How teams actually use Kini with Abacus.
From multi-client agencies to in-house recruiting teams: Kini fits the way you work with Abacus. Four scenarios where the managed integration makes the biggest difference.
Your customer connects Abacus themselves, in one click
You generate a Magic Link and send it to your end customer. They set up a dedicated Abacus service user themselves. You never touch access data, your team never touches applicant data.
Fields map themselves, the rest with one click
Abacus's applicant and application fields are auto-detected and pre-mapped for the customer's account, following their own instance. You fix any mismatches from a dropdown. No code, no engineer.
You never touch applicant data
Applications run through Kini straight into your customer's Abacus account, application documents included. No intermediate storage, no forwarding, no liability on your side.
Every field. Every entity.Exactly where it belongs.
Kini syncs applicants and applications between Abacus and your connected channels via the Abacus REST API, including application documents. No intermediate storage, no manual exports, no data sitting in between.
Applicants
Applications
Application Documents
Abacus publishes its exact entity and field reference per customer instance through a Swagger UI, rather than centrally. The mapping therefore follows the customer's own environment.
Operations like GET, POST, PATCH are documented per endpoint in the . The primary source for field definitions. Kini adds mapping and fallback logic on top.
From service user to production go-live.
Kini connects to Abacus via Magic Link and a dedicated service user. Fields are mapped automatically, the connection is tested and your integration is live.
Step 1Connect
Your customer sets up a dedicated Abacus service user via the Magic Link, and Kini authenticates against their environment, scoped to their account only. Nobody shares raw credentials.
Step 2Map
Kini auto-detects and pre-maps Abacus's applicant and application fields, so the setup reflects the customer's own instance. No manual configuration needed.
Step 3Test
A test job and a test candidate run automatically through the full flow. Kini checks field mapping and sync behaviour before anything goes live.
Step 4Go-live!
Applications flow through Kini directly into the customer's Abacus account, which stays the system of record. Kini operates and monitors the connection.
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What makes Kini different for Abacus customers.
Other tools connect. Kini manages. In practice that covers GDPR, field mapping, job board compatibility and everything that breaks when nobody is watching.
End-to-end GDPR consent
Every application that flows through Kini carries a consent flag, mirrored on the target system's side and traceable in audits.
Native-language custom fields
Locations, departments and sources are mapped correctly even when they use German naming conventions or regional variants, whether your customers sit in DACH or operate internationally.
Application flows for a wide range of job boards
Stepstone, Indeed, Jobrapido and regional boards each have their own required fields, screening patterns and encoding rules. Kini's mapping engine is trained for those: out of the box, not as a custom project.
Operated by the Kini team
Kini runs the connection for you, including monitoring and alerts. If a vendor changes an API or a mapping breaks, our team fixes it before it reaches your funnel. Operated from Germany.
Frequently asked questions about the Abacus integration.
Everything about how Kini connects to Abacus. From setup and authentication to data sync and GDPR compliance.
Applicant and application records, based on Abacus's Applicants and ApplicantApplications entities, plus related application documents such as CVs and cover letters. Field-level coverage follows the customer's own Abacus instance, since Abacus publishes entity references per instance.
Via a dedicated service user that your customer sets up in their own Abacus environment, connected through the Magic Link. You never see or store credentials, and the access stays scoped to that single account.
No. Abacus stays your system of record. Kini is the connectivity layer around it: applicants and applications are synced between Abacus's HR/recruiting module and your connected recruiting channels through one API, so you extend what Abacus already does without replacing it.
No. The Abacus integration is pre-built, so there is no development project on your side. You send your customer a Magic Link, they set up a dedicated service user in their own Abacus environment, and Kini handles the authentication setup, field mapping and operation as a managed service.
It is built for GDPR-compliant use. Data that passes between Abacus and your connected channels is processed by Kini in Frankfurt, Germany, under a data processing agreement (DPA). Kini deletes or anonymizes personal applicant data 180 days after an application is created.
Trusted by recruiting teamsacross europe.
From enterprise HR platforms to lean recruiting boutiques. Teams use Kini to connect their tools without involving engineering. Here's what they say.
"Kini syncs candidates from Perspective straight into our customers' ATS. That saves us manual transfers and around four hours a week."
"Kini gets enterprise customers on SAP SuccessFactors live much faster. Fewer technical hurdles in sales, around 20% more conversion."
"With Kini, we sync candidates straight into our customers' ATS through 65+ integrations. We don't need an extra full-time hire for it."
