ICIMS Hire vs. Salesforce Agentforce Sales

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
Agentforce Sales
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce' Agentforce Sales (formerly Salesforce Sales Cloud) is the company's flagship CRM platform. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in.
$25
per month
Pricing
ICIMS HireSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$25.00
per month per user
Professional
$80.00
per month per user
Enterprise
$165.00
per month per user
Unlimited
$330.00
per month per user
Agentforce 1 Sales
$550
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ICIMS HireAgentforce Sales
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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 HireSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Considered Both Products
ICIMS Hire
Chose ICIMS Hire
The difference between iCIMS Talent Cloud and Salesforce is night and day. We were stuck in the stone age of applicant tracking and metrics. iCIMS has given us the freedom to do with our data as we see useful for us. We are also able to integrate to current HCM/HRIS very easily …
Agentforce Sales

No answer on this topic

Features
ICIMS HireSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
8.2
133 Ratings
3% above category average
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management8.0130 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.7123 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.8108 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.6113 Ratings00 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.7115 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.4125 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.0119 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate Search8.2127 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.5128 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration7.8116 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation7.098 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.3128 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions7.8125 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.0114 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.5127 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.2
270 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.8270 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.5259 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.6212 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.9260 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.9245 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.9216 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.7199 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.8230 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.0191 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
7.8
105 Ratings
1% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.3103 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.783 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings7.487 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.1
245 Ratings
4% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.1240 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.0207 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.1
249 Ratings
5% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.4237 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.379 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.6202 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.3
261 Ratings
8% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.9229 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.7258 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.6
253 Ratings
11% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings9.0250 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.7240 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.0177 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.5210 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
9.0
284 Ratings
7% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.0222 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.9256 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.0
161 Ratings
7% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.2159 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings7.7157 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.0
218 Ratings
7% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.1214 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.0147 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
ICIMS Hire
-
Ratings
Salesforce Agentforce Sales
8.0
233 Ratings
5% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.0233 Ratings
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User Ratings
ICIMS HireSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(149 ratings)
8.8
(471 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(31 ratings)
9.2
(62 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(70 ratings)
8.4
(167 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(5 ratings)
9.0
(29 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(3 ratings)
8.0
(20 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(103 ratings)
9.0
(98 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(12 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(3 ratings)
9.1
(15 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.3
(5 ratings)
9.0
(19 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(2 ratings)
8.9
(85 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ICIMS HireSalesforce Agentforce Sales
Likelihood to Recommend
ICIMS
When we partnered with ICIMS in 2018, it met our needs. 8 years later, I think ICIMS can offer more. AI needs to be incorporated into its system to better service its customers. The other recommendation is that they should offer training and communicate more often with their clients. Their dashboard should also be improved to make it easier on the eyes.
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Salesforce
Obviously, for any business, there are two main areas to focus on — the sales path and the service path. Sales Cloud wouldn’t be suited for a company that’s primarily into support services. For those kinds of companies, Salesforce has a different product — Service Cloud. So, for anyone in the support or service space, Sales Cloud isn’t the right fit.
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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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Salesforce
  • The customizations - We have an organization that operates differently from most companies, so we’ve had to implement quite a few customizations — and Salesforce allows us to do that quite quickly. Most of the time, delays come from dependencies on other internal parties rather than the system itself.
  • From my perspective as a consultant, one of the biggest advantages is that everything is in Salesforce — all the details, all in one place. The ability to customize it easily is a big plus; there’s really a lot you can do with it.
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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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Salesforce
  • We still need to include the production part. We started using Salesforce to sell the seeds — our inventory is in SAP — and from there we handle sales and track the process of planting, harvesting, selling, and then collecting payments. But we don’t yet manage the earlier production processes, like production planning. We handle allocation, but not full production planning, and that’s an area where we still have room for improvement.
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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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Salesforce
There are days when I wish we hadn't switched, but I know that if we put in the time, we will get to where we want to be with the software and that it has many more capabilities than anything else we looked at. However, the amount of time and onboarding we need to do is also far greater than we realized/were told when we originally bought the product. They told us we should hire onboarding support, but at the end, after we had already reached our budget maximum for this, so it's been slower than we had hoped.
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Usability
ICIMS
I would give it a 9.5 rating, if allowed because despite several gaps, the user's (candidate) feedback to us has been consistently within the 9-10 range, in the past year. The tool is clean, branded and efficient for the people we recruit and who apply to our job openings. It serves our needs extremely well and I for one, wouldn't replace it at the moment, given our hiring needs. It does have some reporting misses and the Mobile app is down to a 4 - however, the results we're seeing overshadow its functionality challenges
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Salesforce
Because I think it could be easier. We have different standards today since we’re used to interacting with consumer apps like Starbucks, where all you do is scan your card. Then, when you use Sales Cloud, there are still a lot of manual inputs. So my mission with AI is really about figuring out how to make that easier.
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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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Salesforce
Salesforce is always available securely from any internet-capable device anywhere in the world, UNLESS you choose to set security measures so that ONLY trusted IP ranges may access the system at certain times of the day. It's all about choice and flexibility with Salesforce products.
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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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Salesforce
Salesforce performance in general is excellent. "The cloud infrastructure beneath Force.com has been fine-tuned over the past 10 years. It powers nearly 100,000+ businesses running more than 185,000 applications that 3 million users count on every day."
Points per Salesforce -
1) Multitenant kernel - With a multitenant platform, each business that uses the app doesn’t have its own copy. Instead, all businesses share a single copy and then customize it for their specific needs.
2) ISO 27001 certified security - You can’t compromise when it comes to enterprise-level security. Force.com is road-tested and trusted by nearly 100,000+ companies, including many of the world’s most security-conscious organizations, such as banks and health care providers.
3) Proven reliability - All Force.com apps run on world-class data centers with backup, failover, and disaster-recovery facilities. Force.com has had a proven 99.9 percent uptime record for years.
4) Proven, real-time scalability - Force.com is used by many of the world's largest enterprises, including Cisco, Japan Post Network, and Symantec. Applications can automatically scale from a few users to millions of page views, as needed.
5) Real-time query optimizer - You need fast access to your data. The Force.com query optimizer delivers under 300ms response time, at a massive scale.
6) Real-time transparent system status - You can always see real-time system performance, availability, and security information at trust.salesforce.com.
7) Real-time upgrades - Unlike traditional software platforms, our upgrades never break your customizations, code, or integrations. We upgrade the platform for you 3 to 4 times each year. As a result, you’re always on the latest version, with access to the latest features, performance, and security enhancements.
8) Real-time sandbox environments - With a single click, you can create copies of your applications, configuration, and data in separate environments for development, testing, and training.
9) Three global production data centers and disaster recovery - Force.com runs on three geographically dispersed, mirrored data centers with built-in replication, disaster recovery, a redundant network backbone, and no single points of failure
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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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Salesforce
The overall support has been good. More and more features are being released quite frequently. Very small features are also making big difference in how the tool can be adapted and used better. If there is anything we need or are stuck, the support team sets up a call and helps in resolving the issue/provides workarounds.
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In-Person Training
ICIMS
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
I attended two training sessions. I would rate them a 4 as an advanced user. It was very basic – great for someone new – would give 8+ for new person.

I had 3 years of experience at the time. I skipped basic and went onto advanced and still not helpful. A lot of it was best practices that didn’t feel relevant for our business
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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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Salesforce
I have gone through multiple. The content that’s delivered is quite basic – I wish they had more advanced training.

We are grandfathered into premium support plus training. We get unlimited access to instructor led and online training for free. We have taken advantage of this
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Implementation Rating
ICIMS
I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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Salesforce
Just from an organizational standpoint - we standardized our data prior to moving to Salesforce. But we essentially standardized it wrong. That's created a big disgusting mess for us know that I'll have to deal with as the Admin. Be sure you think through use cases prior to doing something like that - seek outside opinions on how the data will work best, especially depending on what else you're going to integrate with Salesforce.
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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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Salesforce
So I've evaluated, implemented Microsoft Dynamics in the past. I've used Oracle CRM solutions. I've used Daylight, which is a very niche CRM system the last couple of years. And I've evaluated a variety from Legacy Microsoft Ones to Zoho and Sugar when making implementation decisions at other companies. But usually I've gone with Salesforce. I'd say it's better than most. The only one that I generally prefer, and last time I chose an implementation from scratch, I did Microsoft Dynamics. And the reason is for small mid-size organization, Microsoft Dynamics, if you already have Microsoft Office products, it's much better integrated to all of the Excel, Word, OneNote, Outlook email than what you get from Salesforce. And so that's the only one that if someone's a Microsoft organization and small sized company, it'll save a lot of integration things, a lot of security, a lot of login and access and IT management by just sticking within the Microsoft ecosystem. But outside of that, if you don't use Microsoft or if you're a large organization or have other needs that you want, Salesforce I'd say is better than all of the other CRM offerings out there. It's the easiest to use and the most robust and the most vendors and products for the ecosystem.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ICIMS
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Salesforce is the most widely used CRM system. Professionalism tends to increase when things go wrong for market leaders. Salesforce considers us as users because they own the market. Having all of our data in one place and all of our teams working within Salesforce. Anyone who uses Salesforce is impacted by it, even if they don't.
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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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Salesforce
It's very scalable as it has a ton of features (but you do need an admin who understands how to leverage these features). Because of the various features, we've also needed to host onboarding sessions with our users so that they can familiarize themselves with the platform, which isn't always super user-friendly or intuitive.
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Professional Services
ICIMS
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Using Salesforce.com has made my daily routines more efficient and simplified the manual tasks I had to perform independently. I can now access data from any device, online or offline, and provide better guidance to my team about the forecasts provided by the built-in artificial intelligence (AI). A chat with a Salesforce support specialist would be great. The knowledge base has a community forum where Salesforce users can ask questions and learn more about the product.
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Return on Investment
ICIMS
  • iCIMS has had a positive impact on our recruitment efficiency and compliance tracking.
  • The improved visibility across requisitions and hiring stages has shortened our time-to-hire by about 20%.
  • Centralized documentation and audit-ready reports have helped ensure adherence to EEO and federal hiring standards.
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Salesforce
  • It allows me to keep a close eye on all of my performance metrics through the Dashboard Reporting, ie what my sales pipeline looks like, how much it's changed in the last 60 days, new opportunities created in the last 7 days, # of emails sent for the week, etc. The ease of the design and output make it really easy to check my progress throughout the day to find where I have holes and am falling short on my personal and work goals. It's resulted in greater transparency with my Mgmt Team and shorter 1-on-1 mtgs with my boss as he can see exactly where I am at all times (to be fair, I'm a senior sales rep, so he pretty much lets me do my job completely unfettered), but it does prove that I am continually producing which recently resulted in a raise I didn't even ask for.
  • The SF repository is so detailed that I don't have to spend tons of time finding frequently used websites attached to a client or see what all interactions with the company look like. Even though I don't use SF for my bulk emails and email sequences, SF provides me with an email to use in the bcc of these emails which links everything back to SF. I find that extremely helpful. This really impacts my efficiency and I can honestly say that once I started using all the functionality of data management, it saved me about 20% of my time/week that I could then allocate towards other revenue-generating tasks like prospecting and account management. The more time I have for those, the better. My year-over-year on accounts 1 year and older just grew by 17% this last year.
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