Ascentis HR vs Oracle HCM Cloud

Ascentis HR

There are no deal breakers with Ascentis in my opinion. The system is very flexible and allows for work arounds where limitations exist.Update: In the last year and a half Ascentis has been unable to provide electronic transmittal of benefit information through their system in a timely, accurate and/or consistent manner. This is a key component of any HRIS in my opinion and the failure to provide this feature (which we are paying for) has been a very large disadvantage for our company. If a timely, accurate and consistent automatic transmittal of benefit information to benefit plan providers is important to your organization, I would not recommend Ascentis at this time.

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Kelly C. Neill, SPHR

Human Resources Manager

San Juan Construction, Inc.Construction, 201-500 employees

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Oracle HCM Cloud

As I am not responsible for the selection of vendor products and am only a user of the tool. This is a question that may not be best suited for me to address; however the basic questions should be asked:(1) Why is the organization buying an applicant tracking system? (2) Is your current talent management aligned with the goals of your organization?

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Kristian Haughton CIR

Assistant Vice President - Senior Technology Recruiter

CitiFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Ascentis HR

7.2

Oracle HCM Cloud

7.7

Employee demographic data

7.8

7.9

Employment history

7.7

8.2

Job profiles and administration

7.4

7.9

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

7.1

7.9

Organizational charting

5.8

7.3

Organization and location management

7.1

7.6

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

7.1

7.2

Ascentis HR

7.3

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.1

Pay calculation

7.8

8.0

Support for external payroll vendors

7.2

7.4

Benefit plan administration

7.2

8.1

Direct deposit files

8.1

8.3

Salary revision and increment management

7.5

8.3

Reimbursement management

6.2

8.2

Ascentis HR

7.5

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.2

Approval workflow

7.5

8.5

Balance details

7.3

8.0

Annual carry-forward and encashment

7.5

8.2

Ascentis HR

7.6

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.5

View and generate pay and benefit information

8.0

8.2

Update personal information

8.3

8.8

View company policy documentation

7.4

8.2

Employee recognition

7.0

8.3

View job history

7.3

8.7

Ascentis HR

7.0

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.0

Tracking of all physical assets

7.0

8.0

Ascentis HR

6.2

Oracle HCM Cloud

7.8

Report builder

6.7

8.1

Pre-built reports

6.4

7.7

Ability to combine HR data with external data

5.5

7.6

Ascentis HR

6.6

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.3

New hire portal

6.9

7.9

Manager tracking tools

6.2

8.1

Ascentis HR

6.1

Oracle HCM Cloud

7.7

Corporate goal setting

6.2

7.8

Individual goal setting

6.3

8.1

Line-of sight-visibility

5.9

7.7

Performance tracking

6.0

8.0

Ascentis HR

5.9

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.2

Performance plans

6.0

8.2

Performance improvement plans

5.9

7.8

Review status tracking

6.3

8.0

Review reminders

6.1

7.7

Multiple review frequency

5.4

7.8

Ascentis HR

5.3

Oracle HCM Cloud

8.3

Create succession plans/pools

5.1

8.3

Candidate ranking

5.5

8.4

Candidate search

5.5

8.1

Candidate development

5.2

8.1

Ascentis HR

6.8

Oracle HCM Cloud

7.8

Job Requisition Management

6.8

8.0

Company Website Posting

7.1

7.5

Publish to Social Media

7.0

7.3

Job Search Site Posting

6.7

7.7

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

6.6

7.3

Applicant Tracking

7.0

8.0

Notifications and Alerts

6.4

8.1

Pros

Streamlining benefits administration - Ascentis creates a one-stop-shop. Simply enter your employee's information into Ascentis and they communicate with the benefits companies. No need to duplicate data entry.
Reporting module - the reporting module in HR is fantastic. Very easy to use and create reports on the fly.
The Payroll product is also very nice. We don't have a lot of issues like we had with previous providers.
Customer Service is quick and knowledgable.

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Heidi Thomsen

HR Manager

Engineered Polymers Corp.Plastics, 201-500 employees

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All information in one system reduces interfaces
Streamlined salary approval and annual compensation increases. Supervisors had all the information in one place to make informed decisions
Learn module is very user friendly and users find it easy to take training
Performance and training are integrated, so easy to recommend training

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Kathryn Koch

Manager, HR Systems and Operational Excellence

AlleteUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

The Time module could improve greatly. That is the one area that frustrates me the most. The system lags horribly on busy days . They could also add some more customizable features such as the abiliy to manipulate shift differentials/shift rules a bit more to the customer's liking.

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Heidi Thomsen

HR Manager

Engineered Polymers Corp.Plastics, 201-500 employees

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Patches wipe out any configurations, which need to be added back each time
Some features in EBS not available in HCM - things users liked, like templates on time and labor.

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Kathryn Koch

Manager, HR Systems and Operational Excellence

AlleteUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Ascentis HR5.3

Based on 8 answers

I love this product and have no plans on changing. Despite how much I like Ascentis, changing providers is an enormous undertaking and not one that I plan on taking on again

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Heidi Thomsen

HR Manager

Engineered Polymers Corp.Plastics, 201-500 employees

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Oracle HCM Cloud9.5

Based on 27 answers

I am now associated with a smaller organization that doesn't necessarily need the horsepower Taleo brings to the table in their Enterprise edition. There may be an opportunity to utilize their Business edition, but my current employer isn't a position to make a change at this time.

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Tom Roberts

Manager, Strategic Talent Acquisition

MedxcelWholesale, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Ascentis HR7.0

Based on 7 answers

I have used numerous other systems and Ascentis is by FAR the best system I've ever used. I love its ability to customize to your organization's needs!! Would highly recommend to anyone!

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Heidi Thomsen

HR Manager

Engineered Polymers Corp.Plastics, 201-500 employees

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Oracle HCM Cloud8.0

Based on 3 answers

Oracle managed to maintain its useability advantage. It will have new competitors on eRecruitment, where needs are quickly changing.

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Job Horbeek

Medical Devices, 1001-5000 employees

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Support

Ascentis HR7.3

Based on 85 answers

With most issues, Ascentis support is very responsive and helpful, however when the issue is one that requires technical review and/or support, there is rarely any follow-up or response. The issues with the electronic transmittal of benefit information to carriers was one that after 1.5 years has yet to be resolved and follow-up from Ascentis on the status has been minimal. I have only receive information after repeated complaints were filed and escalated to top management.

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Kelly C. Neill, SPHR

Human Resources Manager

San Juan Construction, Inc.Construction, 201-500 employees

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Oracle HCM Cloud8.0

Based on 1 answer

Oracle has an excellent support model. The challenge is in adopting this support model and making traditional IT and non-mature system administrators use this model. In combination with the Oracle Cloud (client) Community, the support is excellent.

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Job Horbeek

Medical Devices, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

Ascentis HR8.0

Based on 1 answer

First, to clarify our "in-person" training was done mainly through Web-X meetings and conference calls. It was the closest thing we got to as far as an "in-person" training for this software. However, for the large majority of it, this type of training worked out well. We were able to share our screens and the trainer was able to share his/her screen. We could follow along with what we were doing in our database in real time and see how different functions worked and how manipulating our information could produce different results. It was also nice in that it provided for real-time results if something hadn't been coded correctly or we were having issues as to why something wasn't working the way we thought it should be. However, it did have some downsides in that we often had to rely on a conference phone and that made it difficult to hear people on both sides. Also, sometimes the trainers had internet difficulties when working from home and that caused issues with the WebX meetings.

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Jennifer Steffens

IT & Marketing Coordinator

Howry Residential ServicesMental Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Online Training

Ascentis HR6.0

Based on 2 answers

Ascentis HR has a number of online training videos to watch on a number of different topics. I gave it a lower rating because there is not much interactivity with the videos and it seems to cater to really only one or two learning styles. Plus, one has to be pretty motivated to go to a separate area to access the videos and then pull up a specific one to watch it and then learn. From my experience, people know that they are there, many just don't take the time and effort to go find them and actually watch them - especially since the username and password are different from their normal username and password.

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Jennifer Steffens

IT & Marketing Coordinator

Howry Residential ServicesMental Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Oracle HCM Cloud8.8

Based on 4 answers

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Implementation

Ascentis HR7.0

Based on 3 answers

Don't skip steps. The customer support for Ascentis HR left it up to us how far we wanted to go with implementation of benefits for example. I was very glad that I elected to go into the detail implementation that I did rather than just doing the basics and waiting until later to complete the process.

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Kelly C. Neill, SPHR

Human Resources Manager

San Juan Construction, Inc.Construction, 201-500 employees

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Oracle HCM Cloud7.0

Based on 1 answer

There is a lot of potential on Fusion. We have reaped about 10% of potential benefits. Especially on Workforce Intelligence, the opportunities are huge. The reason why we do not use the solution at its full potential is not in the product (which is simple and transparent). A roadmap is under construction to bring more of its potential to the end user.

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Job Horbeek

Medical Devices, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We previously used SAP which while much less intuitive to use, it was a far more robust system. Before selecting Ascentis we look at ADP and Paychex. Ascentis is all in one and the support and account managers are genuine people. The ESS portal and ease of use were big selling features.

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Kathi Groth

HR Manager

Fetzer VineyardsWine and Spirits, 201-500 employees

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Very similar to HCM - but HCM has a more robust time and labor package for complicated pay rules. Able to create all the rules through fast formulas to pay out a complicated collective bargaining agreement.

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Kathryn Koch

Manager, HR Systems and Operational Excellence

AlleteUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

Ascentis HR5.0

Based on 1 answer

No answer on this topic is available.

Oracle HCM Cloud7.9

Based on 5 answers

Taleo (owned now by Oracle) continues to be an incredibly powerful product and it's scalability is among the most robust of any ATS in use today.

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Mark Story, MPA, SPHR

Human Resources Manager

FamilyCare IncInsurance, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Streamlined onboarding so we can spend more value-added time with new hires.
I'm afraid the timekeeping system will have a negative impact on our employee engagement and the internal customer service we provide.

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Kimberly Datisman, PHR

Director of Human Resources

Community Health Care, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees

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Increased efficiency
Better customer service

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Daniela Borruso

Human Resources Recruiting Specialist

Starr CompaniesInsurance, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

Ascentis HR

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Oracle HCM Cloud

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Additional Pricing Details

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Feature Rating Comparison

Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Pay calculation

Support for external payroll vendors

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

Employee recognition

View job history

Tracking of all physical assets

Report builder

Pre-built reports

Ability to combine HR data with external data

New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

Corporate goal setting

Individual goal setting

Line-of sight-visibility

Performance tracking

Performance plans

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Review reminders

Multiple review frequency

Create succession plans/pools

Candidate ranking

Candidate search

Candidate development

Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

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Usability

Support

In-Person Training

Online Training

Implementation

Alternatives Considered

Scalability

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Ascentis HR

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

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Oracle HCM Cloud

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services