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Ramco HCM vs iCIMS Recruit comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

iCIMS Recruit
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
2nd
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Ramco HCM
Ranking in Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
18th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Benefits Administration (21st), Talent Management (26th), Cloud HCM (20th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software category, the mindshare of iCIMS Recruit is 1.4%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ramco HCM is 1.5%, down from 2.1% 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%
Ramco HCM1.5%
Other97.1%
Applicant Tracking and Recruiting Software
 

Featured Reviews

PP
Technical Recruiter at Electronic Arts Inc.
Manual screening has slowed high-volume hiring but navigation has supported basic candidate review
With the changing times and the new applicant tracking systems in the market, there is a lot more that can be added now. There is so much that can be done with iCIMS Recruit. iCIMS Recruit was easy to use, but it did not have all the features to shortlist candidates. For example, if I received 1,000 applications for a role, it was almost impossible for me to narrow it down to the candidates that were in a specific geographic location or had specific skills. Applicant screening was very difficult sometimes simply because there was absolutely no way to create filters or sorting or run keyword searches. I think this is a very basic feature that when you review an applicant in iCIMS Recruit, you should be able to run a filter on all the applicants that applied, and those were completely missing. As I mentioned, it was challenging to shortlist candidates based on what I saw on iCIMS Recruit. Eventually, the company moved away from iCIMS Recruit simply because it did not provide all the options to filter, keyword search, or navigate applicants. There were typically a lot of candidates that used to apply. It was painful for a recruiter to go through all the applicants one by one.
reviewer2085876 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head - HR Transformation (APAC) at a recruiting/HR firm with 10,001+ employees
Reliable and loaded with features, but the UI is outdated
The entire UI/UX of the solution can be improved drastically. When I give a new employee, aged 19 and recently graduated, the solution, they are not enthused to use it on a daily basis. Ramco HCM looks outdated and is not as intuitive as it should be. I want to create an easier experience for new generations who come to work with me, with fewer scrolls, clicks, and pages to navigate. The optimization should be available with the minimum number of clicks. This is why I believe UI/UX is the most important element. I would love to see an intuitive web interface for the app, which would enable each user to easily manage and govern their data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The good features of iCIMS Recruit were that it was very easy to use."
"iCIMS Recruit is a user-friendly applicant tracking system overall."
"The solution offers good customization and good dashboards."
"iCIMS Recruit has positively impacted my experience as a job applicant by making it faster and less stressful."
"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 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 best feature that iCIMS Recruit offers is its customization."
"iCIMS Recruit has impacted my organization positively because it is easier to use and more user-friendly than alternatives, helps us maintain better data governance without many issues, and processes are faster, which saves us time."
"It is a time-saving solution, saving a lot of time for our clients by eliminating manual errors in salary calculations and removing the need for a help desk team through its chatbot that instantly handles employee queries about payslips, leave balance, and holidays."
"The performance management system is really good."
"Ramco delivers value for a simple straight out-of-the-box solution."
"Ramco HCM's performance management system is really good and supports assessments, appraisals, and more."
"For anyone in the Middle East, I would strongly recommend this solution over SuccessFactors or Workday as the payroll feature is very much localized for the region and it supports all the business requirements without any additional modification."
"Once we implemented this solution, it was customizable for our needs and this has been the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"Ramco is user-friendly. The UA is excellent and so easy to use that a customer can easily understand the process with zero knowledge of the system. We can easily walk a new user through the user guide. For each ESS MSS, I can log in to the ESS access. and documentation is available."
"Payroll processing is very easy. SQL rules can be attached to any pay elements."
 

Cons

"iCIMS Recruit can be improved from its user interface."
"iCIMS Recruit could be improved by adding a block to explain certain things."
"iCIMS Recruit can be improved by adding additional features related to looking for attrition rate and seeing how many people actually stay within roles, especially for those high-volume roles that have high turnover."
"If reporting could be more robust, that would be phenomenal."
"The only challenge is that it can be difficult to make managers aware that they need to follow positions in the platform and learn how to use it so we can work together."
"Eventually, the company moved away from iCIMS Recruit simply because it did not provide all the options to filter, keyword search, or navigate applicants."
"I would say that there is a lot of room for improvement. They should improve their consistency; the product itself sometimes feels inconsistent because it comes with bugs."
"The one area where I would like to see some improvement would be the mobile app and web page user experience which could be more user friendly."
"They can improve the configuration time because it takes more time than other products to configure the system."
"It can improve on the Comp Off and On Duty leave management process and can include real time Google Maps instead of geo-tagging to track the real location of employees."
"The talent management and performance appraisal modules could use some improvement."
"One area for improvement in Ramco HCM is its UI, which could be more intuitive. Another area for improvement in the system is that it can be challenging to make some modular-based changes to it."
"Ramco could be a bit faster and offer more use cases. A prime aim is to get analytics and this is lacking in Ramco. This lack of reporting is one of the reasons we are moving away from using Ramco."
"They can improve the configuration time because it takes more time than other products to configure the system. It could be because they are managing this single product for all countries, but it would be good if they improve the implementation time because we need to implement the solutions within a timeline. They should provide some kind of auto-configuration so that the system can be configured and implemented within a certain timeline. Implementors should have a provision to configure the system in a short time. There should also be an option to move the setup or configuration from staging to production to save time. These types of automation should be there."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I am not aware of the price because I was working in the implementation team, but pricing is generally based on the requirement, modules, headcount, and country."
"This solution is priced in the middle compared to other solutions on the market."
"Their customized solution is pretty expensive but much cheaper than its competitors."
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Top Industries

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7%
 

Company Size

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Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iCIMS Recruit?
iCIMS Recruit can be improved by adding additional features related to looking for attrition rate and seeing how many people actually stay within roles, especially for those high-volume roles that ...
What is your primary use case for iCIMS Recruit?
My main use case for iCIMS Recruit is as an applicant tracking system where I review candidates, disposition candidates, and set up candidate screening, which may be virtual or in person. I create ...
What advice do you have for others considering iCIMS Recruit?
The advice that I would give to others using iCIMS Recruit is that it is an ATS system that works well for applicant tracking and workflow process in general. It is easy to navigate, and I think it...
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