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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bullhorn ATS & CRM

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Bullhorn Recruitment CRM is a SaaS based solution that offers a suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems: a mobile app, batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels, instantaneous posting to multiple job boards, resume parsing, and data and document uploading.

    $99

    per month per user

    PeopleFluent

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    PeopleFluent includes modules for recruiting, performance management, compensation, learning, succession, and vendor management, as well as workforce planning and diversity. These modules can be purchased separately or bundled, and integrate with other HR systems.N/A
    Pricing
    Bullhorn ATS & CRMPeopleFluent
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bullhorn ATS & CRMPeopleFluent
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Bullhorn ATS & CRMPeopleFluent
    Considered Both Products
    Bullhorn
    Chose Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    Bullhorn is more user friendly.
    Incentivized
    PeopleFluent
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    65%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    68%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    68%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Bullhorn ATS & CRMPeopleFluent
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Bullhorn ATS & CRM and PeopleFluent
    Feature
    Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    9.5
    58 Ratings
    17% above category average
    PeopleFluent
    9.5
    8 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Job Requisition Management10.057 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Company Website Posting10.049 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.222 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting6.027 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Customized Application Form10.040 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Resume Management10.058 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention10.055 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Candidate Search10.058 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking10.058 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Collaboration10.053 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation10.052 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Email Templates10.055 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    User Permissions10.049 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts10.052 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Reporting10.052 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Bullhorn ATS & CRM and PeopleFluent
    Feature
    Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    -
    Ratings
    PeopleFluent
    8.0
    11 Ratings
    9% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Bullhorn ATS & CRM and PeopleFluent
    Feature
    Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    -
    Ratings
    PeopleFluent
    8.2
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Bullhorn ATS & CRM and PeopleFluent
    Feature
    Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    -
    Ratings
    PeopleFluent
    6.5
    11 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings4.06 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Bullhorn ATS & CRM and PeopleFluent
    Feature
    Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    -
    Ratings
    PeopleFluent
    6.3
    8 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Bullhorn ATS & CRM and PeopleFluent
    Feature
    Bullhorn ATS & CRM
    -
    Ratings
    PeopleFluent
    5.8
    2 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Course catalog or library00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Player/Portal00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Learning content00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile friendly00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Assignments00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Compliance management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Learning administration00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Social learning00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    Crelate
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    ClearCompany
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bullhorn ATS & CRMPeopleFluent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (80 ratings)
    8.8
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bullhorn ATS & CRMPeopleFluent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bullhorn
    Bullhorn served as a very reliable and thorough tracking system for contacts, discovering prospects, and maintaining track of all relevant data. There are many customization options, strong search results, and sensible workflows. Excellent reporting tool. When we needed to find new resumes but all we could find were talents who had previously been discovered, it was less appropriate. Job Boards outperformed Bull Horn in terms of speed and quality.
    Incentivized
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    PeopleFluent
    PeopleFluent has eliminated the use of paper reviews. It is also eliminated the use of scanning, emailing or interoffice mail. It is a great tool for communication and I highly recommend it. However, in some ways, the product can be improved. Some processes are tied to each other and could function in tandem. For example, while completing the self-review, the employee has to capture multi-raters. If self-review is submitted without listing multi-rater names then multi-rater review has to be captured separately on paper. In my opinion, these two processes can be different. Multi-raters should be added/removed/modified after submitting self-review.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Bullhorn
    • It provides the contact details of a candidate relevant to the job. All details are with a user-friendly interface that anyone can use the application.
    • The specific details given by Bullhorn ATS & CRM are unbelievable. One place and you can make a decision about hiring or not hiring.
    • The messaging automation feature again helps to save our time.
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    PeopleFluent
    • It was very easy to go through resumes, choose the people you wanted to interview and set up the interviews.
    • It is great at keeping track of people that have come through hiring process in the past so you do not waste time on those that have already been declined or are sent in by multiple vendors.
    • The handling of time sheets and expense reports is very easy to manage.
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    Cons
    Bullhorn
    • Reporting: out of the box reporting is not very detailed or easy to navigate. In order to get better detailed and specific reports, you either need their Canvas product or pay for a 3rd party vendor.
    • Customization: will get better with NOVO Experience update, but many users still don't have it. Right now many fields and order are not customizable
    • Many features Bullhorn can do are not apparent to the user, often times you have to call in the figure things out.
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    PeopleFluent
    • The interface is a little confusing. I'm not sure if it's something that can be fixed in implementations, or if it's inherent to PeopleFluent, but there are almost too many tabs asking for too much information. A lot of it can be repetitive as well.
    • Changing your password/resetting your password seems to be nightmarish. It requires an organization ID as well as security questions, and forces you to reset your password far too often. I really dislike that feature.
    • Honestly, PeopleFluent itself looks pretty outdated. I feel as though the entire application really needs a facelift to be more current.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bullhorn
    We have about 2 years left on our current contract; It would take a major change in the ATS marketplace for us to strongly consider opting out of renewal given the time and effort we have dedicated to building our our Bullhorn system. I will take the time to revisit with some of the competition down the road, but Bullhorn acquired our runner up, MaxHire, about a year back and continues to offer a solid product suite for our current and future needs.
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    PeopleFluent
    PeopleFluent continues to develop an already high quality product and works to continually improve the user experience. The different modules integrate well, and the administrative functions are easy to understand and perform resulting in less time spent with KTLO functions. They provide world class customer service and work hard to keep you engaged as a customer.
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    Usability
    Bullhorn
    I found Bullhorn ATS & CRM to be extremely user friendly and quick to learn how to navigate it. The integration to Xero is extremely beneficial and really helps us to manage and monitor our recruitment activities and what stage of recruitment we are up to and to ensure we are invoicing our clients accordingly which we do in three stages.
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    PeopleFluent
    PeopleFluent seems to have all the functionality one would need, but it can be a bit overwhelming. Depending on the client implementation, it can be downright confusing and not intuitive. My 6 rating comes from the fact that it seems like the system can be configured to actually be confusing and not make sense. I think a VMS should be set up not to allow a customer to configure it in such a way as to not really work, or to allow users to circumvent steps. I also really don't like the "organization key" that needs to be entered every time you log in. Why is a login and password good enough for 99% of the systems out there, but PeopleFluent requires an extra field?
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    Support Rating
    Bullhorn
    It's been a nightmare experience. The initial sales team were brilliant, and the customer service is great from the tech team - they get in touch with you quickly. However; I was often finding workarounds myself, or being advised workarounds instead of having issues resolved (example - The DPA/Non DPA issue - an Excel spreadsheet can do this, yet a CRM cannot?). I was debited on the incorrect date & then when I requested they refund until the due date, I was re-debited again on the correct date. The communication was poor - their billing team are based in the US and there was no acknowledgement of the mistake. My initial consultant chased them down for me, and advised me of their error. Lucky. The product was oversold. For example; I was advised their 'merge docs' feature would allow me to pull data directly from the 'Overview,' 'Work Histories' which later proved to be false. Finally, when I requested to end my contract & transfer my data (I advised a specific date I needed it, when my CRM would be ready) they advised it would take 15 business days & I was to put no further data in my system during that 15 days, and then gave me my data after 3. I now have no CRM for 4 weeks
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    PeopleFluent
    I would rate this ATS system a 9 as there's some room for improvement as mentioned prior. I really love the design and its functionality buttons and the way I can integrate it with other systems. I would really love to see a more detailed reporting metrics long with super candidate filters when searching profiles.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bullhorn
    Breathe is a great tool for smaller internal recruitment teams and I have previously used an in-house built system similar however Bullhorn is something you can use across larger businesses and growing SME's it works well for international businesses as everything is updated in real-time. The support function is excellent and the training tools for new starters are super helpful for our L&D team. Your account manager is also great for assisting in personalising sections to make them more business specific.
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    PeopleFluent
    Its great, its very versatile and stacks up very well against the competition. In terms of usability and ease of use, anyone can quickly learn how to use PeopleFluent. Again, the faults against the system would be when a client who is running the tool customizes it to their liking. Not to mention it's a very popular tool that i have had the pleasure of working in twice now with two different organizations.
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    Return on Investment
    Bullhorn
    • Bullhorn has helped with the standardization of data which allows us to track our high, low and in between individuals. It allows for corporate bench marks to be tracked. It also allows for a closer look at all of the data points to make decisions versus making decisions based on perceptions. The data has definitely helped us make better business decisions because of the reporting capabilities.
    • Bullhorn has some great marketplace partners and additional products like VMS Access that help with your VMS clients. This is a real time saver.
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    PeopleFluent
    • I do believe that goal setting and the workflow of following up, going through the process yearly is as good as you make it. If you set good goals, or help your team make good goals then the experience can go well. Otherwise it's just another thing that an employee is doing to make their manager happy.
    • I am not sure the cost of the product, but if it is really expensive I am not sure that we are getting fully what we should be for what the product offers. Make sure you are using what is offered.
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    PeopleFluent Screenshots

    Screenshot of PeopleFluent Talent Management DashboardScreenshot of Recruiting DashboardScreenshot of Compensation DashboardScreenshot of Performance DashboardScreenshot of Analytics Dashboard