Gem vs. Zoho Recruit

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gem
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Gem is a recruiting platform that brings together ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 650+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow.N/A
Zoho Recruit
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Zoho Recruit is a cloud-based ATS. Zoho offers a full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems, including social recruiting and resume parsing. Its custom automatable reports enable analyses of processing and information sharing. It is available in Free, Standard, and Enterprise versions.
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Pricing
GemZoho Recruit
Editions & Modules
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Forever Free
$0
Standard
$25
per month per user
Professional
$50
per month per user
Enterprise
$75
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GemZoho Recruit
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$30 per user per month
Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing.Zoho recruit also provides options for add-ons such as a client portal ($6/license/month) and video interviews ($12/license/month).
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Features
GemZoho Recruit
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Gem
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Ratings
Zoho Recruit
7.0
Ratings
13% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Resume Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Candidate Search00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Collaboration00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Email Templates00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
User Permissions00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
GemZoho Recruit
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
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7.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GemZoho Recruit
Likelihood to Recommend
Gem is a in my opinion a necessity for any TA team in this market. It's no longer possible to be competitive with just LinkedIn - it's easy for candidates to lose those messages. Gem allows you to get noticed by candidates and stay competitive in this market!
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With the business I am in I have to be able to search and reach potential candidates from hours away due to the scope of the contract we have covering a solid couple hundred sq. miles of the state; so being able to have a software that can search, sort, rank, and suggest candidates without having to spend ours of time or driving hours for an interview I can connect with one person and make a decision and have the software there for them and send an email or two with the steps and instructions and 5 minutes later be doing the same for another candidate hours away without even needing to leave the office or even from home and knowing that I'm able to monitor and adjust the steps or make adjustments along the way and being able to trust that it is choosing quality candidates and able to help me hire the right people to do my job to keep my contractors and homeowners safe is amazing for our business.
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Pros
  • He does great at the moment of follow up candidates.
  • It has a great AI that helps to automatically leave the status of the candidate depending on their response.
  • Save you a lot of time helping you to find the contact info of the candidate automatically.
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  • Like other HR-based services, Zoho Recruit allows you to track the behavior of candidates during the execution of your hiring process, so that you can create constant notes of any problems that may arise and that may prevent a proper job.
  • The relationship between employers and candidates can be measured, which is excellent for creating reports on the development of each hiring process, and employees can then be evaluated on their ability to manage and communicate correctly with each candidate under their direct care.
  • Hiring sessions can be recorded using a variety of methods. It does not necessarily have to be done using an audiovisual recording tool (which is possible through different integrations) but a convenient recording system that allows you to note down important data, and where even the candidate's photographs can be saved.
  • We believe that some features of Zoho Recruit's support service could be improved, although this is probably a general service by the Zoho team for all their programs. The staff is not sufficiently explanatory, and therefore we have not been able to meet our expectations for troubleshooting.
  • We like that using Zoho Recruit is so convenient, and that it interfaces well with the other services that the entire Zoho suite has to offer: Zoho Recruit is a good alternative for human resources, which shows a reliable and easy-to-manage operability, so that all registration and follow-up processes are simple.
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Cons
  • It would be nice I could send emails through Gem instead of following that process on Linkedin for candidates who do not have their email id.
  • I would be nice it I am given an automated analysis of how my sequence did.
  • Connecting it not only to LinkedIn but to other sites such as Github and Slack may improve the search scope to recruiters.
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  • When searching for a name, it brings up much too broad of a list.
  • Adding candidates from LinkedIn sometimes has a lengthy delay and takes up to 2 minutes to be able to search from them, though I have found a workaround by navigating to the home page to find activity of adding a candidate.
  • Would be helpful if it were more intuitive with adding duplicates.
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Likelihood to Renew
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We have evaluated every other ATS on the market, and do so every 1-2 years just to make sure we aren't missing out on anything better, and found that Zoho offers more functionality than any ATS with a per-recruiter-price under $100. Once it introduces automated job alerts and candidate login functionality there will be no reason for us to look elsewhere.
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Usability
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The user interface looks clunky and designed by engineers. I suspect it didn't undergo much user testing.
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Support Rating
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I give Zoho Recruit this rating because over all, it has helped me to organize my candidates and saved me time and energy in organizing them myself. Without Zoho Recruit, I simply would not be able to keep my talent pool straight, and it certainly gets the job done. I took off a couple points because if I download a resume after already inputting the candidate into Zoho, it won't automatically sync the two profiles up. It also does not remind me when a task is expired.
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Alternatives Considered
I haven't used any other product like Gem. I think is very hard to find products with such great features that compare to Gem, Gem has everything that pretty much you may need for your duties, you have updated contact info, have email sequences, statistics for each project created, and also a great and friendly interface that makes a very easy to use tool.
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Zoho Recruit is far superior to all the other tools I evaluated. It alows for a ton of customization across the application. Templates and automated workflows allow for streamlining processes. It has integrations with several Zoho products and external tools, including Zapier. It provides a set of APIs to use with it. It allows for to-do lists with reminders. It allows for storage of all documents shared by candidates, including assignments. It allows you to create customized offer letters for candidates and keep track of them through the application. None of these capabilites are available in the other tools that I experimented with
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Return on Investment
  • Our response rates have increased significantly year after year.
  • Our percentage of sourced hires has gone from 17% to 32@
  • We have seen stronger and more engaged candidates through email sequences than LinkedIn Recruiter InMails.
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  • I can't say anything about ROI, but Zoho Recruit made our recruitment process highly effective.
  • We did not need to hire more HR managers as the system helped to manage the processes automatically.
  • We saved money with Zoho Recruit for sure. And this was very best.
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ScreenShots

Gem Screenshots

Screenshot of an overview of how Gem brings together ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and analytics — plus 650+ million profiles to source from — with AI built into every workflow.Screenshot of the AI that surfaces the best matches during the application review process, streamlines collaboration with hiring teams, simplifies offer flows, and automates routine administrative tasks.Screenshot of the search tool, used to conduct searches across 650M+ profiles with AI that delivers the best matches for any role.Screenshot of where the AI finds optimal interview times, coordinates across time zones and calendars, and automates reminders — giving recruiters hours back to focus on candidate relationships.Screenshot of where to use AI to personalize messaging to each candidate’s unique characteristics. This can reach across multiple communication channels including SMS.Screenshot of an example of simplified candidate management. Gem’s interactive dashboard helps recruiters grab a quick, visual snapshot of their candidate pipeline, identify candidates that need immediate attention, and hold their hiring managers accountable to SLAs.