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Apploi vs iCIMS Recruit comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Apploi
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
18th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
iCIMS Recruit
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
1st
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software category, the mindshare of Apploi is 1.5%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of iCIMS Recruit is 1.6%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
iCIMS Recruit1.6%
Apploi1.5%
Other96.9%
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1545588 - PeerSpot reviewer
Recruiter at a recruiting/HR firm with 501-1,000 employees
Easy and straightforward to use, responsive support, but search capabilities could be more powerful
The search feature is useful, but it is also somewhat limited. In other ATS systems that I have used, you can really define your search well. You can enter multiple, different criteria for things that you are looking for. You can also enter how many years you need and enter a specific location. The Apploi solution doesn't offer those options. Any good ATS systems should really, really improve their search features, your ability to see what candidates match certain criteria. I think that that is really a key to any good applicant tracking system because that's what we're here for. We're trying to find our candidates and we're trying to get good candidates for the right jobs. The search feature could improve and they need a more robust candidate page. Sometimes candidate pages can have a lot of different information on there, and you have to dig through the notes for some of the information on Apploi. Making it a little bit more user-friendly and having more accessible information would be an improvement because when we're going through it, we just want to find all the information we need as quickly as possible.
ManishGupta9 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director & CEO at Talenton Global
Centralized hiring workflows have cut time to fill and now need better automation and AI features
Implementation can be a bit lengthy and complicated, which is an area where iCIMS Recruit needs improvement. Customer support and automation are areas where iCIMS Recruit is less impressive, and they need to improve more on automation processes. Configurability could be a bit higher because some competitors might have an edge in terms of UX, recruiting workflow, modern recruiter experiences, and sourcing or CRM-oriented experiences. A native HCM is important because many times I have to integrate with different HCMs like Workday or SAP. Pricing is not very transparent, as sometimes I have to keep adding things and they keep adding more prices in terms of lower cost and faster implementation. Some user functionality can require too many steps. Customer support can be inconsistent sometimes, and I have seen some delays. The iCIMS Recruit support team does not always provide very proactive support. Implementations are usually very lengthy and they really need to improve their implementation strategy to cut down a substantial amount of time.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has a good search feature for looking for resumes."
"Overall, I liked it; I thought it was simple, and it's probably one of the simpler ones that I've worked with, which is not always a bad thing."
"iCIMS Recruit has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to recruit better and reducing the time to fill."
"iCIMS Recruit has positively impacted my organization because we can see all communications in one database versus multiple ones."
"iCIMS Recruit is a user-friendly applicant tracking system overall."
"The best features iCIMS Recruit offers are that it reduces manual labor and allows me to create jobs and maintain a job library."
"iCIMS Recruit has impacted the organization positively because it has provided us with additional support and consistency with every recruiting process that we handle in the company, and this provides great transparency and great candidate experience in order for us to hire the best talent for the business."
"iCIMS Recruit has impacted my organization positively because it is easier to use and more user-friendly than alternatives, helps us maintain better data governance without many issues, and processes are faster, which saves us time."
"To a major extent, iCIMS Recruit has helped my organization stay organized and has also helped in the full recruitment cycle, which was a major task I used to do in iCIMS Recruit."
"iCIMS Recruit's best features include the dashboard, the metrics, the graphs, and the link to our career portal and job postings."
 

Cons

"Making it a little bit more user-friendly and having more accessible information would be an improvement because when we're going through it, we just want to find all the information we need as quickly as possible."
"The search feature is useful, but it is also somewhat limited."
"Customer support and automation are areas where iCIMS Recruit is less impressive, and they need to improve more on automation processes."
"iCIMS Recruit can be improved by having easier setup, more customizable options, and easier templates that are able to be updated within the same workday instead of waiting to get confirmation for those updates to be implemented."
"If reporting could be more robust, that would be phenomenal."
"The only challenge is that it can be difficult to make managers aware that they need to follow positions in the platform and learn how to use it so we can work together."
"iCIMS Recruit could be improved by adding a block to explain certain things."
"iCIMS Recruit can be improved by adding additional features related to looking for attrition rate and seeing how many people actually stay within roles, especially for those high-volume roles that have high turnover."
"Recruiters have to spend too much time updating some of the information there."
"Eventually, the company moved away from iCIMS Recruit simply because it did not provide all the options to filter, keyword search, or navigate applicants."
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iCIMS Recruit?
iCIMS is very expensive. As a smaller company, we are a small fish in a big pond to them, and all of our inquiries seem to be ignored.
What needs improvement with iCIMS Recruit?
iCIMS Recruit can be improved by adding more features in the UI. The UI is going to be very important, such as more large toggle switches. The main thing would be navigation, the UI, and how to nav...
What is your primary use case for iCIMS Recruit?
My main use case for iCIMS Recruit includes conducting background checks and eligibility checks. I do not have anything else to add about my main use case with iCIMS Recruit; it is basically just f...
 

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