EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool vs Kenexa

Likelihood to Recommend

I can't imagine a scenario where it is less appropriate than any other 360 tool. It's easy to use, customizable, and inexpensive. Reports are easy to interpret. Great tool for anyone looking to implement a new 360.

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Ellen Spara

Sr. Director - Talent Management

LyondellBasellChemicals, 10,001+ employees

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[It's] good for smaller organizations with a low level of complexity in terms of geographic scope and reporting structures.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

6.0

Kenexa

7.4

Corporate goal setting

6.0

8.0

Subordinate goal setting

6.0

5.5

Individual goal setting

6.0

8.0

Line-of sight-visibility

6.0

8.0

Performance tracking

6.0

7.4

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

7.0

Kenexa

6.2

Performance plans

7.0

6.0

Plan weighting

7.0

5.0

Performance improvement plans

7.0

5.0

Review status tracking

7.0

8.0

Rater nomination workflow

7.0

5.0

Review reminders

7.0

4.0

Workflow restrictions

7.0

6.3

Multiple review frequency

7.0

Reporting

7.0

8.0

Manager note taking

—

8.0

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

—

Kenexa

6.9

New hire portal

—

8.0

Manager tracking tools

—

6.7

Compliance tracking and reporting

—

6.1

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

—

Kenexa

7.9

Create succession plans/pools

—

6.8

Candidate ranking

—

8.4

Candidate search

—

8.4

Candidate development

—

8.0

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

—

Kenexa

7.6

Job Requisition Management

—

7.4

Company Website Posting

—

8.0

Publish to Social Media

—

8.0

Job Search Site Posting

—

8.0

Customized Application Form

—

8.4

Resume Management

—

8.4

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

—

6.7

Candidate Search

—

7.2

Applicant Tracking

—

6.7

Collaboration

—

6.8

Task Creation and Delegation

—

6.8

Email Templates

—

8.3

User Permissions

—

7.4

Notifications and Alerts

—

8.4

Reporting

—

7.9

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool

—

Kenexa

4.5

Learning content

—

7.0

Mobile friendly

—

2.0

Pros

EchoSpan was extremely supportive in the initial training portion and is extremely quick to offer support when required.
Filled our request for customization and were easy to work with.
Excellent on-line training videos

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Kenexa has been trying to do a better job of understanding the client and candidate needs in the last 12 months but they still have room to improve in this area.

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Director in Human Resources

Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

It would be beneficial if the system automatically reported if an email was returned because of an incorrect address.

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Our on-site trainer from Kenexa was awful.

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Kallen Loos

Human Resources Recruitment Assistant

MagenicHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool 9.6

Based on 2 answers

Customer support and the cost of the product would be my number one reasons. Customer support is fantastic!

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Kenexa 6.0

Based on 12 answers

To be honest, this decision would not reside with me, however, while I would recommend some changes, I think that overall Kenexa is an effective tool.

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Professional in Human Resources

10,001+ employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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Kenexa 7.0

Based on 3 answers

It was intuitive and easy to learn.

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Manager in Human Resources

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Performance

EchoSpan 360-Degree Feedback Tool 9.0

Based on 1 answer

The system is easy to use, the Echospan support is fantastic and the cost is very competitive.

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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Kenexa 5.0

Based on 1 answer

Just slow for what we are doing here

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Dennard Melton

Recruiting Specialist

Farmers Insurance10,001+ employees

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Support

No score

No answers yet

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Kenexa 1.8

Based on 2 answers

There Tier 1 support is not knowledgable and things that should take less than 1 day can take 3-4 weeks to get resolved.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Implementation

No score

No answers yet

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Kenexa 2.6

Based on 2 answers

We purchased an out of the box solution and that worked well for us.

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Manager in Human Resources

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Both EchoSpan and the other vendor supplied comparable products, so the major difference was the cost involved. EchoSpan is much more affordable and offers a very similar quality of report.

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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I did not have much to do with the selection process, but I found out that OpenHire was in the running, which is the worst system I have ever worked with. I was able to share my OpenHire experience, and hopefully that assisted with the selection of Kenexa. Compared to other systems I have worked with Kenexa is a superior system on the recruitment side

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Kallen Loos

Human Resources Recruitment Assistant

MagenicHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

It has allowed feedback from many employees so certain issues that needed to be dealt with became more transparent.

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Michelle Martfeld

Administrative Assistant

Cameco CorporationMining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees

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One positive is the reporting feature and being able to pull OFCCP reports easily.
One negative is we failed internal audits because we were not integrated with our current HCM and there was not a smooth data flow all the way until the candidate was hired.
We did like that the recruiters could source out of the system.

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Manager in Human Resources

Pharmaceuticals Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Recommend