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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Paycom

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/APaycom supports HR and payroll with automated, employee-first technology that supports every stage of employment. Its single database enables seamless data management, to reduce errors, endless data entry and time-consuming administrative tasks.N/A

    Saba TalentSpace

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Halogen Software offers a cloud-based talent management suite that includes recruiting, performance management, learning and development, succession planning and compensation programs. It is optimized for mid-sized businesses.N/A
    Pricing
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Considered Both Products
    Paycom
    No answer on this topic
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Chose Saba TalentSpace
    Halogen stacks up against Paycom because it is a global solution. Paycom is only used for the U.S. because it is a payroll system that cannot be extended globally.
    Incentivized
    Chose Saba TalentSpace
    We have moved our process to Paylocity, which is our payroll vendor. Although Paylocity does not offer as much customization as STS did, it is much easier to use and fits the bill for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Saba TalentSpace
    I have used other systems in the past and I like that Halogen provides everything in one space. I would like to see a more developed way to report training, not in the LMS, but I think that for the most part that Halogen is a robust system that is superior to its competition.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    317 Answers
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    290 Answers
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    321 Answers
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    228 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    220 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.8
    390 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data9.0354 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history8.5340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.2341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.1341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.3261 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.5298 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.3283 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.0
    402 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.1390 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors6.447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.0338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.8389 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management7.1323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.2219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.7
    354 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow7.8337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.4338 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.8282 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    8.8
    402 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information9.8395 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information9.6398 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.6354 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.3192 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history8.9316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    4.9
    26 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Tracking of all physical assets4.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.7
    346 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Report builder7.2340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.2337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data5.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.8
    342 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    New hire portal8.0339 Ratings7.76 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.6293 Ratings7.68 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    5.5
    199 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    5.1
    33 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Corporate goal setting4.236 Ratings3.528 Ratings
    Individual goal setting6.9186 Ratings7.232 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility4.835 Ratings4.929 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.2195 Ratings6.432 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings3.628 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    7.0
    247 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    6.1
    32 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Performance plans7.4228 Ratings4.628 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans7.0216 Ratings3.625 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.5222 Ratings5.430 Ratings
    Review reminders7.1228 Ratings6.332 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency6.0204 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings3.130 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools9.124 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Candidate ranking6.830 Ratings7.63 Ratings
    Candidate search5.833 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Candidate development5.429 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Paycom and Saba TalentSpace
    Feature
    Paycom
    5.7
    239 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Saba TalentSpace
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management5.8214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting5.2211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media4.8169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting5.3196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.3185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking5.4219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.1225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Small Businesses
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    ClearCompany
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (425 ratings)
    4.4
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (24 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (52 ratings)
    4.4
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PaycomSaba TalentSpace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Paycom
    It's very mobile friendly, especially for people that aren't tech savvy. We have an aged workforce where we were really concerned about how they would adapt, going from the comfort of using paper to a mobile and online application. But the training was really easy and the adaptation has been simple for us as a company.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I think it's a good platform for tracking and monitoring goals, feedback, and development. We don't use the 1:1 meeting feature, however, I can see how that would be valuable for many organizations. I do like that it is very customizable, however, that also presents problems in that sometimes forms and/or processes can be a bit challenging to create easily and quickly.
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    Pros
    Paycom
    • I would say the communication post-implementation is amazing. Allie is our representative. She's amazing. Caitlin is amazing. I just met Travis last week at the office. Amazing. The communication is great and helpful, so if one of the team members don't have the answer, they can just jump in. For instance, I was on a call with Caitlin yesterday and she was like, "I'm not really sure about this answer. Let me see if I can go run it byTravis." I know he's on another call and instead of him saying blah, blah, he came over and looked at the screen and was like, do this, do this. It's a little different. So I would say the customer service is the best.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • 1:1 agendas are easy to create, add comments to and prompt excellent conversation flow on the topics that truly matter to the manager and the employee.
    • The system can be easily customized to reflect your company's language and culture. We did this in several areas of the platform (goals, development, learning), and it made a world of difference in the understanding and adaptation of our users. One example is that in each learning module, we added 3 questions in the course description so that managers would be automatically prompted to ask to follow up / learning transfer questions when their employees enroll and take a learning course.
    • Halogen support is outstanding. Any question I have had has been answered upon the first contact or within 24 hours.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Paycom
    • I think that when we do need a response back, which is very unlikely from the contact about something that's happening or going on, it can take a little long to get back to us. Longer than we would like because obviously it's an emergency to us, but we understand they have tons of emergencies they have to solve. But I think that's the only aspect.
    • I know from a payroll standpoint, which I'm not really privy to because I don't work on the payroll side, there have been some little hiccups that about certain formulas used, certain credits being issued that we've already filed for tax credits that we filed for. So I know that my CFO's already on top of it and pay comes on top of it as well and it's getting resolved, but obviously that's a big issue that needs some work there.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • My organization does not use all of the functions/modules that Halogen offers, but I find that those modules still appear on the Halogen main page. I think a great area for improvement is to hide these functions so as not to confuse employees.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Paycom
    Because it has everything that we need and as we grow, we are learning how robust Paycom can actually be but we need to be willing to spend the money. It's not expensive but we, as a company, are not used to spending that much on a system for HR and payroll.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Implementing a new system and process company wide is never an easy task. We moved so quickly in such a short period of time that we were able to learn quickly but also have the opportunity to improve the Halogen experience. We will more than likely will renew our use of Halogen as we already are seeing a small impact which hopefully in the long run will lead to a greater impact
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Paycom
    The interface is very intuitive, you can navigate it pretty well. Everything's pretty much spelled out and the features just flow really well. They make it easy for you to go back and forth with the UX/UI type of interface. So I think it was built pretty well.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Halogen is very intuitive and provides very clean work-space ... lots of white space and modern layouts. There is more than one way to accomplish your action, too!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Paycom
    They are very dependable and I have never experience any outages
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Paycom
    Yes, Paycom's performance is excellent, no issues.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Paycom
    Our TSR has been wonderful to work with. Every step of the
    way he was quick to respond and answer any questions we had. I knew I could
    reach him at any time (day or night) and he would be available to assist.
    Implementing a new HRIS system is obviously a huge task and I contribute all
    our success to our rep Kurt! Of course, with any implementation, there were
    bumps along the way and issues. But I always knew we would work as a team to
    get those issues figured out. Working in the Paycom system has been smooth and
    easy to learn and I enjoy the employee self-service interface. Our managers
    have had positive things to say and are all excited about the changes we have
    been able to make to our organization due to Paycom being implemented.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    We only purchased the appraisal module and without the other modules offered, you are really limited in what you can do and the process becomes much more involved with needing to maintain information across multiple platforms. We found that they charge for everything and call it "consulting." We poured so much money and time into a system that was just overkill for what we really needed.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Paycom
    They were a sales person and not really a good trainer.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Paycom
    All the online training modules were short and straight to the point. Every module teach you how to use the system. If there is one thing they know how to do is training. We did implementation during the pandemic so all had to be done online or via zoom meetings.
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    It is very easy to use and I can do my own programming instead of paying a technician and waiting sometimes days for them to program the changes.
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    Implementation Rating
    Paycom
    Not at all satisfied it was a nightmare we spent over 8 months with the implementation team having issues after issues all related to the Puerto Rico regulations (half my employees are in Puerto Rico) and at the end we were moved over from the implementation team to the production team without all the issues being resolved
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Paycom
    We really only had Paychecks and that was our biggest problem is that with several different companies, it was very hard If you had a salary employee and didn't terminate them in the prior company, they get paid twice, so this has really been definitely a big help for us.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    I have used other systems in the past and I like that Halogen provides everything in one space. I would like to see a more developed way to report training, not in the LMS, but I think that for the most part that Halogen is a robust system that is superior to its competition.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Paycom
    They are not able to meet our current needs
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Paycom
    • I think our fiscal team who handles the ROI would say that it has had a negative impact just because a lot of stuff is a la carte and we weren't aware of that before we went into a business relationship with Paycom. So I think it's had a negative impact.
    Incentivized
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    Cornerstone OnDemand
    • We are able to get our reviews done in a quicker amount of time. Instead of 4-8 weeks we were able to get it done under a month.
    • Halogen has gotten better at given us a heads up when the system will be down. Most patches are done overnight so we can at least verify it was done, but their success rate of a patch not breaking something is not at 99%. So we do lose productivity when the system is down.
    • The tool is easier to do so there are fewer questions from users outside the core team.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Paycom Screenshots

    Screenshot of a new study that reveals that for a composite organization representative of interviewed clients, unifying HR and payroll in a single-database software with automation and streamlined workflows achieved a three-year 362% ROI and resulted in: $1.4M net present value*; over 45% total time saved by HR; 80% time saved on compliance work.Screenshot of IWant, which is a command-driven AI engine in a single database, for instant access to employee data.Screenshot of Direct Data Exchange®, which takes a detailed pulse of how employees interact with Paycom. It automatically assigns a dollar value of savings based on Ernst & Young research.

    Saba TalentSpace Screenshots

    Screenshot of ReportsScreenshot of TalentviewScreenshot of 1-1 CoachingScreenshot of Create performance appraisalsScreenshot of Giving FeedbackScreenshot of Score report