Avionté Software vs. SmartSearch ATS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Avionté Software
Score 6.6 out of 10
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Avionté offers enterprise staffing and recruiting software and is a partner to staffing and recruiting firms for front and back office software. Avionté offers a suite of staffing solutions throughout the U.S. and Canada. The platform includes CRM, recruiting, onboarding, payroll, billing and business intelligence, complemented by an ecosystem of strategic technology partners to permit customized solutions tailored to the needs of clerical, light industrial, IT and professional staffing firms.…N/A
SmartSearch ATS
Score 6.6 out of 10
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SmartSearch is a web-based talent acquisition and staffing management software. Features include job posting to job boards and social media outlets, resume parsing, and automated workflow. SmartSearch advertises robust customer service and implementation assistance.N/A
Pricing
Avionté SoftwareSmartSearch ATS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Avionté SoftwareSmartSearch ATS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Avionté SoftwareSmartSearch ATS
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Avionté Software
8.0
4 Ratings
0% above category average
SmartSearch ATS
3.4
17 Ratings
81% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.54 Ratings3.017 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.54 Ratings3.017 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.02 Ratings1.013 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting3.54 Ratings1.017 Ratings
Customized Application Form8.03 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Resume Management7.54 Ratings1.017 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.54 Ratings10.016 Ratings
Candidate Search9.54 Ratings3.017 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.04 Ratings3.017 Ratings
Collaboration9.54 Ratings1.015 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.03 Ratings1.014 Ratings
Email Templates7.03 Ratings1.016 Ratings
User Permissions10.03 Ratings1.016 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.03 Ratings5.513 Ratings
Reporting8.03 Ratings8.016 Ratings
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User Ratings
Avionté SoftwareSmartSearch ATS
Likelihood to Recommend
3.4
(4 ratings)
6.0
(31 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(18 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(10 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Avionté SoftwareSmartSearch ATS
Likelihood to Recommend
Avionte Staffing Software
Avionté is a wonderful tool for recruiting agencies. It's highly customizable and does everything I need it to do as a full-cycle recruiter. It has a massive database capacity--we transferred 20 years' worth of data into Avionte--and appears to do well by our sales/account management team as well.
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
I think our environment has stretched SmS and their capabilities (positively) but we have grown together and developed an enormously capable system together that is now very well integrated into our business. For doing applicant tracking, requisition management and offer management that has really been strong. I think we can partner together and build some better analytics and reporting capabilities that would be better suited for our business.
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Pros
Avionte Staffing Software
  • Work orders based on worksite
  • Placing candidates
  • Invoicing
  • Payroll flexibility
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
  • The search functions are outstanding. It is the reason we originally went with SmartSearch many years ago. The ability to do very simple or complex searches gives the recruiting staff great flexibility in how they look for and narrow down candidates.
  • The hire and onboarding traks allow us to create very specific processes we want our staff to follow to insure a consistent and repeatable result. I can create traks that can be very general or traks that literally provide emails and reminders to all of the players (recruiters, managers, candidates, etc...) every step of the way. This is particularly helpful where we have customers who have extremely stringent contractual guidelines that must be followed.
  • Support. Their customer support is second to none. We always joke that they are our favorite vendor to deal with.... Anytime we have an issue or question. They are there to walk us through it. The training is on target and the staff has always been friendly and more than eager to help make us successful with the tool.
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Cons
Avionte Staffing Software
  • It doesn't allow for much control on changes that are done. All employees have access to modify other employees information, it has an audit trail and would show who made the changes and what the previous information was even if these are easily fixed situations. It has led to confusion with the misuse of some of the employees in our company.
  • It should have better integration with more payroll systems. They are currently offering some integration but it is not possible to fully integrate unless the payroll system is part of the compatible ones.
  • When a candidate applies from Indeed or any other job search engine, their resume tend to be modified and some dates get into the wrong places, so their parsing system should get some improvement, or at least allow to update the file that has been uploaded.
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
  • SmartSearch has a steep learning curve if you want to extensively use the features like automated tasks and the report writer
  • Technical support is spotty and sometimes very frustrating, they don't respond for weeks at a time.
  • SmartSearch user interface is old and has far less ability to customize the interface than other tracking systems
  • SmartSearch has virtually no ability to connect directly with other software and allows now other software to connect in - so no Microsoft Flow, no Zapier, no mail parser, etc. and since Smart Search capabilities are limited, not being able to integrate it with other platforms easily is unfortunate.
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Likelihood to Renew
Avionte Staffing Software
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
I believe over the past 30 or so pages (or so it seems), you have every reason for my business to continue as a SmartSearch ATS client and user. The support is off the charts great the few times I need them (generally not even once per year). My business has been a client since 2004. That should say it all.
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Usability
Avionte Staffing Software
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
There are so many facets of SmartSearch, that to know everything about it is nearly impossible. While it is mainly straight forward, there is a lot. After using the program for a while, you become pretty comfortable with the basics and can start adding some of the other features.
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Reliability and Availability
Avionte Staffing Software
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
My license for SmartSearch goes back to 2004. It has always been available for me - don't remember a single time it was not available in all of those years.
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Support Rating
Avionte Staffing Software
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
Once you get the 1 person on the phone they are very knowledgeable and tend to solve the problem. The issue is there are not enough resources to handle all the clients. Their primary clients are "recruiting firms" and I think that is where most of the their support resources go
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Implementation Rating
Avionte Staffing Software
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
Using the basic functions of SmartSearch is an easy implementation. But consider carefully what your organization needs to really drive placements. Because we only did a basic implementation first, we were caught off guard when later trying to implement more functions and realizing that the capabilities were limited or were difficult to learn and implement and realizing that tech support was not going to be consistent.
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Alternatives Considered
Avionte Staffing Software
Compas has a cleaner interface than the other ATSs . It doesn't look clunky. That being said system is that not intuitive. But once you learn it, it works pretty well. We picked Compas because of the Gmail integration. Gmail/Google is a big part of the system we run on and having Compass feed into that [is as well].
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
Functionally, SmartSearch is not on the same page as ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter as a platform is much more geared toward helping applicants and is essentially a glorified resume database. SmartSearch offers so much more in terms of features and abilities, that would not really be appropriate to try and compare the two. Similarly, the overall use of SmartSearch is an apples and oranges comparison to LinkedIn Talent. LinkedIn is great for sourcing and attracting talent, but in terms of tracking candidates all the way through a hiring process and tracking a heavy volume of job orders across a variety of states and locations, the two just don't really compare.
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Return on Investment
Avionte Staffing Software
  • Avionté makes it easier for us to track things going on in our business.
  • Avionté makes it easier for account management and recruiting teams to collaborate.
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Advanced Personnel Systems (SmartSearch)
  • That's easy - they have helped us grown and make more money. The core element of their technology (e.g. the ability to search for, identify and contact candidates is excellent).
  • They are a business partner and do their very best to help us succeed.
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ScreenShots

Avionté Software Screenshots

Screenshot of Make smarter decisions every single day with one, straightforward Business Intelligence platform. Access real-time, accurate data that gives you powerful insights and a 360° view of your back office to make business-critical decisions. Turn your business into a data-driven machine with 150 standard reports.Screenshot of Powerful dashboards provide quick, user-friendly access to important data. You can easily personalize dashboard widgets to support a variety of users like Recruiters, Sales, and Management teams.Screenshot of Our integrations and partnerships give you the ultimate experience with Avionté Staffing Software. Our partners can provide significant time and money savings – allowing you to focus on operations.Screenshot of A powerful and modern ATS with full CRM functionality that eliminates administrative tasks and optimizes daily activity. The comprehensive solution allows recruiters and staffing professionals to automate and optimize daily front office tasks.