Bullhorn ATS & CRM vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
Score 6.6 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
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.
$85
per year Up to 100 Employees
Pricing
Bullhorn ATS & CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bullhorn ATS & CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Bullhorn ATS & CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
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Bullhorn ATS & CRM

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SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP SuccessFactors recruiting goes leaps and bounds improvising recruiter and candidate experience by providing integrated experience. The sheer CRM capabilities helps attract and pipeline quality candidates. Also the RMK site with unified model is a huge advantage . Recruiting …
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP SuccessFactors is a much more developed ATS with functionality through the entire recruiting lifecycle and employee lifetime.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Bullhorn ATS & CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
4.9
57 Ratings
48% below category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.1
353 Ratings
62% below category average
Job Requisition Management5.156 Ratings7.7333 Ratings
Company Website Posting4.748 Ratings7.6317 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.222 Ratings7.5274 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.027 Ratings7.6304 Ratings
Customized Application Form4.239 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management5.057 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.254 Ratings7.1277 Ratings
Candidate Search4.957 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking5.057 Ratings7.6318 Ratings
Collaboration4.552 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation4.651 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates4.954 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions4.648 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts4.551 Ratings7.7322 Ratings
Reporting4.851 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.6
522 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.0460 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings7.8466 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.4444 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.5418 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.8480 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.6426 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.1260 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.6
277 Ratings
5% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1206 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.1184 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.3179 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.3178 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8179 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings7.8217 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.6159 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
279 Ratings
3% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.2276 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7233 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7204 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
414 Ratings
3% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings7.9300 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.2399 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.6259 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.7230 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.1384 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
6.5
418 Ratings
15% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings6.7401 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.5373 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.3303 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.7
330 Ratings
4% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.2316 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.1294 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.1
422 Ratings
0% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.6373 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.0418 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.7337 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.6391 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.9
444 Ratings
1% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.6425 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.5360 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.6397 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.7401 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.6323 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Bullhorn ATS & CRM
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.6
302 Ratings
4% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.7278 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.6260 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.6267 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.7245 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bullhorn ATS & CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
(79 ratings)
8.2
(586 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
2.0
(13 ratings)
9.0
(40 ratings)
Usability
6.7
(6 ratings)
8.1
(96 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(6 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(10 ratings)
7.2
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
2.9
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(423 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(6 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bullhorn ATS & CRMSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
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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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is well suited for small to medium business organisations, in my opinion. It solves the purpose of being a strong yet reliable HRMS tool as it comes from the house of SAP. It gives your organisation the edge to manage employee related activities in a more synchronised manner. Large scale organisations do have an option to look at other available options as well because SAP SuccessFactors is not the best product in the market.
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Pros
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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SAP
  • I think this product, once you have multiple modules, what we're learning is (and one of the reasons why we're expanding our use of SAP SuccessFactors) its connectivity in the way it speaks and shares information in itself in the system. That allows us to share information easily across our organization with our business partners, with our other HR professionals, and with our employees.
  • I think it's a very user-friendly product as well.
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Cons
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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SAP
  • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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SAP
We have put a vast amount of time and effort into our installation- and there is more work to be done, but the system has a lot of benefits that we plan to maximize and optimize in order to generate the greatest value for everyone involved
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Usability
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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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is very user friendly, starting with Single Sign-on integration, then right away showing various tiles, such as organizational chart, time-off management, notifications of any review tasks, such as time-approval for team members. It has good navigation functions and language is very intuitive, so easy to understand for business users, no need to be too tech savvy.
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Reliability and Availability
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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Performance
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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Support Rating
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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SAP
SuccessFactors Employee Central gets a middle of the road rating from me because of the things it does really well - Training. It falls short with the objectives cascade and visibility amongst my reports. That's what brings it down to a 5. Objectives need to be clear and concise in order to gain buy-in from your reports, and SuccessFactors muddies that by poor delineation between cascaded attributes and my report's objectives. The whole objectives cascade can be reworked.
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In-Person Training
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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Online Training
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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Implementation Rating
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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Alternatives Considered
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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SAP
At City, we currently use SAP on-premise applications for all HCM functionalities, and we have already implemented SF Onboarding, Recruitment, and Employee Central. Since we are long-time customers using all on-premise HCM applications, it's easy for business users to choose SuccessFactors products. We are delighted with the SAP HCM products we are currently using.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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Professional Services
Bullhorn
No answers on this topic
SAP
We did use this service to do analysis of the solution being implemented. It was a good check point during the project to see if everything is going as planned.
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Return on Investment
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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SAP
  • As far as ROI, I don't know what the investment is in the product, so I can't give you an exact number of profitability, but I can tell you for ease of use, it has been a lot easier to use the product. I think the only thing that I would prefer is instead of having the print screens, I'd prefer having video modules to explain how to use the different aspects of it.
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Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Learning, which supports informal and collaborative learningScreenshot of the SuccessFactors LMS experience that puts learning opportunities at the center of business operations and goals.Screenshot of the learning dashboard and metrics in SAP SuccessFactors Learning.Screenshot of the SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace.Screenshot of information on employee requests, evaluations, and performance in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.