Broadbean vs. Bullhorn ATS & CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Broadbean
Score 3.3 out of 10
N/A
Broadbean, now offered and supported by Careerbuilder, is a job search and posting solution, built around features such as social recruitment, cross-channel candidate search, and data analytics.N/A
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
Score 6.5 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Bullhorn Recruitment CRM is a SaaS based solution that offers a suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems: a mobile app, batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels, instantaneous posting to multiple job boards, resume parsing, and data and document uploading.
$99
per month per user
Pricing
BroadbeanBullhorn ATS & CRM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BroadbeanBullhorn ATS & CRM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
BroadbeanBullhorn ATS & CRM
Considered Both Products
Broadbean
Chose Broadbean
While not as popular ZipRecruiter, it does, in some cases, lead to hard-to-find candidates that are exclusive to the Broadbean search. I wouldn't say that Broadbean is as strong as Zip in terms of its reach to candidates, but it does serve well as another complementary tool for …
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
Chose Bullhorn ATS & CRM
Breathe is a great tool for smaller internal recruitment teams and I have previously used an in-house built system similar however Bullhorn is something you can use across larger businesses and growing SME's it works well for international businesses as everything is updated in …
Chose Bullhorn ATS & CRM
Sadly Bullhorn is barely better than Birddog in terms of options and notes,but worse overall. Salesforce is awesome. JobDiva great for appointments
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
BroadbeanBullhorn ATS & CRM
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Broadbean
-
Ratings
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
5.6
57 Ratings
35% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings5.956 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings5.348 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.222 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings6.027 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings4.739 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings5.857 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings5.054 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings5.757 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings5.857 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings5.252 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings5.451 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings5.654 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings5.248 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings5.251 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings5.451 Ratings
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User Ratings
BroadbeanBullhorn ATS & CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
2.2
(4 ratings)
5.8
(79 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
2.1
(13 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
BroadbeanBullhorn ATS & CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
CareerBuilder
Migrated us to the new veritone system that now voids the parsing success
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Bullhorn
Bullhorn served as a very reliable and thorough tracking system for contacts, discovering prospects, and maintaining track of all relevant data. There are many customization options, strong search results, and sensible workflows. Excellent reporting tool. When we needed to find new resumes but all we could find were talents who had previously been discovered, it was less appropriate. Job Boards outperformed Bull Horn in terms of speed and quality.
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Pros
CareerBuilder
  • flawless integration with other systems
  • Applicant tracking
  • Multiple platform posting
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Bullhorn
  • It provides the contact details of a candidate relevant to the job. All details are with a user-friendly interface that anyone can use the application.
  • The specific details given by Bullhorn ATS & CRM are unbelievable. One place and you can make a decision about hiring or not hiring.
  • The messaging automation feature again helps to save our time.
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Cons
CareerBuilder
  • Some of the job boards that serve on Broadbean are not the best, and can sometimes reach the wrong type of candidate (background & experience level).
  • The technology needs to be updated with the new ATS changes. There hasn't been an update to the system in quite some time.
  • They could work on parsing their data better with social media outlets, like posting on Linkedin, Twitter, etc.
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Bullhorn
  • Reporting: out of the box reporting is not very detailed or easy to navigate. In order to get better detailed and specific reports, you either need their Canvas product or pay for a 3rd party vendor.
  • Customization: will get better with NOVO Experience update, but many users still don't have it. Right now many fields and order are not customizable
  • Many features Bullhorn can do are not apparent to the user, often times you have to call in the figure things out.
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Likelihood to Renew
CareerBuilder
No answers on this topic
Bullhorn
We have about 2 years left on our current contract; It would take a major change in the ATS marketplace for us to strongly consider opting out of renewal given the time and effort we have dedicated to building our our Bullhorn system. I will take the time to revisit with some of the competition down the road, but Bullhorn acquired our runner up, MaxHire, about a year back and continues to offer a solid product suite for our current and future needs.
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Usability
CareerBuilder
No answers on this topic
Bullhorn
It isn't the best ATS out there. It lacks on both the recruitment and sales side. There is no way to differentiate between prospects, candidates, and clients. There isn't a way to merge accounts and names, so there are many duplicates. Too may paid add ons. I had a much longer review written up and the page just deleted it, but I wouldn't recommend Bullhorn first or even third. It feels like it hasn't been fully realized yet. There are certainly some good things about the product, but more areas where they can improve.
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Support Rating
CareerBuilder
No answers on this topic
Bullhorn
It's been a nightmare experience. The initial sales team were brilliant, and the customer service is great from the tech team - they get in touch with you quickly. However; I was often finding workarounds myself, or being advised workarounds instead of having issues resolved (example - The DPA/Non DPA issue - an Excel spreadsheet can do this, yet a CRM cannot?). I was debited on the incorrect date & then when I requested they refund until the due date, I was re-debited again on the correct date. The communication was poor - their billing team are based in the US and there was no acknowledgement of the mistake. My initial consultant chased them down for me, and advised me of their error. Lucky. The product was oversold. For example; I was advised their 'merge docs' feature would allow me to pull data directly from the 'Overview,' 'Work Histories' which later proved to be false. Finally, when I requested to end my contract & transfer my data (I advised a specific date I needed it, when my CRM would be ready) they advised it would take 15 business days & I was to put no further data in my system during that 15 days, and then gave me my data after 3. I now have no CRM for 4 weeks
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Alternatives Considered
CareerBuilder
I have not used any other similar systems
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Bullhorn
Breathe is a great tool for smaller internal recruitment teams and I have previously used an in-house built system similar however Bullhorn is something you can use across larger businesses and growing SME's it works well for international businesses as everything is updated in real-time. The support function is excellent and the training tools for new starters are super helpful for our L&D team. Your account manager is also great for assisting in personalising sections to make them more business specific.
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Return on Investment
CareerBuilder
  • Worth the money as so much more time can now be spent on other revenue generating activities
  • tricky to set up with Xing initially and very little support
  • Needs very little maintenancer when set up
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Bullhorn
  • Bullhorn has helped with the standardization of data which allows us to track our high, low and in between individuals. It allows for corporate bench marks to be tracked. It also allows for a closer look at all of the data points to make decisions versus making decisions based on perceptions. The data has definitely helped us make better business decisions because of the reporting capabilities.
  • Bullhorn has some great marketplace partners and additional products like VMS Access that help with your VMS clients. This is a real time saver.
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