Gem vs Stardex
Gem is a powerful ATS for in-house recruiting, but has clear gaps for recruiting firm use cases. Here's a key summary of features that we think are more relevant for firms.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Gem | Stardex |
|---|---|---|
| AI Features | ||
| External sourcing | ||
| Deep research on candidates | Doesn't go deeper with notes or company context | |
| Customizable AI summary / job spec generator | ||
| Suggested next steps powered by AI | Suggests new tasks from email or call transcripts | |
| AI powered application review | Workaround to grade candidates | |
| Automated candidate tagging | Highly customizable | |
| Data & Enrichment | ||
| Enriched company data | Pulls in relevant company funding and revenue info | |
| Waterfall contact enrichment | More coverage across different providers | |
| Data export flexibility | One click export on all tables, API access included free | |
| Core ATS | ||
| Chrome extension | ||
| Job posting to external boards | ||
| Client sharable link | ||
| Target companies list creation | ||
| Reporting | More customizable reporting but focused on in-house flows | |
| Speed | Designed to load faster, and update without page refreshes | |
| Outreach | ||
| AI personalization | ||
| Reply detection and stage updates | ||
| Multi-touch campaign sequences | ||
| SMS integration | On roadmap | |
| UX & Support | ||
| Flexible UX + customizability | Easy to add custom fields to make the app more powerful | |
| Granular permissioning | ||
| Customer support | Email only | Slack & Email |
| Integrations | ||
| Slack | Possible through Zapier | |
| Calendaring | ETA 2 months, possible through Zapier now | |
| CRM | ||
| Integrated client outreach | Needs a workaround for BD workflows | |
| Org charts | ||
| Customizable fields | ||
Testimonials
Customers love us
Over 20 years of searches at Kindred, we had accumulated a massive amount of proprietary information about our industry, clients and executives, but we weren’t able to leverage it. Since moving to Stardex, our team (20+ recruiters) is finally able to leverage all of that hard work. Now, by searching through both our proprietary data and tapping into outside sources, we’re able to quickly get to the right candidates and to understand the market. And of course, shortening the front end process lets us spend more time building relationships with our clients and candidates.
Finally, a CRM and ATS solution that recruiters WANT to live in. The integrations are next level, and it is open enough that we automate against it across the entire search, from first client/candidate conversation through placement. It also did the thing I did not think was possible, which is get my team to stop going to LinkedIn first!
Stardex is the single best recruiting platform I have ever used or tested. After nearly a decade with a legacy ATS, the impact of switching was felt by our team within the first week. The 15+ hours we once spent on admin tasks and data management are now spent doing what we’re actually here to do — recruiting great talent for our clients.
Stardex is by far one of the best and most intuitive ATS tools you can use today. Their chrome plugin is great, contact-finding features are top-in-class, and AI-powered capabilities are very forward-looking. Most importantly, their team is really on top of things - they are responsive, efficient, and just an overall joy to work with.
Stardex has totally changed the game for us. It’s fast, which is my favorite part, and it’s helped us clean up a lot of our internal processes by doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes. The deal pipeline is great, the UI is smooth and not boring, reporting actually gives you reasons, and it only takes two clicks to add tasks and follow-ups. But honestly, the best part is the team. Sanket and Pranav made the implementation seamless and pretty much did everything for us. This is the first ATS/CRM we’ve used where the whole team is actually happy with it and not complaining, which says a lot.
Testimonials
Customers love us
Over 20 years of searches at Kindred, we had accumulated a massive amount of proprietary information about our industry, clients and executives, but we weren’t able to leverage it. Since moving to Stardex, our team (20+ recruiters) is finally able to leverage all of that hard work. Now, by searching through both our proprietary data and tapping into outside sources, we’re able to quickly get to the right candidates and to understand the market. And of course, shortening the front end process lets us spend more time building relationships with our clients and candidates.
Finally, a CRM and ATS solution that recruiters WANT to live in. The integrations are next level, and it is open enough that we automate against it across the entire search, from first client/candidate conversation through placement. It also did the thing I did not think was possible, which is get my team to stop going to LinkedIn first!
Stardex is the single best recruiting platform I have ever used or tested. After nearly a decade with a legacy ATS, the impact of switching was felt by our team within the first week. The 15+ hours we once spent on admin tasks and data management are now spent doing what we’re actually here to do — recruiting great talent for our clients.
Stardex is by far one of the best and most intuitive ATS tools you can use today. Their chrome plugin is great, contact-finding features are top-in-class, and AI-powered capabilities are very forward-looking. Most importantly, their team is really on top of things - they are responsive, efficient, and just an overall joy to work with.
Stardex has totally changed the game for us. It’s fast, which is my favorite part, and it’s helped us clean up a lot of our internal processes by doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes. The deal pipeline is great, the UI is smooth and not boring, reporting actually gives you reasons, and it only takes two clicks to add tasks and follow-ups. But honestly, the best part is the team. Sanket and Pranav made the implementation seamless and pretty much did everything for us. This is the first ATS/CRM we’ve used where the whole team is actually happy with it and not complaining, which says a lot.