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Based on 45 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Avature ATS ranks higher in 1 feature set: Recruiting / ATS
Recruiting / ATS
9.1
Avature ATS
91%

7.1
SilkRoad Recruiting
71%
Avature ATS ranks higher in 13/15 features
Avature ATS ranks higher in 13/15 features
Job Requisition Management
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

7.5
75%
14 Ratings
Company Website Posting
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

8.1
81%
14 Ratings
Publish to Social Media
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

7.5
75%
12 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting
8.0
80%
2 Ratings

7.5
75%
13 Ratings
Customized Application Form
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

5.5
55%
12 Ratings
Resume Management
6.0
60%
2 Ratings

7.0
70%
14 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

7.5
75%
13 Ratings
Candidate Search
8.0
80%
2 Ratings

8.1
81%
14 Ratings
Applicant Tracking
9.0
90%
1 Rating

8.0
80%
14 Ratings
Collaboration
9.0
90%
2 Ratings

8.0
80%
14 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

7.9
79%
10 Ratings
Email Templates
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

6.9
69%
14 Ratings
User Permissions
10.0
100%
2 Ratings

4.9
49%
14 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts
8.0
80%
1 Rating

5.9
59%
14 Ratings
Reporting
8.0
80%
1 Rating

5.9
59%
14 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Avature ATS is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
Avature ATS
100%
2 Ratings

6.5
SilkRoad Recruiting
65%
30 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Avature ATS
N/A
0 Ratings

5.0
SilkRoad Recruiting
50%
12 Ratings
Usability
Avature ATS
N/A
0 Ratings

6.0
SilkRoad Recruiting
60%
3 Ratings
Availability
Avature ATS
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
SilkRoad Recruiting
90%
4 Ratings
Support Rating
Avature ATS
N/A
0 Ratings

5.0
SilkRoad Recruiting
50%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Avature ATS
As it is a very complete tool, with many features and that sometimes ends up being a little complex, I would recommend it only for medium-sized companies. Perhaps in a large company, it could complicate the processes a little instead of making it easier. But it's a great tool!
Técnico de Prevenção a Fraude
FISDesign, 1001-5000 employees
SilkRoad Recruiting
I think OpenHire is best for a small company (max about 2500 employees). The more employees you have the more HR people you should have and this can get expensive. I know most larger companies are using more advanced systems as well (Workday). During the selection process be sure to determine how many OpenHire users you would need. Ask whether your managers will be willing to work in the system as well or whether HR would have to own the entire process. If you are EEOC compliant, make sure you ask about diversity posting, APP tracking of applicants, and reporting needs. If you require an onboarding tool, SilkRoad offers RedCarpet. I found it to be very complex and hiring managers refused to use it. If you require an onboarding tool, definitely look into it. The demo may look great but there were a lot of implementation steps done to make it work and it just didn't fit our company culture. So make sure it fits yours.

Verified User
Former Employee in Human Resources
Chemicals Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
Avature ATS
- Search capabilities - ability to pipeline top talent.
- Communication with hiring managers in the hiring manager portal - resumes/notes don't get lost in email and are always accessible to anyone involved in the hiring process.
- Ability to customize - we've been able to change work flows for different needs, and different business groups as well.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Medical Devices Company, 1001-5000 employeesSilkRoad Recruiting
- The ease of use when it comes to create requisitions from a hiring managers side of things is definitely a positive. It's very much user intuitive and the specifications can be completely customized as to what a company would like to appear within said requisition.
- Candidate correspondence is an absolute breeze as you can custom load templates into the system that can be edited at any time through an administrator in your company instead of having to go through a technical support team on the other side of things.
- Overall, it's a pretty no muss no fuss system to use as there's not a great layer of complication about it and like most things, spaced practice and consistent exposure to it tend to iron out those rough edges. From an administration standpoint, adding in locations and hiring managers is incredibly simplistic along with reporting functionality.
- Candidate folders have come a long way in the system and are much more user friendly at this point than when I began using the system some four years ago. It's very easy to shift candidate profiles between folders and edit on the fly.

Verified User
Analyst in Human Resources
Events Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesCons
Avature ATS
- Easily over-engineered. While it's great to be able to customize, there are times where there are too many choices.
- Would like to see it integrate better with our HRIS system.
- Still a lot of manual steps in the workflow.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Medical Devices Company, 1001-5000 employeesSilkRoad Recruiting
- OpenHire's user roles can create issues depending on how your company's hiring process flows. For example, at one company, the hiring managers were extremely involved in screening candidates yet the system seems very geared towards use of centralized recruiters who distribute candidates. The lack of ability to customize roles and security to match our managers' needs created additional burden on HR as well as frustration from hiring managers.
- I experienced several problems uploading documents to accompany a candidate's offer. There was a limit on the number, size and type of attachments that could be included, and there was no alternative (as vetted with OpenHire) besides sending a separate correspondence to the candidate. I found this to appear unprofessional to the candidate as well as creating an extra step in the process for HR/recruiting.
- The requisition process had a few issues which created inefficiencies in the process. Firstly, for times when you need to post a role confidentially outside of your standard process, there was no way to designate the req as 'confidential'. Instead, you had to use the 'executive' status which created issues (ie: inaccurate data in reporting). Secondly, OpenHire was unable to upload the company directory of emails in the requisition approver fields so rather than being able to select from a drop-down or using a 'smart' field, you had to type each approver's email out manually thus increasing the potential for error and delay in the process.

Verified User
Professional in Human Resources
Semiconductors Company, 1001-5000 employeesPricing Details
Avature ATS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—SilkRoad Recruiting
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Avature ATS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SilkRoad Recruiting
SilkRoad Recruiting 5.0
Based on 12 answers
It was a great solution for the company in all aspects, especially the cost. The company was not in a position to afford a solution such as Oracle PeopleSoft. The only reason we did not renew OpenHire was we got acquired by a much larger organization and started utilizing the tools that the parent company had available
HR Manager
AgendiaBiotechnology, 501-1000 employees
Usability
Avature ATS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SilkRoad Recruiting
SilkRoad Recruiting 6.0
Based on 3 answers
It's not a bad system to use, there just seems to be so much click through to get one task achieved. Once you know all the little routes and pieces it gets easier.

Verified User
Manager in Human Resources
Banking Company, 201-500 employeesSupport Rating
Avature ATS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
SilkRoad Recruiting
SilkRoad Recruiting 5.0
Based on 4 answers
The support for Silkroad is awful. I know they are working on it and it seems to be slightly better but it's still not great. I have had multiple cases I have never heard from them on, others I have had to follow-up multiple times and one that took a year
HR Specialist
Project Concern InternationalNon-Profit Organization Management, 501-1000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Avature ATS
Avature is much better than OpenHire! OpenHire didn't give us the ability to share resumes or notes through the system and was very complicated to keep track of candidates that applied to multiple jobs or duplicate candidates. Was also very archaic in the interfacing and usability. Avature gave us many more options to customize our system.

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Medical Devices Company, 1001-5000 employeesSilkRoad Recruiting
NeoGov is a more simple system but just being able to require specific documents has been a huge time saver for us. Other elements in NeoGov aren't as robust but still it saves me a lot of time compared to OpenHire.
Human Resources Specialist
College of the DesertHigher Education, 501-1000 employees
Return on Investment
Avature ATS
- Ability to be more efficient in hiring, leading to faster hire times
- Easier to keep clean data for OFCCP or AAP audits
- Spend a lot of time altering or changing workflows/process/manually moving things along

Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Medical Devices Company, 1001-5000 employeesSilkRoad Recruiting
- The cost was very high
- It made managers more involved in the process
- It got managers involved earlier than they had been in the past
- It forced managers to stay involved in their recruiting and not just wait for HR to hire someone

Verified User
Professional in Human Resources
Machinery Company, 201-500 employees