Ascentis (discontinued) vs Zoho Recruit

What users are saying about

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 323 reviews and ratings

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 54 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Zoho Recruit ranks higher in 1 feature set: Recruiting / ATS

Human Resource Management

7.5

Ascentis (discontinued)

75%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 7/7 features

Employee demographic data

7.6

76%

137 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Employment history

7.8

78%

140 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Job profiles and administration

7.6

76%

128 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

7.4

74%

126 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Organizational charting

6.3

63%

90 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Organization and location management

7.9

79%

109 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

7.8

78%

102 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Payroll Management

8.3

Ascentis (discontinued)

83%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 7/7 features

Pay calculation

8.3

83%

115 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for external payroll vendors

7.2

72%

62 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

8.2

82%

28 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Benefit plan administration

7.7

77%

108 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Direct deposit files

9.2

92%

100 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Salary revision and increment management

8.5

85%

92 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Reimbursement management

8.8

88%

51 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Leave and Attendance Management

8.1

Ascentis (discontinued)

81%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 3/3 features

Approval workflow

8.5

85%

99 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Balance details

7.8

78%

99 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Annual carry-forward and encashment

8.0

80%

84 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Employee Self Service

7.9

Ascentis (discontinued)

79%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 5/5 features

View and generate pay and benefit information

8.2

82%

138 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Update personal information

8.8

88%

151 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

View company policy documentation

6.9

69%

110 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Employee recognition

7.1

71%

61 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

View job history

8.5

85%

108 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Asset Management

6.0

Ascentis (discontinued)

60%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 1/1 features

Tracking of all physical assets

6.0

60%

33 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

HR Reporting

6.6

Ascentis (discontinued)

66%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 3/3 features

Report builder

6.5

65%

144 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Pre-built reports

7.3

73%

142 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Ability to combine HR data with external data

6.0

60%

73 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Onboarding

6.3

Ascentis (discontinued)

63%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 2/2 features

New hire portal

6.4

64%

98 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Manager tracking tools

6.1

61%

76 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance and Goals

7.0

Ascentis (discontinued)

70%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 4/4 features

Corporate goal setting

6.5

65%

43 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Individual goal setting

7.5

75%

53 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Line-of sight-visibility

7.1

71%

38 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance tracking

7.0

70%

50 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance Management

6.4

Ascentis (discontinued)

64%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 5/5 features

Performance plans

6.2

62%

59 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Performance improvement plans

6.3

63%

50 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Review status tracking

6.7

67%

57 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Review reminders

7.0

70%

55 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Multiple review frequency

5.9

59%

50 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Succession Planning

6.0

Ascentis (discontinued)

60%

Zoho Recruit

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 4/4 features

Create succession plans/pools

6.4

64%

21 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Candidate ranking

6.4

64%

21 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Candidate search

5.3

53%

27 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Candidate development

6.0

60%

23 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Recruiting / ATS

6.4

Ascentis (discontinued)

64%

8.4

Zoho Recruit

84%

Zoho Recruit ranks higher in 15/15 features

Job Requisition Management

6.7

67%

85 Ratings

8.1

81%

29 Ratings

Company Website Posting

6.5

65%

79 Ratings

8.1

81%

26 Ratings

Publish to Social Media

6.5

65%

59 Ratings

8.7

87%

21 Ratings

Job Search Site Posting

6.5

65%

71 Ratings

8.0

80%

26 Ratings

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

6.5

65%

57 Ratings

8.7

87%

27 Ratings

Applicant Tracking

6.4

64%

83 Ratings

9.3

93%

31 Ratings

Notifications and Alerts

5.6

56%

69 Ratings

8.8

88%

28 Ratings

Customized Application Form

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

28 Ratings

Resume Management

N/A

0 Ratings

9.0

90%

30 Ratings

Candidate Search

N/A

0 Ratings

8.7

87%

29 Ratings

Collaboration

N/A

0 Ratings

7.5

75%

19 Ratings

Task Creation and Delegation

N/A

0 Ratings

7.4

74%

17 Ratings

Email Templates

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

28 Ratings

User Permissions

N/A

0 Ratings

8.6

86%

29 Ratings

Reporting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

27 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Zoho Recruit is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Support Rating

Ascentis (discontinued)

76%

164 Ratings

9.0

Zoho Recruit

90%

32 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

63%

12 Ratings

10.0

Zoho Recruit

100%

1 Rating

Ascentis (discontinued)

75%

44 Ratings

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

65%

7 Ratings

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

69%

5 Ratings

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

81%

252 Ratings

8.4

Zoho Recruit

84%

10 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

80%

1 Rating

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

82%

4 Ratings

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

82%

8 Ratings

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

64%

4 Ratings

Zoho Recruit

N/A

0 Ratings

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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Zoho Recruit provides automated workflows that be defined to trigger emails for changes in the pipeline stage of a candidate.
Zoho Recruit provides the ability to create email templates that can be triggered from the candidates profile without having to retype them.
Zoho Recruit enables resume parsing from doc, docx and pdf files which automates the data entry of candidates.
Zoho Recruit allows for the creation of a simple career website with the open job positions auto populating from the application onto the site.
Zoho Recruit allows for the creation of vendor portals enabling you to better manage the flow of resumes from recruiting vendors.

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Jaideep Tibrewala

Head of Product

Glide InvestFinancial Services, 1-10 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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Mass email - the mass email is a bit cumbersome to set up - you have to set up a new template, then in a separate place set up a filter for the emails, then put it all together and send the email. It takes about 15-20 minutes when it would be nice if it was easier and quicker. When they introduce job alerts (I'm told in a few months time), the automatic job alerts to candidates will relieve some of the mass email necessity, so that will be helpful.
Email integration - the email client attached to Zoho isn't very user friendly, it would be useful if Zoho had a plug-in to permit seamless integration with external email clients, like Outlook or MacMail.
Invoicing - Zoho has no integration or capability to track what happens with clients once a candidate is placed. It would be nice if we could somehow track the fee for a candidate and the total fees we need to charge each client. Or, better yet, if it integrated with an external invoicing tool like Freshbooks.

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Christy Grimste

Candidate and School Liaison

Educators OverseasStaffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

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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?

Starting Price

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Ascentis (discontinued) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

30$

Starting Price

$25 per month per user

Zoho Recruit Editions & Modules

Edition

Forever Free	$0
Standard	$25²
Professional	$50²
Enterprise	$75²

none
per month per user

Additional Pricing Details

Zoho recruit also provides options for add-ons such as a client portal ($6/license/month) and video interviews ($12/license/month).

Likelihood to Renew

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.3

Based on 12 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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Zoho Recruit 10.0

Based on 1 answer

We have evaluated every other ATS on the market, and do so every 1-2 years just to make sure we aren't missing out on anything better, and found that Zoho offers more functionality than any ATS with a per-recruiter-price under $100. Once it introduces automated job alerts and candidate login functionality there will be no reason for us to look elsewhere.

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Christy Grimste

Candidate and School Liaison

Educators OverseasStaffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

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Usability

Ascentis (discontinued) 7.5

Based on 44 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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Verified User

Director in Human Resources

Building Materials Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Reliability and Availability

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.5

Based on 7 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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Employee in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Performance

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.9

Based on 5 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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No answers yet

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Support Rating

Ascentis (discontinued) 8.1

Based on 252 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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Zoho Recruit 8.4

Based on 10 answers

I give Zoho Recruit this rating because over all, it has helped me to organize my candidates and saved me time and energy in organizing them myself. Without Zoho Recruit, I simply would not be able to keep my talent pool straight, and it certainly gets the job done.I took off a couple points because if I download a resume after already inputting the candidate into Zoho, it won't automatically sync the two profiles up. It also does not remind me when a task is expired.

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Maureen Trattner

Recruiter

Sales Empowerment GroupComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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In-Person Training

Ascentis (discontinued) 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 answers yet

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Online Training

Ascentis (discontinued) 8.2

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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Implementation Rating

Ascentis (discontinued) 8.2

Based on 8 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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Mary Meadows

Human Resources Manager

MultiLingual Solutions, Inc.Government Administration, 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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The ability to modify different fields, the accuracy of parsing is efficient, and the ease of implementation and support makes Zoho Recruit a standout platform. From the pricing tiers they have for different businesses and organizations plus the ratings we saw for the platform... it just made sense for our organization.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.4

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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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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Verified User

Employee in Human Resources

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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Zoho Recruit allows us to automate our recruiting and sourcing processes.
Zoho Recruit allows us to post unlimited jobs to get maximum responses from candidates.
Zoho Recruit allows us to ensure that we have control over when and where jobs are being posted online.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Corporate

Human Resources Company, 1-10 employees

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