ICIMS Hire vs. Microsoft Dynamics SL

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ICIMS Hire
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
ICIMS 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
Microsoft Dynamics SL
Score 5.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics SL is one of the ERP products in the Dynamics family. This product was acquired from Solomon 2000. The product is typically used by SMBs, particularly in project-based businesses (e.g. construction). It has strong accounting and project management capabilities.N/A
Pricing
ICIMS HireMicrosoft Dynamics SL
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ICIMS HireMicrosoft Dynamics SL
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEntry-level set up fee? - 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
ICIMS HireMicrosoft Dynamics SL
Features
ICIMS HireMicrosoft Dynamics SL
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
8.4
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics SL
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.7128 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.8121 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.7111 Ratings00 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.0113 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.7117 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate Search8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.5126 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.097 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.8126 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions7.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.8112 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.8125 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
8.5
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
6.0
6 Ratings
21% below category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
8.7
10 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings7.49 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
8.0
10 Ratings
9% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
7.1
11 Ratings
8% below category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings6.63 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
5.7
6 Ratings
33% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings5.06 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
6.2
4 Ratings
23% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
5.7
4 Ratings
27% below category average
Billing Management00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
4.7
3 Ratings
47% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings2.12 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
6.3
1 Ratings
16% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
6.0
1 Ratings
21% below category average
Production Management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics SL
6.0
1 Ratings
17% below category average
Inventory Planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ICIMS HireMicrosoft Dynamics SL
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(149 ratings)
5.0
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(31 ratings)
5.4
(8 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(70 ratings)
3.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(3 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(103 ratings)
9.5
(4 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(3 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(5 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(2 ratings)
1.4
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ICIMS HireMicrosoft Dynamics SL
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Microsoft
For a small to mid-size business, MS Dynamics SL is effective. We are capable of managing our finances with a very low risk of error. We have worked with MS Dynamics for almost 15 years and have more than doubled the size of our business in that time with very few issues from the program. We have exponentially increased our revenue and reporting demands and have found SL to be very dependable and stable. The program does have the occasional glitch and those are sometimes outside of the realm of expertise of our IT department. SL support is excellent, but their timeliness is not as urgent as ours.
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Pros
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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Microsoft
  • Provides flexibility for complex project based cost accounting
  • Strong and flexible allocation processer for cost allocations, markups, and pricing
  • A "Flexible Billing" module under the project controller series that allows for multiple billing formats ranging from fixed price schedule of values, T&M or Cost Plus, and scheduled billing.
  • Flexible reporting with options using Crystal Reports, SSRS, a Quick Query tool, and ability to tie into MS Office tools such as MS Access and MS Excel
  • Tight integration with Financials, but also the ability to integrate with modules such as Sales Order, Inventory, and Field Service
  • Customization abilities ranging from a VBA (visual basic for application) foundation to allow customizing existing forms to the ability to use the SDK (Software Development Kit) to build more complex customizations that integrate with Dynamics SL.
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Cons
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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Microsoft
  • Reporting in the Project module is lacking functionality. I understand that most companies have specific needs when it comes to tracking project information but the standard reports are not good.
  • I would recommend a product like Management Reporter that is for Projects only. Project Reporter should allow users to pull in all Project related data into reports.
  • Fixing suspended batches. Obviously all of us users have experienced this mess. SL knows what needs to be corrected and there could be some step by step fixes in a separate repair module to do the steps we do in Query Analyzer.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Microsoft
Unfortunately, Dynamics' lack of ability to smoothly integrate with our CRM system is causing us to look at other solutions. The efficiencies that we gain by using Dynamics for our day to day accounting are lost in the constant headaches of getting sales quotes to import properly into the system for invoicing. Another major issue for us has been budgeting and reporting. We currently do all of our budgeting and board reporting in Excel, which is too time consuming and inefficient, especially when a system as robust as Dynamics should easily be able to handle this relatively simple task.
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Usability
ICIMS
We just love iCIMS. Our hiring managers love iCIMS. I give it a 9 because some hiring managers do not have to use it as regularly and need reminders on what to do. It really improved our experience with our ATS overall and I wouldn't want to work in any other system in my job.
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Microsoft
I rate it a 10 because we have removed the fields we don't need so users can really crank the data into the system. The software was designed for the professional services firm in mind but does a tremendous job for construction firms and "blended" companies that are both distribution firms but project centric as well. Perhaps they drop ship inventory to a project where their employees or subs need to work on a project for example.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Microsoft
We have had only one unplanned outage for 2 hours in the last 30 months. We shut down for 30 min to 1 hour once a month, but that is for Microsoft OS updates to the servers. Being a 24/7 world wide operation, the reliability is really important. We do get an 8 hour window on the weekend that we can be down for a short period to install Microsoft Dynamics SL updates, but we do not have many of those. On our last version upgrade, we shut the users out at 9:30 am and were fully operational in less than 6 hours. The upgrade was New SQL server, New SL server and 2 new Citrix servers.
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Performance
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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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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Microsoft
Support is only used when needed, so unfortunately ,they get all the odd issues. It's a difficult business, but Microsoft and our firm do a great job of meeting customer needs. We get routine feedback that our support services are very good.
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Online Training
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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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
ICIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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Microsoft
Just to let it take its course. The implementation for me once I became a part of my former organization was pretty seamless. Just get to know the basics and call the support team to ask questions if you need help on an issue, should they arise. They are ready, willing, and able to help!
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Alternatives Considered
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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Microsoft
Of the comparable mid-range ERP systems, Dynamics SL competes at the lower end based on price, but also above the high-end based on flexibility, data, and reporting. Being able to stay with the same core accounting from a $100 million dollar company to a $3 billion dollar company shows the range of capabilities.
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Scalability
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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Microsoft
Since the backbone of the database is MS SQLServer, the database can be easily scaled.
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Return on Investment
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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Microsoft
  • More time is spent on manipulating reports which can and should be automated.
  • Lack of electronic invoicing process and other green technology features creates more cost on printing and storage costs.
  • The lack of a user friendly interface requires more training and a bigger learning curve for staff.
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