Jobvite vs. Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jobvite
Score 7.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Jobvite is a full recruiting platform. It provides features across the recruiting funnel - from sourcing and managing candidates via CRM and managing workflows to communicating with hiring managers and reporting through custom dashboards and reports.
$500
per month
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Symphony Talent describes itself as a global leader in Employer Brand and Candidate Experience solutions, boasting some of the world's leading brands as customers. Combining creative and marketing technology, Symphony Talent states the company's goal is to transform employer brands to deliver world-class experiences for candidates, employees and recruiters. Symphony Talent acquired SmashFly in November, 2019. In June 2020, they launched SmashFlyX, their reimagining of the platform…N/A
Pricing
JobviteSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Editions & Modules
<100 Employees
$500.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JobviteSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
JobviteSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
JobviteSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Jobvite
8.5
63 Ratings
6% above category average
Symphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
7.0
3 Ratings
13% below category average
Job Requisition Management8.660 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.07 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.662 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.560 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.160 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Resume Management8.761 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.157 Ratings1.02 Ratings
Candidate Search7.762 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.462 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Collaboration8.157 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation6.849 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Email Templates9.660 Ratings9.03 Ratings
User Permissions9.961 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.960 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Reporting7.258 Ratings5.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
JobviteSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(89 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(49 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
JobviteSymphony Talent, now with SmashFlyX
Likelihood to Recommend
Jobvite
Jobvite was very useful when used to onboard our new hires. Being a Human capital management company, we hire many individuals on a weekly basis so it helps us keep all of the paperwork organized and prevent any accidents when managing all of the data. Sometimes it does pose a problem for those who are not technologically savvy.
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Symphony Talent
I think all organizations both small and large could benefit from Symphony Talent. It is a must to have a recruitment marketing platform these days given it's a job-seekers market. It is more important today more than ever to capture and nurture leads for your organization and keep them updated on jobs and things happening related to the culture of your organization. Organizations with less than 100 people may be able to get away without it
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Pros
Jobvite
  • Workflow- I love that you can immediately see where in the process a candidate is.
  • Dashboard- The customization and overall feel of the site.
  • Feed- The fact that you can see the feed from the candidates other applications is a plus.
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Symphony Talent
  • Ability to track candidates engagements with requisitions
  • Personalized email campaigns
  • Ability to post requisitions in different job sites
  • Easy to integrate other systems with SmashFly
  • Talent Network Forms
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Cons
Jobvite
  • Custom fields--custom fields do not follow the candidate from hire to onboarding. This is problematic because we then have to recreate on the onboarding side to then import into our HRIS.
  • Onboarding picklists are time-consuming to populate. We have to enter options one at a time, rather than being able to do an import. Also, field mapping on Hire is a lot easier than having to set up tags on option sets in onboarding.
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Symphony Talent
  • Moving candidates through steps can seem very clunky. When I first started using the software, I was turned off because it seemed to be a little redundant.
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Likelihood to Renew
Jobvite
If I were to become an internal recruiter again, I would almost definitely use Jobvite. I liked the fact that we could set up any job application link on our company web site to connect directly to Jobvite. I also liked that Jobvite made employee referral easy to submit, as employee referrals tend to be the highest quality candidates. Jobvite really has all the tools a recruiter needs to get a candidate through a recruiting process quickly without anything slipping through the cracks. Even though there are a lot of features I feel can be greatly improved, I don't think there is anything on the market today that is better than Jobvite
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Usability
Jobvite
After using varios ATS's in the past, I have found most comfort and ease using jobvite. This tool has made the hiring process so easy to manage and just the fact that it is not complicated to use, makes it even better
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Jobvite
No issues (especially compared to ADP).
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Jobvite
Support used to be better. In the last few years, though, I feel like there has been significantly less investment in customer service. We used to have account managers who were very visible and always checking in. Also, there used to be a phone number to get around-the-clock support. I am not sure that that exists at the quality it used to
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Symphony Talent
I believe SmashFly does a great job supporting their system and staying involved with their clients. Everything in the system is basically a workflow so you can create them or reachout to support for help
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Online Training
Jobvite
Had phone training. Lots of webinars. Generally pretty good. Not enough time to learn. User community exists, but haven’t used.
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Jobvite
It forces you to evaluate your own business process.

The software lets you re-engineer things
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Symphony Talent
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Jobvite
Before implementing Jobvite, we had iCIMS and Kronos Workforce Ready. Neither of these products got us where we wanted to be with metrics, candidate experience, or technology. I'm sure since we left them they have updated, but we are much happier with Jobvite than others. In the process of searching for a new ATS, we attended demonstrations of 9 other applicant tracking systems and were most impressed with Jobvite.
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Symphony Talent
It was like night and day. Success Factors had horrible customer service and we had very limited control over the platform. When we transitioned to SmashFly, their customer service was excellent and we had complete control over the system to make any changes we needed quickly. The technical support with SmashFly is also one of the best I've seen in the business. Their turnaround time is pretty quick when compared to others
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Return on Investment
Jobvite
  • Reporting - we had none before other than manually tracking things in excel documents, now we have a full suite of reports and dashboards we can customize.
  • Interview Scheduling - With the candidate self-scheduling feature, we can now schedule interviews in a matter of seconds while also automating the candidate confirmation email and the calendar invites.
  • More detailed source tracking than I have seen in any other product allowing full visibility on who we hire, where they came from and we can now analyze our sources.
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Symphony Talent
  • From what I've heard, recruiters have noticed a big upswing in candidate response rate, which of course, leads to increased rates of hire.
  • Some recruiters are reluctant to use smashfly because they think they're doing double effort.
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ScreenShots

Jobvite Screenshots

Screenshot of Automate tedious, manual processes and leverage real-time analytics to elevate your role in acquiring top talent with the skills your business needs with Jobvite ATS.Screenshot of Build talent pools, nurture them with campaigns, and increase referrals with our CRM and Recruitment Marketing tools.Screenshot of Centralize all your onboarding activity, standardize processes, and seamlessly transition your candidates, providing them the best experience.Screenshot of Jobvite Intelligent Messaging allows you to make a good first impression by meeting candidates where they are – on the phone that’s always in their pocket.Screenshot of Attract job seekers and make compelling first impressions with relevant, targeted content and a delightfully easy job search and apply process on your career site.