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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ALumesse was a talent management suite. Its core functionality is in recruiting and applicant tracking. Lumesse also offers other recruiting features, as well as onboarding and analytics capabilities. It was acquired by Saba and is no longer available.N/A

    Slack

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASlack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…

    $8.75

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Pro
    $7.25*
    per month per user
    Business+
    $12.50*
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
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    Community Pulse
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    503 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    426 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    510 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    295 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    330 Answers
    Features
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Review status tracking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Slack
    -
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    Create succession plans/pools7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate search5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Slack
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    7.9
    628 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.6430 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.961 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings7.8363 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.0396 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.4601 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.2608 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.3275 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.7
    636 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.6635 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.7632 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings9.2620 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.1413 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.8412 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings8.9110 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.7182 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Lumesse TalentLink (legacy) and Slack
    Feature
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
    -
    Ratings
    Slack
    8.4
    603 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.2541 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.4527 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.9429 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.3411 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings8.3362 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.0211 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.0455 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SumTotal (legacy)
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cornerstone Galaxy
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (639 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.3
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (255 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (68 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)Slack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Lumesse is well suited for global companies, that are not too large and may get enough attention/support from other larger vendors.
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    Salesforce
    Slack is ideal for Scrum and agile teams that need continuous communication during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, testing, and retrospectives. Slack is well-suited for maintaining team knowledge through searchable conversations and dedicated channels, where experienced team members help onboard new QA analysts.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • It has open text boxes to add notes, on the individual candidate home page. Which is helpful when making a quick look at an individual, these notes are very obvious.
    • It has a search function; however it lacks a wild card (*); so if a req or candidate are spelled differently or referred to differently, there is no way to find them
    • Its a simple, no frills lay out
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    Salesforce
    • Customer issues: Threads feature allows us to group a particular issue in a single thread and discuss within that thread. I can use the thread link to embed in JIRA ticket for tracking progress in JIRA (which is our details engineering tracking system).
    • Ability to add folder to Slack channel helps keep important information, documents easily accessible. e.g., we use this to keep a "ramp up" folder that can be used by any new joiner.
    • Global search is effective when I forget which group a particular message was in.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • I have found the system to be very inconsistent and "buggy", for lack of a better term. Today I searched for an internal requisition number and the system could not find the data. I found it by scrolling through manually, and verified that I had entered the information precisely as it appeared. There seems to be no explanation as to why it could not locate this particular entry, but I have been able to use the function without a problem in other instances.
    • The navigation is not intuitive or user-friendly. It takes an exorbitant amount of clicks to accomplish a task. Each action is confusing and time-consuming.
    • The system requires a large amount of redundant information in order to enter a job and does not auto-populate. If I indicate a position is located in Chicago, it would logically follow that the state is "Illinois", the country is "United States", and the currency is "USD". I have to manually input these details in both the requisition as well as the separate job advertisement page.
    • Changes to the job requisition are not reflected in the job advertisement, as they are separate entities. If you need to make a change, you have to update the details twice.
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    Salesforce
    • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
    • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
    • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    This seems to work for us because of all the things we can do with the system (i.e. create all kinds of reports).
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    Salesforce
    To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    Salesforce
    Slack has good usability. Devs that are not familiar with the platform are able to jump into conversations and start sharing code and links within just minutes. Non developers are also able to understand the layout such as the Project Managers that are keeping the projects on track. We have not seen any tickets where employees are having trouble understanding Slack.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
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    Salesforce
    Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Lumesse is an average to abover average ATS in my opinion. We work with Lumesse because they came to us with our new client. I don't have an overall issue with Lumesse like I do with some other ATS's.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
    One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Decreased employee efficiency -- There are so many steps to create an entry that our recruiters use the system as little as possible. We had hoped to use Lumesse for centralizing information and reporting, but have not been able to do so. Instead, each recruiter keeps a separate Excel sheet, defeating the purpose of having an ATS in the first place. We only use Lumesse to post to our website now. We are very disappointed.
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    Salesforce
    • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
    • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
    Incentivized
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