Alongside vs. iCIMS Talent Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alongside
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Alongside is an HR tech company headquartered in Moncton working to improve the way people and companies discover each other, supporting hiring and online recruiting
$35
per month
iCIMS
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
iCIMS is a web-based applicant tracking system (ATS). The tool's talent recruiting and management functions include features like social recruiting, talent sourcing, offer management, and onboarding. The programs are centralized on iCIMS’s UNIFi platform and are scaled for mid-sized to enterprise businesses.
$1,700
per month
Pricing
AlongsideiCIMS Talent Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlongsideiCIMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEntry-level set up fee? - Implementation pricing is determined on a per-company basis. Starting price (does not include set up fee) - Pricing is determined on a per-company basis, tailored to organization size, configuration, and selected solutions.
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Community Pulse
AlongsideiCIMS Talent Cloud
Considered Both Products
Alongside
Chose Alongside
Alongside has its upgraded version of account keeping and proper followups than those older CRMs
iCIMS

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Features
AlongsideiCIMS Talent Cloud
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Alongside
6.4
1 Ratings
21% below category average
iCIMS Talent Cloud
8.4
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.01 Ratings7.7128 Ratings
Company Website Posting10.01 Ratings8.8121 Ratings
Publish to Social Media10.01 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting5.01 Ratings8.7111 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.01 Ratings10.0113 Ratings
Resume Management6.01 Ratings9.8124 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention1.01 Ratings8.7117 Ratings
Candidate Search9.01 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
Applicant Tracking6.01 Ratings8.5126 Ratings
Collaboration3.01 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation6.01 Ratings7.097 Ratings
Email Templates5.01 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
User Permissions6.01 Ratings7.8124 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.01 Ratings7.8112 Ratings
Reporting2.01 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlongsideiCIMS Talent Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.5
(149 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(31 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(70 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(103 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.3
(5 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlongsideiCIMS Talent Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Alongside
It would be helpful in an recruiting organization where it would be suitable the most for maintain and shortlisting the candidates
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iCIMS
iCIMSis is really good in managing high-volume federal recruitment where visibility into each stage of the hiring process is essential. Changing candidate statuses (e.g., referred, interviewed, selected) provides clear insight into pipeline progress and helps coordinate across multiple hiring managers.
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Pros
Alongside
  • improve the way people and companies discover each other.
  • Improves the time management in maintaining accounts
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iCIMS
  • The opt-out message after the 1st text helps weed out the people who are not interested.
  • Having the ability to have templates/answers to frequent questions saved and ready to use makes it easier/faster to talk to multiple people.
  • Being able to schedule text campaigns is amazing. Every Saturday I set up my campaigns for the next week. This gives me more time to focus on other things.
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Cons
Alongside
  • Could Improve on reloading page or site
  • Could help in emerging the indepth profiles
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iCIMS
  • It is a little difficult to track internal applicants that are already active with our company.
  • Some of the fields when hiring an employee are a little difficult to change.
  • Not a sure way of identifying "eligible for rehire" within iCIMS for those that re-apply.
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Likelihood to Renew
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
I would say that we are very likely to renew with iCIMS. They seem to continuously be improving their product based on the feedback from their clients. In addition, the thought have having to go through another implementation of this level is daunting and as long as the software continues to meet the business needs of the company and provides the appropriate level of support we will most likely stay. Costs regarding future renewals will also impact this decision and if necessary we will go to market to evaluate other options.
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Usability
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
iCIMS was already in play by the time I moved into an executive role, but it made a significant impact in the 6 months from when I had previously done hiring using just emailed and printed applications, in my previous role as an HR Assistant. The ease of use was incredible. We had a full manual on how to use the system, but I felt, even as a first-time user, I didn't need to reference the manual much to navigate easily and figure out the system. As someone who likes to poke around in systems, I was able to comfortably get around and explore other functions with iCIMS.
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Reliability and Availability
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
There is always ample advance notice before the software goes down for maintenance and this is usually done at off-peak hours. As for system failures - I can't think of any that have effected us in over two years od use.
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Performance
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
We can think of no dissatisfaction with our daily use of iCims, involving its response time to commands or incompatibility with any other software we presently use.
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Support Rating
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
Before pandemic and iCIMS Talent Cloud acquisitions I would give 10 without a doubt. Unfortunately, I see a strong decrease in the support model, which seems to be mainly connected with the fact that acquired companies/tools/features need to be integrated with the platform, and knowledge of newly provided services and tools were not yet incorporated fully into the support.
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Online Training
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
I would say I believe iCims online training is very good. It's informative, visually appealing, and simple in explaining all the different aspects of iCims. I also really like the new candidate onboarding, and all the other training curricula you have up to be able to inform or send out to the candidate. I like you can attach a URL link for videos as well so you can really customize the training. I feel that overall, I would like to see more. Perhaps, more robust options with the training, if that's something iCims is expanding on in the future.
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Implementation Rating
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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Alternatives Considered
Alongside
Alongside has its upgraded version of account keeping and proper followups than those older CRMs
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iCIMS
Fully available automation, lesser bad data quality, more information is gathered at the time of applicant profile creation without having the need to ask for any follow ups or additional notifications. Integrates better with Oracle, Workday and SAP than other similar systems. Service tickets are resolved faster than other vendors we worked with.
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Scalability
Alongside
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
iCims is currently pretty good and the best TAS for us at our stage of growth - but further improvement and enhancements will only help make it even better.
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Return on Investment
Alongside
  • Alongside has a goof ROI as it got less competitors on recruiting domain
  • Profile shortlisting is entirely based on the company's requirements , so if we have a software for that like Alongside that would be great
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iCIMS
  • We implemented iCIMS Talent Cloud right before the pandemic. The pandemic created the most difficult recruitment environment ever. I cannot say that iCIMS Talent Cloud has helped us realize any advantageous success in this battle we are fighting. It gets the job done, but we have realized anything like filling jobs faster or having resources within iCIMS Talent Cloud to allow us to attract candidates differently. Status quo, I guess.
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