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Jobvite vs iCIMS Recruit comparison

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Categories and Ranking

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
Jobvite
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
9th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Video Interviewing Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software category, the mindshare of iCIMS Recruit is 1.4%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jobvite is 1.9%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
iCIMS Recruit1.4%
Jobvite1.9%
Other96.7%
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Featured Reviews

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.
PF
Principal with 11-50 employees
Allows us to manage a large amount of candidates at a large amount of sites and still be very site specific
In terms of what could be improved, sometimes it seems, for whatever reason, that not all of the messaging goes through. I don't know if that's an internal email issue or that's an email issue with them. So I will externally follow up a lot of my communication through Microsoft Outlook as my own redundancy to make sure that my messages get out. So there's a little bit of a concern on consistency of the messaging getting through in terms of scheduling or in terms of sending a resume to a particular hiring manager, especially if you have multiple hiring managers. It does not have an ability to CC hiring managers on the resumes that are sent through. It only goes through to the hiring manager and sometimes you want other members of the team to see the resumes. So, it doesn't necessarily work that way. Those are a couple of different things that they could work on. Otherwise, there is nothing else that I can really think of. If you know the system you know how to work your way around certain things. Once you get hands-on in the system, you understand how the system works and you understand how to work within its environment.

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

Pros

"Within a very short period, we had many job opportunities to fill with a distributed HR team, switching from emails and a fixed job board to iCIMS Recruit, which was a vastly improved and user-friendly experience."
"Over time, I've seen them build on their platform, make improvements, enhance the user experience, and continue to gather feedback for improvement from end users."
"iCIMS Recruit has positively impacted my experience as a job applicant by making it faster and less stressful."
"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."
"The good features of iCIMS Recruit were that it was very easy to use."
"iCIMS Recruit's best features include the dashboard, the metrics, the graphs, and the link to our career portal and job postings."
"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 positively impacted my organization by allowing us to recruit better and reducing the time to fill."
"It has a really nice scheduling feature, which is very valuable for scheduling interviews. It is an automated feature and one of my favorite things about Jobvite. The other thing that I like about Jobvite is customer service. Their customer service is amazing, and they're constantly improving it and making it better. Jobvite also integrates with LinkedIn."
"One of the benefits we've had from Jobvite, as we are a high volume recruiting organization in the manufacturing field with around 60 different locations, is that it allows us to manage a very large amount of candidates at a large amount of sites and to still be very site specific."
"The ability to manage and track candidates in one place, and also when you are scheduling is a plus."
"Having an applicant tracking system like Jobvite helps companies get organized."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the interview schedule piece. This allows me to see what interviews are going on. It allows me to put them on my calendar and to track that piece so that I can follow up both with my candidate and with my hiring manager."
 

Cons

"iCIMS Recruit could be improved by adding a block to explain certain things."
"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."
"I know that they are very expensive and it's a long implementation process, but they're still my favorite applicant tracking system I've used in twenty years."
"If reporting could be more robust, that would be phenomenal."
"The customer support for iCIMS Recruit, specifically the technical customer support, leaves a little bit to desire, as with any other SaaS company."
"ICIMS Recruit could be improved with better functionality, the visualization of the data functionality, the data program, the ability to see additional insights, and the interface of the data configurations could be more updated."
"However, it is straightforward, and I guess it saves a little more time, but most of the tools out there do the same thing."
"The customer support for iCIMS Recruit is terrible. I chose a rating of six because the customer service has been terrible, and we have gone through numerous account managers."
"The user experience can be improved."
"Its reporting feature can be improved. Reporting is currently not user friendly, and it is just complicated. If you want specific reports that aren't available within the system, then you have to pay extra. We don't use Jobvite for onboarding or payroll. They have the option, but we don't use them for onboarding or payroll. We strictly use it just for the recruiting cycle. If we did have a more comprehensive package with them, the reporting might not be so bad. One thing that kind of bothers me is the fact that you can have somebody apply to several different requisitions, and the notes don't merge together because it is requisition-focused. In other words, it is not strictly candidate-focused, which is kind of a pain sometimes. You have to go back and forth with the notes if somebody applies, or you could miss some important information."
"The fact that you can't create a recruiting journey, the fact that you can't have confidentiality, the fact that it doesn't integrate with an HRS system, is really problematic as a company grows."
"Its reporting feature can be improved. Reporting is currently not user friendly, and it is just complicated."
"Sometimes it seems, for whatever reason, that not all of the messaging goes through. I don't know if that's an internal email issue or that's an email issue with them. So I will externally follow up a lot of my communication through Microsoft Outlook as my own redundancy to make sure that my messages get out."
"It has very inefficient, integration capabilities with the HRS systems"
"I'm not a big fan, and I don't find it especially valuable."
"Sometimes it seems, for whatever reason, that not all of the messaging goes through."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Jobvite is a cheap solution."
"Its price is competitive. It is not like they've increased their price in five years, so I'm happy about that. For a specific or customized report, you have to pay a little bit extra."
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28%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Insurance Company
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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise17
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Questions from the Community

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 with AI integration. I would like to see smarter candidate matching and ways to identify fraudulent applications, third parties, and deep fakes.
What is your primary use case for iCIMS Recruit?
iCIMS Recruit is our ATS system, and I use it daily for all of our open requisitions and hiring processes.
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