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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iCIMS

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AiCIMS is a web-based applicant tracking system (ATS). The tool's talent recruiting and management functions include features like social recruiting, talent sourcing, offer management, and onboarding. The programs are centralized on iCIMS’s UNIFi platform and are scaled for mid-sized to enterprise businesses.

    $1,700

    per month

    Lever

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A
    Pricing
    iCIMSLever
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    Pricing Offerings
    iCIMSLever
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    iCIMSLever
    Considered Both Products
    iCIMS
    Chose iCIMS
    iCIMS Talent Cloud is well-thought out with opportunities to manage candidates in process for larger organizations. It also partners well with job boards for ease in job posting. ADP WFN decreased our # of candidates unnecessarily because of the required login. BerniePortal …
    Incentivized
    Chose iCIMS
    Lever is more user friendly, more visual, and less reporting issues. iCIMS Talent Cloud is more configurable and able to grow more candidates in a faster fashion. Lever has better support than iCIMS, which is an overall win for anyone using it. Lever is also growing their …
    Incentivized
    Chose iCIMS
    We just liked iCIMS better. It fits with our company.
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    Employ, Inc.
    Chose Lever
    I think Lever stacks up fairly well and is right above the midpoint. iCIMS and Greenhouse provide a larger, more Enterprise style product for huge scale, so I'd put the two of them above Lever at this time, but we chose Lever over Greenhouse for a reason. I just don't know if …
    Incentivized
    Chose Lever
    Lever is a less 'mature' ATS. Also much less expensive. iCIMS is a much more robust ATS.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    78 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    91 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    60 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    iCIMSLever
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of iCIMS Talent Cloud and Lever
    Feature
    iCIMS Talent Cloud
    8.4
    126 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Lever
    8.0
    33 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Job Requisition Management8.8123 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.6117 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media7.5103 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting9.4108 Ratings8.022 Ratings
    Customized Application Form7.2111 Ratings8.028 Ratings
    Resume Management9.2120 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention5.2114 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Candidate Search9.4121 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.6122 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Collaboration9.7110 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation7.193 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Email Templates8.8122 Ratings8.027 Ratings
    User Permissions9.3120 Ratings8.030 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.5108 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Reporting7.3121 Ratings8.029 Ratings
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    iCIMSLever
    Small Businesses
    Crelate
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Crelate
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score7.7 out of 10
    JobDiva
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    iCIMSLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (147 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (31 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (68 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (103 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    iCIMSLever
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iCIMS
    iCIMS Talent Cloud is a great applicant tracking system that allows users to easily identify qualified candidates with built in AI platforms. iCIMS's text recruit is a very helpful tool that allows easy communication from recruiter/admin to candidate, without using personal cell phones on the admin side. This is the day and age that we live in so this is a very appropriate add on.
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    Employ, Inc.
    I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
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    Pros
    iCIMS
    • The opt-out message after the 1st text helps weed out the people who are not interested.
    • Having the ability to have templates/answers to frequent questions saved and ready to use makes it easier/faster to talk to multiple people.
    • Being able to schedule text campaigns is amazing. Every Saturday I set up my campaigns for the next week. This gives me more time to focus on other things.
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    Employ, Inc.
    • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
    • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
    • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
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    Cons
    iCIMS
    • Support model - there has been a decrease in the service, we already addressed it and hopefully, it will improve
    • Configuration flexibility - there are minor things that we could easily change but for some reason, it is available only for vendor
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    Employ, Inc.
    • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
    • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
    • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
    • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
    • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    iCIMS
    I would say that we are very likely to renew with iCIMS. They seem to continuously be improving their product based on the feedback from their clients. In addition, the thought have having to go through another implementation of this level is daunting and as long as the software continues to meet the business needs of the company and provides the appropriate level of support we will most likely stay. Costs regarding future renewals will also impact this decision and if necessary we will go to market to evaluate other options.
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    Employ, Inc.
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    Usability
    iCIMS
    We just love iCIMS. Our hiring managers love iCIMS. I give it a 9 because some hiring managers do not have to use it as regularly and need reminders on what to do. It really improved our experience with our ATS overall and I wouldn't want to work in any other system in my job.
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    Employ, Inc.
    It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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    Reliability and Availability
    iCIMS
    There is always ample advance notice before the software goes down for maintenance and this is usually done at off-peak hours. As for system failures - I can't think of any that have effected us in over two years od use.
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    Employ, Inc.
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    Performance
    iCIMS
    We can think of no dissatisfaction with our daily use of iCims, involving its response time to commands or incompatibility with any other software we presently use.
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    Employ, Inc.
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    Support Rating
    iCIMS
    Let me begin by saying the implementation phase was PHENOMENAL! Katie was our support manager and she was outstanding. The process was cumbersome and time-consuming, but she was outstanding and knowledgeable. That process gets a 9/10 for sure. However, between multiple account manager changes (and no notification) and being promised functionality that doesn't exist, and not hearing back when we reach out to support or open a ticket, the process has been really disappointing since implementation. We do have a new rep who has reached out to introduce himself, and we are optimistic that our experience will improve considerably after that meeting.
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    Employ, Inc.
    What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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    Online Training
    iCIMS
    I would say I believe iCims online training is very good. It's informative, visually appealing, and simple in explaining all the different aspects of iCims. I also really like the new candidate onboarding, and all the other training curricula you have up to be able to inform or send out to the candidate. I like you can attach a URL link for videos as well so you can really customize the training. I feel that overall, I would like to see more. Perhaps, more robust options with the training, if that's something iCims is expanding on in the future.
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    Employ, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    iCIMS
    I wasn't involved with the implementation. It was before my time
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    Alternatives Considered
    iCIMS
    Fully available automation, lesser bad data quality, more information is gathered at the time of applicant profile creation without having the need to ask for any follow ups or additional notifications. Integrates better with Oracle, Workday and SAP than other similar systems. Service tickets are resolved faster than other vendors we worked with.
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    Employ, Inc.
    Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
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    Scalability
    iCIMS
    iCims is currently pretty good and the best TAS for us at our stage of growth - but further improvement and enhancements will only help make it even better.
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    Employ, Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    iCIMS
    • We implemented iCIMS Talent Cloud right before the pandemic. The pandemic created the most difficult recruitment environment ever. I cannot say that iCIMS Talent Cloud has helped us realize any advantageous success in this battle we are fighting. It gets the job done, but we have realized anything like filling jobs faster or having resources within iCIMS Talent Cloud to allow us to attract candidates differently. Status quo, I guess.
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    Employ, Inc.
    • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
    • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
    • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
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    Lever Screenshots

    Screenshot of the interface to resurface high-value past candidates who fit open roles.Screenshot of where to identify the top origin and sources of candidates in all stages, the Offer stage, and the Hired stage.Screenshot of the interface to schedule interviews with candidates.