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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Absorb

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Absorb LMS aims to empower organizations to train employees with the skills needed to stay modern and relevant in today's fast-paced world. The LMS software focuses on aligning learning needs with business demands.N/A

    Arcoro HR

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AArcoro is an HR technology company focused on the construction industry, offering solutions to help companies hire, manage and grow their back office, professional and skilled trade workforce.N/A
    Pricing
    AbsorbArcoro HR
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AbsorbArcoro HR
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    AbsorbArcoro HR
    Considered Both Products
    Absorb Software Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Arcoro
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    171 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    57 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    145 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
    82%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    118 Answers
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    127 Answers
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
    Features
    AbsorbArcoro HR
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Absorb and Arcoro HR
    Feature
    Absorb
    8.5
    172 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Arcoro HR
    -
    Ratings
    Course authoring9.0135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.3151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.6154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning content8.5127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile friendly8.0125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.4164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Assignments9.6142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance management9.5136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning administration8.7168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics8.5165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social learning6.291 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification6.085 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.7129 Ratings00 Ratings
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    AbsorbArcoro HR
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    User Ratings
    AbsorbArcoro HR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (175 ratings)
    6.9
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    4.5
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (80 ratings)
    6.8
    (63 ratings)
    Availability
    9.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (161 ratings)
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    6.2
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    3.5
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    5.9
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AbsorbArcoro HR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Absorb is highly intuitive for end users. The resources feature allows for uploads of materials that are not marked as part of any training but rather available for users to review at their convenience. Scheduling reports so they are sent to users via email has been a pain. Reports are duplicated and there is also no start and end date, which causes the portal to continuously push the reports unless they are manually cancelled
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    Arcoro
    From sales to implementation, the process was a little oversold. We didn't know the right questions to ask - had we known what to ask, it would have been easier to embrace from the beginning. Once the training begins, it's comfortable with the tools and team. Our Project Manager had changed throughout the implementation process, but we didn't miss a beat. Arcoro takes care of us, and I would recommend them as a Sage partner.
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    Pros
    Absorb Software Inc.
    • Overall, Absorb LMS is pretty easy to use for learners and especially for admins. It's practical to create and manage course content - it provides the most crucial options and yet is lean enough not to overcomplicate the admin's life. The consistent and customizable "table-view" in most of the admin-areas is very helpful and easy to follow.
    • Using Enrollment Rules, Absorb LMS let you define who a course applies to and how they get enrolled. You can build rules based on learner attributes, such as department, location job role, group, to include or exclude specific audiences. The way Absorb LMS is using enrollment attributes, no other LMS actually can fulfill our requirements easier. Enrollment rules are mainly embedded in individual course options (you can also create scheduled enrollments outside of the courses).
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    Arcoro
    • Open Enrollment - this is an AWESOME feature. We have over 900 employees and we wouldn't dream of doing this by hand again! Everything legible and every required field filled out.
    • Electronic feeds to the insurance carriers/benefit vendors - this is seamless and we have more issues with the vendors than with Arcoro HR!
    • ACA reporting is something that they handle and it is one less headache that we have to deal with!
    • Applicant tracking that flows into onboarding then into the benefits module!
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    Cons
    Absorb Software Inc.
    • The "And" and "Or" rules for self + automatic enrollment could be spelled out more to clarify who we're enrolling into courses
    • The thumbnail and poster "Upload photo" section is confusing. There should be a "Favorites" folder where we can easily find most commonly used posters and thumbnails
    • more education around Absorb analyze essentials
    • How the Featured courses section ranks courses is confusing on the back-end. I need to switch the primary one to second place to feature the new one first. But if the previous one now becomes second place, what happens to the old course that was in second place? I've noticed the order you select on the back-end for this isn't always reflected on user side
    • Same comment as Featured Courses but for appearance of billboards. Hard to position each in the right order
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    Arcoro
    • Since we started using the HUB, I have things listed as jobsites that are not jobsites on Exaktime, I'd like them removed such as DO NOT SYNC, JBLMANG, JENSEN, 1 HOME OFFICE, 2 DM OFFICE I guess they are called "locations" but every once in a while one of our guys will clock into one of them by mistake.
    • When submitting a ticket, quicker response time would be appreciated. Arbaz is quick to respond but the tickets are not responded to very quickly. I think Arcoro HR is a great product but response time is important! Especially when you have a lot of employees counting on a paycheck every Friday.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We love the ability to have a user-friendly system that integrates well with our different HR interfaces (we have 3 systems that feed data/employees into the system). It makes it easy to track course completions and report out on metrics enterprise-wide. In addition, the ability to provide consistent education to staff who are geographically dispersed is a huge incentive for us, and Absorb LMS does this seamlessly.
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    Arcoro
    It is easer to keep someing going then change things out. Our employees have taken 6 months to learn this one, I do not want to reinvent the wheel. Just this week I have seen inprovment as they now know they do not get paid if they do not clock in and back out every day.
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    Usability
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Our company has performed many software implementations over the last few years. Getting Absorb LMS up and running was one of the easiest and most pleasant by far. The process is fairly straightforward, but you are also given excellent support in instances when it is needed.
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    Arcoro
    Very user friendly. Nothing's perfect but ExakTime is pretty close! Employees are diligent about clocking in and out in order to get paid! I love that we can customize reports to get exactly the info that we need. It's also very helpful to provide documentation of hours worked for our customers.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We have never had any major issue with Absorb's availability. Any outages that have occurred have been planned an communicated. Any small issues that occur within the Absorb platform have been addressed efficiently and quickly by support and the development team
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    Arcoro
    No problems.
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    Performance
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We have experienced infrequent issues with things like load times on reporting, or pages timing out, but for the large majority of our time within the system things have worked as they should
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    Arcoro
    Pages do not load quickly. It's difficult to build custom reports. Again, you need to HR people develop your system and make is user friendly.
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    Support Rating
    Absorb Software Inc.
    My client success manager had to reach out once for our company once. Although it was not an Absorb issue (it was an issue on the course vendor side), Absorb offered a resolution while the vendor was fixing the issue. We were very happy with the resolution and feel like Absorb went above and beyond for us.
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    Arcoro
    I have not had to use support other then as we got started
    and had a few hick ups but they were great.
    They answered all our questions even if some of them were no the program
    does not do that. I guess the best support is one that is not needed because
    the product works great and does its job right
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    In-Person Training
    Absorb Software Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Arcoro
    We did not do any in person training
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    Online Training
    Absorb Software Inc.
    The training was comprehensive - there were existing modules to learn functionality but working with Absorb staff, and receiving recordings of those walk-throughs, made a rapid understanding of the LMS achievable and covered the necessary material that was needed and allowed for specific questions to be addressed.
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    Arcoro
    The training is provided well and recorded. Sometimes it was too fast to grasp, but the recordings make it easier to review at a later date.
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    Implementation Rating
    Absorb Software Inc.
    The implementation of Absorb went very seamlessly. We previously had the Oracle LMS and importing user data and getting the new system up to speed was painless. The smooth transition helped leaders and staff gain confidence early in the application/company and we have had a successful partnership with Absorb since.
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    Arcoro
    Gave a notice to all
    employees to come to work 15 min early on the day planned to implement the
    program. I had Spanish and English signs
    on how to down load the program and log in I showed them ALL how to log in and
    out and explained that they are responsible for reporting accurate time. I had them all sign a policy that lunch
    breaks were mandatory for all employees
    at least 30 min per day. This ensures
    safety on the roofs. We had a few people
    who did not have passwords to the app store and we had a few problems with
    android phones but most of them were on their way quickly. Most not happy about the change but I hope
    they see the benefit of it now.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Absorb offers a more flexible and robust experience for managing learning ecosystems. The user interface is more modern and provides a stronger user-centric learning experience. Absorb is at parity for social learning, which most learning platforms struggle with. The admin capabilities within Absorb are stronger than those of each of these providers. The notifications are strong, too.
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    Arcoro
    We still use Sage, and ExakTime is compatible with it, which is why we went with ExakTime. So technically we use both at this time. ExakTime is a great pairing with Sage since Sage does not have any applications that let employees clock in and out. So we use ExakTime for that and then transfer the information to Sage for the reporting and issuing of deposits/checks, etc.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Absorb Software Inc.
    Clear and easy to understand. Of course, I would love to have seen these costs during my research of different LMSs, but I understand why they don't share this information.
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    Arcoro
    I think it is priced a little high, but no time to look for other options at this time.
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    Scalability
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We have already scaled our LMS from a couple hundred users to 1000 users and have plans to scale even larger. We use the LMS across multiple internal departments. countries and user types. Absorb has made it easy to integrate and scale and we will continue to scale in the near future.
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    Arcoro
    We can't seem to get the simple things fixed. I wouldn't trust it.
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    Professional Services
    Absorb Software Inc.
    We work directly with Kirsten Spak, who has continuously
    provided timely and quality help for myself as the lead and our organization.
    Kirsten has helped us ensure that we are going about things as efficiently and
    is always willing to walk through things to demonstrate suggestions and
    functions. As we look to expand our offerings further, Kirsten has helped
    strategize for the best approach, which has helped our workflow and the
    end-user experience. As we are still relatively new users, but using the LMS
    every day, Kirsten has been very patient and provided clear instruction on
    processes when we were unsure of what to do and has been able to troubleshoot,
    with her team, functions that were desired but not availability at the time, to
    provide us with solutions.
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    Arcoro
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Absorb Software Inc.
    • We used Absorb LMS to track Annual Safety Training to ensure compliance with inspectors and ensure our teammates understand the risks and how to mitigate them safely. We were never able to track this before and thus, we simply didn't have mandatory annual training.
    • A huge drawback prior to implementation of Absorb LMS was our inability to offer more than our 40 purchased e-courses to our employees. These were mostly safety and equipment based courses, so we didn't have any soft skill development happening. Now we have hundreds of courses available from the Absorb library that cover the safety aspects, but we also have dozens of leadership courses, communication and influence courses, etc. It has been a huge gamechanger for our employees and their development opportunities! When I look at our course library, there are 400 courses, which over 300 being available through Absorb library (the other 80+ were made using Absorb Create).
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    Arcoro
    • Payroll Accuracy - Hours used to be manually calculated here. Depending on the person it was almost never accurate resulting in employees being under paid or the company losing money.
    • Time - To calculate 30+ employees hours, including overtime was a nightmare and took an entire day. I now do minor changes day of payroll to fix up things and ask questions and I am no more than 20 minutes. That is a huge time and money saver.
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