Greenhouse vs. Jobvite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Greenhouse
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Greenhouse delivers a solution to help companies hire for what's next. Their hiring platform has users at companies like DoorDash, Dropbox and Wayfair, who use Greenhouse's intelligent guidance to design and automate all aspects of hiring.N/A
Jobvite
Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Jobvite is a full recruiting platform. It provides features across the recruiting funnel - from sourcing and managing candidates via CRM and managing workflows to communicating with hiring managers and reporting through custom dashboards and reports.N/A
Pricing
GreenhouseJobvite
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GreenhouseJobvite
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Greenhouse
Chose Greenhouse
I evaluated Leve, JobDiva, SmartRecruiters, and Jobvite 3-4 times in the past few years and I have to say that Greenhouse was at a nice price point and gave us the usability and functionality that we require here at Beeswax. I'm a big fan and their customer service is amazing. …
Chose Greenhouse
I've used a wide variety of Applicant Tracking system's that all had their pain points: Kenexa Brassring Peoplesoft Jobvite Taleo I have to say out of the Applicant Tracking System's I used, Greenhouse has been the best to use. It has done a great job in helping our …
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse is much better than Jobvite -- reporting is about the same, but UI is cleaner and system is easier to use.
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse in comparison to others we've evaluated is that they cannot comprehend the level of importance when it comes to hiring. Especially during this time where candidates have so many options, the quicker [it is] to move someone throughout the process by just a couple of …
Chose Greenhouse
When we were evaluating recruiting systems, we looked at Greenhouse, Lever and Jobvite. Must-haves for us were usability, robust search features, global support and reporting. Greenhouse met all of those requirements by a wide margin. Jobvite seemed antiquated, not …
Chose Greenhouse
Jobvite was the system you used to invite and amplify opportunities. Greenhouse is doing this but excels at streamlining the increased amount of inbound response from said amplification.
Chose Greenhouse
I worked with Jobvite for 2 years, their lack of good customer service is what drew me away from them, in Greenhouse you have a designated point person for all problems.
Chose Greenhouse
Moved from Jobvite to Greenhouse - significant improvements.
Customer service is leaps and bounds better.
User interface is much better.
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse has mastered the ATS tool and continuously improves features based on soliciting feedback from their customers. They do a great job at listening and adjusting based on the growing needs of their customers in the talent management space.
Chose Greenhouse
iCIMS is VERY clunky compared to Greenhouse. I have heard good things about Lever. We demo'd with Lever and Jazz when we were selecting a new ATS and went with Greenhouse. I have heard Greenhouse is more expensive than others and some companies get priced out. When I recommend …
Chose Greenhouse
I actually have not had much experience with another Applicant Tracking System outside of Greenhouse. I am focused on the talent management side of things in human resources, but I have heard discussions related to different ATSs. I know that we are happy with Greenhouse and …
Chose Greenhouse
Greenhouse is the best ATS I have used in my career. Particularly from a user interface, collaboration, and feature set standpoint. I highly recommend it for rapid growing companies.
Chose Greenhouse
It's not the worst but it's not the best. It has really great features but not the best user support.
Chose Greenhouse
I wasn't involved in the selection process for greenhouse. I am an end user as I am using this product for tracking applicants for my team. The HR team did an analysis of other products and we did not have any other product in place beforehand to my knowledge.
Jobvite
Chose Jobvite
Greenhouse was a close competitor, but at the time (7-8 years ago) we felt Jobvite was ahead of the curve, constantly adapting, and had real recruiters working on their applications and workflows. They understood the landscape.
Chose Jobvite
Jobvite is a superior tool when compared against all the other acquisition tools I have used and definitely can say is the most user-friendly in my opinion. I enjoyed using it as an admin and as a user and would definitely recommend the product to anyone looking for an …
Chose Jobvite
Jobvite provides a great solution that uses every function a recruiter needs, while not necessarily providing hidden fields and values that would create more of a rabbit hole. All the information for hiring managers is available to them via a one-click email rather than …
Chose Jobvite
Changing ATSs is a substantial investment. Our purpose for reviewing another ATS was more to understand Jobvite's capabilities compared to competitors. We found they overall were very similar and I'm always able to work through an improvement with a customer service rep.
Chose Jobvite
It gives our HR team more capabilities as it relates to applicant tracking, reporting, and overall usability for a growing company. The more open requisitions, the more challenging it becomes for all players involved to really be on the same page and know what departments may …
Features
GreenhouseJobvite
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Greenhouse
8.7
Ratings
8% above category average
Jobvite
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management9.60 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.60 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.30 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.50 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Customized Application Form7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Resume Management9.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Candidate Search8.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.40 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Collaboration9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.10 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Email Templates9.50 Ratings9.60 Ratings
User Permissions9.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.50 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Reporting7.50 Ratings7.60 Ratings
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User Ratings
GreenhouseJobvite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
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7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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8.9
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Usability
9.1
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8.7
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Availability
-
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10.0
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Performance
-
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9.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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6.8
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Online Training
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.1
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Greenhouse merges very well with most of the Job Board we use such as Indeed, Linkedin Recruiter and others. It makes it easy to import date from these job boards onto the system. However, more can be done when it comes to bulk candidate import, I think there should be a feature that allows us to adding bulk candidates at a go.
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Jobvite is good for those who are looking for a cost-effective option. It certainly satisfies any basic needs someone would have or need through an applicant tracking system.
Where it does not do as well as in its interface. It’s clunky and difficult to navigate, especially for those who are new to it. I think it takes some real getting used to and not everyone has the time for that.
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Pros
  • Customization of interview plans, questions, interviewer roles for multiple positions
  • Manages efficient and timely candidate, hiring manager, and interviewer communication
  • Integrates with other tools needed in the hiring process such as sourcing tools and onboarding systems
  • Provides analytics and reporting to allow for data insights and process improvements
  • Provides an Onboarding feature that makes the hiring cycle seamless from first interview to hire date
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  • Workflow- I love that you can immediately see where in the process a candidate is.
  • Dashboard- The customization and overall feel of the site.
  • Feed- The fact that you can see the feed from the candidates other applications is a plus.
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Cons
  • Greenhouse Security is simple, but not that granular. For example, everytime new recruiter joins, we have to give them access manually one by one. There is no one click or an easy way to auto assign security unlike other systems that we use such as Workday.
  • Greenhouse reporting is very lacking. Even though we are on the highest tier, we cannot extract data through this delivered feature. For example, scorecard custom questions. We have to do this through SQL.
  • Greenhouse Audit Log is also lacking. It is not useful at all. We cannot even see what job info changed and who changed it even though we are on the highest tier now.
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  • I would like to see Canvas for texting applicants further integrated into Jobvite - but I think that's already in the works
  • I would like a way to boost ads through Jobvite on popular job boards like Indeed to increase visibility on those hard-to-fill positions
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Likelihood to Renew
I think Greenhouse is an effective, easy way to interview and score recruits -- especially as our organization grows in size
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If I were to become an internal recruiter again, I would almost definitely use Jobvite. I liked the fact that we could set up any job application link on our company web site to connect directly to Jobvite. I also liked that Jobvite made employee referral easy to submit, as employee referrals tend to be the highest quality candidates. Jobvite really has all the tools a recruiter needs to get a candidate through a recruiting process quickly without anything slipping through the cracks. Even though there are a lot of features I feel can be greatly improved, I don't think there is anything on the market today that is better than Jobvite
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Usability
The overall interface is very easy to understand and it is capable. There are a lot of very useful functionalities that help in productivity as simple as tags for the coordinators to manage their day to day tasks. The continuous improvements greenhouse brings to the users are really impressive. We use quite a few integrations with it and they help the job even hassle free.
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After using varios ATS's in the past, I have found most comfort and ease using jobvite. This tool has made the hiring process so easy to manage and just the fact that it is not complicated to use, makes it even better
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Reliability and Availability
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No issues (especially compared to ADP).
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Support Rating
I have never needed to call Greenhouse for support. I am not the primary account holder, nor do I use Greenhouse enough to merit calling support. I delegate that responsibility to the Recruiting team. They have never mentioned any experience with Greenhouse technical support, either bad or good. I would assume that they would tell me if the support was poor.
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As I stated before, Jobvite's CSMs are very polite, responsive, and helpful, constantly vigilant to our needs as an organization and ready to help. I feel that Jobvite's support has always been willing to help, but in the most recent months it has sometimes been stressful or strained for our team to submit Jobvite tickets, as we sometimes receive a response that makes it clear that the person giving support has either not read our ticket completely and just wants to offer a quick fix, or is not invested in assisting and merely suggests ways that we can help ourselves (even in urgent circumstances when we are pressed for time, or in instances where they have done something for us before).
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Online Training
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Had phone training. Lots of webinars. Generally pretty good. Not enough time to learn. User community exists, but haven’t used.
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Implementation Rating
I think we could have used more delivered functionality and less customized which now results in more maintenance
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It forces you to evaluate your own business process.

The software lets you re-engineer things
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Alternatives Considered
A lot of new features and Recruiter friendly Interface is what made us to choose Greenhouse over any other competition in Market. Cost is another factor as Greenhouse is available at a very competitive price in Market. This is an overall package for all your recruitment, Engagement and reporting needs.
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Jobvite is a superior tool when compared against all the other acquisition tools I have used and definitely can say is the most user-friendly in my opinion. I enjoyed using it as an admin and as a user and would definitely recommend the product to anyone looking for an onboarding tool.
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Return on Investment
  • Streamlined the hiring process and new hire time to value
  • Increased satisfaction for hiring managers and sales account managers
  • Allowed us to gain access to a bigger and more targeted talent pool
  • Saved us time and helped us avoid things falling by the wayside by keeping things in one place and sending automated alerts
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  • Jobvite increased the completion-of-application rate by about 30 percent within the first week of using it. That is a huge deal for us.
  • Time spent by recruiters on sourcing, tracking, and scheduling applicants has decreased.
  • Time spent by recruiters/hr on the onboarding of new hires has decreased.
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ScreenShots

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Jobvite Screenshots

Screenshot of the Jobvite interface to automate tedious, manual processes, with real-time analytics.Screenshot of the interface to build talent pools, nurture them with campaigns, and increase referrals within the CRM and Recruitment Marketing tools.Screenshot of where Jobvite centralizes onboarding activity, to standardize processes and seamlessly transition candidates, with the goal of providing them the best experience.Screenshot of Jobvite Intelligent Messaging, which helps to to make a good first impression by meeting candidates where they are – on the phone that’s always in their pocket.Screenshot of the relevant, targeted content and job search appearing on a Jobvite career site, that helps to attract job seekers and make compelling first impressions.