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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    e-automate

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers e-automate, an ERP for office technology companies to automate business workflows and increase contract profitability.N/A

    ICIMS Hire

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AICIMS Hire is an enterprise applicant tracking system (ATS) that supports core hiring workflows. With comprehensive support for screening, interview management, offer management, and onboarding, it is built on enterprise‑grade technology and designed to support complex, global hiring at scale.N/A
    Pricing
    e-automateICIMS Hire
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    e-automateICIMS Hire
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Implementation pricing is determined on a per-company basis. Starting price (does not include set up fee) - Pricing is determined on a per-company basis, tailored to organization size, configuration, and selected solutions.
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    Community Pulse
    e-automateICIMS Hire
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    ICIMS
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    86%
    Would buy again
    91 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    81 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    96 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    Features
    e-automateICIMS Hire
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of e-automate and ICIMS Hire
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    ICIMS Hire
    8.1
    133 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.0130 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.7123 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.8108 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.6113 Ratings
    Customized Application Form00 Ratings7.7115 Ratings
    Resume Management00 Ratings9.4125 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
    Candidate Search00 Ratings8.2127 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.5128 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.8116 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.098 Ratings
    Email Templates00 Ratings8.3128 Ratings
    User Permissions00 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.5127 Ratings
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    e-automateICIMS Hire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (54 ratings)
    8.5
    (151 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (33 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (72 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    6.0
    (103 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.3
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 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
    e-automateICIMS Hire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    If you need a system to place and track sales quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and service calls then E-Automate is perfect. However, if you want to be able to easily bulk upload customers and contracts or if you want to be able to quickly and easily track contract profitability, customer costs, etc, then you'll likely want/need a secondary or different system to do so.
    Incentivized
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    ICIMS
    When we partnered with ICIMS in 2018, it met our needs. 8 years later, I think ICIMS can offer more. AI needs to be incorporated into its system to better service its customers. The other recommendation is that they should offer training and communicate more often with their clients. Their dashboard should also be improved to make it easier on the eyes.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Sending Invoices out to customers via email or printing.
    • Keep track of ordering and inventory.
    • Sales Tax reporting.
    • Monitoring customer payment activity/setting up and removing credit holds.
    • Calculating payments to process each cycle.
    • Excellent aging reports.
    • I like the fact that when I am looking at one item, such as an invoice, I have the capability to switch to the customer menu rather than having to exit out of invoices and then enter into customers.
    • I love the flexibility of the search menus - being able to sort on several factors at once.
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    ICIMS
    • My favorite: Workflow Auto-Process Rules. When moving a candidate to the "Phone Screen" stage, the system can automatically trigger a text message to them with a link to my calendar. Once they pick a time, it sends the calendar invite to both of us and attaches their resume for me.
    • It eliminates the manual emailing, making the company look incredibly fast and organized to the candidate.
    • The simplicity with which you are able to navigate the tooling. Very intuitive, requires little training and troubleshooting. At a prior company we were using a robust system which took me weeks to navigate and learn. As a hiring manager, this is such a drag as I am not constantly hiring people to keep the skills fresh.
    • ICIMS Hire is great at reporting on past applications. Whenever I have a new opening on the team, instead of spending ad money on social, I go dig for "star candidates" that applied 1 year ago, for example, and start there. I personally hired a returning candidate this way which is such a great relationship builder with possible future candidates.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Make sales invoices not require serial numbers, or be more flexible with it.
    • Make contract invoices have some sort of flexibility in terms of editing. Our end users complain that QuickBooks made it very easy to edit invoices, and in e-automate, for them, it is practically impossible. (I do personally understand why it has to be as it is myself, I'm just forwarding their observation.)
    • Make the API actually useful. I spent days looking at the functions and the functions available are not really useful.
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    Its really the only option for the industry that does enough of what we need for it to function . I'm not sure if there were better options out there if we would have to renew our subscription. With the addition of AI, hopefully something will be able to become more useful.
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    ICIMS
    We would highly likely renew iCIMS Hire because it consistently delivers strong value across our recruiting process. It streamlines workflows, improves collaboration between teams, and provides reliable reporting and insights. The system is scalable, user-friendly, and continues to evolve with new features, making it a dependable long-term solution for our hiring needs.
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    The user interface may be slightly outdated, but it is very intuitive and easy to navigate. Once you have learned one module within the system it is very easy to apply that knowledge to any other module. It makes using the system much easier, and it makes training another person on the system quick and efficient.
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    ICIMS
    The platform is intuitive once configured and makes managing candidate pipelines, status updates, and communication straightforward. However, certain tasks—like custom reporting, bulk updates, and navigating between modules can feel a bit cumbersome and could benefit from a more modern interface. Overall, it’s reliable and effective for structured, high-volume recruiting environments like federal hiring.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Mostly available, sometimes down for issues but usually there when we need it
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    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    Reports are the struggle the most with the information being extracted in a way that you need to copy and paste it into a new document so some of the information is not covered
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    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    Sometimes when you need answers quickly, a voice on the phone is far better than having to wait for email support or a callback. I have found this to have delays and feel ECI e-automate should invest more in its support infrastructure.
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    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
    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
    Incentivized
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    ICIMS
    I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    E-automate is much better at understanding the needs of the office equipment industry and provide the necessary tools. SAP Business One has limited features specific to the office equipment industry and includes things that are not useful. E-automate is also priced much better and provides the best value for your investment.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    ICIMS
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
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    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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    Professional Services
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    ICIMS
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • The e-automate will stop working if we stop paying each year. We chose not to go to the cloud and buy the software. QuickBooks and other software are a one-time fee.
    • E-automate has very few outside vendors for add-on modules.
    • The vendors that do have modules are costly.
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    ICIMS
    • It makes it so much easier to keep the recruit engaged and informed about what is going on in the process.
    • I can speak to multiple people at one time which saves me time in the long run
    • I can keep a record of every time I have had a conversation with a recruit and what was said in those conversations.
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    ScreenShots

    e-automate Screenshots

    Screenshot of an item search, in e-automate

    ICIMS Hire Screenshots

    Screenshot of The personalized, configurable dashboard built for recruiters. It brings together upcoming interviews, open jobs, offer statuses, and time-to-fill metrics in one easy view.Screenshot of The candidate list used to manage applications in one organized view. It shows all candidates for a job along with key details like application date and status, giving recruiters a quick snapshot of the pipeline.Screenshot of The global profile provides a complete, real-time view of each candidate in one place. Recruiters can quickly access contact details, work history, education, and active applications without navigating multiple screens.Screenshot of The Microsoft Teams integration. Hiring managers can rate candidates, leave comments, and make recommendations without leaving Teams.