Darwinbox vs SmartRecruiters

Likelihood to Recommend

Darwinbox in undoubtedly a great human capital management system. It is easy to configure and can be flexibly integrated with the organization's ERP solution. There is little to no training required for employees to use the software - both the desktop version as well as the mobile application. Moreover, it allows employees to connect to each other better on the organization's social network that this software provides. It is best suited for large and mid-sized organizations that have reasonably complex workflows and reporting structures. Darwinbox is less appropriate for relatively flat organizations that have simple workflows and the work involves frequent interaction among employees. In such a case, the use of such an expensive HR tool can be avoided.

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Verified User

Analyst in Professional Services

Renewables & Environment Company, 51-200 employees

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I highly recommend SmartRecruiters for all organizations to make job searches and applications smoother and easier. This application is currently well suited for this. I find it easy to search and review the job posting, job description, and criteria. It even shows the direct hiring manager and hiring recruiter. This allows me to send a separate email to either one if I had questions that were not answered directly on the posting.

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Verified User

Employee in Sales

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Darwinbox

SmartRecruiters

Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Darwinbox

SmartRecruiters

Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Darwinbox

SmartRecruiters

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

Darwinbox

SmartRecruiters

View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

Darwinbox

SmartRecruiters

Tracking of all physical assets

Darwinbox

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

Customized Application Form

Resume Management

Candidate Search

Collaboration

Task Creation and Delegation

Email Templates

User Permissions

Reporting

Pros

Easy to use and navigate.
Simple and intuitive interface.
Covers all HR needs in one software.

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Manager in Marketing

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Organization - SmartRecruiters is not so busy that I cannot easily tell what I am looking at. Everything is easy to navigate and follow intuitively.
Workflow - SmartRecruiters allows me to set up logical connections to automate subsequent fields in job creation. This aids in accuracy of job creation to match our payroll system, plus makes the process of creating a new requisition/ad faster.
Approvals - Approvals of job requisitions and offers could not be simpler.
Customization - There is very little that cannot be customized and/or branded to fit my organization's needs, including connecting to my other business platforms.

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Verified User

Analyst in Human Resources

Paper & Forest Products Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

A small improvement in the UX could be to automate the process of informing the entire organization about an employee's birthday. Presently, the HR manager has to manually send such an email. Sometimes misunderstandings happen when important greetings are missed when the HR manager is on leave.
There is just too much data on the Attendance screen. Perhaps, from a UI perspective, this screen could be improved. Also, there should be a feature to recall the leave application if the employee changes his plan and the leave is yet to be approved.

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Verified User

Analyst in Professional Services

Renewables & Environment Company, 51-200 employees

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Not having feature of referral data, who has referred
Another problem is that in [the] emails section it shows 'company name' field will show as Smartrecruiters vs. the name of our agency that will make confuse to [candidates]
Major problem of this is that it does not support api in the free version

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Manager in Human Resources

Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 10.0

Based on 14 answers

Our team is currently on a free tier as we only hire a handful of people per year. With that said, I would not switch if the low usage tier was paid. We have several years of data and candidates in the system and they have continued to make the product better. I discovered SR years ago from their community management and customer services efforts, which were outstanding. They care about their users, and they're passionate about making them successful. They've definitely evolved to become more enterprise focused, but the free SmartStart versions still blows away competitors. Plus, they've got some kickass t-shirts

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Josh Krakauer

Co-Founder | CEO

SculptMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 9.0

Based on 15 answers

Its very intuitive in nature and also the amount of steps required to fill a New Hire form up to the point of position closure is very seamless and so I think it makes it more robust as compared to the other players in the market. So yes it deserves a 9 rating.

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Verified User

Manager in Product Management

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Rarely is there an issue and if the product is down, it typically is restored quickly.

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Joel Zak

Human Resource Specialist

Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington CountiesNon-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I have no complaints about performance. The system works virtually flawless.

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Joel Zak

Human Resource Specialist

Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington CountiesNon-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 8.4

Based on 13 answers

We haven't had to use SmartRecruiters support very often because the product works quite well. We did have a few issues with some customizations and it took us a long time to talk to someone who could understand what we were trying to do and help us troubleshoot the issue.

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Mark McCully

Senior Network Administrator

University HealthSystem ConsortiumHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

No answers on this topic

Quick and easy to learn.

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Aaron Fitzgerald

Franchise Owner

Christian Brothers AutomotiveAutomotive, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 9.1

Based on 2 answers

It really was a painless and easy process to switch to SmartRecruiters.

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Joel Zak

Human Resource Specialist

Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington CountiesNon-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Darwinbox is a very powerful tool for managing the HR processes of a large organization. It offers a number of unique facilities like the social network module, mobile application version etc. As compared to other software, it offers more utility in the sense that one integrated tool can be used for multiple purposes. It is easy to configure and requires no prior experience from a user's perspective. It provides sharp insights for effective decision making to manage talent in the organization.

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Verified User

Analyst in Professional Services

Renewables & Environment Company, 51-200 employees

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I've really enjoyed using SmartRecruiters, but these other ATSs that we've checked out offer better reporting features and price points. Over time, we may be transitioning off of SmartRecruiters to one of these ATSs because the price is a set price where SmartRecruiters has employee-based pricing model. Also, these other software products offer better reporting features that would eliminate some of our manual tracking process that we're currently doing.

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Michelle Sexton

Recruiting Manager

Total Spectrum, LLCHospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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SmartRecruiters 9.0

Based on 1 answer

No explanation really, just a great product.

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Joel Zak

Human Resource Specialist

Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington CountiesNon-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

The ability to view the organization structure and functional structure for the entire company.
One-stop solution for talent acquisition, payroll, leaves, reimbursements, attendance (time-sheet), holidays, etc. So I don't have to open a lot of different apps.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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In terms of ROI, SR helped our business greatly in returning precious time to my productivity in business management, as well as my team's, so that we could get back to the main work we were hired for. The SR process did most of the heavy lifting.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Retail Company, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

$1,000

SmartRecruiters Editions & Modules

Edition

Corporate	Varies, per FTE¹
Global	Varies, per FTE¹
SmartStart	Free²

Billed annually
up to 10 active job postings

Additional Pricing Details

The software subscription is determined by the number of full time employees in your company. A one time cost to set up software, including customizations, integrations, data migration and training.

Rating Summary

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