HubSpot CRM vs. SmartRecruiters

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HubSpot CRM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot’s CRM enables growth-minded businesses to optimize their relationships with leads and customers. Through harnessing the power of carefully crafted sales, marketing, customer service, content management, and operations tools, the software aims to make it easy to unify team strategy and drive conversion. Additionally, the software allows users to connect with over 875 integration apps, APIs, and solutions partners to create a customizable user experience that suits the way teams work.…
$0
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
SmartRecruiters
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
SmartRecruiters’ Talent Acquisition Suite is a cloud-based recruitment marketing and collaborative hiring platform. It features an open marketplace for third party recruitment services. SmartRecruiters also offers talent sourcing and screening as add-on features.
$0
per month
Pricing
HubSpot CRMSmartRecruiters
Editions & Modules
Free Forever
$0
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
CRM Bundle
$50
per month
Corporate
Varies, per FTE
Billed annually
Global
Varies, per FTE
Billed annually
SmartStart
Free
up to 10 active job postings
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HubSpot CRMSmartRecruiters
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$1,000
Additional DetailsThe software subscription is determined by the number of a company's full time employees. There is a one time cost to set up software, including customizations, integrations, data migration and training.
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Features
HubSpot CRMSmartRecruiters
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.8
1592 Ratings
1% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management8.71534 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management7.91504 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management5.0184 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.21437 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.41549 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management8.0185 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management7.61052 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.41494 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management8.2186 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.4
1063 Ratings
2% below category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Case management7.8989 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management7.0856 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management7.5910 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
8.3
1403 Ratings
9% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Lead management8.51324 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing8.11334 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.8
1454 Ratings
3% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Task management8.31395 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management7.3726 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.91287 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.7
1423 Ratings
2% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.51122 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization7.91352 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports7.61311 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.2
1358 Ratings
5% below category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Custom fields7.81331 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects7.21157 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment6.3132 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration7.6947 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
8.5
1315 Ratings
2% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.51176 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.41252 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.0
900 Ratings
4% below category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Social data6.9882 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement7.2872 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.8
1008 Ratings
7% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Marketing automation7.71001 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management8.0659 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.8
1195 Ratings
5% above category average
SmartRecruiters
-
Ratings
Mobile access7.81195 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
-
Ratings
SmartRecruiters
8.5
127 Ratings
6% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.7109 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.9114 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.5112 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings9.5104 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings6.1119 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.3114 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.2122 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.7126 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.3117 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.897 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.5114 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.5109 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.8119 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings2.2105 Ratings
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HubSpot CRMSmartRecruiters
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User Ratings
HubSpot CRMSmartRecruiters
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(1636 ratings)
7.9
(129 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.7
(29 ratings)
6.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(1484 ratings)
9.1
(12 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(23 ratings)
9.0
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(8 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(12 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
HubSpot CRMSmartRecruiters
Likelihood to Recommend
HubSpot
I have used HubSpot CRM to help grow and scale companies which range in size from SMB businesses owned by one person up through enterprise companies doing hundreds of millions in revenue. There are not any use cases where HubSpot CRM has not been able to suit the needs for what we've needed from it.
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SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters has allowed us to enable our hiring managers to self-service their requirements for recruitment, simplifying our internal processes. We have visibility of recruitment requirements and significantly improved our approvals process using the software. We have been able to configure our hiring processes relevant to different areas of the business. Collaboration for our hiring teams (managers and business partners) is simple and effective. Candidate experience is enhanced and engaging. The platform has brought many benefits to our Resourcing business partners and hiring managers. We have visibility and insightful data which has integrity, allowing us to make informed business decisions. Our offer process has seen significant improvements and provides an engaging candidate experience, previously this was a labour-intensive process that is now streamlined and automated. The recently launched Community for collaboration amongst customers is very helpful and insigtful for how other people are using the software and exploring ideas with each other
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Pros
HubSpot
  • Personalized email campaigns: It helps to create highly effective personalized emails with its wonderful content tokens.
  • Scheduling of meetings: It eliminates the bottlenecks in the process of meeting schedule with its amazing integrating capabilities with other calendar tools like Google calendar. It also ensures the automatic reminders of meetings to the participants of meeting.
  • Automation for follow-up : With its feature called "sequences", follow-up emails made easy.
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SmartRecruiters
  • Job Referrals - can easily refer others to a job posting and view the status
  • Job Postings - can easily search for job openings and read job description and criteria
  • Application online - Can easily apply for the job directly and see who the hiring manager and hiring recruiter is
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Cons
HubSpot
  • A lot of my companies have one URL for a ton of branches and each branch has their own name and location so I have to manually enter all the information because they all have the same URL so I can't easily use an Excel file to import those contacts so a faster solution to this would be appreciated
  • Making Corporate and branch associations is very tedious, it would be nice if the companies that all share the same url would automatically associate with the corporate company so I didn't have to manually do it
  • I would like to not see all the extra feature tabs in my layout because I am not using them so it would be nice to be able to turn them off (even the ones that are in my plan that I don't use, it would be nice to turn them off)
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SmartRecruiters
  • Settings page can be difficult to navigate & find what you're looking for
  • Job approval chains would be better with additional qualifying fields so that we can segregate different areas of the business better
  • The ability to edit an existing offer template in-system would improve the experience, rather than having to edit offline and upload a whole new version.
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Likelihood to Renew
HubSpot
To be honest there are some barriers due to which we are unable to use Hubspot at it's full potentials. The region that we work in has some restrictions that don't allow us to make calls or text which leaves us to just Email to the client.
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SmartRecruiters
I thoroughly enjoy using SmartRecruiters and have shared this feedback with those responsible, however I am not a decision maker in the process. I understand that at the moment there are lots of factors affecting the economy and business outcomes, so I cannot comment with certainty on the renewal of SmartRecruiters at this time, not involved in the confirmation of renewal.
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Usability
HubSpot
I give it this rating because when I first joined the team here I had never used HubSpot before. Within a week I was up to speed on the CRM and knew pretty much how to use it based on its user friendliness. The different tabs on the side and organization of the site did not make me anxious when I first started which is hard to say for most CRM platforms because their can be A LOT going on on but, HubSpot has been my favorite CRM thus far and being in marketing the last 7, going on 8 years now I have worked with PLENTY of CRM's
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SmartRecruiters
I would give this rating as overall it a great combo of all your problems. With just one click you can get away with all your problems such as recruitment, candidate update, Interview scheduling, updating candidates, reports of a job perspective, and recruiters perspective. Usability is worth of SmartRecruiters. The dashboard is also very attractive and once you open you will love working on this platform again and again. I would say it is the best platform to use once for smooth work in your organization.
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Reliability and Availability
HubSpot
No answers on this topic
SmartRecruiters
Rarely is there an issue and if the product is down, it typically is restored quickly.
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Performance
HubSpot
No answers on this topic
SmartRecruiters
I have no complaints about performance. The system works virtually flawless.
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Support Rating
HubSpot
Because when I needed help HubSpot responded immediately and provided me with the information I needed which enabled me to realize that HubSpot was even more customizable and easier to use than I thought! And I already thought HubSpot was very user friendly and easy to use, and then Support showed me how to manipulate the settings, columns and the appearance of the tool.
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SmartRecruiters
Response is normally very fast. There are times, however, when the response is not useful. It is difficult to work with the reporting and the offer letter templates, and the front line support agents usually are not very knowledgeable. Second, if there are any issues with integrations, the regular support agents will not be able to help you. You'll have to create that ticket and ask them to escalate it to an integration specialist.
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In-Person Training
HubSpot
No answers on this topic
SmartRecruiters
Quick and easy to learn.
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Implementation Rating
HubSpot
If you've had any prior experience with cloud based marketing automation or group communication tools, you can do the implementation without paid outside support. Though getting to a SLA (service level agreement) would be best achieved with the help of a third party who can facilitate
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SmartRecruiters
It really was a painless and easy process to switch to SmartRecruiters.
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Alternatives Considered
HubSpot
I have used two other CRM systems; they were in-house at my company, so I can't search for them in the list. Previous CRM systems ran very sluggishly, lacking many features such as transactions. Very often, they did not add sent emails or added them incorrectly. Adding contacts was unintuitive and had a lot of mandatory fields that had to be filled in manually, as this system did not download data online. There was no option to search if a lead existed; there was a function that theoretically should have notified of a duplicate, but only after the entire long list was filled out.
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SmartRecruiters
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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Scalability
HubSpot
No answers on this topic
SmartRecruiters
No explanation really, just a great product.
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Return on Investment
HubSpot
  • We can raise the tickets easily from HubSpot only. There is no confusion about that.
  • There is difficulty raising tickets from Hubspot as once it is resolved, we will not be able to check again on the deal overview that needs to be solved.
  • HubSpot is very good compared to Salesforce and Zoho, as I have worked on all 3 till now.
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SmartRecruiters
  • 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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ScreenShots

HubSpot CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Store, track, manage, and report on the deals (sometimes referred to as “opportunities”) your sales team is working.Screenshot of Our contact record enables your team to record and retrieve information on anyone your business interacts with, helping everyone to stay on the same page.Screenshot of The product library gives you visibility into the goods and services you sell, then associates them with individual deals. With products, you can easily track what you're selling to your customers and from what channels.

SmartRecruiters Screenshots

Screenshot of a candidate experience to  reach, engage, and connect with talent wherever they are.Screenshot of engaged hiring managers empowered by collaboration tools and applicant tracking to drive better hiring decisions.Screenshot of digital offer management, onboarding, and reporting deliver a seamless journey for new hires and recruiters.Screenshot of how SmartRecruiters eases the burden of juggling multiple open roles and hiring large volumes.Screenshot of an example of the routine task automation that frees up hiring teams to focus on making great hires and delivering a better candidate experience.Screenshot of where to find and discover qualified talent while getting the most from the advertising budget.