Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ICIMS Hire
Score 7.9 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
Paycom
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Paycom is an automated HCM platform, built on a single database that eliminates redundant data entry through automation. A payroll and HR software solution, Paycom is used by organizations of all sizes to access employee data without navigating multiple systems.N/A
Pricing
ICIMS HirePaycom
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ICIMS HirePaycom
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 HirePaycom
Considered Both Products
ICIMS Hire
Chose ICIMS Hire
iCIMS is much more configurable. Our recruiting/hiring processes are very unique so being able to configure a system to meet our business needs was a game changer.
Paycom
Chose Paycom
For the applicant tracking system, each system has its own pros and cons.
Chose Paycom
I like Paycom's interface more than ADP
Features
ICIMS HirePaycom
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
8.4
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Paycom
7.0
285 Ratings
10% below category average
Job Requisition Management7.7128 Ratings7.2254 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.8121 Ratings7.0249 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.7106 Ratings6.3196 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.7111 Ratings6.9231 Ratings
Customized Application Form10.0113 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.7117 Ratings6.8218 Ratings
Candidate Search8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.5126 Ratings7.0259 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 Ratings7.9268 Ratings
Reporting7.8125 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
7.9
452 Ratings
3% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.9409 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings7.8393 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.5396 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.3309 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings7.6347 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.3330 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
8.3
460 Ratings
2% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.7447 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings6.447 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.2388 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.3447 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2372 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.4254 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
8.4
405 Ratings
3% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.6386 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.2385 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.4320 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
8.5
461 Ratings
4% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings9.0452 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.8457 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0405 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.7221 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings7.9366 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
4.9
26 Ratings
49% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings4.926 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
7.1
399 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.8392 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.7389 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings5.855 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
8.1
396 Ratings
2% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.1393 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.1341 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
6.1
230 Ratings
27% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings4.236 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.8213 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings4.835 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.6225 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
7.6
287 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.7266 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.4250 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.8258 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.8264 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.3236 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Paycom
8.7
46 Ratings
11% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.125 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.131 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.344 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.241 Ratings
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ICIMS HirePaycom
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User Ratings
ICIMS HirePaycom
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(149 ratings)
8.7
(563 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(31 ratings)
7.2
(24 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(70 ratings)
9.0
(86 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(3 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(103 ratings)
9.1
(52 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(3 ratings)
3.9
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(5 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
5.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(2 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
ICIMS HirePaycom
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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Paycom
well suited for smaller businesses. most of our functions are housed in the payroll system, so that makes things easier. Not sure how sophisticated the labor allocation and job costing system would work with a large organization. We have to closely monitor tax profiles and multi-state things. Hard to follow and understand at times.
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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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Paycom
  • Before Paycom we were using Paylocity and in about six months of running payroll with Paylocity, we never once had 100% accuracy from a payroll standpoint. So we had disgruntled employees because either their time was off or their pay was off. With Paycom, we've never had a case where our payroll was not 100% accurate.
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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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Paycom
  • I think that when we do need a response back, which is very unlikely from the contact about something that's happening or going on, it can take a little long to get back to us. Longer than we would like because obviously it's an emergency to us, but we understand they have tons of emergencies they have to solve. But I think that's the only aspect.
  • I know from a payroll standpoint, which I'm not really privy to because I don't work on the payroll side, there have been some little hiccups that about certain formulas used, certain credits being issued that we've already filed for tax credits that we filed for. So I know that my CFO's already on top of it and pay comes on top of it as well and it's getting resolved, but obviously that's a big issue that needs some work there.
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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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Paycom
Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
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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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Paycom
The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
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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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Paycom
They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
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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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Paycom
Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
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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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Paycom
Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
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In-Person Training
ICIMS
No answers on this topic
Paycom
They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
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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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Paycom
All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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Implementation Rating
ICIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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Paycom
Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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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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Paycom
We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
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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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Paycom
They are not able to meet our current needs
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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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Paycom
  • I would think the most time would come from applicant tracking and I don't think that's a Paycom issue necessarily. I think it was a training issue during implementation. I would say that that has improved now that we had onsite training. But initially the applicant tracking piece can be difficult when you're used to just using an ATS. That's specifically for talent acquisition because there's a lot of nuances that goes into the system that Paycom bills.
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