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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CareerSiteBuilder

    Score10 out of 10
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    Ceipal ATS

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    With automation and artificial intelligence, Ceipal’s ATS and CRM solutions help recruiters and staffing professionals to identify, assess, engage, hire, and onboard the best talent.N/A

    ICIMS Hire

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AICIMS Hire is an enterprise applicant tracking system (ATS) that supports core hiring workflows. With comprehensive support for screening, interview management, offer management, and onboarding, it is built on enterprise‑grade technology and designed to support complex, global hiring at scale.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——Implementation pricing is determined on a per-company basis. Starting price (does not include set up fee) - Pricing is determined on a per-company basis, tailored to organization size, configuration, and selected solutions.
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    CareerSiteBuilder
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Chose Ceipal ATS
    Frankly to say I have used iCIMS ATS a lot and which is more complicated to use and compare to that Ceipal ATS is much much better....
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    Ceipal ATS is the worst possible choice amongst all of the ATS ive used. There is a reason it is dirt cheap.
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    Ceipal ATS is much preferable to other ATS software. For example, it helps us submit the candidate's profile to the client and schedule the candidate's interview. Ceipal ATS also helps us track the candidate in case the candidate has submitted a number of clients. Also, the …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    CareerSiteBuilderCeipal ATSICIMS Hire
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of CareerSiteBuilder and Ceipal ATS and ICIMS Hire
    Feature
    CareerSiteBuilder
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Ceipal ATS
    7.0
    94 Ratings
    12% below category average
    ICIMS Hire
    8.1
    133 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Job Requisition Management5.73 Ratings7.592 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.93 Ratings6.887 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.73 Ratings6.783 Ratings8.8108 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.73 Ratings7.493 Ratings8.6113 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.92 Ratings7.285 Ratings7.7115 Ratings
    Resume Management8.73 Ratings7.393 Ratings9.4125 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention5.83 Ratings5.892 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Candidate Search7.53 Ratings7.393 Ratings8.2127 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.23 Ratings7.493 Ratings8.5128 Ratings
    Collaboration7.33 Ratings6.488 Ratings7.8116 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.23 Ratings7.189 Ratings7.098 Ratings
    Email Templates8.53 Ratings7.491 Ratings8.3128 Ratings
    User Permissions6.73 Ratings6.887 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts9.03 Ratings7.392 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
    Reporting7.93 Ratings7.189 Ratings7.5127 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CareerSiteBuilderCeipal ATSICIMS Hire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (94 ratings)
    8.5
    (151 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (33 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (82 ratings)
    8.7
    (72 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (19 ratings)
    6.0
    (103 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    6.8
    (58 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
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    7.8
    (4 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
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    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
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    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    CareerSiteBuilderCeipal ATSICIMS Hire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CareerSiteBuilder
    If you have a job opening or a high turn around rate like we do. (we are a staffing company) [CareerSiteBuilder] is a great place to to start. It is affordable and reaches hundreds of potential employees. When you search resumes sometimes when you enter keywords you have to play around with it to find the right phrasing. Its not difficult just time consuming.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Moving to Ceipal ATS was the worst decision we made at the organization I work for. The data loss, lies sold to us from their team, the inability to send emails and text messages successfully, the reporting limitations, the career site limitations across industry and categories… all of it… is quite possibly the biggest Mistake we have made. This horrible platform quite possibly will sink the organization i work for.
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    ICIMS
    When we partnered with ICIMS in 2018, it met our needs. 8 years later, I think ICIMS can offer more. AI needs to be incorporated into its system to better service its customers. The other recommendation is that they should offer training and communicate more often with their clients. Their dashboard should also be improved to make it easier on the eyes.
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    Pros
    CareerSiteBuilder
    • Search features.
    • Quantity of resumes.
    • The format that the candidates information is presented.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    • Ceipal ATS maintains our company database so well that we can fetch the required resumes at our will.
    • Switching between tabs and submission format is so well-organized.
    • Adding multiple job portals at the same place is so appreciable that we can search different resumes with different technologies with ease.
    • Posting urgent requirements through Ceipal ATS posting is quite easy.
    • The requirement blasting feature is so good to use to connect with multiple sales and employers at the same time.
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    ICIMS
    • My favorite: Workflow Auto-Process Rules. When moving a candidate to the "Phone Screen" stage, the system can automatically trigger a text message to them with a link to my calendar. Once they pick a time, it sends the calendar invite to both of us and attaches their resume for me.
    • It eliminates the manual emailing, making the company look incredibly fast and organized to the candidate.
    • The simplicity with which you are able to navigate the tooling. Very intuitive, requires little training and troubleshooting. At a prior company we were using a robust system which took me weeks to navigate and learn. As a hiring manager, this is such a drag as I am not constantly hiring people to keep the skills fresh.
    • ICIMS Hire is great at reporting on past applications. Whenever I have a new opening on the team, instead of spending ad money on social, I go dig for "star candidates" that applied 1 year ago, for example, and start there. I personally hired a returning candidate this way which is such a great relationship builder with possible future candidates.
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    Cons
    CareerSiteBuilder
    • There are some missing functionalities that could be addressed such as fusing resume search and recruitment edge.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    • Most of the functionality is missing. Ceipal ATS will be great to use once we're able to utilizing all the different options to manage our programs.
    • I think it should be made easier to grant access to a client. There seems to always be issues there.
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    ICIMS
    • It is a little difficult to track internal applicants that are already active with our company.
    • Some of the fields when hiring an employee are a little difficult to change.
    • Not a sure way of identifying "eligible for rehire" within iCIMS for those that re-apply.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CareerSiteBuilder
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    We have been using this ATS for the past few years and have never had any major problems. It is being used for candidate sourcing as well as keeping track of all our candidate's databases. In the market, there are very few ATS software available, and I think Ceipal is the best among all.
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    ICIMS
    We would highly likely renew iCIMS Hire because it consistently delivers strong value across our recruiting process. It streamlines workflows, improves collaboration between teams, and provides reliable reporting and insights. The system is scalable, user-friendly, and continues to evolve with new features, making it a dependable long-term solution for our hiring needs.
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    Usability
    CareerSiteBuilder
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    One of the easiest interfaces among the other ATS is Ceipal ATS, which reduces manual effort due to the AI automation integration, which increases the productivity of high-volume tasks. The overall Ceipal ATS interface looks presentable or is easy to approach due to its automation tools.
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    ICIMS
    The platform is intuitive once configured and makes managing candidate pipelines, status updates, and communication straightforward. However, certain tasks—like custom reporting, bulk updates, and navigating between modules can feel a bit cumbersome and could benefit from a more modern interface. Overall, it’s reliable and effective for structured, high-volume recruiting environments like federal hiring.
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    Reliability and Availability
    CareerSiteBuilder
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    In my tenure of using this software, there were multiple times when I faced a technical outage, and it was not too long. We had it resolved as we connected with the support, and they informed us immediately that the developer team is working on it and will get the issue resolved.
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    ICIMS
    There is always ample advance notice before the software goes down for maintenance and this is usually done at off-peak hours. As for system failures - I can't think of any that have effected us in over two years od use.
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    Performance
    CareerSiteBuilder
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    I never faced any problem loading the Ceipal login page and when I had a problem it was just my browser. I rarely use any other browser other than Chrome. Even after integrating with other job portals, Ceipal never gets hung or there is any error loading page I have received.
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    ICIMS
    We can think of no dissatisfaction with our daily use of iCims, involving its response time to commands or incompatibility with any other software we presently use.
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    Support Rating
    CareerSiteBuilder
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    I would rate myself a 5 out of 10 in coding. While I have a basic understanding of coding languages like Java and Python, I am still learning and honing my skills. However, I am eager to learn and willing to put in the effort to improve my coding abilities.
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    ICIMS
    Before pandemic and iCIMS Talent Cloud acquisitions I would give 10 without a doubt. Unfortunately, I see a strong decrease in the support model, which seems to be mainly connected with the fact that acquired companies/tools/features need to be integrated with the platform, and knowledge of newly provided services and tools were not yet incorporated fully into the support.
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    In-Person Training
    CareerSiteBuilder
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    A executive visit our organisation and check the compatibility of the systems and check the proper installation and navigation to the Ceipal. and take multiple sessions with the employees phase wise. also give some activity to perform and pull reports.
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    ICIMS
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    Online Training
    CareerSiteBuilder
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    They provided in-depth online training, covering all aspects thoroughly. They also informed us that we could contact them if we need any assistance in the future. The trainers were knowledgeable and patient, making sure everyone understood the material. Additionally, they provided useful resources and documentation for our reference even reach them many time for the support they fabulous work
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    ICIMS
    I would say I believe iCims online training is very good. It's informative, visually appealing, and simple in explaining all the different aspects of iCims. I also really like the new candidate onboarding, and all the other training curricula you have up to be able to inform or send out to the candidate. I like you can attach a URL link for videos as well so you can really customize the training. I feel that overall, I would like to see more. Perhaps, more robust options with the training, if that's something iCims is expanding on in the future.
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    Implementation Rating
    CareerSiteBuilder
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Clear Communication, core training, Data Migration, Customization and Configuration, Continuous Improvement. Regularly review and optimize your utilization of Ceipal ATS by collecting feedback from users, monitoring key performance metrics, and staying informed about new updates and features. Carefully plan and execute the data migration process to ensure that all existing candidate and recruitment data is accurately transferred to the new system.
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    ICIMS
    I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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    Alternatives Considered
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Affordable, quick, easy, super user friendly, well known, offers a large variety of job seekers[.]
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Ceipal ATS systems seamlessly automate recruitment processes and allow hiring managers to source, shortlist, and select the right candidates. In other words, ATS is like an applicant data repository that can be used to automate workflows and maintain compliance all along the recruitment process.
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    ICIMS
    Fully available automation, lesser bad data quality, more information is gathered at the time of applicant profile creation without having the need to ask for any follow ups or additional notifications. Integrates better with Oracle, Workday and SAP than other similar systems. Service tickets are resolved faster than other vendors we worked with.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CareerSiteBuilder
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Pricing model was very flexible with Ciepal and when we agreed we already knew that we are going to renew it for more than 5 years now. It was flexible and we had to make sure that there is no breach in between. we are using the services for more than 2 years now so I think I made the right decision.
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    ICIMS
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    Scalability
    CareerSiteBuilder
    No answers on this topic
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    I have given an 8 rating as the Ceipal is being used in our department for mostly recruitment purposes so we don't have many other departments. We use Ceipal for recruitment and for sales purposes. Currently, it's being used for the bother dept and working absolutely fine so I think an 8 rating is reasonable.
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    ICIMS
    iCims is currently pretty good and the best TAS for us at our stage of growth - but further improvement and enhancements will only help make it even better.
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    Professional Services
    CareerSiteBuilder
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    Ceipal Professional Service is also an elite service provided by Ceipal for its premium vendors. It's just like an upgrade system one can avail of if they want to pay more and have more features added to their current system. We did not use this service so I don't have much to say about this, but maybe in future we will require it.
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    ICIMS
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    Return on Investment
    CareerSiteBuilder
    • We have been able to present MORE candidates to our clients in the staffing industry, and therefore fill more positions.
    • We are able to find MORE QUALIFIED candidates using search features, to in turn fill more direct-hire positions.
    • We have to pay or Career Builder for thousands of people, so that takes away from ROI.
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    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    • Finding candidates is very easy with Ceipal; thus, recruiters are able to close more job roles, in turn increasing the company's revenue.
    • Sometimes, due to poor customer service, the work of the delivery team gets affected.
    • And its job integration part helps us to decrease the turn around time for serving job roles and saving on the heavy subscription packages.
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    ICIMS
    • It makes it so much easier to keep the recruit engaged and informed about what is going on in the process.
    • I can speak to multiple people at one time which saves me time in the long run
    • I can keep a record of every time I have had a conversation with a recruit and what was said in those conversations.
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    ScreenShots

    Ceipal ATS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Executive DashboardScreenshot of Job postingsScreenshot of Internal DatabaseScreenshot of Applicant ReportsScreenshot of Custom ReportsScreenshot of Applicants Module

    ICIMS Hire Screenshots

    Screenshot of The personalized, configurable dashboard built for recruiters. It brings together upcoming interviews, open jobs, offer statuses, and time-to-fill metrics in one easy view.Screenshot of The candidate list used to manage applications in one organized view. It shows all candidates for a job along with key details like application date and status, giving recruiters a quick snapshot of the pipeline.Screenshot of The global profile provides a complete, real-time view of each candidate in one place. Recruiters can quickly access contact details, work history, education, and active applications without navigating multiple screens.Screenshot of The Microsoft Teams integration. Hiring managers can rate candidates, leave comments, and make recommendations without leaving Teams.