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    BrightHR

    Score3.4 out of 10
    N/ABritish company BrightHR offers a human resources platform which helps replace paper documents with edocuments and contains features for managing employee scheduling and ROTA, sick leave and tardiness, vacation and holiday shift planning, as well as providing employment law legal advice.

    $4.50

    SAP Core HR and Payroll

    Score9.9 out of 10
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    BrightHRSAP Core HR and Payroll
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    BrightHRSAP Core HR and Payroll
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)—
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    Community Pulse
    BrightHRSAP Core HR and Payroll
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
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    Features
    BrightHRSAP Core HR and Payroll
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    1.0
    2 Ratings
    155% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    5.6
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Employment history1.02 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration1.02 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.1.02 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Organization and location management1.02 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Pay calculation7.01 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.01 Ratings4.04 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    1.0
    13 Ratings
    156% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    4.7
    3 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Approval workflow1.013 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Balance details1.012 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment1.03 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    3.6
    14 Ratings
    77% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    5.8
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information1.02 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Update personal information1.014 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.813 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    1.0
    2 Ratings
    153% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    5.0
    4 Ratings
    40% below category average
    Pre-built reports1.02 Ratings4.04 Ratings
    Report builder00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    1.0
    2 Ratings
    155% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    7.4
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Review reminders1.02 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency1.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    6.1
    2 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Notifications and Alerts7.01 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    3.0
    1 Ratings
    92% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    19% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BrightHR and SAP Core HR and Payroll
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Core HR and Payroll
    5.8
    2 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BrightHRSAP Core HR and Payroll
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRSAP Core HR and Payroll
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BrightHR
    I feel Bright HR is well suited to most small/medium sized businesses where they have a 'straight' forward resource set up. For larger businesses or for complex businesses similar to ourselves, where we operate 24 hours per day, rotational shift patterns, ambulatory staff, locums etc...we have to 'fudge' the way we use the information sometimes to make it work for us.
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    SAP
    SAP HR can be well suited for global companies with operations in multiple countries. The Payroll module needs to be limited to one instance per country, otherwise trying to maintain multiple countries on the same instance is too complicated. I would not recommend using SAP HR and Payroll for smaller companies because the total cost of ownership and the lack of flexibility will make it unfeasible. There are many cloud-based options now a days available that would fit better for this type of scenario.
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    Pros
    BrightHR
    • BLIP is working very well. Staff find it easy to use and the geo-fencing that can be set up is very useful.
    • Reporting, in particular reporting of Absence. We run this monthly and the information we can download is flexible and useful.
    • Sick analysis - helps in controlling absence.
    • Holiday planning and authorization is very helpful and details including date booked helps manage requests.
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    SAP
    • Employee lifecycle JLM process.
    • Globally employee engagement.
    • Employee Learning and development process.
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    Cons
    BrightHR
    • Notifications for requests should be optional based on individual employees. For example an admin won’t necessarily want every staff members leave requests by email and push notification. The settings only currently allow for notifications for everyone or no one. Being assigned as a manager may not allow data viewing required of wider staff.
    • Toil should automatically be accrued into a balance if the employees clocked in time amounts to more than the target hours. It shouldn’t have to be calculated and requested.
    • When reviewing hours worked for the week, the history calculation should take into account approved leave and sickness etc. I have a staff members target of 37 hours, but if their hours show 29 hours worked then I have to work out why they worked less. It should account for this if the absence is approved.
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    SAP
    • The design looks outdated
    • Could add more functions like PTO tracking
    • The help sections aren’t very helpful
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BrightHR
    It's not entirely my decision - we are members of a 'community' of veterinary practices who have signed up to the contract with pensinusla and have bright hr as part of that contract however, I am usually involved in the tender process as I am one of the biggest users of both bright hr and the services from peninsula
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    I live to mention this rating due the SAP core HR very user frndly and providing and multi HR module under single umbrella. there are multi reasons for this rating we have
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    Usability
    BrightHR
    It is quite good. Has alot of useful features such as the inbuilt learning / trainings. I really like the clock in function where admin can update or edit staff clock in times. I love the easily accessable annual leave section where we can easily see wat annual leave a staff has. However what would be useful is for 0 hour staff due to them not automatically having 17/28 days annual leave, if it can calculate itbased on hours they work
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    SAP
    The application is highly available, easy to use, and very user-friendly.
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    Support Rating
    BrightHR
    The team are proactive, having an advocacy team is just amazing and a great way to really understand their product roadmap and have input into useful features or feedback
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    SAP
    Even we have excellent team for SAP system who aways working good, whenever we needed for Support for SAP we got quick support for SAP as well
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    Implementation Rating
    BrightHR
    it was fairly easy to do but timely as i had to enter everything from scratch - i didn't at the time realise how important it was to set up the variable or fixed working pattern correctly given future changes as this is very tricky once it has been set up and i wished i had been aware that sometimes you can't make future changes without deleting the whole profile and starting again
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    SAP
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    Alternatives Considered
    BrightHR
    I chose BrightHR as it offered a one-stop platform for HR management for which we have dedicated UK and ROI HR specialists who not only give HR advice but also write policies and handbooks, etc. They are a one-stop-shop, which was very important as when I signed the contract I did not have an HR person in my team and they were essentially my back office. Also, by signing up, I got access to Bright Safe too; which is great as again it's a one-stop-shop for Health and Safety in the workplace. So I can roll out toolbox talks, training, and accident management.
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    SAP
    SAP is very intuitive to use and allows us to achieve our goals.
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    Return on Investment
    BrightHR
    • Able to reduce one member of staff in personnel from 5 days to 3 days.
    • Able to reduce time spent by payroll on holiday records significantly and improve accuracy significantly.
    • Able to improve control of sick absence and improve record keeping.
    • BLIP meant we did not need to buy expensive attendance software.
    • Looking at possible use of payroll and other aspects of Bright HR not used at present.
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    SAP
    • SAP HR is suited for large companies with a sufficient budget. Small budgets will not be able to cover the expensive licensing, technical personnel and consultants required of an SAP installation.
    • In regards to the total cost of ownership, my ROI experience has been that by replacing SAP HR modules with cloud solutions we have been able to reduce the cost up to 60% while modernizing our systems and improving the employee experience.
    • I would encourage decision makers to look for cloud-based alternatives with a robust system integration, before believing that supporting every area of HR with a single SAP installation is a good long-term strategy. Having SAP HR as the core integrated to best-in-class cloud-based systems is a very valid and effective system strategy.
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