Ascentis vs Jobvite | TrustRadius

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Score 7.7 out of 10

Based on 320 reviews and ratings

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 150 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Ascentis

Jobvite

Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Ascentis

Jobvite

Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Ascentis

Jobvite

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

Ascentis

Jobvite

View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

Ascentis

Jobvite

Tracking of all physical assets

Ascentis

Jobvite

Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

Ascentis

Jobvite

New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

Ascentis

Jobvite

Corporate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

Ascentis

Jobvite

Performance plans

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Review reminders

Multiple review frequency

Ascentis

Jobvite

Create succession plans/pools

Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

Ascentis

Jobvite

Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

Customized Application Form

Resume Management

Candidate Search

Collaboration

Task Creation and Delegation

Email Templates

User Permissions

Reporting

Pros

Easy to use software. I have had several new HR employees comment on how easy the system is to learn!
Problem Solving- Ascentis is always problem solving! When we were in the process of selecting a new payroll company, we needed unemployment claims management assistance for our locations, something Ascentis did not currently offer. The sales rep went out of his way to find a unemployment claims management company that would work with Ascentis and us. That company has helped us keep an 80% win rate for our claims!
User conference- Engage is an awesome way to learn more about the products Ascentis has available as well and meet up with the staff you work with every day!

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Verified User

Director in Human Resources

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Workflow- I love that you can immediately see where in the process a candidate is.
Dashboard- The customization and overall feel of the site.
Feed- The fact that you can see the feed from the candidates other applications is a plus.

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Clinical Recruiter

DDS Dentures + Implant SolutionsHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Updating the system so it is one platform and not two.
Create changes to the benefit enrollment process and upgrade the system so hire dates do not need to be changed to trigger benefits for status changes.
Focus updates on HR Admin, mobile application, ATS and transitioning to one platform. Larger areas of focus have been on the payroll portion of the system with a few updates to other areas.
When something is broken, quicker turn time on fixing the issue.
System needs updates to support AAP reporting.

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Verified User

Director in Human Resources

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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Custom fields--custom fields do not follow the candidate from hire to onboarding. This is problematic because we then have to recreate on the onboarding side to then import into our HRIS.
Onboarding picklists are time-consuming to populate. We have to enter options one at a time, rather than being able to do an import. Also, field mapping on Hire is a lot easier than having to set up tags on option sets in onboarding.

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Verified User

Analyst in Human Resources

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Ascentis 6.3

Based on 13 answers

This rating would be a 10 if it were not for some issues we have been having recently with the benefit carrier connections. The carrier connections are critical for us so how these issues are resolved will be key in our renewal decision.

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Kelly C. Neill, SPHR

Human Resources Manager

San Juan Construction, Inc.Construction, 201-500 employees

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Jobvite 8.9

Based on 22 answers

If I were to become an internal recruiter again, I would almost definitely use Jobvite. I liked the fact that we could set up any job application link on our company web site to connect directly to Jobvite. I also liked that Jobvite made employee referral easy to submit, as employee referrals tend to be the highest quality candidates. Jobvite really has all the tools a recruiter needs to get a candidate through a recruiting process quickly without anything slipping through the cracks. Even though there are a lot of features I feel can be greatly improved, I don't think there is anything on the market today that is better than Jobvite

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Employee in Human Resources

Staffing and Recruiting Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Ascentis 7.5

Based on 45 answers

I'd give it a 7.5. If the modules were easier to access and not so buried (or placed in left field to find), I would give it a higher rating. As I said, as the potential to be great if ACCESS to other modules was easier.

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Director in Human Resources

Building Materials Company, 51-200 employees

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Jobvite 8.6

Based on 10 answers

After using varios ATS's in the past, I have found most comfort and ease using jobvite. This tool has made the hiring process so easy to manage and just the fact that it is not complicated to use, makes it even better

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Talent Acquisition

Simply HiredInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Ascentis 6.3

Based on 5 answers

They normally give you notice when an update will affect the use of the system. Otherwise, when we have an error , we send a message to the support team. Sometimes someone will get right back with you and sometimes it takes a while.

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Verified User

Employee in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

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Jobvite 10.0

Based on 2 answers

No issues (especially compared to ADP).

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Employee

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Performance

Ascentis 6.7

Based on 4 answers

Yes, this pages do load pretty good but there are times when things are slow and I believe that's because they are sometimes trying to do updates.

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Employee in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

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Jobvite 9.0

Based on 2 answers

No answer on this topic is available.

Support Rating

Ascentis 8.0

Based on 157 answers

Support is attentive and quick to answer the call and get the answer for you. If they for any reason cannot answer right then, they are back to you within a day and always seem to have a sense of urgency. You truly get the impression that they are aiming to make you happy.

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Verified User

Strategist in Marketing

Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employees

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Jobvite 8.9

Based on 44 answers

As I stated before, Jobvite's CSMs are very polite, responsive, and helpful, constantly vigilant to our needs as an organization and ready to help. I feel that Jobvite's support has always been willing to help, but in the most recent months it has sometimes been stressful or strained for our team to submit Jobvite tickets, as we sometimes receive a response that makes it clear that the person giving support has either not read our ticket completely and just wants to offer a quick fix, or is not invested in assisting and merely suggests ways that we can help ourselves (even in urgent circumstances when we are pressed for time, or in instances where they have done something for us before).

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Recruiter

Aspire Public SchoolsNon-profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

Ascentis 8.0

Based on 1 answer

First, to clarify our "in-person" training was done mainly through Web-X meetings and conference calls. It was the closest thing we got to as far as an "in-person" training for this software. However, for the large majority of it, this type of training worked out well. We were able to share our screens and the trainer was able to share his/her screen. We could follow along with what we were doing in our database in real time and see how different functions worked and how manipulating our information could produce different results. It was also nice in that it provided for real-time results if something hadn't been coded correctly or we were having issues as to why something wasn't working the way we thought it should be. However, it did have some downsides in that we often had to rely on a conference phone and that made it difficult to hear people on both sides. Also, sometimes the trainers had internet difficulties when working from home and that caused issues with the WebX meetings.

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Jennifer Steffens

IT & Marketing Coordinator

Howry Residential ServicesMental Health Care, 201-500 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Online Training

Ascentis 8.0

Based on 4 answers

Ascentis HR has a number of online training videos to watch on a number of different topics. I gave it a lower rating because there is not much interactivity with the videos and it seems to cater to really only one or two learning styles. Plus, one has to be pretty motivated to go to a separate area to access the videos and then pull up a specific one to watch it and then learn. From my experience, people know that they are there, many just don't take the time and effort to go find them and actually watch them - especially since the username and password are different from their normal username and password.

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Jennifer Steffens

IT & Marketing Coordinator

Howry Residential ServicesMental Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Jobvite 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Had phone training. Lots of webinars. Generally pretty good. Not enough time to learn. User community exists, but haven’t used.

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Verified User

Employee

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

Ascentis 8.0

Based on 6 answers

It was very easy to implement, but the customization pieces should really be fleshed out in order to determine the full need of an organization at the time of implementation. I believe if a little more time was spent on the requirements, the recruiting module would not have to be customized again at a cost at a later date.

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Human Resources Manager

MultiLingual Solutions, Inc.Government Administration, 201-500 employees

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No score

No answers yet

It forces you to evaluate your own business process.

The software lets you re-engineer things

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Verified User

Vice-President in Human Resources

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Ascentis has far better customer service and the implementation experience was also better. The ability to do a lot of customization is also easier with Ascentis as it's smaller organization. The payroll has positive and negatives compared to ADP but the accuracy is the same in both. Ascentis just started their community site which doesn't have a lot of traffic but hopefully can become more like ADP's community site, which was extremely helpful to me as an administrator.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 201-500 employees

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Before implementing Jobvite, we had iCIMS and Kronos Workforce Ready. Neither of these products got us where we wanted to be with metrics, candidate experience, or technology. I'm sure since we left them they have updated, but we are much happier with Jobvite than others. In the process of searching for a new ATS, we attended demonstrations of 9 other applicant tracking systems and were most impressed with Jobvite.

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Human Resources Manager

Axiom Healthcare ServicesHospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

Ascentis 6.0

Based on 4 answers

Large acquisition would be very complicated, seems more appropriate for companies under 100

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Christina Miyamoto, PHR®

Human Resources Manager

N/AEntertainment, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

HR DPT. is much more effective, as we can assess any employee information no matter where we are, etc. This helps to provide information immediately when requested!
Employees have access to Ascentis, and therefore to their timecard, open enrollment, etc., from anywhere at any time!
Time, PTO requests, employee goals, and evaluations can be approved from anywhere at any time!
Recruiting can be accessed any where at any time, and this helps with hiring, internal communication, etc.

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Employee in Human Resources

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Reporting - we had none before other than manually tracking things in excel documents, now we have a full suite of reports and dashboards we can customize.
Interview Scheduling - With the candidate self-scheduling feature, we can now schedule interviews in a matter of seconds while also automating the candidate confirmation email and the calendar invites.
More detailed source tracking than I have seen in any other product allowing full visibility on who we hire, where they came from and we can now analyze our sources.

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Talent Acquisition Manager

2-10 Home Buyers WarrantyReal Estate, 501-1000 employees

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Screenshots

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Ascentis Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Jobvite Editions & Modules

Edition

<100 Employees	$500.00¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

Ascentis

Jobvite

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Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

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Jobvite

Ascentis

Jobvite

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