CATS ATS vs GoHire | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

I don't know how appropriate it'd be for large organizations with very large recruiting teams - cost per license might not make sense after a certain point. For small/medium sized businesses, it's absolutely worth a look. It's very affordable, super-easy to use, highly configurable, and set up is an breeze. Knowledge base is decent, and support is generally OK, though it's not necessarily a strength. The product team is engaged with the user community to crowdsource suggestions for updates/improvements and allows users to vote on others ideas that are appealing. Search functionality is solid and documents are instantly indexed as far as I can tell - I've never noticed any delay. It'll push postings out to various free job boards and you can customize to push out to pay boards as well. It will integrate to certain HRIS packages, so if that's of interest, making sure yours is on the supported list would be important. Data backup is super easy and would likely make changing to another ATS down the road pretty simple if the need arises.

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Randall Kooistra

Talent Management Lead

Market TrackMarket Research, 501-1000 employees

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If you need to hire one person then the software is a bit overkill for you. If you are looking to hire multiple people in different departments and would like to schedule interviews with multiple candidates, then this would be a good win for you. My company is a circus company, so we have to list multiple jobs often. This allows us to track those jobs and the people with ease.

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Tim Mack

Instructor

Atlanta Kyusho and JujitsuPerforming Arts, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CATS ATS

GoHire

Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Customized Application Form

Resume Management

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Candidate Search

Applicant Tracking

Collaboration

Task Creation and Delegation

Email Templates

User Permissions

Notifications and Alerts

Reporting

Pros

Custom fields for all entities of any data type let's you track what you care about. Also customizable workflow with triggers can save a ton of time in automating processes and also ensuring steps aren't missed/established processes and protocols are adhered to.
Support is extremely responsive, knowledgeable and committed to resolving any issue.
Integrations with LinkedIn, job boards etc. is a big time saver and helps bring it all to one place.

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Verified User

Executive in Other

Staffing and Recruiting Company, 1-10 employees

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Organizing and listing of openings at companies
Tracking potential candidates
Following up with potential candidates and creating shortlists

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Tim Mack

Instructor

Atlanta Kyusho and JujitsuPerforming Arts, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Reporting has improved over the years but could still be better. It is what I would call "semi-customizable" in terms of what I can generate a report on, but would like full customization capability.
Mobile access is OK but not slick. Usually I don't need mobile access but every once in a while I'm out somewhere, need to grab something out of CATS and I can get it but I think there's a good opportunity to make it better.

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Dave Murry

Staffing Manager

KBACE TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Integration with third party software such as WordPress is lacking
Didn't really have too many other major issues with the software

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Tim Mack

Instructor

Atlanta Kyusho and JujitsuPerforming Arts, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

CATS ATS 8.4

Based on 10 answers

Our company has been using it and enjoying the benefits for a few years now. Its a perfect system for our end goal of finding the best candidate effectively and being able to track and write reports on our progress.

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Caitlin Hostetter

RPO Specialist

TriStarr StaffingStaffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

CATS ATS 2.7

Based on 1 answer

not recruiter friendly. workflow is not good

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Verified User

Employee in Human Resources

Human Resources Company, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Support Rating

CATS ATS 4.5

Based on 1 answer

I've had mixed results with asking for support. Sometimes they gave a quick answer and sometimes my emails were never responded to. Some responses were a single word.

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Bill Branstetter

Managing Director

The Six Second ResumeDefense & Space, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Implementation Rating

CATS ATS 9.1

Based on 1 answer

This is an incredibly easy system to implement. There is no hardware or software required, it's entirely SaaS based. Compared to other systems I've implemented, it's breathtaking. Customization can all be done directly in the tool, there is no need for any involvement of consultants and most of the information you cannot figure out intuitively is covered in the knowledge base

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Randall Kooistra

Talent Management Lead

Market TrackMarket Research, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

I find CATS ATS easier to use then Salesforce, on the recruitment side. It's hard to create pipelines like you can in CATS ATS. I, however, have used other customized ATS using Microsoft Access. I have used HRConnect which was developed by a firm I worked for using MS Access. It which was a great tracking and reporting tool. It logged calls out, calls in, length of calls, job orders, candidate submissions and tracked all the status automatically.

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Ashley Thompson

Senior Public Sector Recruiter - Technical & Professional Services

NewFound RecruitingStaffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

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We used to list our jobs in a WordPress post and then share those posts to social media. Candidates would respond by emails or by filling out an online form. We opted to upgrade to GoHire as we can list all our jobs in one place and provide a link on WordPress to our overall job board. This is saving us time and money, as it reduces the search that need to happen to find candidates emails or submitted forms.

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Tim Mack

Instructor

Atlanta Kyusho and JujitsuPerforming Arts, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

We were able to reduce the amount of time we spent posting to various job boards by more than 75%.
We were able to reduce the time it takes to find, engage, submit and ultimately hire candidates.
We were able to recoup the entire cost of the tool within less than 2 months.

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LeQuay Marsh, MHCS, TAS, ECRE

Principal Recruitment Consultant

International PaperHuman Resources, 11-50 employees

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Time is money. This software allows us to streamline the process of listing and reviewing candidates.
The software allowed us to better see a "Birdseye" view of all the applicants that we have, to make more informed hiring decisions.

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Tim Mack

Instructor

Atlanta Kyusho and JujitsuPerforming Arts, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

CATS ATS Editions & Modules

Edition

Monthly Pro Plan	$99¹
Annual Pro Plan	$69¹

per user, per month

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

GoHire Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

2 minute setup Cancel anytime 24/7 UK Support

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Feature Rating Comparison

Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Customized Application Form

Resume Management

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Candidate Search

Applicant Tracking

Collaboration

Task Creation and Delegation

Email Templates

User Permissions

Notifications and Alerts

Reporting

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GoHire

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General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

CATS ATS Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

GoHire Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

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