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UKG vs Zoho Recruit comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

UKG
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
124
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (5th), Talent Management (5th), Employee Scheduling Software (1st), Cloud HCM (5th), Employee Time Tracking Software (3rd), HR Analytics Software (1st), Talent Acquisition (5th)
Zoho Recruit
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software (3rd), Video Interviewing Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Human Capital Management solutions, they serve different purposes. UKG is designed for Cloud HCM and holds a mindshare of 5.1%, down 6.1% compared to last year.
Zoho Recruit, on the other hand, focuses on Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software, holds 4.3% mindshare, up 4.0% since last year.
Cloud HCM
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
 

Featured Reviews

Lonnie Fluck - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 1, 2024
Helps us establish system front-end and back-end connectivity, but the recruiting features need improvement
I used UKG to track applicants and create job descriptions. We built the electronic onboarding system to be used nationwide and created a path to integrate with the backend The product's most valuable feature is the ability to establish connectivity between the front and the back end,…
AdnanNasir - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 21, 2023
An all-in-one Applicant Tracking System (ATS) with a useful mass customization feature and good customer service
We are primarily using Zoho Recruit for recruitment. It works like an Applicant Tracking System or ATS and has different stages during the recruitment cycle. It gives us the candidate resumes, and the interview panel reviews them through Zoho. The interviews and tests are scheduled automatically…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the tool for various functions, including payroll, HR, recruiting, onboarding, and workforce management. We've implemented all these modules across all the clients I've worked with."
"I like UKG's integration."
"The tool improved employee onboarding efficiency, especially in healthcare, where timely onboarding is crucial. This change directly impacted retention rates positively. It was a massive project that involved various teams working together. It took about a year to revamp the entire process and ensure compliance. However, once implemented, it improved employee satisfaction by saving them two whole days in the onboarding process."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be business intelligence and Cognos reporting."
"The employee self-service feature is most valuable. This is the restaurant industry, and they have a mobile app that allows employees to go in and manage their data. So, employees can manage direct deposit accounts, emergency contacts, and other things in the app. That's definitely the biggest benefit."
"The solution has improved our organization by helping us cut hours and lessen our labor force. It saved us probably over $100,000 in just the last couple of years."
"The solution's employee experience is pretty good."
"It enables us to manage the system ourselves. We don't need an additional team to do a lot of maintenance and add the things that we want."
"The solution is secure and also very user friendly."
"Good reporting feature."
"The customization feature is the most valuable. I can add candidates to the system without having to go into it manually. I can look at a LinkedIn or PNet profile and literally right-click on it and pass that candidate into my database almost completely. It is 100% accurate for 90% of the time. It also has good security. I can't log in without a fingerprint. To log in, I have to give a fingerprint on my smartphone."
"The CV parsing feature is the most valuable. It can parse resumes for the database. It is easy to deploy, and it is also stable and scalable. Its support is also good."
"The solution provides the ability to integrate with other Zoho apps, allowing us to automate the hiring process."
"The installation process isn't very complicated."
"There are two features I love in Zoho Recruit. The first one is mass customization. I can customize the blueprint how I like, add some steps I want to include, and schedule a date and time to send the emails. I can also use a lot of templates. Secondly, the best thing about Zoho is the customer service. Whenever I have an issue or want to upgrade something, I text them through Zoho, and they respond within 40 seconds."
"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."
 

Cons

"UKG could be a little more flexible in some areas."
"Since UKG is a SaaS software, other parts of the application or add-on solutions are not the best in class or very configurable."
"One area where UKG could improve is in its ability to understand its own competency and then work hard to improve it."
"I would like to see more functionality in the next release to be able to get hours and dollars per calendar month rather than just by payroll in the Business Intelligence reports."
"Reporting is always a hurdle for any user just because it is so extensive. They provide a lot of out-of-the-box reports, but it is something that you always need to work on because you need more advanced writing of reports."
"The platform's features need enhancement while being used as a recruiting tool."
"The system is slow sometimes."
"The solution could improve by simplifying it even more core reports, such as more sample reports, more generic reports that you can edit and improve on yourself."
"Zoho Recruit could benefit from increased flexibility and customization when creating and sending offer letters to new recruits."
"Zoho Recruit could improve in the ease of use because you need to know how to do scripting or coding to receive some of the functionality in the back end. For example, AI and automation need scripting and coding."
"Its automation is currently complicated, and it could be better. The biggest problem is that their instructions, videos, and documentation are terrible. These should be improved. I would like to see an email tracking feature and an option to find email addresses and leads."
"The pricing could be a bit more reasonable."
"No ability to automatically update details."
"I would like them to improve their UX and UI. The front screen or the home page is dull. The tools in the marketplace have flashy home pages and a very funky style. I think that's one area that they can improve. In the future, I would like an option to integrate Zoho by default with other tools, specifically the HR tools. I would love it if I could convert the candidates directly from Zoho. That would be a huge help. They have a paid extension, but it doesn't work well during the trial period."
"It lacks the functionality for finalizing the process when a successful placement is made. There is no invoicing. It is missing the functionality for setting the placement and a start date. I do permanent placements as well as contractors, but it is not really geared towards contractors. So, I have to have a separate solution to manage contractors, timesheets, and things like that. It is just a bit of a pain. It is not as simple as some of the competitors, but it is far more able. There is a lot more to it, and it does a lot more than what any of the competitors currently do, which makes it a little bit more complicated to use, but it is easy enough. None of my staff have any issues. In all such solutions, you have to feed more than what they give you. It is a database at the end of the day, and I would like it to give me things. I would like to load a lead or get someone to just load leads all day, and I would like it to come back to me and say, "There's this position that you've loaded, and these candidates match. Can I send it?" I'd like it to be a little bit more proactive and feed me as much information as I feed it."
"There's a bit of a learning curve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"UKG's pricing and licensing model involves ongoing expenses based on the number of employees paid. The initial implementation cost is low when UKG implements it directly. However, when partners handle the implementation, it becomes more expensive since partners don't receive the monthly recurring fees."
"The pricing depends on the number of licenses we buy."
"I wasn't involved in the pricing part. I'm a user, and I believe it is based on the user count. One thing that is nice about Ultimate is that you can learn how to use the system without additional fees. The learning aspect is the life of a product, and the training was a huge reason why we went with Ultimate. We did have some integration costs. They were a part of the implementation because of the integrations to other systems that we included in our implementation."
"While I am unsure of the licensing cost itself, the total cost of implementation and licensing for a company with over 5000 employees would be around 6,00,000. So, there are additional costs beyond licensing."
"If you're going for the full suite, it can be fairly pricey."
"The platform is not affordable but also not the most expensive."
"It is in the middle price range. Everything is included in the price."
"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."
"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."
"The cost of each user depends on the size of our user base."
"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
88%
Computer Software Company
1%
Healthcare Company
1%
Financial Services Firm
1%
Computer Software Company
31%
University
11%
Construction Company
8%
Educational Organization
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with UKG?
Our company is testing the UKG Ready Mobile App, but there are some glitches. I feel that in the system when you log on to Kronos, UKG Dimensions, and UKG Workforce Central, we have different modul...
What is your primary use case for UKG?
I worked with UKG globally, assisting with its implementation in 59 countries. In my company, we use it for the timekeeping aspect offered, payroll purposes, and other stuff like that. It is used f...
What needs improvement with Zoho Recruit?
Zoho Recruit could benefit from increased flexibility and customization when creating and sending offer letters to new recruits. I would suggest introducing more flexibility into the offer letter p...
What is your primary use case for Zoho Recruit?
Our company utilizes Zoho Recruit for the recruitment process, which is integrated with Zoho People to handle onboarding and other steps. This is an internal system. From the very beginning when we...
What do you like most about Zoho Recruit?
The solution provides the ability to integrate with other Zoho apps, allowing us to automate the hiring process.
 

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Also Known As

UKG Pro, UKG Dimensons, UKG Ready
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