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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AkkenCloud

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AAkkenCloud is a cloud-based ATS developed by Akken Inc in New Hampshire. This product offers the full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems: A user-friendly interface and mobile device integration Batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels such as email or by leveraging its integration with social networking sites (e.g. LinkedIn) Instantaneous posting to multiple job boards Job alerts and category sorted…N/A

    Ceipal ATS

    Score8.3 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.N/A
    Pricing
    AkkenCloudCeipal ATS
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AkkenCloudCeipal ATS
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AkkenCloudCeipal ATS
    Considered Both Products
    AkkenCloud
    No answer on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    89 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    91 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    Features
    AkkenCloudCeipal ATS
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of AkkenCloud and Ceipal ATS
    Feature
    AkkenCloud
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Ceipal ATS
    7.0
    94 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Job Requisition Management6.18 Ratings7.592 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.67 Ratings6.887 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.65 Ratings6.783 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.75 Ratings7.493 Ratings
    Resume Management9.47 Ratings7.393 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.28 Ratings5.892 Ratings
    Candidate Search4.08 Ratings7.393 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.58 Ratings7.493 Ratings
    Collaboration4.88 Ratings6.488 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation8.27 Ratings7.189 Ratings
    Email Templates8.05 Ratings7.491 Ratings
    User Permissions9.05 Ratings6.887 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.05 Ratings7.392 Ratings
    Reporting8.06 Ratings7.189 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.285 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AkkenCloudCeipal ATS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (13 ratings)
    8.2
    (94 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (82 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.4
    (19 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (58 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AkkenCloudCeipal ATS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AkkenCloud
    I don't know many other scenarios, as I have been with this company for 13 years and in this industry for roughly 25 years. It is a tool that is well suited for our company and this industry in general. As a staffing company, you can accomplish nearly everything imaginable with this tool. The only area I have seen that might not be ideal is if you wanted to run all kinds of metrics. You can run a variety of reports in Akken, the data fields are limited sometimes and one would think that wouldn't need to be the case. You should be able to put whatever data you want in any field to create the report you need.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Moving to Ceipal ATS was the worst decision we made at the organization I work for. The data loss, lies sold to us from their team, the inability to send emails and text messages successfully, the reporting limitations, the career site limitations across industry and categories… all of it… is quite possibly the biggest Mistake we have made. This horrible platform quite possibly will sink the organization i work for.
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    Pros
    AkkenCloud
    • Automatically keeps a record of activities such as email conversations related to a candidate.
    • Time and date stamp on events logged to a candidate and customer is a great resource.
    • Completing full company profiles with all contacts is very helpful for later efficiency.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    • Ceipal ATS maintains our company database so well that we can fetch the required resumes at our will.
    • Switching between tabs and submission format is so well-organized.
    • Adding multiple job portals at the same place is so appreciable that we can search different resumes with different technologies with ease.
    • Posting urgent requirements through Ceipal ATS posting is quite easy.
    • The requirement blasting feature is so good to use to connect with multiple sales and employers at the same time.
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    Cons
    AkkenCloud
    • This is the worst ATS I've ever used. It's hard to find what you need. It's not set up in a coherent manner and things are all over the place.
    • I have to download a resume just to view it.
    • The parse function only works in Internet Explorer and it works poorly then. Makes it impossible to tell if its actually a duplicate because it flags everything.
    • No section for meaningful notes. Notes are all just reports of action.
    • No way to make it efficient for direct hires. All geared towards staffing so it makes you fill out non-sense information that will be inaccurate and irrelevant just to satisfy field requirements.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    • Most of the functionality is missing. Ceipal ATS will be great to use once we're able to utilizing all the different options to manage our programs.
    • I think it should be made easier to grant access to a client. There seems to always be issues there.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    AkkenCloud
    There is no reason for us to make a switch. Everybody in the office is familiar with it and it allows us to get our work done faster. There are no pressing issues that would warrant a change at this point
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    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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    Usability
    AkkenCloud
    Akken is quite easy to use however there are a few more complex functions or multi steps to go through to run reports and find historic information.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    One of the easiest interfaces among the other ATS is Ceipal ATS, which reduces manual effort due to the AI automation integration, which increases the productivity of high-volume tasks. The overall Ceipal ATS interface looks presentable or is easy to approach due to its automation tools.
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    Reliability and Availability
    AkkenCloud
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Performance
    AkkenCloud
    It's an average tool. The calendar function isn't great, email is slow, and there always seem to be day-to-day issues. The functionality is mostly there for a staffing firm, but there are plenty of areas of improvement still needed
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    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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    Support Rating
    AkkenCloud
    The best support we have received has been from sales. Customer success is pretty much a joke. We have been yelled at by customer success reps; been told to take a screenshot of something we are not seeing; been told there are no issues on there in when Akken hadn't been working for hours, only to have it magically fixed shortly after we reported the problem; and been told engineering was working on a problem for weeks without resolution. If you are going to be working with IT Staffing companies, you have to understand that we have a modicum of knowledge in IT, and you can't BS us. Honesty will get you a lot farther than stringing us along with BS.
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    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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    In-Person Training
    AkkenCloud
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    A executive visit our organisation and check the compatibility of the systems and check the proper installation and navigation to the Ceipal. and take multiple sessions with the employees phase wise. also give some activity to perform and pull reports.
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    Online Training
    AkkenCloud
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Implementation Rating
    AkkenCloud
    Encourage your team to watch the training videos available.
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    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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    Alternatives Considered
    AkkenCloud
    We preferred the ability to go with Mac computers. That was the number one selling point for us. Besides that we liked the ease of the product. The email interface looked exactly like Outlook. The calendar the same. The price was also a big selling point. It came in slightly cheaper than Bullhorn and other systems and in our opinion a better product.
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    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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    AkkenCloud
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Scalability
    AkkenCloud
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Professional Services
    AkkenCloud
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Return on Investment
    AkkenCloud
    • Sometimes the system is slow and the process of hiring someone is lengthy so it takes a long time to complete it so it takes away from other things I could be working on
    • It’s easy and quick to manage candidates to show what process they’re in
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    • Finding candidates is very easy with Ceipal; thus, recruiters are able to close more job roles, in turn increasing the company's revenue.
    • Sometimes, due to poor customer service, the work of the delivery team gets affected.
    • And its job integration part helps us to decrease the turn around time for serving job roles and saving on the heavy subscription packages.
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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