Greenhouse vs. iCIMS Talent Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Greenhouse
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Greenhouse is an ATS for companies of all sizes. Greenhouse's software supports every stage of the hiring process, from sourcing to onboarding, with the goal of empowering companies to hire top talent quickly, consistently and fairly as their business grows.N/A
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
GreenhouseiCIMS Talent Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GreenhouseiCIMS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
GreenhouseiCIMS Talent Cloud
Considered Both Products
Greenhouse
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse is far better than the alternatives I have used in the past. It is sleeker, quicker, and has better functionality. With ADP it was very old and boring, but functional. iCIMS was good but lacked a lot of features and you had to pay for each of them. Taleo was older as …
Chose Greenhouse
iCIMS is VERY clunky compared to Greenhouse. I have heard good things about Lever. We demo'd with Lever and Jazz when we were selecting a new ATS and went with Greenhouse. I have heard Greenhouse is more expensive than others and some companies get priced out. When I recommend …
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse and JobDiva are similar - they're both easy to use and don't require a huge time commitment for the applicant. iCIMS is also easy for the candidate to apply. ADP requires a significant time commitment from the applicant, but, it has integration features that the …
Chose Greenhouse
iCIMS has good reporting, but is very basic compared to Greenhouse.
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse is less matrixed than iCIMS but way more user-friendly and easier to track where a candidate is in the process. Greenhouse is more advanced and has a lot more capability than Workable. Workable is also user-friendly but does not have the same reporting capability or …
Chose Greenhouse
Interms of price point Greenhouse is placed very well. The pricing is reasonable and affordable compared to its competitors. iCIMS is a lot bigger ATS with higher pricing and lot of features. I would rate Greenhouse higher on ease of usage and pricing
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse has mastered the ATS tool and continuously improves features based on soliciting feedback from their customers. They do a great job at listening and adjusting based on the growing needs of their customers in the talent management space.
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse was slightly more expensive, but the recruiting team really liked the ability to capture a resume via phone/tablet while at recruiting events, integration into LinkedIn and other job boards (Glassdoor, Indeed, etc), ability to add notes and set reminders for …
Chose Greenhouse
I've used iCims and Salesforce Job Science and Greenhouse is better. Lowest barrier to entry. Better pricing.
iCIMS
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMs is better in terms of reporting and tracking data. They also have great built-in reports that you can use to track progress. However, Greenhouse excels in every other way: better user experience, integrates with calendar invites for interviews, tracks feedback for every …
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMS Talent Cloud is definitely more user friendly than most other platforms we have vetted or used. It is also more presentable and has more capabilities than most others. We appreciate the integration capabilities of linking our career portals within our own websites and …
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMS Talent Cloud is easy to navigate when it comes to candidate and reporting search.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMS proved to be a more robust/mature tool that increased recruiter efficiency. Reporting was a big winner, the speed of pulling data and sharing it with peers, scheduling exports, etc.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
Better technology. Reasonably priced. Great customer service. Continually updates to keep current. Strong partnerships with other vendors. Great add-on services.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
iCIMS was the best bang for our buck!
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
We recently went through an RFP process and iCIMS was a finalist with Avature and Jobvite. iCIMS finished third in that RFP because of their high cost, challenging customer service, difficult reporting and their ability to work with us on customization of our site.
Chose iCIMS Talent Cloud
The iCIMS software is comparable to other larger ATS's out there today. We felt that iCIMS was there to meet the needs of our business. The price point was appropriate for us and the level of customer service support was enticing for us.
Features
GreenhouseiCIMS Talent Cloud
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Greenhouse
8.7
139 Ratings
9% above category average
iCIMS Talent Cloud
8.4
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.5123 Ratings7.7128 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.6123 Ratings8.8121 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.6109 Ratings8.7106 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.9115 Ratings8.7111 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.9116 Ratings10.0113 Ratings
Resume Management9.6129 Ratings9.8124 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.0110 Ratings8.7117 Ratings
Candidate Search7.8112 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.3133 Ratings8.5126 Ratings
Collaboration8.9126 Ratings8.0114 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.2104 Ratings7.097 Ratings
Email Templates9.4112 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
User Permissions9.0115 Ratings7.8124 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.4128 Ratings7.8112 Ratings
Reporting7.8111 Ratings7.8125 Ratings
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User Ratings
GreenhouseiCIMS Talent Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(142 ratings)
9.5
(149 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(4 ratings)
7.8
(31 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(60 ratings)
9.5
(70 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(16 ratings)
6.0
(103 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.1
(2 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
GreenhouseiCIMS Talent Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Greenhouse Software Inc.
Well suited for Big organizations where recruitment is a daily task. Understanding of Greenhouse workings is simple and it is not difficult to train people who use it for first time. Greenhouse is less appropriate if you are looking for sharing offer letters or doing employee onboarding. Did not had a great experience in doing that
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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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
  • Customization of interview plans, questions, interviewer roles for multiple positions
  • Manages efficient and timely candidate, hiring manager, and interviewer communication
  • Integrates with other tools needed in the hiring process such as sourcing tools and onboarding systems
  • Provides analytics and reporting to allow for data insights and process improvements
  • Provides an Onboarding feature that makes the hiring cycle seamless from first interview to hire date
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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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
  • Greenhouse Security is simple, but not that granular. For example, everytime new recruiter joins, we have to give them access manually one by one. There is no one click or an easy way to auto assign security unlike other systems that we use such as Workday.
  • Greenhouse reporting is very lacking. Even though we are on the highest tier, we cannot extract data through this delivered feature. For example, scorecard custom questions. We have to do this through SQL.
  • Greenhouse Audit Log is also lacking. It is not useful at all. We cannot even see what job info changed and who changed it even though we are on the highest tier now.
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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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
we are gaining more by in from our hiring managers and candidates seem to like the ease of getting us interview times etc
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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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
Greenhouse's user-friendly interface, efficient workflows, and integration capabilities with other HR tools make it a powerful tool for our company, helping us streamline our hiring and onboarding processes. With its customizable workflow and intuitive design, Greenhouse allows us to create a hiring process that suits their specific needs and requirements, without the need for extensive coding or technical expertise. Moreover, Greenhouse's integration capabilities with other HR tools enable us to centralise our hiring and onboarding data, making it easier to access and analyse applicant information, and reducing the risk of data loss or errors.
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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
Greenhouse Software 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
Greenhouse Software 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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
I have never needed to call Greenhouse for support. I am not the primary account holder, nor do I use Greenhouse enough to merit calling support. I delegate that responsibility to the Recruiting team. They have never mentioned any experience with Greenhouse technical support, either bad or good. I would assume that they would tell me if the support was poor.
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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
Greenhouse Software 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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
I think we could have used more delivered functionality and less customized which now results in more maintenance
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iCIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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Alternatives Considered
Greenhouse Software Inc.
Tools appears very light to use. It does not take forever to load. the interface is very simple but capable, unlike many ATS's. The tools is Simple yet loaded with very useful functionalities that save a lot of time and expedites the processes. For different stakeholders, the tools works accordingly.
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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
Greenhouse Software 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
Greenhouse Software Inc.
  • Streamlined the hiring process and new hire time to value
  • Increased satisfaction for hiring managers and sales account managers
  • Allowed us to gain access to a bigger and more targeted talent pool
  • Saved us time and helped us avoid things falling by the wayside by keeping things in one place and sending automated alerts
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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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