Absorb LMS vs. UKG Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Absorb LMS
Score 9.1 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
UKG Pro
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
Pricing
Absorb LMSUKG Pro
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Absorb LMSUKG Pro
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Absorb LMSUKG Pro
Considered Both Products
Absorb LMS

No answer on this topic

UKG Pro
Chose UKG Pro
The WorkDay platform was not as user-friendly as UKG.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Absorb LMSUKG Pro
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
8.8
90 Ratings
8% above category average
UKG Pro
-
Ratings
Course authoring8.373 Ratings00 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.678 Ratings00 Ratings
Player/Portal9.282 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning content9.063 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile friendly7.167 Ratings00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.885 Ratings00 Ratings
Assignments9.674 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance management9.869 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning administration9.687 Ratings00 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics9.085 Ratings00 Ratings
Social learning7.944 Ratings00 Ratings
Gamification6.539 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.661 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.4
820 Ratings
7% above category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.7746 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.7777 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.2748 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.5735 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.9658 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.6670 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.4530 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.7
761 Ratings
8% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.1723 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings8.9347 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.0245 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.2656 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.3715 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.7585 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.2
577 Ratings
2% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.6517 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1540 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.8443 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.7
813 Ratings
7% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.9784 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.9790 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.7576 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings8.1296 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.8774 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.8
196 Ratings
10% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.8196 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.0
751 Ratings
6% above category average
Report builder00 Ratings8.0730 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings8.0741 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.9509 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.7
571 Ratings
9% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.5568 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.9454 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.1
387 Ratings
2% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.4300 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.9368 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.2259 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.9342 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.3
476 Ratings
5% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.1424 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.1334 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.5445 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings8.0408 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.7343 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
9.0
193 Ratings
14% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.1159 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.1169 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.8168 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.1157 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Absorb LMS
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.3
470 Ratings
7% above category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.4446 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.9434 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.4344 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.7402 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.2334 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.3433 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.5401 Ratings
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User Ratings
Absorb LMSUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(92 ratings)
8.3
(947 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(6 ratings)
8.3
(196 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(2 ratings)
9.0
(189 ratings)
Availability
9.9
(2 ratings)
10.0
(75 ratings)
Performance
9.9
(2 ratings)
10.0
(332 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(78 ratings)
5.6
(495 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(87 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.5
(204 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.7
(2 ratings)
9.9
(86 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(76 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(66 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.8
(2 ratings)
9.9
(94 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.6
(56 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
10.0
(49 ratings)
User Testimonials
Absorb LMSUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
Absorb Software Inc.
The learner dashboard is beautiful along with the complete interface experience. It doesn't take long to get accustomed to it. The steps for a user to purchase an ecommerce course is very similar to other popular ecommerce site such as Amazon. This is very advantageous since the general user is familiar with sites like Amazon. The process of using Enrollment Keys is not quite easy and friendly to utilize.
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UKG
As a hospital with 1300 employees, we find that UKG is fully scalable and addresses all our needs with one product. UKG offers the Ready solution, which is aimed at smaller organizations. There are several different benefit solutions. Because of the other offerings, UKG products would work well for large, global organizations and smaller businesses that need automation and technology for payroll and timekeeping.
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Pros
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Customer Service - Our CSM, Kirsten Spak, provides friendly, timely and high quality help and has helps us to understand and efficiently use the system.
  • Course Creation - We have been able to create custom courses with a wide range of features, including branding, audio, video and assessments.
  • Reporting - Absorb LMS offers a robust reporting function which allows us to understand our users and meet the needs of our partners when user information is required for their projects.
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UKG
  • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
  • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
  • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
  • It is easy to use and navigate
  • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
  • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
  • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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Cons
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Wish there was an automated cadence of Sandbox refresh
  • Wish licensing was based on active users not just those added to the system (potentially issue related to our interface)
  • Wish there were more options for administrative bulk uploading capabilities without having to engage Absorb LMS team
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UKG
  • Onboarding and recruiting need an environment that is more stable and dependable.
  • Core Benefits could be enhanced to allow OE and LE events via the mobile app.
  • Service and support need to be increased; days and weeks now, when we first went live, it was minutes and hours.
  • Adapting all version of time management into one or two versions, at no cost to the customer would allow the resources from UTA, UTM and WFM Classic to be directed to future enhancements and would allow support services to be increased for the 2 remaining platforms.
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Likelihood to Renew
Absorb Software Inc.
We have no plans to move away from Absorb at this time. It has all of the functionality we are looking for in a learning management system and we have a lot of info stored in our LMS system for trainings including all of our current and past employee transcripts. It is also getting easier to manager with being able to connect the LMS to ADP to update employee reporting/department/location/etc. We don't have a need or reason to move away from Absorb at this time.
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UKG
We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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Usability
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS is easy to use from both a user experience and admin experience. For users, navigating the site to complete assignments or finding courses to develop new skills is very user-friendly. As an admin, the course creation tools walk you through each step simply, but have a ton of functionality to support any of your training needs.
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UKG
Mobile App: Really easy to use and its nice to have an HR software that actually has an mobile application to be able to enter time and to take care of everything with. Web App: The system is relatively easy to use with maybe a little training at the beginning if you have used another system. But the site is really easy to use and a lot better having everything under one roof
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Reliability and Availability
Absorb Software Inc.
The customer service team is top notch. They have always been readily available and quick to assist regardless of the day or time of the call
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UKG
For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
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Performance
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS's performance is very reliable and consistent. Pages load quickly. Report are generated within a reasonable amount of time (even with significant amounts of data), etc. Nothing seems to slow it down.
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UKG
Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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Support Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
Absorb LMS's client service managers have been extremely responsive, efficient, and available. While we pay for a higher level of support, we have found it well worth the investment. We've been less pleased with the accounting side of the organization, but that has little impact on the delivery of training to our clients and employees.
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UKG
The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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In-Person Training
Absorb Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
UKG
I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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Online Training
Absorb Software Inc.
I meet and do training with my absorb support every week. and I have all my questions answered! it's great
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UKG
Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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Implementation Rating
Absorb Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
UKG
Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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Alternatives Considered
Absorb Software Inc.
hands down favorite in look, function, cost and service. Others were close but could not meet our external and internal cases. Our current one (we looked at them again) did not have 40% of the functionality or value, despite the bargain cost, it was not worth it to continue. Only new hires used our LMS for onboarding because they had to; no one went back for more training. With Absorb our classes are more dynamic and targeted.
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UKG
We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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Scalability
Absorb Software Inc.
This is one of the main reasons we chose Absorb as our LMS. It is a very user-friendly application that is able to be deployed across multiple departments in geographically dispersed locations. It works amazingly well for us.
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UKG
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Return on Investment
Absorb Software Inc.
  • Absorb LMS's user-friendly interface and interactive learning features contributed to a 150% increase in learner engagement levels. The platform's ability to deliver engaging content and quizzes enhances employee participation and knowledge retention at retail
  • With Absorb LMS, we are looking to streamline our remote employee onboarding process, and tracking to reduce the time taken for new hires to complete training modules by 30%.
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UKG
  • Personally as a veteran user of UKG Pro, in past employers I have seen many amazing increases in employee engagement and ROI.
  • With QuVa, we are still very new to the UKG Pro platform and are just now beginning to get out of the implementation phase where we can start measuring the change. I will be looking for changes in Overtime spending to reduce as a result of more informative and actionable dashboards for managers to monitor overtime and timeclock abuses in real time. I am also expecting employees to engage more with new features being pushed out to the mobile app.
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ScreenShots

Absorb LMS Screenshots

Screenshot of a company's unique identity with a training interface that is custom-designed for the brand.Screenshot of a company's image and values with a training interface that is tailored to the brand's specific needs.Screenshot of the course creation workflow, that offer a diverse set of formats, including instructional videos, quizzes, and assessments.Screenshot of Absorb's course details page, accessible from the course catalog dashboard, used to give learners an understanding of the course material.Screenshot of learners' progress insights, used to make data-driven decisions with the reporting capabilities of Absorb LMS.Screenshot of course creation with Create AI Beta.

UKG Pro Screenshots

Screenshot of UKG Pro People CenterScreenshot of UKG Pro PayrollScreenshot of UKG Pro Mobile AppScreenshot of UKG Pro RecruitingScreenshot of UKG Pro Employee Voice