Boon vs CleverConnect Employee Referrals

Boon is a web-based referral hiring platform that helps companies bring candidates in through employee and external networks. Its AI recommendation engine suggests candidates for jobs based on their experience, while the platform handles referral tracking, communications, and rewards. Companies can set rewards such as cash, gift cards, experiences, or custom badges, with options tailored to a role, team, or job. Referrers can share candidates through login-free instant links, a referral widget, job listings, or social sharing. Boon lists more than 50 integrations across ATS, HRIS, payroll, SSO, and communications, including Workday, Greenhouse, Slack, and Microsoft Teams; it also describes data sync for hiring systems without a direct integration. Challenges, badges, leaderboards, standard reports, and support for multiple accounts with separate settings extend the platform. Pricing is provided by quote, with flexible terms and no required annual contract. A 30-day trial includes standard features, but requires a payment method and renews into the quoted plan unless canceled at least 48 hours before it ends.

CleverConnect Employee Referrals helps employers recruit through employees’ networks, with the stated aim of reducing cost per hire. Staff can submit candidates from Android, iOS, or web, including deskless workers. Referrals may be connected to open vacancies or made speculatively, with unassigned recommendations routed to a separate talent pool. The program supports customizable automated emails and push notifications, configurable bonuses, points, rewards, and a rewards shop. Dashboards and traceable processes give HR teams referral activity to monitor and optimize, while centrally available employer-brand content can be shared with relevant jobs. CleverConnect says the product integrates with more than 100 applicant tracking systems, including common ATSs and interfaces for niche systems. It describes automated consent management, GDPR compliance, and EU data storage. Personal data is kept in ISO 27001-certified EU data centers, although CleverConnect itself does not currently hold that certification. Pricing is on request.