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Bullhorn vs Microsoft Dynamics CRM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Bullhorn
Ranking in CRM
34th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software (5th)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Ranking in CRM
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (2nd), Local Government CRM (1st), Marketing Management (2nd), Sales Force Automation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Bullhorn is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is 4.4%, down from 13.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM4.4%
Bullhorn0.6%
Other95.0%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Joe Shoemaker - PeerSpot reviewer
Has streamlined applicant tracking and helped consolidate all candidate interactions in one, easily searchable system.
What I appreciate best about Bullhorn is its user interface. I enjoy the flexibility that you have with it and how you can customize it to meet your needs. Especially since with some competitors platforms, candidates can only be searched by a specific job, or by keywords only. With Bullhorn, you can search by literally any metric you track; graduation year, major, geogrpahic location (within X miles), etc. It allows you to search the entire candidate pool in your database easily. I have tried many other platforms, and work within some of my client's ATS' as well. Bullhorn just can't be beat.
Pawel-Gawronski - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlining resource management and improving project insights with helpful support
The deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is easy because it's a software as a service, which eliminates the need to deploy anything in our data center. It has improved the verification of value streams by mapping projects to products and demonstrating the total cost of ownership. This automation significantly impacts daily operations by reducing the time spent on manual tasks and improving the quality and delivery time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I appreciate best about Bullhorn is its user interface, which is really nice, and I enjoy the flexibility that you have with it and how you can customize it to meet your needs."
"What I appreciate most about Bullhorn's core functionalities and ATS functionalities is that it is highly customizable, the UI is very user friendly, and it's very easy to train."
"Dynamics is easy to use. There are several fields I can filter."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are its easy operations and functionality."
"The flexible design is highly usable, and I have seen time-saving benefits from using this solution."
"It ensures that there's continuity, and you don't have to start asking the customer about what happened. From CRM, you can easily see all the interactions and events in the record and take it from there."
"The solution is easy to use and stable. It offers a 360-degree view of your customers. It allows you to track interactions, giving you full visibility into customer habits and behavior"
"The solution is scalable."
"Integration with other Microsoft tools is a good feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM."
"The most valuable feature is that because this solution uses the cloud, you only have to install it and allocate it to a user, making it quite easy to use."
 

Cons

"I think one thing that could be improved is that it's expensive."
"Bullhorn Onboarding, which is a catastrophe; it's not further developed, and they have not provided a new solution for the German-speaking market in five years."
"It would be better if it were more secure."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM could improve by making it easier to export data to SharePoint because most of our customers use SharePoint. They have to log into a Microsoft environment platform from their SharePoint for access should be made easier. Additionally, if the customer portal was enhanced for it to be customized it would be a benefit."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM could improve by being more user-friendly and having a better design. I have used Service Desk and it is not user-friendly but this solution is worse. The graphical interface is not intuitive, you need someone to guide you or you will have difficulties navigating around to find the file you need. The data we are normally dealing with is boring enough and the interface could be more attractive and more exciting. The tabs and arrangement could be done better to be more user-friendly. Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are fine and Microsoft should extend their user-friendliness and intuitiveness to Microsoft Dynamics."
"The solution's interface has room for improvement."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM's customer support could be improved as tickets usually take a long time to resolve."
"In terms of the performance, when it comes to loading a large volume of data, it's slow at times, so the system could be optimized."
"It could be less complicated for smaller organizations."
"This is a good tool, but if you don't have experience using a CRM solution, there are a lot of things you'll need to learn. This tool needs to be more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of the solution is good but could be cheaper."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM is slightly cheaper than Salesforce today. Pricing for the solution is pretty aggressive in the market."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM's price is too high."
"The solution is expensive."
"The cost varies on multiple factors including customization and the number of users."
"It's kind of pricey. It's about $50 or $60 per user."
"We have deployed the cloud-based version and it is a subscription and the price is based on the number of users using it."
"Microsoft often encourages customers to commit to multi-year enterprise-level agreements, such as three or five-year deals with a minimum commitment of, for example, $200,000 dollars. However, in order to acquire more customers, I believe Microsoft should offer this same rate for one-year commitments for customers who want to experience it."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are all the filters and possible reports.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
Microsoft Dynamics CRM needs to be improved in the visibility of add-on costs for end users, which can sometimes be tricky. On the reporting side, while there are various tools for reporting, they ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
I use Microsoft Dynamics CRM in my day-to-day customer management tasks. Our usual use cases for Microsoft Dynamics CRM include task management and sales.
 

Also Known As

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Dynamics CRM, MS Dynamics CRM
 

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