CareerSiteBuilder vs. Harpoon

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CareerSiteBuilder
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Harpoon
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Harpoon is a web-hosted accounting and finance app that helps freelancers and consultants set and meet their financial goals. In addition, Harpoon provides useful tools to help users collect revenue and manage finances. Features include time tracking, invoicing, expense tracking, project scheduling and more.  The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution that helps users boost their freelancing career.
$19
per month
Pricing
CareerSiteBuilderHarpoon
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Single User - Unlimited Everything
$19
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CareerSiteBuilderHarpoon
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CareerSiteBuilderHarpoon
Features
CareerSiteBuilderHarpoon
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
CareerSiteBuilder
7.7
3 Ratings
3% below category average
Harpoon
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate Search7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
CareerSiteBuilderHarpoon
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(3 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CareerSiteBuilderHarpoon
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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Harpoon
I think Harpoon works best for freelancers, consultants, self employed people and smaller companies with less client to bill. For larger enterprises with hundreds or thousands of clients, there are larger, more intricate platforms in the market that are better suited for those needs.
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Pros
CareerSiteBuilder
  • Search features.
  • Quantity of resumes.
  • The format that the candidates information is presented.
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Harpoon
  • Makes Sending Invoices & Collecting Payment Easy, for Freelancers
  • Tracking Financial Goals (Monthly & Annual) & Projecting Future Results
  • Provides Insights On AR, Earned Income, Top Clients, and other helpful but highly relevant data points.
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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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Harpoon
  • Sometimes expense reporting bring up duplicate transactions, which may be more of a fault of the API that connects my account, which is Plaid
  • Would be nice if in the future, they can offer ACH as one of the payment options for invoices
  • There are some redundancies that pop up when setting time frames for client work and the projects attached to them. If they aren't aligned, it can cause inaccurate reporting. If it just sent it once and it took care of both functions, it would be easier
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Support Rating
CareerSiteBuilder
No answers on this topic
Harpoon
The few times I've needed help or had questions about the platform, the founder got back to me. And fairly fast. The extra effort resonated well with me
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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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Harpoon
I've used Less Accounting and & Quickbooks Online. After Less Accounting was acquired, its development was mostly stopped. While the tool was a simple way to manage invoices and expenses, its directional philosophy changed with the new owners. Quickbooks Online was a solid tool, but the company support was unhelpful and hard to work with at times. Harpoon provides a great tool, with a company that cares about its users.
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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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Harpoon
  • Clear and precise visibility of my financial status.
  • Projections of how I'm doing today, this month, and this year.
  • Clarity on what needs to happen with client development to reach my goals.
  • It shrinks the amount of time I spend on getting clients to pay my invoices.
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ScreenShots

Harpoon Screenshots

Screenshot of Harpoon's Dashboard showcases over a dozen crucial metrics to help you understand the health of your business. Enjoy the big picture view of your freelancing finances.Screenshot of Every business has expenses and Harpoon is the perfect place to track them. Assign expenses to your projects and easily add those expenses to invoices for reimbursement.Screenshot of You'll appreciate how simple it is to create invoices, and your clients will appreciate the one-click ease of making payments online. Harpoon's invoices are clean and beautiful, a perfect complement to the professional services and products you provide.Screenshot of All of a project's invoices, expenses, and recorded hours are grouped and organized in one convenient place ready for you to take action, or simply there for historical reference. Handy!Screenshot of Harpoon gives you powerful tools to track and organize your time. Simple one-click timers combined with flexible reporting puts you in total control of your business's tracked time.