AlayaCare vs. AxisCare Home Care Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AlayaCare
Score 8.4 out of 10
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AlayaCare’s platform offers a solution to manage the client lifecycle in an integrated cloud-based system. The AlayaCare platform is for home and community care organizations. AlayaCare was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Montreal.N/A
AxisCare Home Care Software
Score 8.4 out of 10
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AxisCare is an enterprise-level web-based home care scheduling and management platform designed for Personal Care home care agencies in all 50 states and 4 different countries that provides unlimited training and support. AxisCare offers employee scheduling, a GPS Mobile App, automatic invoicing, medication reminders, hospitalization tracking and metrics, custom forms and reports,…N/A
Pricing
AlayaCareAxisCare Home Care Software
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlayaCareAxisCare Home Care Software
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsAll-inclusive pricing structure is based on the number of clients.
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User Ratings
AlayaCareAxisCare Home Care Software
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
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8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
1.0
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9.1
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Usability
2.0
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Availability
1.0
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Performance
1.0
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Online Training
2.0
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Product Scalability
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User Testimonials
AlayaCareAxisCare Home Care Software
Likelihood to Recommend
Working in rural NH, AlayaCare is essentially useless in my opinion. It's not a true app and requires communication with the web site in my opinion. Using the option of downloading data is hit or miss as to whether the data will actually sync back to the servers in my opinion. It also won't show you new visits unless you manually refresh the download I've found. I believe there are no option to send or display alerts if your schedule changes. To summarize: Unless you are always in areas with excellent service, AlayaCare is useless and you would be better off manually logging your times using pen and paper I believe. I am often in areas where AlayaCare won't work, yet I can still text, make calls, or visit websites I'v found
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Approximately, 3 years ago our business was using Excel spreadsheets and a cell phone to communicate to the caregivers about available visits as well as tracking who they are assigned to. This process took most of my 9 hour work day. With AxisCare Home Care Software having the Real Time View, Open Visits Requests Report, the Open Visit Note, and the Chat feature, I am able to do in 2 hours what it took 7 hours before. I feel I am more efficient, communicate better, and feel better knowing the client does have someone assigned to his or her visit.
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Pros
  • Allows nurse to see their upcoming visits
  • Set unavailable days/times so that visit aren't scheduled.
  • Shows what services the patient needs
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  • Reports. I love that you can add the columns you need for each report.
  • Documents. I love being able to store all documents in our clients charts and absolutely love the "Show Expired" check box that was added, that has been very helpful.
  • Customization. I love that you can add custom fields and reports include these custom fields. I love being able to set the banner color for each office which is coordinated to my spreadsheets. I love the customization options in the Calendar tab, just all customization options so that everyone can customize the website / portal however they need or want to so it works best for them.
  • Forms. This might fall under customization, but I absolutely love forms can be created, completed, and shared.
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Cons
  • The IOS app appears to just be a front end for the web version which makes it ridiculously slow. Logging in, clocking in, or clocking out routinely takes 15+ seconds or longer if you don't have a strong cell connection. Doing a log in and then a clock in will take a full minute as communication with the server is so painfully slow.
  • The app doesn't know if it's logged in or logged out until you try to do something like clock into a call I've found. The app will look like its clocking you in and 15 seconds later you get an error and are taken to the log in screen. This results in missed clocks, inaccurate times, and endless frustration.
  • The app regularly loses the face id setting so you have to manually log in and enable face id again.
  • When you start the app, you have to manually start a log in, because it isn't smart enough to know whether it's logged in or not. Most apps will automatically identify if a login is needed and attempt to log you in via face id.
  • Using the offline data feature, the data often won't sync with main servers, resulting in lost clocks. New visits won't show up unless you manually download the data again.
  • The web app is not a responsive design and you lose fields and parts of your view based on your screen size. In 2022, responsive design should be part of any web site, especially those used by businesses.
  • There are no alert features on the app or web site. There should be options to sent a text or alert if your schedule is changed. Currently, the schedulers have to make a phone call or email the RN to let then know a change has been made. Obviously this is inefficient.
  • You can't look up a patient's future visits in the IOS app.
  • The IOS app is essentially unusable if you are on a LTE or have less than 3 bars on 5g
  • The login screen says "Log in or Log out" Just more evidence that the app doesn't know it's own status.
  • No setting to change the amount of time before you are logged out. This means you are almost always logged out of the app or website before you even finish a visit.
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  • Would like to see invoicing and billing work better together and not separated
  • TCM billing for AR is a high need
  • Billing AR Medicaid and rounding units and leaving small balances or overpaid balances would like to see resolved
  • Tasks tied to client accounts
  • Select multiple days at a time to remove all at once from the calendar
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Likelihood to Renew
AlayaCare is the single most frustrating and unreliable app I have ever used.
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AxisCare Home Care Software has a lot of features that are helpful in the roles we play at [...] Arkansas. The support is fantastic! I do wish there were more features for users to store documents for themselves such as weekly task lists and monitoring forms that they would normally email to me or upload to Google Drive for storage. This however isn't something that would cause our company to switch software programs.
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Usability
The website is not a responsive design and does not adapt well to smaller screens or different zoom levels. The IOS app is slow and unreliable
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Once use to the system Axis Care is fairly easy to navigate and is a pretty clean system. I wish the main profile page for clients and caregivers were laid out more similarly (Ex: Classes for a caregiver are on the main profile page but the classes for clients are hiding under their billing tab. Another example is there's a Notes tab for clients but everything in that tab for a caregiver is located on their profile page) It would make it easier for new user training and knowledge retention if they were located in the same spots
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Reliability and Availability
The IOS app is almost unusable unless you have at least 3 bars of 5g cell reception
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We had no issues with the availability of the system, it has been reliable so far, the only issues were geo location at some point due to staff being in rural areas, geo location will fail to pick up.
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Performance
Everything the IOS app does is painfully slow as the app doesn't do anything locally and has to communicate with its servers to execute any function
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Some of the pages load slowly and there's issues with the downloads
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Support Rating
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They have been incredibly helpful and willing to assist with every situation we have encountered. There have been some instances where they were unsure of what the issue we were experiencing was or how to fix it. They attempted though and were very responsive.
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In-Person Training
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The training was easy to implement and understand. We had no issues completing all the training offered by the Axis staff. They were all very knowledgeable about the product and walked us through every step until the go-live day. We did the hand-holding until the end, our staff was very pleased with the patience of our trainers and thankful for their understanding, helping to be sure we were well-trained and ready for our go-live date. We are grateful. Thanks again to the trainers.
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Online Training
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I would give this training a high rating because it was thorough and easy to understand. The trainers were detailed and very helpful throughout the transition process. They promptly addressed any concerns or issues, making it simple to set up the new Axis system and app. The support received when we encountered minor issues was excellent as well; they worked with us until everything was functioning properly. Overall, the experience was smooth and effective, leading to a successful implementation of the system.
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Alternatives Considered
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The number one reason we switched from Wellsky to AxisCare simply came down to one thing, vendor interaction. We found that it was difficult to reach out to and hear back from Wellsky's support during our last few months with them. From our exploratory call, to our onboarding, to now being 6 months into our time with AxisCare; we have always heard from AxisCare's support team in a timely manner and are very satisfied with their continual updates to their software.
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Scalability
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The system offered what we needed.
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Return on Investment
  • Clock in/out times in AlayaCare are not reliable due to the apps frequent inability to contact it's servers and it's inability to detect whether it's logged in or not.
  • Significant nursing hours are wasted waiting on the app to log in or change your clocking status.
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  • Accountability - can actually see who is doing what (or not doing what)
  • Efficiency - ability to enter bonuses and notes on each shift makes payroll much easier
  • Collections efforts - easily see who is behind on payments and what we need to bill for still. We have re-cooped $97k in missing receivables
  • Survey ease - we've had 1 survey since starting AxisCare and the process was 100x easier and OHA & the branch ED said it was the easiest survey they had gone through
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ScreenShots

AxisCare Home Care Software Screenshots

Screenshot of the included business intelligence toolScreenshot of a Caregiver ProfileScreenshot of Care Vision screening questionsScreenshot of Real-Time View - SchedulingScreenshot of Open VisitsScreenshot of Custom Forms Builder