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Crelate

Recruiting software & applicant tracking for recruiters

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Crelate Reviews

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  • Likelihood to recommend8.64/10

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We are a small recruiting firm and I felt like they cared about your team and our success. It was also apparent that Crelate cares about their employees and sets them up for success.
It's been an overall great experience and the product continues to evolve with great new features and benefits that we actually use. I highly recommend it for any other growing search firm.
Easy to use and easy to collaborate. The tags are helpful and I love that I can BCC emails and have them upload on a candidate's profile.
I was worried because when I moved to MaxHire in 2009, my data was a mess.
Very difficult to get the support when you need it, and there is limited training information available. There pricing is on the high side for the level of product you get.
But I've been asking for my resumes for 3 weeks and instead of offering me a refund or anything they almost blame me.
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Lisa K.

Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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New Crelate User- Loving it

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

I've been using Crelate for about 4 months now. It is dramatically better and makes my work much easier than products we used in the past. The visuals and the ease of drag and drop- to bring in linkedin info, to change stages, to schedule activities, upload resumes attached to emails, send emails, to make notes, etc. is wonderful. Managing prospects from sourcing through offer everyday is really easy with Crelate. I love that.

Cons

We have specific basic reporting we would like to provide our clients- to do this we have to hire consultants. I wish the basic reporting was better. Also the search/boolean functionality is not as intuitive as linked in talent pool searches.

Vendor response

Thank you for writing a review. It is wonderful to hear all the ways that Crelate Talent is helping to manage your pipeline. It sounds like you are comfortable with Boolean searches, but I wanted to share a few resources to help get any new hires up-to-speed faster with both Boolean searches and Crelate Talent's search features. Boolean Basics: http://help.crelate.com/en/articles/4120254-search-and-basic-boolean-logic Basic Search: http://help.crelate.com/en/articles/4120327-using-search Advanced Search: http://help.crelate.com/en/articles/4120273-advanced-search

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Robb C.

Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Pretty Satisfied

Reviewed a month ago

One of the best Applicant Tracking Systems that I've used.

Pros

Easy to use. Great for importing candidates. Simple to document communications, set/follow tasks, organize recruiting activities. A Simple Boolean search with simple filters will help me find the right candidates within Crelate every time. Synchronizes well with Gmail, LinkedIn, and HirEZ.

Cons

Still working the bugs out. Although problems are resolved fairly quickly, we tend to hit some bumps in the road about twice a month.

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Kelly M.

Real Estate, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Honest feedback

Reviewed a month ago

Not bad. I've used Follow Up Boss and found it to be more robust and easier to use (albeit overwelling with it's functionality)

Pros

The new email tracking feature to see if a candidate has read an email.

Cons

- Unprofessional looking emails to candidates with terrible line spacing- Bulk emails: can't track if they've been opened by candidates- When I have an issue and Help sends me a link. I don't have time to go and research my problem.

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Dan A.

Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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mostly good, could use a couple tweaks.

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

This is a very intuitive platform and easy reports. The service is also great and helpful as well.

Cons

Jobs could be a little easier to search. Sometimes with wonky job numbers, it's not as easy to automatically add candidates to a certain req.

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Whitney B.

Staffing and Recruiting,

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Crelate has changed my daily business!

Reviewed 8 years ago

Crelate has provided much needed simplicity and functionality for my recruiting workflow. My assistant is working 10+ hours per week LESS doing data entry and similar tasks with Crelate than with our previous ATS, which gives me 10+ hours of her time for more productive tasks. I love the flexibility and ease of use for the workflow stages, and I appreciate that all the information I need is on one screen - no waiting for other views to open. If I could give customer support a higher rating than 5 start...I definitely would do so!

Pros

Intuitive workflow, data entry/updates are easy in the profile screen, very limited clicks needed to get to all the info you need, easily customizable to my existing workflow. Customer service is fantastic!! Very responsive to customer suggestions. Simple database that gives me what I need without all the burden of an unnecessarily complicated system like Bullhorn. IPad app is fantastic for when I'm on the go!

Cons

Scheduling function is not as robust or flexible as I'd like (however, the fantastic tech guys are working on updates to this with the next update release, so this con could become obsolete soon!) This is not a massive system with tons of bells and whistles...it is a simple, intuitive ATS that provides all the functionality I need...but if you want ways to overly complicate things, this may not be the system for you.

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Harshita P.

Financial Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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ATS to watch out

Reviewed a month ago

Great experience so far.

Pros

Very easy to implement and use, intuitive front end and easy to customize workflows and processes. Super responsive customer support.

Cons

They are still updating features and some minor bugs creep in after their new releases (nothing major so far though).

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Gary W.

Human Resources, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Keep It Simple

Reviewed 24 days ago
Pros

I like the ability to quickly save and review a resume. I also like the ability to automatically create a candidate pipeline just by clicking.

Cons

Searching for old candidates can be a little difficult. I think a better search engine or better training on search options would be great.

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Pierce K.

Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Solid software with many nice to haves

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

Nice interface - very customizable and makes tracking activity fairly straightforward

Cons

Some minor quirks and bugs here and there but overall it is a strong software run by a strong team.

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Nicole K.

Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Crelate use for beginners

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

Crelate offers training to help you understand the functions better.

Cons

I have been satisfied with Crelate so far.

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Jeff S.

Staffing and Recruiting, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Crelate

Reviewed a month ago
Pros

The ability to post jobs in addition to its tracking and reporting.

Cons

At first, a little difficult to understand screens I'm in.

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Juli S.

Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Easy to use software with great features

Reviewed 3 years ago

Overall, it's been a good experience and I would and have recommended the software to many firms in my network.

Pros

We love the search pipelines and the ability to quickly' drop and drag' candidates through the stages. We also love the integration with RingCentral and other apps on the market that make using it very easy. This software is one of the easier ones on the market to customize to your own internal work flow. It's also easy to add people to the database from other sites such as LinkedIn.

Cons

I haven't been able to get the CRM portion of the software to work for our workflow. Crelate sells itself as an ATS and a CRM but CRM part isn't as easy to integrate- at least in manner in which we use it.

Vendor response

Wow, so much to be thankful for with this review. First, thank you for taking the time to write a review and second, thank you for recommending us to others in your network. It is great to see that the easy workflow management, RingCentral integration, and free parsing tool are working so well for you. It is a bummer to hear that the CRM is not functioning how you would like it to. When you have the time, I would ask that you reach out to our support team 443-569-8262 Ext. 2, or support@crelate.com, and see if they can get you set you up how you want/need.

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Elaine P.

Accounting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Best ATS we have ever used

Reviewed 4 years ago

Crelate has added to our productivity. Their customer service is best in class, and I don’t know how we recruited without this platform. We are a small boutique firm and I can tell you any small firm should definitely use this product. They will treat you with respect and help ensure their product works for you. That was not the experience we had with other large and well known recruiting software. You will not regret using Crelate!

Pros

Customer service is exceptional. Additionally product very easy to use with a great customer interface. Wonderful interface with job boards and other recruiting platforms.

Cons

Sometimes can’t use wildcards in certain fields for searches. Also new company files are created with parsed resumes which leads to messy/invalid company files.

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Brian C.

Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Why Did We Wait So Long!?

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

(AllSearch is a 20 Person Professional Direct Hire Company). Ladies and Gentlemen of Crelate, all of you deserve some seriously high praise. Starting with whose initial Demo and considerable Q&A (he was very patient with us, no pressure) helped us realize that this system we'd never heard of was worth top 3 consideration against some very name brand players, during a time we were looking at literally...

Cons

Nothing negative whatsoever to speak of yet. We migrated/converted over the course of the summer, went live on schedule a few weeks ago, with zero problems, and in the first two weeks, the general sentiment is the Title of this Review. Employees are thrilled, metrics are WAY up. Why, oh why, did we wait so long to migrate our core Recruiting ATS/CRM to a more modern platform. Granted it's the honeymoon period, but, so far, the Recruiting life is much better on Crelate.

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Zach S.

Human Resources, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Good ATS System

Reviewed 3 years ago

Overall, Crelate is a very solid ATS with a functional CRM. I think there are a lot of great features in the program that make the use and functionality of it very good. I think there are a couple limitations on the back end but overall I would recommend this program to other users.

Pros

The candidate and task tracking along with the reporting and analytics features are the most functional and have been perfected. These are the features I have used the most.

Cons

I think there are limitations with outside integrations for various things. For testing, sourcing, etc. There are some limitations for integrations.

Vendor response

Thank you for taking the time to write this review and for drawing attention to our reporting and analytics functionality. It is a powerful tool that we have worked hard to make relevant to the Recruiting and Staffing industry, intuitive for the user, and valuable in the running of a business. As we continue to grow and expand our integrations, we are always looking for what our users want. If you have any suggestions, or questions, about integrations, I encourage you to visit help.crelate.com, or contact support using the help button in the app.

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David G.

Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Good but a few issues

Reviewed 2 years ago

Looking to save time by automating certain functions. Also looking to help manage and work with information in a logical manner. Has been a big help in this aspect, overall very happy but would like to see my issues addresses in the future.

Pros

It is geared towards staffing firms. Love the ability to automate repetitive tasks and save time! Love the ability to attach resumes to profiles and have all my info on one screen. Love the bulk lists, ability to group candidates, and graphical interface for viewing status of jobs

Cons

As mentioned, I didn't realize that I couldn't search geographically for candidates as Canada isn't supported. This is a major flaw I would like corrected. I also find the interface for doing candidate searches within the software not very graphically streamlined- feels and looks busy/clunky-not sure about the right word to use. Parsing is pretty good but does make the odd mistake. Doesn't parse off Indeed web pages.

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Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Crelate is User Friendly and Comprehensive!

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

To start, we switched over from another system and the pros at Crelate were spot on in transferring our data in its entirety from our old product! It automatically gave us a great feeling to find what we needed that we had almost a fluid transfer from our old ATS to this one. It is intuitively easy to use. For any professional who has worked with database software, or ATS systems already, the designers...

Cons

Candidates update their resumes all the time and move jobs more rapidly than they used to. When they send me a new resume, I wish I could parse all the new data into an existing record automatically and not have to do it manually. That is not available. When asked, I would have to create a new record and then merge the two together. That isn't as fluid I wish it could be.

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Barbara Z.

Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Highly Recommend

Reviewed 4 years ago

Rep. handled our migration. He was genius! Such a great analyst and made so many observations that helped me with the setup. I am shocked at how perfect the information migrated from MaxHire. It is seamless. I was worried because when I moved to MaxHire in 2009, my data was a mess! This time it is perfect. Rep. has been helping me with the onboarding and is doing a great job as well! The entire team is fantastic.

Pros

Crelate is an excellent software. I moved from MaxHire (Bullhorn) to Crelate. I looked at 4 other systems before choosing Crelate and I'm so glad I made this choice. Brittanie was so patient with me and took her time to show me benefits and features of the SW. In fact, I actually had 3 phone demos with her and she did an amazing job. All the SW vendors I looked at demoed at least 2 or 3 times before I made up my mind. I love how easily you can customize Crelate. Your own workflow, your own activities, your own special items you need to know like travel, citizenship status, relo, desired locations for relo, etc. Do yourself a favor and test drive this product; you will love it!!

Cons

The only thing I hope they add it to be able to return an email out of the system. All your emails are tracked but you can't respond to an email from the system. Otherwise....it's awesome.

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Richard M.

Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Excellent, best experience ever with an ATS software firm

Reviewed 6 years ago

This is the very best ATS software on the market for a contingency or retained search firm.

Pros

For a recruiter, it's always about the interface and workflow. Can I quickly see and get to all the information I need to multitask with multiple clients and candidates.? The answer in the case is a resounding YES! Crelate does that far better than everyone else for me. The second thing it does better than any ATS I have ever used is automation of repetitive tasks. You can actually customize your own...

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mark r.

Staffing and Recruiting,

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Xtra Effort review of Crelate Software

Reviewed 6 years ago

Xtra Effort Solutions, Inc. is a 16 year Sales, Sales Engineering, and Customer Success recruiting firm for enterprise technology companies. We have a national reach. The diverse nature of our client requirements make it imperative that we are agile when responding to super specific requests around candidate tenure, technical skills, industry knowledge, performance metrics, location, career stability,...

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Cons

It would be great to have "required fields", forcing users to enter information on critical areas; and it would be helpful to limit users to specific pick lists, and not enable them to enter any data they want

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Alternative Medicine, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Works for me!

Reviewed 5 years ago

Overall, it's really grown alongside our company. I find it looks a little old school and childish but at the end of the day it does what I need and I don't really have any complaints!

Pros

I like that it is customizable, I work at a start-up that has grown quickly and as we grew we needed to lock down better processes and tracking. We were able to use Crelate to build out those processes and integrate it with our email and accounting software. It's great as an ATS and also functions as our CRM. I also like how you can pin things to the top, make fields optional and required easily to ensure you are getting the information that is most important while also making it so you don't need to spend time inputting insane amounts of tedious information.

Cons

I don't love the look of it, I know that is silly but hey I'm working in it almost 8 hours each day! It has some issues with formatting, if you copy a job description from word or google docs into the job description field it removes formatting. I also don't like how if you assign yourself a task, anyone in the company can see it and mark it complete - you will need to track your tasks elsewhere.

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Thank you for taking the time to write a review of our product. Below is a link to an article that should help with formatting issues. If you have other questions, please reach out to us at support@crelate.com, we are always happy to help. https://crelate.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024320052-Clean-Formatting

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Colin B.

Human Resources, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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Clean and intuitive UI; would like better mobile app and more customization capabilities

Reviewed 4 years ago

Excellent. This software is night-and-day versus other recruiting softwares I've utilized.

Pros

- Very clean and organized user interface - Highly intuitive/ easy to navigate - Easy import capabilities (i.e. from LinkedIn, etc.)

Cons

- Limited customization (i.e. of tiles, headers, etc.) - would like for the Mobile App to have more functionality

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Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Great option esp for remote teams

Reviewed 2 years ago

It is such a great resource. Working on a remote team it is nice to have one screen to allow everyone to see what is moving without having to click on a million tabs. We just switched and I miss it already

Pros

the best part of crelate is how clean it looks. They don't have millions of useless tabs that are always blank and add clutter

Cons

The app is not worth it according to my needs. Hard to see anything or progress on it. Just seems redundant.

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Lissa W.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Crelate Talent

Reviewed 5 years ago

Prior to getting Crelate we had only HR software which didn't function well as an applicant tracking system. Crelate has helped so much. We now can make sure people don't slip through the cracks. It keeps us organized and multiple people can see what's going on with our candidates and where they are in the hiring process. Customer service has been helpful and responsive.

Pros

I like the ability to quickly look at the home page and see notes left about applicants by my colleagues and myself. I like the ability to create tasks for myself and others. We have just started using the mass emailing and will try out texting too. This is very useful. The system helps me stay organized with candidates for multiple jobs at all times.

Cons

I don't like how you have to scroll down to view the open jobs. I have multiple pages of openings and it's annoying. I only like one home page view, the other views are too visually cluttered in my opinion. The nice thing is you are able to change the view.

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Doug N.

Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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I have used a bunch of different recruiting CRM databases--So far Crelate ismy favorite

Reviewed 4 years ago

Overall it's been great for what I do on a day to day basis

Pros

It works! Almost never any downtime. Extremely intuitive and easy for a new user like our entire office to pick up. Lot's of robust features that help me do my job, the templates are great for client communication (although I wish we could customize the 'Client Company Name' to be 'First Word of Client Company Name' so it comes off less formal and SPAMMY)

Cons

I'm on the BD side so for me: Importing contacts from LI defaults to a candidate so you have to be careful to click Client...When you type in a company name in the search feature and it brings up companies, JO's, etc., if you hit enter too fast it will bring an odd result of emails that have that company somewhere in the email...I wish on a contact list the columns that have the 'Current Position' were separated from the company name and their job title--it would be cool to be able to have a large list and separate it quickly between companies and titles. Maybe there is an easy way to do that and we just aren't using it?

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Staffing and Recruiting, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Yes! Crelate!

Reviewed 5 years ago

Accessible platform, easy to search database, easily customization, time saving features, integrated with job boards and other browser embedded tools help us save time when recruiting for our clients.

Pros

A web based solution that is affordable allows my team to access the same information from multiple locations. This in itself makes it a much better solution for a small business like ours to be competitive in the marketplace. Additional features make everyday recruiting much more efficient. Am sooo glad I found this product!

Cons

Like all specialty platforms, it takes some learning. I learned about some features from other users. The up front training and set up was helpful, but on-going training would be really helpful. There are many videos available, but it would be nice to get regular emails from the company with topics like "did you know you could do this..."