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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HiBob

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AHiBob is an HR management platform that provides features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A

    Sapling by Kallidus

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AA suite of HR and L&D software that supports the entire employee lifecycle. It offers functionality to support onboarding and upskilling, performance reviews and employee farewells, and boasts over 2 million users worldwide. Sapling provides onboarding and offboarding experiences that aim to create a unique and engaging experience for employees, helping HR teams automate workflows, support data-driven decisions and be more strategic. The vendor states the platform is used by…N/A
    Pricing
    HiBobSapling by Kallidus
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    HiBobSapling by Kallidus
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HiBobSapling by Kallidus
    Considered Both Products
    HiBob
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    Kallidus
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    60 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    58 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    HiBobSapling by Kallidus
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    6.7
    3 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Employee demographic data10.058 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Employment history9.658 Ratings3.42 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration9.647 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting9.960 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Organization and location management9.851 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.727 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Approval workflow9.054 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Balance details7.752 Ratings6.41 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.941 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information9.359 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.752 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.845 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history9.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Report builder9.154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.854 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.634 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting8.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility6.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Sapling by Kallidus
    -
    Ratings
    Performance plans8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans1.934 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.847 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    Sapling by Kallidus
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of HiBob and Sapling by Kallidus
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    Sapling by Kallidus
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    0% above category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    User Ratings
    HiBobSapling by Kallidus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (61 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HiBobSapling by Kallidus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HiBob
    HiBob is the most customizable, scaleable and flexible HR platform on the market today. It is ideal for medium and large organizations with operations across the globe while also being a great option for smaller organizations. The modularization of the platform allows each customer to select the elements that are most suited to their needs, while the base "Core" system has a huge amount of functionality and integration options right out of the box. In my opinion, there is no platform on the market that competes with HiBob's easy to use interface, control abilities and general functionality. All too often these days, systems are built on poor architechture with fancy packaging. HiBob delivers a system that is well built and looks great too!
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    Kallidus
    It's a good space to have a high level overview of the organization (especially Org view). Places for improvement include extra levels of complexity when you need to click on the person and you are navigated to the pop-up that is hard to use and only one pop up can be used at a time. I wish there wasn't so much of clicking in and clicking out.
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    Pros
    HiBob
    • Provides usable data via feedback surveys for managers and operations team to take quick action on.
    • It helps us identify our Talent Groups and connect data to their satisfaction to prevent turnover.
    • Simplifies and syncs every day HR tasks, saving loads of time and effort.
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    Kallidus
    • Very customizable. Very easy to create new workflows and tasks to meet the unique needs of your organization.
    • The system is easy to navigate, so minimal training is needed for users.
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    Cons
    HiBob
    • I'd like to be able to have flexibility in org charts so that there are options for matrix, flat. I'd also like a printable version of the org chart AND one where names were hidden so it could be shared with individuals outside the organization.
    • In the Performance Reviews I would love to see a 9-box option including corresponding questions so we could plot individuals in the 9-box matrix.
    • It would be ideal if, before a performance review period, managers were given the opportunity to choose 3-4 people they would want to include in a Peer Review of their employees AND where the system would flag if one person was being asked to do more than 2 Peer Reviews.
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    Kallidus
    • Deeper data management/review - dashboard experience could be better and deeper
    • Ability to drill into reports within the tool- right now it takes you out to a sheet to view
    • Org planning/org chart sharing
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HiBob
    We will without a doubt be continuing to use Hibob, it is convenient, being engaged with and great value for money. A one stop shop for all things HR related to keep policies and safe financial information has been so beneficial to the business meaning less risk to GDPR breaches and somewhere for employees to refer back to in future has been invaluable
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    Kallidus
    It is hard to rip out and replace systems and Sapling is doing what we need
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    Usability
    HiBob
    It's a solid HRIS system, it's user friendly to employees and employers, but they've changed the user interface 2 times now in the last 2.5 years, so having to find where certain things are after the change can be tedious
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    Kallidus
    To use this system you need to buy several add-ons. If add-ons do not fit your business model you will have to access platforms from different companies. The system is not easy to use for onboarding. Candidates cannot change and update settings. To use the system a person must click in the correct spots. If not it leads you someplace else. Then you have to start clicking all over again.
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    Reliability and Availability
    HiBob
    Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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    Kallidus
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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    Kallidus
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    HiBob
    A lot of support is self-service from the users themselves, via a guide hosted on HiBob's website. I have found the guide helpful 10% of the time when I needed support. The support team is quite quick to reply, but not everyone is helpful unfortunately, and in many cases a lot of emails, messages and back and forth were needed to get to the bottom of an issue. When I pointed out that a video call would be a quicker way to tell people "this is how it's done", I was told that it's not the way they deliver support. I had to beg our account managers for a video chat with some skilled users to show me how to do certain things that (a) were nowhere to be found on the guide, and (b) the support team wasn't able to solve. Additionally, to find solutions, I was pointed to a forum where other users exchange tips on how they managed to solve problems - again, not really helpful as I would like to know this from Bob's team themselves since we're paying for the product, and I shouldn't rely on other users to tell me how they managed their way around a problem
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    Kallidus
    Sapling HR helps my HR team keep track of our personal information like contact information or t-shirt sizes (who doesn't like free shirts), as well as helping new hires onboard. I think it's super simple to use and keeps everything pretty nicely organized.
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    Online Training
    HiBob
    It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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    Kallidus
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    HiBob
    I really enjoyed the implementation being involved in a key piece of change management int he business was really exciting
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    Kallidus
    If you have someone internally that can run it that definitely helps!
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    Alternatives Considered
    HiBob
    Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we went into the implementation phase (which only took us 12 weeks for 1,000 employees!), it was clear that the support continued. Our implementation specialist was so incredibly helpful and while we worked at our own pace, we were still able to roll it out in 3 months. Having worked on a Workday Implementation before, I was blown away by how quickly we got this done. It's also great that as we are using the product, we can continuously make adjustments on our own and tweak it as the business changes. Workday is so complicated that it required a full-time team to work on it. It's just two of us overseeing the system and we are able to run things smoothly on our own! Of course, it's great having the support of our Account Manager when we get stuck.
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    Kallidus
    Sapling [HR] was our first and only HR automation platform. We ran a trial campaign with them and did not compare them to other vendors.
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    Scalability
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    Kallidus
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    HiBob
    • We were paying a third-party HR organization ~100K per year and were able to cut this from our budget by turning on the connections between our ATS, Hibob, and our payroll vendors.
    • We are using the integration between CoMeet ATS, and it autogenerates the employee onboarding, creating a seamless experience for the employees. They used to have to reenter their data in 5 separate systems, now, it's all started in CoMeet, and upon hire, the onboarding data is collected in Hibob and distributed into all other connected systems.
    • When changing employment status, the automation manages system access automatically. (But in cases where we need to override the information for special cases, we still have the option without "breaking" the API connections).
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    Kallidus
    • We were able to get the system implemented very quickly, which was of great importance to us as we were undergoing rapid growth.
    • The system has helped us keep and stay organized and allowed team members to work collaboratively to get tasks done. Many of these tasks were previously managed with various spreadsheets and other trackers that were quickly becoming unmanageable.
    • Sapling has greatly decreased the time we needed to onboard and employee and has prevented many errors.
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