Handshake is built around university partnerships: students access roles through their institution’s Handshake tenant. Navigait is open on the web: anyone can browse the jobs board and student modules without a campus contract.

Topic	Navigait	Handshake (category)
Access	Open web at navigait.app	Through participating universities’ Handshake sites
Listings	Public ATS and configured feeds; UK filter on by default	Employers posting to partner universities
Careers service	Schools page for pilots and invoicing enquiries	Deep integration with careers teams on campus
Admissions tooling	Tracker, ESAT/TMUA modules	Not a sixth-form admissions product
Best when	Your school is not on Handshake or you want a UK-wide ingest outside one tenant	Your university runs Handshake and employers post there first

If your careers team already mandates Handshake, use it for campus-only roles and Navigait for cross-board search and Tracker dates if that helps your workflow.