AkkenCloud vs. Breezy HR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AkkenCloud
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
AkkenCloud is a cloud-based ATS developed by Akken Inc in New Hampshire. This product offers the full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems: A user-friendly interface and mobile device integration Batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels such as email or by leveraging its integration with social networking sites (e.g. LinkedIn) Instantaneous posting to multiple job boards Job alerts and category sorted…N/A
Breezy HR
Score 9.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Breezy is an applicant tracking system that aims to be fun-to-use. The vendor says its goal is to turns organization's messy hiring hacks into a pain-free process candidates love. The vendor believes hiring doesn't have to be messy. According to the vendor, Breezy customers can say, "Sayonara!" to the stacks of resumes cluttering up their workspace and let Breezy help them find their next A-player. With Breezy, users can automate time-sucking hiring tasks with tools like talent search,…
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Pricing
AkkenCloudBreezy HR
Editions & Modules
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Startup
$143
per month annual
Business
$399
per month annual
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AkkenCloudBreezy HR
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCustom plans available for Pro features. All plans include unlimited users, unlimited candidates, and customer support.
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Features
AkkenCloudBreezy HR
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
AkkenCloud
7.7
8 Ratings
4% below category average
Breezy HR
9.1
17 Ratings
13% above category average
Job Requisition Management6.18 Ratings8.016 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.67 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.65 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.75 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Resume Management9.47 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.28 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Candidate Search4.08 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.58 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Collaboration4.88 Ratings10.017 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation8.27 Ratings7.015 Ratings
Email Templates8.05 Ratings10.017 Ratings
User Permissions9.05 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.05 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Reporting8.06 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Customized Application Form00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
AkkenCloudBreezy HR
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
(13 ratings)
10.0
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(5 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Performance
6.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
2.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
AkkenCloudBreezy HR
Likelihood to Recommend
AkkenCloud
I don't know many other scenarios, as I have been with this company for 13 years and in this industry for roughly 25 years. It is a tool that is well suited for our company and this industry in general. As a staffing company, you can accomplish nearly everything imaginable with this tool. The only area I have seen that might not be ideal is if you wanted to run all kinds of metrics. You can run a variety of reports in Akken, the data fields are limited sometimes and one would think that wouldn't need to be the case. You should be able to put whatever data you want in any field to create the report you need.
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Breezy HR
Working with many employees at the same time would be the perfect scenario to let us test all the potential that the Breezy HR platform has to offer, since its organizational capacity is large enough to be able to organize and coordinate the attendance and absence information of many workers without losing track of the job. Reviewing documents where data is needed about each employee's behavior, including their daily attendance hours, tracking of all the absences they have taken since starting at the company, and comments about their potential, which would be excellent for reporting during promotional seasons. The management of many employee lists through database services, which thanks to the platform's adaptation to cover external service software operations such as Microsoft Excel, means that it is possible to import employee databases when moving information from a storage platform.
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Pros
AkkenCloud
  • Automatically keeps a record of activities such as email conversations related to a candidate.
  • Time and date stamp on events logged to a candidate and customer is a great resource.
  • Completing full company profiles with all contacts is very helpful for later efficiency.
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Breezy HR
  • Organization. It provided an incredible way to streamline applicants and their place in the process. With a strong search capability, you can find anyone no matter where they are in the process. And you can see if they've applied elsewhere in your company.
  • User friendliness. Not everyone understands technology. Even more so when web programs are involved. I am well versed in programs like these, and did a lot of vetting before making our purchase, so training came easy. It also - to our happiness - came easily to people who've never seen these programs. Breezy was there to help with the issues we had understanding; however, we didn't need them much because the interface was just that easy.
  • Options. They have third party integrations, and are willing to open to more. They want to make their program useful in more than one way. Breezy crew worked with us to link to our HRIS system. They also have a great many integrations that are relevant to any small business (we are not small, but this would be a great choice for a small company just starting out and seeking to understand what they need).
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Cons
AkkenCloud
  • This is the worst ATS I've ever used. It's hard to find what you need. It's not set up in a coherent manner and things are all over the place.
  • I have to download a resume just to view it.
  • The parse function only works in Internet Explorer and it works poorly then. Makes it impossible to tell if its actually a duplicate because it flags everything.
  • No section for meaningful notes. Notes are all just reports of action.
  • No way to make it efficient for direct hires. All geared towards staffing so it makes you fill out non-sense information that will be inaccurate and irrelevant just to satisfy field requirements.
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Breezy HR
  • Their calendar functionality is pretty clunky. For example, I am able to use the platform to easily propose times to multiple candidates, but it doesn't mark the option as unavailable once the candidate has booked the time. This has led me to be double-booked on multiple occasions. (We now just use a Calendly link).
  • You're able to create a careers web page that automatically lists open jobs through Breezy, which is nice, but the customization is incredibly limited.
  • While you can manage your whole hiring funnel from Breezy, it lacks the automation and other functions of some of the high dollar platforms.
  • Breezy doesn't offer any templates or suggestions with how to build your funnel, so I can imagine that many customers miss out on functionality that could help streamline their workflow. I think they could really benefit from some 'getting started' suggestions and guides.
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Likelihood to Renew
AkkenCloud
There is no reason for us to make a switch. Everybody in the office is familiar with it and it allows us to get our work done faster. There are no pressing issues that would warrant a change at this point
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Breezy HR
It's no fuss and does what we need at a very reasonable price, so I can't imagine why I'd switch.
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Usability
AkkenCloud
Akken is quite easy to use however there are a few more complex functions or multi steps to go through to run reports and find historic information.
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Breezy HR
Me ayuda muchisimo es 100% redituable todos los días trabajo con breezy y ahi puedo programar entrevistas enviar y ver reporte de evaluaciones administrar la bolsa de empleo sin duda es muy completo y muy funcional. Todos podemos interactuar con un candidato y de acuerdo a los permisos involucrarnos, los candidatos estan en seguimeinto gracias a correos programados.
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Performance
AkkenCloud
It's an average tool. The calendar function isn't great, email is slow, and there always seem to be day-to-day issues. The functionality is mostly there for a staffing firm, but there are plenty of areas of improvement still needed
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Breezy HR
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Support Rating
AkkenCloud
The best support we have received has been from sales. Customer success is pretty much a joke. We have been yelled at by customer success reps; been told to take a screenshot of something we are not seeing; been told there are no issues on there in when Akken hadn't been working for hours, only to have it magically fixed shortly after we reported the problem; and been told engineering was working on a problem for weeks without resolution. If you are going to be working with IT Staffing companies, you have to understand that we have a modicum of knowledge in IT, and you can't BS us. Honesty will get you a lot farther than stringing us along with BS.
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Breezy HR
The support is very frustrating. They don't research any issues and give you explanations that don't make sense, don't solve the issue, and don't make them seem trustworthy. The service levels are the most frustrating part of Breezy. The company gets defensive and upset if you tell them there's something in their software that needs to be fixed. It's constant and it's so exhausting to deal with them and their emotions. It's bizarre and it's so unprofessional.
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Implementation Rating
AkkenCloud
Encourage your team to watch the training videos available.
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Breezy HR
It was really easy to get up and running, and the few questions I did have were answered nearly immediately via the in-app chat.
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Alternatives Considered
AkkenCloud
We preferred the ability to go with Mac computers. That was the number one selling point for us. Besides that we liked the ease of the product. The email interface looked exactly like Outlook. The calendar the same. The price was also a big selling point. It came in slightly cheaper than Bullhorn and other systems and in our opinion a better product.
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Breezy HR
I liked that Breezy HR had an option to try it out before we committed. I also preferred the User interface of Breezy HR to other options we looked into. The pricing was very attractive as well. Plus it included more features than most competitors we demo-ed did
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Return on Investment
AkkenCloud
  • Sometimes the system is slow and the process of hiring someone is lengthy so it takes a long time to complete it so it takes away from other things I could be working on
  • It’s easy and quick to manage candidates to show what process they’re in
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Breezy HR
  • Breezy HR has cut our recruitment work load by about 30%. Breezy HR automates a lot of the process and cuts out a ton of manual work. This has allowed our recruiters to focus on the more important parts of the process thus resulting in higher quality hires.
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ScreenShots

Breezy HR Screenshots

Screenshot of Video InterviewingScreenshot of Breezy for iPhoneScreenshot of Recruiting PipelineScreenshot of Video InterviewsScreenshot of Reporting and AnalyticsScreenshot of Mobile app