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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Lumesse (Discontinued)

    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

    SilkRoad Life Suite

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASilkRoad Life Suite is an integrated suite applications : OpenHire for recruiting, RedCarpet for onboarding and life events, WingSpan for performance management, GreenLight for learning management, Point and Eprise for Social Collaboration and Content Management, and HeartBeat for HRIS/HRMS.N/A
    Pricing
    Lumesse (Discontinued)SilkRoad Life Suite
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Lumesse (Discontinued)SilkRoad Life Suite
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    Lumesse (Discontinued)SilkRoad Life Suite
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Lumesse (Discontinued) and SilkRoad Life Suite
    Feature
    Lumesse (Discontinued)
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SilkRoad Life Suite
    5.8
    2 Ratings
    23% below category average
    New hire portal7.01 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.02 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting7.01 Ratings4.62 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Lumesse (Discontinued) and SilkRoad Life Suite
    Feature
    Lumesse (Discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SilkRoad Life Suite
    -
    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 (Discontinued) and SilkRoad Life Suite
    Feature
    Lumesse (Discontinued)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SilkRoad Life Suite
    -
    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 (Discontinued) and SilkRoad Life Suite
    Feature
    Lumesse (Discontinued)
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SilkRoad Life Suite
    -
    Ratings
    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 (Discontinued) and SilkRoad Life Suite
    Feature
    Lumesse (Discontinued)
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SilkRoad Life Suite
    -
    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
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    User Ratings
    Lumesse (Discontinued)SilkRoad Life Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (7 ratings)
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.3
    (5 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.5
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Lumesse (Discontinued)SilkRoad Life Suite
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SilkRoad
    SilkRoad Life is well suited for hiring new employees and bringing them onboard quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
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    • 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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    SilkRoad
    • Working with the career portal team has been great, but a small piece of the puzzle.
    Incentivized
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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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    SilkRoad
    • Access level could use some improvement for the users. i.e. limited documents tab access vs. eforms tab vs limited portal editing access.
    • Ability to give their administrators more access. i.e. manage and edit team members
    • Ability to give their administrators more access for control over paid e-forms
    • User friendlier way to upload regular documents.
    • Reporting!!!
    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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    SilkRoad
    Our HR Director is looking to go with another company.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
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    SilkRoad
    Excellent onboarding tool. Easy to set up
    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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    SilkRoad
    SilkRoad is very far behind PeopleSoft!
    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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    SilkRoad
    • Increased employee efficiency
    • Departments are now held accountable if a certain task was missed
    • Time saver
    Incentivized
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