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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iApplicants

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AiApplicants is a cloud-based ATS that offers batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels, resume parsing, and data management. This particular platform is sought and used by small to midsize companies and is offered on a flexible payment schedule.

    $800

    per year

    Lever

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ALever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A
    Pricing
    iApplicantsLever
    Editions & Modules
    ATS
    $800.00
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iApplicantsLever
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Both Products
    iApplicants.com
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    Employ Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    iApplicantsLever
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of iApplicants and Lever
    Feature
    iApplicants
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Lever
    9.7
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Job Requisition Management9.01 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.03 Ratings9.831 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.02 Ratings9.821 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.03 Ratings9.823 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.03 Ratings9.829 Ratings
    Resume Management8.02 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.42 Ratings9.830 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.62 Ratings9.833 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.03 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Collaboration10.01 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation8.01 Ratings9.822 Ratings
    Email Templates9.42 Ratings8.928 Ratings
    User Permissions8.03 Ratings8.931 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings9.832 Ratings
    Reporting10.03 Ratings9.830 Ratings
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    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    iApplicantsLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.8
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    iApplicantsLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iApplicants.com
    In my opinion, they are well suited to any hiring scenario in which there are many applicants and you need to do an initial screening. The tests we use are effective in filtering out people who we have learned later or from experience would not work in our organization, those who have scored well have went on to be successful. It is an excellent tool.
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    Employ Inc.
    I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
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    Pros
    iApplicants.com
    • Innovation - iApplicants partners with other related businesses and develops tools to streamline processes. Their integration makes sense - e.g. integrated background checks or HR software integration.
    • Responsiveness - I don't think I've ever had a response that was beyond 24 hours of my request.
    • Training and Updates - The dashboard offers tutorials at your fingertips. Updates/announcements are displayed upon logging in. I appreciate having it there as a constant reminder, but without getting a lot of email notices that clutter my inbox.
    • Customization - I love that we can brand the application for a professional recruiting "portal" and add additional details about our company. Additional customizations are accessible to me as an end user via the GUI, so I don't have to make a request for everything.
    • The application is long enough to deter job hunters who are "click-happy" and apply to every job they come across - applications that allow job hunters to store their resume in the system and click to apply generated hundreds of unqualified people who were desperate for anything and didn't even read the job description. On the reverse side of the spectrum (particularly government systems), I've seen (experienced) online submissions that were so long and tedious and could take hours to complete online. While some fields are mandatory in the application, iApplicants doesn't require a candidiate to essentially re-key every piece of their resume into sections of an online form.
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    Employ Inc.
    • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
    • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
    • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
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    Cons
    iApplicants.com
    • The version we used didn't have the look and feel of more sophisticated ATS systems, which often feel more user friendly. It would be nice if it had less of a database format.
    • The posting feature utilized a third party which was great but didn't post to real time and required some follow up administratively. The feature of posting from the system is fantastic and the number of options is great but for sites that require manual entry and approval just knowing you are waiting on a third party company to manually enter those postings, have them approved and then verify they have actually been posted live requires a bit more follow up than I prefer.
    • We had a posting delete and no technical explanation as to why or how. It took someone several days to realize it was gone which lost traction and was alarming when we realized that the technical support team had no idea how it happened or what could prevent it from happening again. Needless to say that led to having to verify all postings were active daily for several weeks after which was time consuming when you have 30 open requisitions at a time.
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    Employ Inc.
    • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
    • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
    • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
    • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
    • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    iApplicants.com
    This is simply because as we expanded our business to include a staffing division, our technical needs of a tracking system greatly increased because now we needed to also track job orders, time sheets and billing. Had we simply stayed a software development company, we would have stayed with iApplicants as it fulfilled our needs at that time.
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    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    iApplicants.com
    iApplicants is rare -- they offer both a great company (service, innovation, and ongoing development) with a product that really focuses on the needs of its users. It provides the basis for HR/legal reporting. It's easy to use, just logging in for the first time, so even my not-so-tech-savvy managers love it.
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    Employ Inc.
    It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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    Reliability and Availability
    iApplicants.com
    I've used this product consistently for 8 years now. In that time, I've seen ONE time that they had a technical glitch -- and THEY were all over it. The only reason I even knew about it was an email alert they sent out to all clients, explaining the issue. They also had it fixed the same day.
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    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    iApplicants.com
    It works. It's easy for everyone I've shared it with -- even my not-so-tech-savvy staff. When I hired a coordinator to handle routine HR duties, this was a simple transition to hand off to someone else without a lot of training. Sometimes it's a little slow downloading documents (resumes) from the site, but that could be a combination of issues that may not be related to their product. At one time, it wasn't able to accommodate newer Word documents (.doc vs. .docx), but they fixed that, as well.
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    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    iApplicants.com
    Responses are always within 24 hours. They don't nickel and dime for everything we request. I like that they understand the request and we're not caught in a flurry of emails or failed attempts. Customizations, when needed by the vendor, have been at no charge. Most modifications can be made from my administrative panel. Everyone I've dealt with at iApplicants has been positive -- there seems to be a great sense of ownership across all staff there.
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    Employ Inc.
    What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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    Online Training
    iApplicants.com
    I thought the training was well structured and the demos well-paced. Topics are set up sequentially so one can watch each one and build on previous tutorials. However, they are broken down into segments so a user can hone in on just a specific area where help is needed and not waste time on other topics s/he may already know. I also like the fact that the tutorials are available on the home page of the admin login, so we don't have to hunt for topics in a huge "knowledgebase." It's easy to get a quick refresher when needed (or when ready to try out something a little more advanced) and apply it immediately.
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    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    iApplicants.com
    Great product support!
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    Employ Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    iApplicants.com
    I would say the overall capability with the iApplicant system is fairly similar to what other products can offer. Our recruitment goes in streaks where we can have several positions at once and then there are times when we have no recruitment at all. So we didn't want to spend a lot of money on an applicant tracking system. I would say the biggest selling point for us was that the iApplicants allowed for our applicants to apply online and would improve our processes. But also that it was reasonably priced compared to the other products.
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    Employ Inc.
    Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
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    Scalability
    iApplicants.com
    At the very basic level, it provides a place to post jobs and cross-post to free job boards. It could just be used by HR staff. However, it's more than just another place to post if one opts to utilize the full functionality-- it's an applicant management system that allows a user to pre-screen, organize, and collaborate on candidates with other users. They've added built-in background checks, reporting tools, community boards, integrated with larger/broader paid marketing opportunities, and affirmative action programs.
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    Employ Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    iApplicants.com
    • Increased employee efficiency
    • Faster lead conversion
    • The ability to identify qualified candidates
    • Increased and more effective communication with candidates
    • Source tracking to assist in determining where to best invest our recruiting resources, in turn increasing our ROI in our HR department
    • The job board has increased our ROI as well with increased visibility on multiple job boards that would otherwise increase overall expenses
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    Employ Inc.
    • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
    • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
    • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
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    Screenshot of where to identify the top origin and sources of candidates in all stages, the Offer stage, and the Hired stage.