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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Smartsheet

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASmartsheet is an online project management and collaboration tool. It includes automated alerts, instantaneous updating and sharing across team members, resource management, nested tasks organized in a hierarchy, a Gantt chart view, exportable and automated reports, and integration with email.

    $12

    per month per user (up to 10 users)

    Pricing
    Ceipal ATSSmartsheet
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $12
    per month per user (up to 10 users)
    Business
    $24
    per month per user (3 user minimum)
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Advanced Work Management
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ceipal ATSSmartsheet
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    Ceipal ATSSmartsheet
    Considered Both Products
    CEIPAL Solutions Private Limited
    No answer on this topic
    Smartsheet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    89 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    91 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    61 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    51 Answers
    Features
    Ceipal ATSSmartsheet
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Ceipal ATS and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Ceipal ATS
    7.0
    94 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Smartsheet
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting6.887 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media6.783 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.493 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.285 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management7.393 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention5.892 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search7.293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking7.393 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration6.488 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates7.491 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions6.787 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.392 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.189 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Ceipal ATS and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Ceipal ATS
    -
    Ratings
    Smartsheet
    9.1
    129 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.8126 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings10.0108 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings9.0109 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.8111 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings9.2100 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings10.0122 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.981 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings9.079 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings9.2101 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings9.0100 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings9.762 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.169 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.075 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Ceipal ATS and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Ceipal ATS
    -
    Ratings
    Smartsheet
    7.9
    66 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.144 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.760 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings7.332 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Ceipal ATSSmartsheet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (94 ratings)
    9.3
    (146 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (82 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.1
    (45 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.8
    (58 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ceipal ATSSmartsheet
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet shines for collaboration. When you have multiple people involved with planning events Smartsheet makes it easy to share and collaborate. For instance, multiple people can be in Smartsheet working at the same time. Also setting permissions for exactly those who need to know is quite easy with Smartsheet. For data analytics and general spreadsheet purposes Excel is better but for project management and event planning Smartsheet is superior
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    Pros
    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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    Smartsheet
    • Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
    • Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
    • For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
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    Cons
    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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    Smartsheet
    • Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
    • Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Smartsheet
    It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.
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    Usability
    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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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Smartsheet
    I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    Smartsheet
    It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Smartsheet
    Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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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    Smartsheet
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    Scalability
    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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    Smartsheet
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    Professional Services
    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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    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Smartsheet
    • This has really opened up collaboration across teams. A lot less working in silos.
    • It hasn't fully replaced any one tool so it means having to go to another place. Hopefully, we can eliminate a tool or two in the next six months.
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    Screenshot of Executive DashboardScreenshot of Job postingsScreenshot of Internal DatabaseScreenshot of Applicant ReportsScreenshot of Custom ReportsScreenshot of Applicants Module