Ceipal ATS vs. Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ceipal ATS
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
With automation and artificial intelligence, Ceipal’s ATS and CRM solutions help recruiters and staffing professionals to identify, assess, engage, hire, and onboard the best talent.
$24
per month
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Symphony Talent describes itself as a global leader in Employer Brand and Candidate Experience solutions, boasting some of the world's leading brands as customers. Combining creative and marketing technology, Symphony Talent states the company's goal is to transform employer brands to deliver world-class experiences for candidates, employees and recruiters. Symphony Talent acquired SmashFly in November, 2019. In June 2020, they launched SmashFlyX, their reimagining of the platform…N/A
Pricing
Ceipal ATSSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ceipal ATSSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details5% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Ceipal ATSSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Ceipal ATSSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Ceipal ATS
8.4
85 Ratings
5% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
7.0
3 Ratings
13% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.183 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.180 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.175 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.384 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.476 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Resume Management9.184 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.182 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Candidate Search8.684 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.784 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Collaboration8.181 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.180 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Email Templates7.381 Ratings9.03 Ratings
User Permissions8.878 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.982 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Reporting8.879 Ratings5.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
Ceipal ATSSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(85 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(73 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.6
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(20 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
5.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.9
(48 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
7.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.7
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
6.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ceipal ATSSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Likelihood to Recommend
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
It's easy to find a candidate using third-party integration. The AI option is good, but the Recruiter and manager dashboards are different; the Recruiter has a peers option, and the Manager has a company submission option. When I talk about less appropriate, it works slowly when we are doing job postings and in an internal database. Candidate resumes are not immediately migrated into the internal database.
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Symphony Talent
I think all organizations both small and large could benefit from Symphony Talent. It is a must to have a recruitment marketing platform these days given it's a job-seekers market. It is more important today more than ever to capture and nurture leads for your organization and keep them updated on jobs and things happening related to the culture of your organization. Organizations with less than 100 people may be able to get away without it
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Pros
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • Once we are able to utilize all the functionality in Ceipal ATS, we will be able to have a quick snapshot of each of our programs to see daily and future interviews, and other tasks.
  • The dashboard is easy to read. Again, once we can utilize all the functionality in Ceipal ATS, it will be super helpful to see a quick snapshot overview of my programs.
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Symphony Talent
  • Ability to track candidates engagements with requisitions
  • Personalized email campaigns
  • Ability to post requisitions in different job sites
  • Easy to integrate other systems with SmashFly
  • Talent Network Forms
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Cons
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • Overall, Ceipal ATS is a very good platform for finding the right candidates, so all features are good.
  • Please add a option of last active days in internal database.
  • Please improve the dice, sometimes If we mentioned the location doesn’t show exact resumes properly.
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Symphony Talent
  • Moving candidates through steps can seem very clunky. When I first started using the software, I was turned off because it seemed to be a little redundant.
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Likelihood to Renew
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
We have been using this ATS for the past few years and have never had any major problems. It is being used for candidate sourcing as well as keeping track of all our candidate's databases. In the market, there are very few ATS software available, and I think Ceipal is the best among all.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Usability
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
As they mentioned, it reduces manual work and automates our work efficiently. At the same time, we need to focus on our work, which is what we need while automation. It is very useful while handling a high volume of tasks, making our work perfect and our usability power high as well.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
In my tenure of using this software, there were multiple times when I faced a technical outage, and it was not too long. We had it resolved as we connected with the support, and they informed us immediately that the developer team is working on it and will get the issue resolved.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Performance
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I never faced any problem loading the Ceipal login page and when I had a problem it was just my browser. I rarely use any other browser other than Chrome. Even after integrating with other job portals, Ceipal never gets hung or there is any error loading page I have received.
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Symphony Talent
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Support Rating
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I would rate myself a 5 out of 10 in coding. While I have a basic understanding of coding languages like Java and Python, I am still learning and honing my skills. However, I am eager to learn and willing to put in the effort to improve my coding abilities.
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Symphony Talent
I believe SmashFly does a great job supporting their system and staying involved with their clients. Everything in the system is basically a workflow so you can create them or reachout to support for help
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In-Person Training
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I would rate 10/10. It is totally depend upon the trainer. They should be known to each and every corner of the Software as well. The person providing training of this ATS should be master of the Ceipal. We have got in-person training in our organization as well. It is really helpful. Thank you Team Ceipal.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Online Training
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
They provided in-depth online training, covering all aspects thoroughly. They also informed us that we could contact them if we need any assistance in the future. The trainers were knowledgeable and patient, making sure everyone understood the material. Additionally, they provided useful resources and documentation for our reference even reach them many time for the support they fabulous work
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Clear Communication, core training, Data Migration, Customization and Configuration, Continuous Improvement. Regularly review and optimize your utilization of Ceipal ATS by collecting feedback from users, monitoring key performance metrics, and staying informed about new updates and features. Carefully plan and execute the data migration process to ensure that all existing candidate and recruitment data is accurately transferred to the new system.
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Symphony Talent
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Alternatives Considered
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal ATS systems seamlessly automate recruitment processes and allow hiring managers to source, shortlist, and select the right candidates. In other words, ATS is like an applicant data repository that can be used to automate workflows and maintain compliance all along the recruitment process.
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Symphony Talent
It was like night and day. Success Factors had horrible customer service and we had very limited control over the platform. When we transitioned to SmashFly, their customer service was excellent and we had complete control over the system to make any changes we needed quickly. The technical support with SmashFly is also one of the best I've seen in the business. Their turnaround time is pretty quick when compared to others
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Pricing model was very flexible with Ciepal and when we agreed we already knew that we are going to renew it for more than 5 years now. It was flexible and we had to make sure that there is no breach in between. we are using the services for more than 2 years now so I think I made the right decision.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Scalability
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
I have given an 8 rating as the Ceipal is being used in our department for mostly recruitment purposes so we don't have many other departments. We use Ceipal for recruitment and for sales purposes. Currently, it's being used for the bother dept and working absolutely fine so I think an 8 rating is reasonable.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
Ceipal Professional Service is also an elite service provided by Ceipal for its premium vendors. It's just like an upgrade system one can avail of if they want to pay more and have more features added to their current system. We did not use this service so I don't have much to say about this, but maybe in future we will require it.
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Symphony Talent
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Return on Investment
CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
  • Closure ratio is almost double after start using Ceipal ATS
  • Personalized bulk email is helping recruiters to get quick response..
  • Candidate status, Job Status, interview status. We can filter everything separately
  • Definitely big asset any staffing companies. We can manage even if we don't have job portals. As we have internal database which is accessable to whole company
  • Few features are not user friendly like sending RTR through Ceipal ATS
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Symphony Talent
  • From what I've heard, recruiters have noticed a big upswing in candidate response rate, which of course, leads to increased rates of hire.
  • Some recruiters are reluctant to use smashfly because they think they're doing double effort.
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ScreenShots

Ceipal ATS Screenshots

Screenshot of Executive DashboardScreenshot of Job postingsScreenshot of Internal DatabaseScreenshot of Applicant ReportsScreenshot of Custom ReportsScreenshot of Applicants Module