--- description: Review of Fountain Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Fountain | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Applicant Tracking Systems](/directory/321/applicant-tracking-software/software) > [Fountain](/software/55930/fountain) # Fountain Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/55930/fountain Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/55930/fountain?page=2) > Fountain is a cloud-based human resource (HR) management solution which helps businesses automate and manage recruitment operations via a centralized platform. Designed to streamline high-volume hiring, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools that empower businesses to attract, evaluate, and hire top talent efficiently. With solutions tailored for industries such as retail, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and hospitality, Fountain caters to the unique hiring and management needs of diverse sectors. The platform offers specialized features for CHROs, hiring managers, recruiters, and talent acquisition professionals, ensuring that businesses can effectively address their workforce challenges. Fountain offers enterprise level applicant tracking system (ATS) features like candidate screening, automatic reminders, executive dashboards, custom workflows and onboarding. It enables candidates to fill in personal information, submit background checks, access training videos and sign agreement documents. Users can also set the solution to automatically send reminders to a candidate pool via text messaging (SMS) and email. It provides tools for efficient onboarding, I-9 verification, and HR compliance, helping businesses streamline administrative processes and ensuring that employees are onboarded smoothly and in compliance with regulations. Fountain's platform also focuses on employee retention through AI-driven sentiment analysis, pulse surveys and employee referral programs. By leveraging data-driven insights and targeted communication strategies, it enables organizations to create a positive work environment that fosters employee engagement and loyalty. The application includes a drag-and-drop workflow manager that allows administrators to create multiple tasks, assign them to employees and track their progress. Fountain analyzes multiple data points via machine learning. This helps users gain information about their hires and enables them to adjust individual steps in the hiring process. The solution's executive dashboard allows users to keep track of applicants in the pipeline and monitor different hiring metrics. Its built-in automation capability streamlines the candidate qualification process, ensuring a quicker and more accurate selection of candidates. The platform's mobile-friendly design offers a secure and efficient experience for candidates and recruiters, enabling businesses to secure top talent while maintaining security. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 39 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 39 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: OnboardIQ - **Location**: San Francisco, US - **Founded**: 2014 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.01 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - Applicant Tracking - Application Management - Assessment Management - Background Screening - Boolean Search - CRM - Calendar Management - Candidate Management - Candidate Profiles - Candidate Tracking - Careers Page - Collaboration Tools - Compliance Tracking - Dashboard - Document Management - Electronic Forms ## Integrations (18 total) - Checkr - Dropbox Sign - Entrust IDV - GoodHire - Google Analytics 360 - HireRight - Indeed for Employers - Lessonly - Meta for Business - Northpass - Sterling - Traitify - Typeform - Ubeya - Vetty ... and 3 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Applicant Tracking Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/321/applicant-tracking-software/software) ## Related Categories - [Applicant Tracking Systems](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/321/applicant-tracking-software/software) - [Online HR Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/369/web-based-hr-software/software) - [Recruitment Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/372/recruiting-software/software) - [Human Capital Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1867/hcm/software) - [Human Resource Apps](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1879/mobile-app/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Various integrations with 3rd party systems such as document signing, BGC and LMS platforms have been invaluable to manage paperwork and monitor applicant progress through the onboarding process. > > **Cons**: Limited tools/features that allow users to manage multiple funnels simultaneously, ie text/chat feature or opening view. I would also like to see posthire features improve to keep Fountain as an active tool beyond onboarding. > > We have used Fountain for 3+ years and have been thrilled with the improvements made over time. The Fountain team seems to truly value the feedback of their clients, and our CSR has been a great partner in ensuring we are taking full advantage of what Fountain can offer in order to meet our unique needs and business objectives. ----- ### "Fountain helps display the hiring process" — 4.0/5 > **Bob** | *16 February 2026* | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Fountain is fairly easy to work with. It has several tabs which can be set and labeled in any order wished. Easy click visuals help as the hiring process advances for the candidates interview. > > **Cons**: I noticed customer service has kind of moved to an email/ online communication preference. Phone calls to instant real people are always preferred. > > I find it to be a useful hiring onboarding tool. Set up may take some additional support help, but overall daily use is simple. Incorporate/ upload your policies and procedures into Fountain to be signed for during orientation. Watch the tabs change colors when employees complete and move to the next stage in the process you have set up. ----- ### "A room of betterment." — 3.0/5 > **Krystel Mae** | *8 March 2022* | Outsourcing/Offshoring | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I used to like this software before because of the simplicity of it. easy to use. > > **Cons**: There are a lot of features that I least like about this software. Here are some of it; 1. Latency 2. There is no drop down arrow anymore to notify the use that there is a duplicate application/account. ----- ### "New of its kind, but far from perfect" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *24 March 2019* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: leverages text messages to speed up the hiring process tremendously, cool branding features, great modern UI for both desktop and mobile users, plenty of features, original analytics page provides valuable data about the health of the funnels > > **Cons**: no shortage of bugs and glitches, doesn't integrate with most major HRIS or softwares, inability to clone offer letters with Hellosign, can only clone existing workflows when opening a new requisition, rolling out universal changes is burdensome as they need to be changed by the opening. > > We've been able to scale our company using Fountain faster in 3 months than we had previously for a year. It is a very unique ATS that provides very large benefits for automated hiring. Quite easy to use on both the front and backends of the system. However, its two biggest flaws are in its inability to integrate with any other system (unless your company has an engineering / development team dedicated to HR) and the inability to universally roll out changes to all workflows. Overrall - it is very cutting edge and has provided incomprehensible value to our organization, but there are minor things that the developers should consider in a V.2 of this product. ----- ### "Constantly evolving to meet the needs of our fast-growing business." — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *15 August 2018* | Consumer Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: We've used Fountain for ~2.5 years and have seen notable changes in the product. There's a ton of customizability and an open API lets us build the perfect system for our processes without much engineering required. Support has been great - both in general response time and willingness to address feature requests. > > **Cons**: Fountain's focus is on functionality and obviously less so in the UI. There's limited design customization which makes it hard to utilize certain features. It serves as a strong backend system, but the applicant portal doesn't exactly meet our needs. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/55930/fountain?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/55930/fountain) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data