a challengeTaleo: Started in 1996, and acquired by Oracle Companies in 2012. One of the leading ATS Softwares with over 20 million users and clients such as GAP, Nike, Starbucks and Weyerhaeuser. Taleo focuses on talent acquisition.Positives: Recruiting Cloud service and Social Recruiting capabilities are a big plus for hiring managersNegatives: Applicants complain of long application process times (often 45 minutes). This also means many who aren’t willing to go through the process will drop out, thus shrinking the pool of applicants from the start (could be a positive or negative depending on how you look at it).SAP/SuccessFactors: Founded in 2001, but now has over 6,000 customers and over 32 million users from 60 different job industries from companies such as Comcast, Delta Air Lines, Hershey and Phillips 66. It is available in 32 different languages.Positives: simple, responsive interfaceNegatives: time consuming for the manager to customize, and job seeker to completeBrassRing: Owned by IBM since 2012, but Kenexa planted its roots back in the late 80s. It has been focused on recruitment since 2005 and has clients such as Best Buy, CVS, Ford Motor and PepsiCo.Positives: Very user friendly for the applicant and hiring manager. Great for first time ATS users.Negatives: Maybe a bit too user friendly at times--hiring managers complain of too many clicks to get from start to finish of each candidate.iCIMS: Founded in 2000 with a focus on creating a cloud-based recruiting software. iCIMS is one of the leaders in ATS and has over 3,000 clients including Amazon, General Mills, Keurig Dr. Pepper and Viacom.Positives: Intuitive interface and fantastic customer serviceNegatives: Complaints of sub-par reporting functionalityADP: Founded in 1949, ADP initially began as a manual payroll processing business. Since then it has added applicant tracking and is in the Fortune 500 itself. It is used by Albertsons, Hormel Foods and Sempra Energy among others.Others: Of course, there are a ton of other ATS on the market and some ATS startups that are trying to gobble up market share in and outside the Fortune 500. Some of the newcomers such as Greenhouse and Lever pride themselves on providing an excellent customer experience, bringing a more user-friendly interface compared to the older ATS institutions listed above. Lever has quite a few recognizable tech companies as clients such as Netflix, Yelp, Coursera, Eventbrite, Twitch and Upwork. Some of the companies that use Greenhouse include Airbnb, FitBit, Pinterest, Reddit and Quora!