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CATS ATS vs Jobvite

CATS ATS
49 Ratings
Jobvite
169 Ratings

CATS ATS

49 Ratings
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Score 6.8 out of 100

Based on 49 reviews and ratings

Jobvite

169 Ratings
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Score 7.7 out of 100

Based on 169 reviews and ratings

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Feature Set Ratings

  • Jobvite ranks higher in 1 feature set: Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting / ATS

8.1

CATS ATS

81%
8.4

Jobvite

84%
CATS Applicant Tracking System ranks higher in 10/15 features
CATS Applicant Tracking System ranks higher in 10/15 features

Job Requisition Management

9.5
95%
17 Ratings
8.9
89%
56 Ratings

Company Website Posting

9.5
95%
17 Ratings
8.0
80%
7 Ratings

Publish to Social Media

8.5
85%
17 Ratings
8.1
81%
58 Ratings

Job Search Site Posting

10.0
100%
17 Ratings
7.8
78%
56 Ratings

Customized Application Form

9.5
95%
18 Ratings
8.7
87%
56 Ratings

Resume Management

8.0
80%
19 Ratings
8.7
87%
57 Ratings

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

4.5
45%
18 Ratings
9.1
91%
53 Ratings

Candidate Search

6.0
60%
19 Ratings
8.7
87%
58 Ratings

Applicant Tracking

7.5
75%
19 Ratings
8.5
85%
58 Ratings

Collaboration

8.5
85%
12 Ratings
7.8
78%
54 Ratings

Task Creation and Delegation

8.5
85%
15 Ratings
7.7
77%
46 Ratings

Email Templates

9.5
95%
19 Ratings
8.6
86%
56 Ratings

User Permissions

8.5
85%
17 Ratings
8.5
85%
57 Ratings

Notifications and Alerts

9.5
95%
17 Ratings
8.5
85%
56 Ratings

Reporting

4.5
45%
18 Ratings
7.6
76%
54 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Jobvite is rated higher in 6 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Availability, Performance, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

8.0

CATS ATS

80%
28 Ratings
8.3

Jobvite

83%
85 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

8.4

CATS ATS

84%
10 Ratings
8.9

Jobvite

89%
22 Ratings

Usability

2.7

CATS ATS

27%
1 Rating
8.7

Jobvite

87%
10 Ratings

Availability

9.1

CATS ATS

91%
4 Ratings
10.0

Jobvite

100%
4 Ratings

Performance

5.9

CATS ATS

59%
4 Ratings
9.0

Jobvite

90%
4 Ratings

Support Rating

4.5

CATS ATS

45%
2 Ratings
8.8

Jobvite

88%
60 Ratings

Online Training

CATS ATS

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0

Jobvite

80%
2 Ratings

Implementation Rating

9.1

CATS ATS

91%
2 Ratings

Jobvite

N/A
0 Ratings

Likelihood to Recommend

CATS ATS

It has a great parsing feature and the extension is very helpful. Many ATS systems do not support parsing within LinkedIn...this one does. I was sad to see this option go when we finally transitioned. I would almost keep CATS just for the LinkedIn parsing if I knew I could easily get the information OUT of the system once it was there. A good API/webhook would be great, but sadly the API connections don't work well. Our firm also works with companies with multiple sites all across the US. There was never a way to "nest" a location with a parent company. Because of this, being able to research or report on a true client relationship was not possible. It was a very manual process.

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Jobvite

Jobvite was very useful when used to onboard our new hires. Being a Human capital management company, we hire many individuals on a weekly basis so it helps us keep all of the paperwork organized and prevent any accidents when managing all of the data. Sometimes it does pose a problem for those who are not technologically savvy.

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Pros

CATS ATS

  • Simple to implement, SaaS based tool that needs no in-house IT support or resources
  • Customizable reports, labels, fields, applications
  • Affordable
  • No long term contract, month-to-month with ability to cancel anytime
  • Data backups are simple
  • Email directly from the candidate record with response coming into Outlook is easy to configure and creates record and updates status automatically

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Randall Kooistra | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Jobvite

  • Workflow- I love that you can immediately see where in the process a candidate is.
  • Dashboard- The customization and overall feel of the site.
  • Feed- The fact that you can see the feed from the candidates other applications is a plus.

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Gracie Cruz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Cons

CATS ATS

  • I would like to see either an integration with a robust reporting tool that would allow me to design my own custom reports with a data export or more built-in reporting options.
  • Mobile app is currently mostly just a look-up tool. I would like it to have the ability to do more - add tasks, update pipelines, etc.

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Jobvite

  • Custom fields--custom fields do not follow the candidate from hire to onboarding. This is problematic because we then have to recreate on the onboarding side to then import into our HRIS.
  • Onboarding picklists are time-consuming to populate. We have to enter options one at a time, rather than being able to do an import. Also, field mapping on Hire is a lot easier than having to set up tags on option sets in onboarding.

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Pricing Details

CATS ATS

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$69 per month

CATS ATS Editions & Modules

Edition
Monthly Pro Plan$991
Annual Pro Plan$691
  1. per user, per month
Additional Pricing Details
Please visit the CATS pricing page to compare plans and features

Jobvite

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$500 per month

Jobvite Editions & Modules

Edition
<100 Employees$500.001
  1. per month
Additional Pricing Details
—

Likelihood to Renew

CATS ATS

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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
Caitlin Hostetter
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Jobvite

Jobvite 8.9
Based on 22 answers
If I were to become an internal recruiter again, I would almost definitely use Jobvite. I liked the fact that we could set up any job application link on our company web site to connect directly to Jobvite. I also liked that Jobvite made employee referral easy to submit, as employee referrals tend to be the highest quality candidates. Jobvite really has all the tools a recruiter needs to get a candidate through a recruiting process quickly without anything slipping through the cracks. Even though there are a lot of features I feel can be greatly improved, I don't think there is anything on the market today that is better than Jobvite

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Usability

CATS ATS

CATS ATS 2.7
Based on 1 answer
not recruiter friendly. workflow is not good

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Verified User
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Jobvite

Jobvite 8.7
Based on 10 answers
After using varios ATS's in the past, I have found most comfort and ease using jobvite. This tool has made the hiring process so easy to manage and just the fact that it is not complicated to use, makes it even better

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Avni Shah | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Reliability and Availability

CATS ATS

CATS ATS 9.1
Based on 4 answers
No answer on this topic is available.

Jobvite

Jobvite 10.0
Based on 4 answers
No issues (especially compared to ADP).

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Support Rating

CATS ATS

CATS ATS 4.5
Based on 2 answers
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
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Jobvite

Jobvite 8.8
Based on 60 answers
Support used to be better. In the last few years, though, I feel like there has been significantly less investment in customer service. We used to have account managers who were very visible and always checking in. Also, there used to be a phone number to get around-the-clock support. I am not sure that that exists at the quality it used to

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Online Training

CATS ATS

No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic

Jobvite

Jobvite 8.0
Based on 2 answers
Had phone training. Lots of webinars. Generally pretty good. Not enough time to learn. User community exists, but haven’t used.

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Implementation Rating

CATS ATS

CATS ATS 9.1
Based on 2 answers
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 | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Jobvite

No score
No answers yet
It forces you to evaluate your own business process.

The software lets you re-engineer things

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Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Alternatives Considered

CATS ATS

We used to use Sendouts (prior to it being acquired by Bullhorn) - and it wasn't browser based like CATS so instead of being able to access it from a home computer, laptop, mobile phone, etc. you could only use it on the computer with the software uploaded - which is a hindrance. It also wasn't as customizable as CATS. We picked CATS because it the price was right, it was browser-based, had email-integration, and integrates with social media and job posting services to share your jobs
with the public.

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Megan Carty | TrustRadius Reviewer
Megan Carty
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Jobvite

Before implementing Jobvite, we had iCIMS and Kronos Workforce Ready. Neither of these products got us where we wanted to be with metrics, candidate experience, or technology. I'm sure since we left them they have updated, but we are much happier with Jobvite than others. In the process of searching for a new ATS, we attended demonstrations of 9 other applicant tracking systems and were most impressed with Jobvite.

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Madison Osoba | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Return on Investment

CATS ATS

  • We went from Excel spreadsheets to using CATS so honestly anything would be an improvement. But CATS has saved tremendous time on an on-going basis in terms of managing the career portal automatically.
  • Being able to log email conversations with the click of a button from Outlook right into CATS has been a time-saver and also has helped numerous times in providing better follow-through to candidates and providing better tracking of candidate interactions and what they have previously said (or not).

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Dave Murry | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Jobvite

  • Reporting - we had none before other than manually tracking things in excel documents, now we have a full suite of reports and dashboards we can customize.
  • Interview Scheduling - With the candidate self-scheduling feature, we can now schedule interviews in a matter of seconds while also automating the candidate confirmation email and the calendar invites.
  • More detailed source tracking than I have seen in any other product allowing full visibility on who we hire, where they came from and we can now analyze our sources.

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Ryan Watson | TrustRadius Reviewer
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