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Freshteam vs Zoho Recruit comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Freshteam
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zoho Recruit
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
1st
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Video Interviewing Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software category, the mindshare of Freshteam is 1.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho Recruit is 2.3%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zoho Recruit2.3%
Freshteam1.8%
Other95.9%
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
 

Featured Reviews

JoseQuintero1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Services Manager at a tech services company with self employed
Comprehensive HR solution that centralises the management of all staff information
The solution could be improved if it included a payroll system, to be a completely 360 degrees HR solution. Besides payroll, everything else HR related is handled in Freshworks. It would also be great to centralize all the data for potential candidates who are in our talent tool and to be able to search this pool by specific criteria such as skills and experience. We evaluate our personnel in order to consider them for promotions and salary raises. However, this process is completely manual and requires us to dig into their entire history to consider when their last raise and promotion was, for example. It would be really valuable if this process could be made simpler using this solution, especially for large teams and to include reporting functionality related to this data.
NaveenKumar S - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Maximus
Automation has streamlined high-volume hiring while advanced analytics and parsing still need work
Zoho Recruit is an end-to-end ATS that covers requisitions, multi job postings, resume parsing, screening interviews, offers, and many other tools. It has strong automation features, including custom workflows, blueprints, assignments tools, scheduler, and macros to reduce manual efforts. It caters to higher volume roles, and it has a deep Zoho ecosystem where we can connect with native Zoho platforms like Zoho CRM, Zoho People, Zoho SignFlow, Analytics, Books, and Desk. The AI feature, Zia, is added for candidate matching, recommendations, and smart research that speeds up sourcing and shortlisting. The flexible customization includes career site and portal building that allows us to create branded career pages and employee referral portals, plus candidate self-service to reduce workflow. The API, webhook, and Deluge options are available to integrate with any applications using REST API calls and extend these functionalities to connect with external systems and automate custom logic, fitting my Deluge skills. I integrate Zoho Recruit with Dynamics 360 and the Microsoft platform. For my company, we integrate with 360 for the data migration from Dynamics 360 to Zoho Recruit.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Our entire employee base is supported by Freshteam. We register all our employees and their candidates inside the system and use it to handle all interviews, feedback, personal information and budgets."
"There are a few reasons why I like Freshteam, including how easily you can get connected with candidates, and how easily candidates can get connected with you as the employer. One of the best features is its scheduling system, which gives both parties the opportunity to schedule different parts of the recruitment process. So if a candidate wants to know my schedule or when I will be available, that information is easy to find."
"If you want growth in your professional life, then you should go with Freshteam because it's a nice applicant tracking system and it works on a real-time basis."
"Freshteam has allowed us to leverage all HR-related tasks and processes in a single, cloud-based solution, enormously increasing the speed of candidate acquisition and control of administrative employees schedules such as time-offs and holidays."
"One of the features that I really like is that it's very administratively user-friendly. It is easy to add new managers into the system. It's very easy to switch and add regional capability, for instance. Zoho has put a lot of time into the administrative side to make it functional, which was a huge highlight for me and my team. Zoho's reporting functionality is good. It is easy to run lists in Excel, including dashboard reports, to determine if we are hiring accurately. We were able to tweak and improve our recruitment and hiring functions."
"Simple to use, and a comprehensive enough recruitment management tool, easy to acquire and cost-effective to use, and can cover multiple teams, regions, and skills."
"The product is very user-friendly, we find it very easy to navigate."
"The pricing seems to be very reasonable."
"The CV parsing feature is the most valuable as it can parse resumes for the database, and the solution is easy to deploy, stable, scalable, and supported by a good support team."
"Zoho is by far the most comprehensive, and it does all the bits and pieces."
"The solution is secure and also very user friendly."
"I like that the solution is secure and only the admin person has access to download information."
 

Cons

"Covid took a toll on the support we have received from the Freshworks team with most of their support teams based in India."
"The solution could be improved if it included a payroll system, to be a completely 360 degrees HR solution."
"In the beginning, I was having a hard time learning the software because I was using it on a remote basis. Of course, I used some YouTube videos and other online resources to get by, but for me personally, I learn a bit more easily when the training is done in-person. I had to work double time just on the learning part of it, so I would say that Freshteam could do with better training resources."
"In the beginning, I was having a hard time learning the software because I was using it on a remote basis."
"The cons of Zoho Recruit include the admin learning curve and the time needed to design and govern advanced workflows and blueprints correctly."
"There's a bit of a learning curve."
"There's a bit of a learning curve."
"No ability to automatically update details."
"The biggest problem is that their instructions, videos, and documentation are terrible."
"The pivot chart type reporting available is not only too technical for a common user, but even for a technical user."
"Zoho Recruit could benefit from increased flexibility and customization when creating and sending offer letters to new recruits."
"There is a limit to the number of lines you can extract."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For our training period, we were simply given a user ID and password by the company, with which we could log in and do our work on the platform. The licensing was someone else's responsibility."
"Freshteam has a free tier as well as a 14 day free trial. The free tier is suitable for a small or home office. If this tier is not suitable, an organization could sign up for the 14 day trial for a higher tier to try all the features and decide if it suits their needs."
"It is in the middle price range. Everything is included in the price."
"The more you scale the solution the more it will cost. If you want the vendor to do the implementation or migration there are extra fees."
"In terms of cost, Zoho is by far the most reasonable for what you're getting. You get the option of monthly or yearly price. It is one cost per person for a license, and it is reasonable. My solutions are $50 per person per month."
"I think it costs about $40 per month for a recruiter account. It comes with ten free accounts. It's well worth the money we are paying."
"Zoho Recruit is an affordable solution in comparison to BambooHR and costs relatively the same as Greenhouse implementation wise. It costs less than $100 per user. Large organizations will be able to get enterprise pricing, and Zoho is transparent with their pricing."
"The cost of each user depends on the size of our user base."
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Manufacturing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise2
 

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What needs improvement with Zoho Recruit?
The cons of Zoho Recruit include the admin learning curve and the time needed to design and govern advanced workflows and blueprints correctly. Some key features, including advanced automations and...
What is your primary use case for Zoho Recruit?
I have been working with Zoho Recruit for the last two years. In the previous platform, I worked with many platforms, but within the last 12 months, I have only been working with Zoho Creator, Zoho...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho Recruit?
I find Zoho Recruit to be a little expensive compared to other platforms. They have two editions: the Standard Edition, which is affordable, and the Enterprise Edition, which is a bit pricey.
 

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