Boon vs. SmartRecruiters

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Boon
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Boon is a referral hiring platform specifically designed to enhance the recruitment process by leveraging community-driven referrals. For recruiters, Boon aims to streamline the hiring process, making it more efficient and effective for organizations of all sizes. The platform is beneficial for companies looking to tap into their existing networks to find quality candidates quickly and cost-effectively. Targeted primarily at HR professionals and recruitment teams,…
$0
per month per installation
SmartRecruiters
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
SmartRecruiters’ Talent Acquisition Suite is a cloud-based recruitment marketing and collaborative hiring platform. It features an open marketplace for third party recruitment services. SmartRecruiters also offers talent sourcing and screening as add-on features.N/A
Pricing
BoonSmartRecruiters
Editions & Modules
30 Day Referral & Reward Tracking Free Trial
$0
per month per installation
Lite
$499
per month per installation
Pro
$799
per month per installation
Business
$1,499
per month per installation
Enterprise
$2,000
per month per installation
Corporate
Varies, per FTE
Billed annually
Global
Varies, per FTE
Billed annually
SmartStart
Free
up to 10 active job postings
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BoonSmartRecruiters
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$1,000
Additional DetailsThe software subscription is determined by the number of a company's full time employees. There is a one time cost to set up software, including customizations, integrations, data migration and training.
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Community Pulse
BoonSmartRecruiters
Features
BoonSmartRecruiters
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Boon
-
Ratings
SmartRecruiters
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings1.70 Ratings
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User Ratings
BoonSmartRecruiters
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
7.9
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BoonSmartRecruiters
Likelihood to Recommend
We can recommend without hesitation, this software, as it certainly fulfills its purpose of providing us with talents and trained personnel for the jobs in our company, with an innovative system that works perfectly. It is ideal for all companies that want to hire trained personnel and save time in the process.
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SmartRecruiters has allowed us to enable our hiring managers to self-service their requirements for recruitment, simplifying our internal processes. We have visibility of recruitment requirements and significantly improved our approvals process using the software. We have been able to configure our hiring processes relevant to different areas of the business. Collaboration for our hiring teams (managers and business partners) is simple and effective. Candidate experience is enhanced and engaging. The platform has brought many benefits to our Resourcing business partners and hiring managers. We have visibility and insightful data which has integrity, allowing us to make informed business decisions. Our offer process has seen significant improvements and provides an engaging candidate experience, previously this was a labour-intensive process that is now streamlined and automated. The recently launched Community for collaboration amongst customers is very helpful and insigtful for how other people are using the software and exploring ideas with each other
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Pros
  • It has reward management, where we can through its tools, reward, and reward all the people who recommend us talents according to the characteristics we are looking for and that we achieve the hiring.
  • We can track in real-time all the recommendations, as well as their progress, to know in detail, the candidates that are being selected and the people who will be given the incentives.
  • It has integrations such as job adder, greenhouse, and Oracle service, among others, to make the entire recruitment process more efficient.
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  • Job Referrals - can easily refer others to a job posting and view the status
  • Job Postings - can easily search for job openings and read job description and criteria
  • Application online - Can easily apply for the job directly and see who the hiring manager and hiring recruiter is
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Cons
  • Some recommendations and references have been erroneously detected as fraud, discarding them from the system.
  • Its interface can be very clean and navigable, but more knowledge is needed to understand all the functions that the program has.
  • Their technical support is very friendly and guides very well, but for software like this, they need much more support material.
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  • Not having feature of referral data, who has referred
  • Another problem is that in [the] emails section it shows 'company name' field will show as Smartrecruiters vs. the name of our agency that will make confuse to [candidates]
  • Major problem of this is that it does not support api in the free version
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
I thoroughly enjoy using SmartRecruiters and have shared this feedback with those responsible, however I am not a decision maker in the process. I understand that at the moment there are lots of factors affecting the economy and business outcomes, so I cannot comment with certainty on the renewal of SmartRecruiters at this time, not involved in the confirmation of renewal.
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Usability
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I would give this rating as overall it a great combo of all your problems. With just one click you can get away with all your problems such as recruitment, candidate update, Interview scheduling, updating candidates, reports of a job perspective, and recruiters perspective. Usability is worth of SmartRecruiters. The dashboard is also very attractive and once you open you will love working on this platform again and again. I would say it is the best platform to use once for smooth work in your organization.
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Reliability and Availability
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Rarely is there an issue and if the product is down, it typically is restored quickly.
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Performance
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I have no complaints about performance. The system works virtually flawless.
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Support Rating
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Response is normally very fast. There are times, however, when the response is not useful. It is difficult to work with the reporting and the offer letter templates, and the front line support agents usually are not very knowledgeable. Second, if there are any issues with integrations, the regular support agents will not be able to help you. You'll have to create that ticket and ask them to escalate it to an integration specialist.
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In-Person Training
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Quick and easy to learn.
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Implementation Rating
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It really was a painless and easy process to switch to SmartRecruiters.
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Alternatives Considered
No answers on this topic
We previously used SnapHire which required a different account for each of our brands, and SmartRecruiters has been a vast improvement for our business in integrating our brands onto one applicant tracking site. This improves both the recruiter and hiring manager experience, and is much more user-friendly for tracking job approvals and postings, and tracking candidates through their applications.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
No explanation really, just a great product.
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Return on Investment
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  • SmartRecruiters has unified the approach of my recruiting team, so everyone is processing their jobs the same way, which gives me the confidence that my payroll system will be loaded correctly.
  • SmartRecruiters has offered me integrations with electronic signatures, background checks, and job boards so that I don't have to manage multiple platforms to see recruitment/hiring information.
  • SmartRecruiters has given me the ability to see at-a-glance how we are doing in recruiting and our application volume to see how well our efforts are working.
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ScreenShots

Boon Screenshots

Screenshot of Boon's suite of gamification features like challenges, badges, and a leaderboard to keep employees engaged on the regular.Screenshot of the Referral Widget: Boon quickly scales across existing solutions and improves visibility to drive rapid adoption and ROI.Screenshot of Boon's tools to gauge the success of incentives, compare various referral sources, and identify top employee referrers.Screenshot of Optimized Engagement: Badges are automatically awarded to the referral community as they meet certain milestones. This accelerates adoption and increases engagement, without any admin work.Screenshot of an example of how Boon Pay eliminates manual work, ensures compliance, and streamlines payments — so the finance team doesn't have to.

SmartRecruiters Screenshots

Screenshot of a candidate experience to  reach, engage, and connect with talent wherever they are.Screenshot of engaged hiring managers empowered by collaboration tools and applicant tracking to drive better hiring decisions.Screenshot of digital offer management, onboarding, and reporting deliver a seamless journey for new hires and recruiters.Screenshot of how SmartRecruiters eases the burden of juggling multiple open roles and hiring large volumes.Screenshot of an example of the routine task automation that frees up hiring teams to focus on making great hires and delivering a better candidate experience.Screenshot of where to find and discover qualified talent while getting the most from the advertising budget.