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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ADP SmartCompliance

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AADP SmartCompliance is a tax and regulatory compliance platform for midsize or larger companies using an ERP or non-ADP platform for HR and HRMS services.N/A

    Brightmine

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Brightmine (formerly XpertHR) is a global provider of people data, analytics and insight. Brightmine is a division of LexisNexis Data Services, within RELX®, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools. RELX serves customers in 180+ countries with 35,000+ employees.N/A
    Pricing
    ADP SmartComplianceBrightmine
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ADP SmartComplianceBrightmine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing varies based upon modules deployed and features enabled.
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    Community Pulse
    ADP SmartComplianceBrightmine
    Considered Both Products
    ADP
    No answer on this topic
    Brightmine
    Chose Brightmine
    We use multiple products for our needs
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    98%
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    227 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    171 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    111 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    230 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    138 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    141 Answers
    Features
    ADP SmartComplianceBrightmine
    Type of tax
    Comparison of Type of tax features of ADP SmartCompliance and Brightmine
    Feature
    ADP SmartCompliance
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Brightmine
    -
    Ratings
    Sales and Use Taxes7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-border Taxes7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    VAT / GST Taxes7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Energy and Fuel Taxes7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Reporting & Compliance
    Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of ADP SmartCompliance and Brightmine
    Feature
    ADP SmartCompliance
    7.9
    83 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Brightmine
    -
    Ratings
    Geolocation for Tax Assessment8.229 Ratings00 Ratings
    3rd-Party Software Integrations7.452 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Data Reporting8.181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance Administration Management8.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Exemption Processing8.637 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Document Management7.873 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex Tax Scenario Management7.354 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ADP SmartComplianceBrightmine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (184 ratings)
    8.2
    (155 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (40 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (46 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (45 ratings)
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.5
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.7
    (32 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.7
    (15 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.6
    (12 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.3
    (16 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    4.9
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ADP SmartComplianceBrightmine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ADP
    ADP SmartCompliance reduces a great deal of the strain on our department by easily remaining compliant. Particularly with several state and federal demands, payroll compliance can quickly become a struggle; ADP helps us keep all requests and court paperwork in one place. I appreciate how it automates reporting, garnishments, and tax returns to free us from constant concern over missing deadlines or making calculation mistakes. Knowing that things are being correctly handled gives peace of mind, saves time, and lowers double work. With everything being tracked and recorded, it helps reduce back-and-forth while handling notices.
    Incentivized
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    Brightmine
    Brightmine is well suited for UK employment law guidance, policy interpretation, and complex employee relations scenarios requiring quick, reliable insight. It is less appropriate for country specific advice outside the UK or for highly bespoke legal matters that require formal external legal counsel. In these cases you would still require external legal counsel.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ADP
    • Allows you to submit for tax jurisdiction setup
    • Has a dashboard to indicate if any tax filings for the quarter are at risk and what the problem might be
    • Has a great layout of all your payroll processing invoices
    • Allows you to download copies of the tax filings ADP does on your behalf
    • Allows you to submit tax notices directly within the site
    Incentivized
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    Brightmine
    • Keep me informed of regulatory changes
    • Has great matrices on a per state basis for multiple regulatory topics, such as payment of final wages, etc.
    • Provides resources such as labor law posters for updating
    • Has a great handbook tool for creating and updating handbooks with well written policies that are easy to edit and customize.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    ADP
    • Local Tax Help - Mainly PA employees. I wish there was an easier way to see that we have the employees setup correctly.
    • Tickets not in emails - What I mean is that they have a ticket system so that you can talk to your account manager, but there is no easy way to then pull up those tickets like you would if it were in emails. Sometimes we want to see how we handled something before and it gets tricky.
    Incentivized
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    Brightmine
    • Have a 50 state chart that lists all final pay requirements for a deceased employee.
    • Policy requirements that are 100% mandatory for the handbook. This could be adjusted to make it crystal clear what is really needed and what an employer may want to add.
    • Chat support. I don't think this feature has ever worked on the site.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ADP
    ADP displays value continuously by automating compliance processes, reducing risk, and saving time. It ensures that tax filings are accurate, efficient notice management, and seamless integration with payroll systems, which minimizes penalties and manual work. The platforms reliability and strong support make it essential for maintaining compliance within our company and department
    Incentivized
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    Brightmine
    Without realising it we use Brightmine so often and it is so beneficial as our daily roles are onerous. By having a tool there that covers such a wide variety of products we can rest assured we know if we need something we can find it on there easily. With no hassle.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    ADP
    For the most part, one can get in and learn how to navigate the system by just clicking on one of the suject areas. If you have a good clientrepresentative, they will inform you of new features/functionality and give you a quick demo. This is helpful for one to go back in and navigate to learn how it works and usefulness.
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    Brightmine
    The website is so easy to use and navigate through. I check this website weekly on the states I am responsible for, and it is so well organized to quickly find those states. I also use this to check up on information with policies and laws I run into and all the information is quick and easy to find.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    ADP
    Availability is good, with only one or two instances of not being able to access the system at all which were quickly fixed. Some features do not work correctly from time to time, such as the "Help" function or the "Sync" function.
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    Brightmine
    It is almost always available when I need it. I have only ran into 2 situations where I received an error message and could not get logged in but was told this was a widespread issue that would quickly be resolved.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    ADP
    If ADP is having issues, they communicate the problem within the solution once you log in. They also communicate that the issue will be fixed promptly. Reports run efficiently and in a reasonable amount of time. Also, the reports allow for various reporting types to be produced like a PDF or a Microsoft Excel file.
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    Brightmine
    Everything loads quickly and is exactly where I need it to be. I like how the sidebar breaks down different sections of policies for each state to help me find what I am looking for or gives suggestions or documents to review that may also be helpful
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ADP
    As mentioned in the last comment, everyone and everything has been great. However sometimes you get one person that I feel can bring a score down and the current dedicated tax representative I have I do not feel is very supportive.
    Incentivized
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    Brightmine
    The initial support was brilliant with a colleague who showed us how to use the platform, as the platform is so easy to navigate we havent had further support but i know if i needed any i could contact brightmine to offer the support. It is so easy to use so havent needed to
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    In-Person Training
    ADP
    Exceptional Training Services Received during and after our Build . The teams of ADP Professionals assisted on a daily basis with tight deadlines and testing, each day , each Qtr. and annual processes including setting up local and State agencies for the 50 State we are reporting since our Workday go live 4/1/23. The process was seamless.
    Incentivized
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    Brightmine
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    ADP
    Online training give us more flexible on timing. We always have a pack schedule and not able to attend training in person. Online training with recording is a good source for us especially we can review it again and again. The down side is we are unable ask question in person
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    Brightmine
    The people on the call training us were very friendly and knowledgeable! They helped me learn of new tabs for finding templates to create new trainings to update departments on policies and procedures. It also has great excel sheets so I can see side by side differences between states regarding different laws and compensation changes.
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    Implementation Rating
    ADP
    I wasn't too hands on with integration portion of this product so I can't completely give an honest answer to that. I have been told that the training improves alot for each individual as they go through the process and it improves success. These individuals are able to do alot more than me in regards to implementation.
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    Brightmine
    I didnt implement but just wanted to say the person providing the training was brilliant and guided us through each page so we knew how to navigate, also allowed us to ask a lot of questions if we needed to which was helpful. So we could go away with confidence to use it
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    Alternatives Considered
    ADP
    We reviewed MasterTax and Ceridian before selecting ADP's Employment Tax four years ago. ADP SmartCompliance was selected because it was thought that this solution would save us time and resources. We have since revisited MasterTax and have looked at Asure as well. These companies offer more control and require more manual intervention before returns are filed and payments made as a tradeoff.
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    Brightmine
    HR Inform's documents are written a little better but there is less choice, they are similar in pricing however you can get a discount is you are a CIPD member which is attractive. It would be good if Brightmine can partner with the HR Ninjas very large network and give discounts to members, this would definitely drive subscriptions up for Brightmine and increase their presence.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ADP
    No answers on this topic
    Brightmine
    The price is too expensive and there is not clear transparent pricing model.
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    Scalability
    ADP
    ADP has the ability to scale across departments. This was found to be true when we rolled out the wage payment solution. ADP users are able to view their pay stubs on their phones and/or computers. This wage payment portal offers W2 storage and paystub storage for access at any time by an employee.
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    Brightmine
    WE only use it in HR but, I have no doubt that it could be scaled across other sites / teams.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    ADP
    No answers on this topic
    Brightmine
    No issues.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    ADP
    • we were able to outsource our garnishments, so that the bulk task it handled by someone else.
    • we have been able to process tickets quicker for missing deposits can we can see if the payment was sent back from the bank.
    • we are able to fund our final pay payments more efficiently and quicker
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    Brightmine
    • Brightmine reduces the time it would take me to research certain items on my own. As a consultant, this increases my capacity, allowing me to take on additional clients and increase my revenue.
    • Using Brightmine saves me from needing to hire someone to help me perform research or to help me stay up-to-date on changing laws. Although I pay for the service, it is at least 80% less than an employee would cost.
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    Screenshot of the Brightmine® HR & Compliance Center, which offers proactive updates, best practices, and tools to manage complex HR issues and stay compliant—without wasting time or paying for costly legal advice. (US,UK,NL)Screenshot of the trusted data in the HR & Compliance Center, now with GenAI-powered AI Assist, helps quickly find answers to HR compliance and employment law questions.Screenshot of Brightmine® Compensation Planning — a self-serve solution for building fair, market-aligned pay structures using up-to-date employer-reported data in the U.K.Screenshot of Brightmine® Automated Handbook Management, which is more than a handbook builder. It’s an AI-powered tool to upload, analyze, and maintain handbooks that tracks updates across all 50 states and 130+ localities.Screenshot of Brightmine® Pay Equity Analytics, which helps simplify gender pay gap reporting and enables real-time analysis across regions and demographics—helping users stay compliant, uncover disparities, and take action without manual work or consultants.