ADP Workforce Now vs. isolved

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ADP Workforce Now
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based HR platform for mid-sized businesses. It features customizable modules of various HR services that businesses can tailor to their specific needs, as well as regulatory monitoring and alerts to help businesses remain compliant.N/A
isolved
Score 7.9 out of 10
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isolved is a SaaS-based, cloud-resident Human Capital Management (HCM) solution that provides Payroll, HR, Benefits Administration, Time & Attendance, Talent Management and Compliance. Employers have the ability to schedule an upcoming shift, view overtime levels, run a customized report, preview payroll in real time, write a performance report for a peer or elect benefits.N/A
Pricing
ADP Workforce Nowisolved
Editions & Modules
Essential
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Enhanced
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Complete
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HR Pro
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Payroll Essentials
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HR Plus
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Hiring Advantage
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Performance Plus
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Pricing Offerings
ADP Workforce Nowisolved
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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ADP Workforce Nowisolved
Features
ADP Workforce Nowisolved
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
isolved
9.1
Ratings
15% above category average
Employee demographic data8.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Employment history7.80 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.90 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Organizational charting8.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Organization and location management8.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
7.8
Ratings
2% below category average
isolved
9.1
Ratings
13% above category average
Pay calculation8.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.70 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.40 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.50 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Direct deposit files8.40 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.70 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Reimbursement management8.20 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
isolved
8.9
Ratings
11% above category average
Approval workflow7.60 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Balance details7.30 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
7.7
Ratings
5% below category average
isolved
8.7
Ratings
8% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Update personal information7.70 Ratings8.60 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.90 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Employee recognition7.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
View job history7.70 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
6.0
Ratings
29% below category average
isolved
9.6
Ratings
17% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets6.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
6.8
Ratings
10% below category average
isolved
7.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Report builder7.80 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.20 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.30 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
7.2
Ratings
9% below category average
isolved
9.1
Ratings
14% above category average
New hire portal7.60 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Manager tracking tools6.90 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
7.7
Ratings
3% below category average
isolved
8.6
Ratings
8% above category average
Corporate goal setting7.50 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Individual goal setting7.60 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.90 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Performance tracking7.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
6.4
Ratings
20% below category average
isolved
9.2
Ratings
16% above category average
Performance plans6.90 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Performance improvement plans6.30 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Review status tracking5.50 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Review reminders7.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
6.0
Ratings
26% below category average
isolved
7.0
Ratings
11% below category average
Create succession plans/pools5.80 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Candidate ranking5.80 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Candidate search6.30 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Candidate development6.20 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
ADP Workforce Now
6.6
Ratings
16% below category average
isolved
9.4
Ratings
19% above category average
Job Requisition Management7.50 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media6.90 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting6.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention2.30 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.20 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
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User Ratings
ADP Workforce Nowisolved
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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9.1
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Likelihood to Renew
7.2
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9.4
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Usability
2.2
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8.3
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Availability
7.3
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9.1
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Performance
6.4
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8.7
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Support Rating
7.3
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8.9
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In-Person Training
8.2
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9.1
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Online Training
5.8
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
1.5
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7.9
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Configurability
6.4
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7.6
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Ease of integration
6.1
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9.7
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Product Scalability
7.4
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8.3
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.2
(0 ratings)
9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
6.1
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9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ADP Workforce Nowisolved
Likelihood to Recommend
well suited for folks in manufacturing or building (jobs and tasks required). Good for small and big business, ease of forming to what you want rather then getting oversold on items that you will not use. Lots of training options available
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There is always room for improvements and updates. More workflows and ways to make the process easier for both employees and managers as well as the HR department. More functionality improvements vs esthetics as the platform already looks great. More ways for a manager to be involved with their employees without having to add separate module.
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Pros
  • HRIS that is personalized for the employee and addresses DE&I needs.
  • Payroll, of course! The system addresses all needs, such as deductions, additional pay, premium OT, and shift differentials.
  • Onboarding is an excellent way to stay in compliance and have all documents completed.
  • Tax and Banking and resolution to any issues.
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  • isolved is incredibly accurate and effective for processing out payroll and executing payment of wages. isolved is incredibly accurate and effective for processing out payroll and executing payments for wages.
  • The system enables employees to access their own data and perform their own leave management and pay maintenance without risk.
  • The data analysis and reporting/data export functions are second to none. It allows access to and manipulation of fully relational employee records and information.
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Cons
  • Customized pre-process payroll reports (Limited on pre-process payroll reports)
  • Labor Allocation (Allocations make payroll reporting very hard to review and find any errors )
  • Recruiting (ATS is very basic)
  • Geofencing (should be able to change shape rather than a circle)
  • Pay Classes (should be able to change at Practitioner level rather than reach out to support)
  • Cookies and Cache have to be cleared on a regular basis
  • Only able to see employee documents/acknowledgements one at a time in the employee file
  • Timecards can only be managed/viewed by 1 person
  • Timeoff emails do not have a link
  • Cost per payroll - not just monthly fee so cost with off cycle payrolls
  • Separate I9 step not needed - during onboarding - 2nd Everify step
  • ADP Workforce Now does not pull in allowances for Houly employees into payroll ONLY Salaried employees
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  • More reminder notifications would be great!
  • A way to email hiring managers and our IT department at the same time with a template would save us from so much email communication
  • Transfer all attached documents such as interview notes from iHired applicants to isolved employee documents would save us time uploading into multiple places
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Likelihood to Renew
We are happy with the service and options offered by ADP. Although the cost is a bit high for a not-for-profit organization, it is essential that we have multi-jurisdictional support for the 20 plus states where employees work and reside. As our company is diminishing in size, we may need to look at making a change to conserve costs. At this time, that would be the only reason we would not renew our WFN contract.
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Due to the continued problems (time clock disconnects, regular post-update issues) and users' negative attitude, we are unlikely to renew. Another important factor is that TF is US-centric, so it does not account for local Philippine specifics, which is important to us.
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Usability
Lack of documentation and test environment make it extremely difficult to deploy work processes through the system. While there are a handful of things throughout the system that work well, particularly from an employee's perspective, many tasks, which would be simple for practitioner users in other systems, require these users to ask for administrator support. Additionally, the ghosts in the ADP machine cause established process (e.g. automated report delivery) to stop working with no notice and no error report.
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It is very intuitive and user friendly. iSolved is always updating and improving things before they even become a problem. I like how they inform us of the new updates and provide us with the details of what is changing and how it will improve the usuage.
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Reliability and Availability
ADP outages are very rare
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Payroll due dates and send to us at the beginning of the year, with email reminders for holidays. The support email address is fairly fast, within 24-48 hours. But if something is needed immediately, I can just call and they help me out right then.
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Performance
Overall, I think the functionality of the program works pretty well. Sometimes, certain browsers do not work well for the policy function of ADP, but that is the only issue thus far
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We do not use the integration, so we have a csv file that I upload manually for payroll. That is our decision based on the software at our restaurants. Pages loaded fairly quickly, but reports to pdf lag about 15-20 seconds
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Support Rating
Most of it is not local, which impacts barriers and customs. I do think they know a lot, but not the cohesive piece. Some naturally know more about certain things than others. The payroll section should be broken out more because payroll is a big topic with many problems, so it can be hard to get the right person who can actually help you.
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Super supportive and courteous. The initial set up and integration process was great. They helped every step of the way. They are great to get a hold of by email or phone and will find a solution. I have never run into any issues that they couldn't resolve. They make it easy to add or change processes when needed.
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In-Person Training
In-person training was pretty good - I think this significantly depends on the trainer. Our trainer was really good and showed what ADP can do - but I know that all trainers are not the same - and this truly makes such as difference. Overall, our training went pretty well.
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All over the phone, but it was comprehensive.
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Online Training
At the time training was not as expansive as it is now. If it could go wrong it did for me so the process was difficult and lengthy. I needed to have more in person walkthroughs of things to ensure the transition was done correctly. Not sure what else I can say, we were part of the initial move to Workforce Now when it was introduced.
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We loved taking the course, we went through most of them before we went live and I believe that was very helpful. The online training helped us learn to navigate in the program. We still refer to the training and assign our managers and supervisors to it as well. I highly recommend using it. We have also been able to attend the Connect Conferences with are extremely valuable and we learn tips and tricks to help us better utilize our system.
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Implementation Rating
Either assign more than one specialist to the implementation process, or assign less clients to the implementation specialist. The process requires attention to detail and the ability to test and re-test as well as verify the information. It also requires a lot of back and forth between the client ant the implementation specialist, so they need to be readily available during the whole implementation process.
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The system was very cumbersome setting up as well as time consuming. There were times I just wanted to walk away and sometimes I did have to get up and walk away for a break and come back with a fresh perspective. The setup took me over a period of two to three months getting it to serve the purposes that we needed it two. I am very intuitive when it comes to computer software however getting all the right buttons checked in order for it to do what I needed didn't always work.
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Alternatives Considered
I also used UltiPro (way back -- it didn't even appear in dropdown). Recommend ADP Workforce Now above all others. Paycor and Paycom were both very clunky. I even helped implement Paycom and could never get it to work how the business needed it to.
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I used the other platforms in previous companies. isolved was in place when I started here 3 years ago. I found the system effective for the amount of staff we have. In previous roles I worked with larger groups and I am not sure in a restaurant industry or company of 1500 employees isolved is the right fit.
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Scalability
We have been able to grow with ADP from just a few hundred employees to over 10,000 so it's actually very scalable for payroll usage. We do not use the benefits and onboarding offerings for most of our employees but they are built to scale easily enough for when our corporate team has over 1,000 FTE.
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We are a company of about 135 people at 9 locations in 2 towns. We were able to set locations and departments, and also have each location seperate so only that manager can see their employees.
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Return on Investment
  • ADP Workforce Now handles all of our tax filing which frees up our time to do other things. They keep us compliant communicating updates on a timely basis.
  • Calculates payrolls accurately. Our management and employees have built a level of confidence due to the ease of pulling statements, year end documents etc.
  • A really nice feature is the follow up email what a change has been made to banking information. There were a couple of times the employee did not make changes to their account information. This kept their funds from getting routed into the wrong hands.
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  • Electronic Timecards in the app - less room for error manually figuring punch cards and better use of time management.
  • Available Reports streamline my workload - Employee data, payroll records all at the click of a button in a report. Weekly, Quarterly and Year End data is easy access for all companies on one site.
  • 90% Positive 10% negative on using personal cell phones for the app to clock in and out. Can't make everyone happy 100% of the time... we try though!
  • Positive impact on employees with the security settings on their phone. They didn't like the hassle in the beginning, but understood why it was important to protect their data.
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