Crelate vs. iCIMS Talent Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Crelate
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Crelate is a recruitment platform built for executive search, direct placement, and in-house talent teams. The Crelate platform combines an ATS, a Recruiting CRM, and intelligent sourcing.
$99
per month per user
iCIMS
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
iCIMS is a web-based applicant tracking system (ATS). The tool's talent recruiting and management functions include features like social recruiting, talent sourcing, offer management, and onboarding. The programs are centralized on iCIMS’s UNIFi platform and are scaled for mid-sized to enterprise businesses.
$1,700
per month
Pricing
CrelateiCIMS Talent Cloud
Editions & Modules
Business
$99
per month per user
Business Plus
Custom
Enterprise
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CrelateiCIMS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsVolume and commitment pricing discounts are available.
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Community Pulse
CrelateiCIMS Talent Cloud
Features
CrelateiCIMS Talent Cloud
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Crelate
8.3
5 Ratings
5% above category average
iCIMS Talent Cloud
8.4
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management10.05 Ratings7.7128 Ratings
Company Website Posting5.05 Ratings8.8121 Ratings
Publish to Social Media5.02 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.02 Ratings8.7111 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.02 Ratings10.0113 Ratings
Resume Management10.04 Ratings9.8124 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.05 Ratings8.7117 Ratings
Candidate Search10.05 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.05 Ratings8.5126 Ratings
Collaboration10.04 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation10.04 Ratings7.097 Ratings
Email Templates7.04 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
User Permissions7.02 Ratings7.8124 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings7.8112 Ratings
Reporting10.04 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
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User Ratings
CrelateiCIMS Talent Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
9.5
(149 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(31 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(70 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(103 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.3
(5 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CrelateiCIMS Talent Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Crelate Inc.
  • Crelate allows you to quickly import candidates to your database from LinkedIn. Very good resource that is quick and user friendly!
  • Crelate allows an unlimited number of job positings
  • Easy to prioritize your searches
  • Good resource to tracking placements and billing
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iCIMS
iCIMSis is really good in managing high-volume federal recruitment where visibility into each stage of the hiring process is essential. Changing candidate statuses (e.g., referred, interviewed, selected) provides clear insight into pipeline progress and helps coordinate across multiple hiring managers.
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Pros
Crelate Inc.
  • Crelate has a very useful SMS system where you can engage with candidates via text and receive quick responses
  • Crelate has generally useful widgets such as bookmarks, engagement activities, and ad response tracking
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iCIMS
  • The opt-out message after the 1st text helps weed out the people who are not interested.
  • Having the ability to have templates/answers to frequent questions saved and ready to use makes it easier/faster to talk to multiple people.
  • Being able to schedule text campaigns is amazing. Every Saturday I set up my campaigns for the next week. This gives me more time to focus on other things.
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Cons
Crelate Inc.
  • Interface isn't great - there's a lot of clicking around required that I wish was streamlined
  • This isn't a self-explanatory platform - you have to dig around a while before you figure out how to use some features, like the filtering of contacts, for example. There's a place that you'd think you filter, but that actually changes the contacts list instead.
  • It often crashes and you have to sign out and sign back in for it to work again.
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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
Crelate Inc.
It works, but not sure that it's the best/we might try out alternatives first.
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iCIMS
I would say that we are very likely to renew with iCIMS. They seem to continuously be improving their product based on the feedback from their clients. In addition, the thought have having to go through another implementation of this level is daunting and as long as the software continues to meet the business needs of the company and provides the appropriate level of support we will most likely stay. Costs regarding future renewals will also impact this decision and if necessary we will go to market to evaluate other options.
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Usability
Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
iCIMS was already in play by the time I moved into an executive role, but it made a significant impact in the 6 months from when I had previously done hiring using just emailed and printed applications, in my previous role as an HR Assistant. The ease of use was incredible. We had a full manual on how to use the system, but I felt, even as a first-time user, I didn't need to reference the manual much to navigate easily and figure out the system. As someone who likes to poke around in systems, I was able to comfortably get around and explore other functions with iCIMS.
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Reliability and Availability
Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
Crelate Inc.
Usually the Crelate support is very responsive and quick to fix any problems that arise. I've personally seen emails of the threads where Crelate support was quick to resolve problems and act courteously while doing so. While I have never called their line, it seems that their phone support is also well experienced.
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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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Online Training
Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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
Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
iCIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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Alternatives Considered
Crelate Inc.
  • Easier to use, modern, supports drag and drop. Easy to set up and use. Fewer keystrokes
  • better support than zoho, not as good (but getting there) as PCR
  • Crelate is a smaller company, nimble and has ear of the customer
  • LIke ability to click and dial!
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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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Scalability
Crelate Inc.
No answers on this topic
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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Return on Investment
Crelate Inc.
  • Crelate has allowed me to customize my recruiting process for business development. This will be a great ROI moving forward.
  • Crelate links all candidates to the company that they work for. This is extremely important to quickly identify profiles in the database with the companies that they work for. Sounds simple but very important!
  • Quickly interfaces with LinkedIn to important candidates. This makes importing candidates quick and easy!
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iCIMS
  • We implemented iCIMS Talent Cloud right before the pandemic. The pandemic created the most difficult recruitment environment ever. I cannot say that iCIMS Talent Cloud has helped us realize any advantageous success in this battle we are fighting. It gets the job done, but we have realized anything like filling jobs faster or having resources within iCIMS Talent Cloud to allow us to attract candidates differently. Status quo, I guess.
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ScreenShots

Crelate Screenshots

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iCIMS Screenshots

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