Ascentis (discontinued) vs Sage HRMS

What users are saying about

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 323 reviews and ratings

Score 5.3 out of 10

Based on 29 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 5 feature sets: Human Resource Management, Payroll Management, Leave and Attendance Management, Employee Self Service, HR Reporting
Sage HRMS ranks higher in 6 feature sets: Asset Management, Onboarding, Performance and Goals, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Recruiting / ATS

Human Resource Management

7.5

Ascentis (discontinued)

75%

6.2

Sage HRMS

62%

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 6/7 features

Employee demographic data

7.6

76%

137 Ratings

8.1

81%

8 Ratings

Employment history

7.8

78%

140 Ratings

7.7

77%

9 Ratings

Job profiles and administration

7.6

76%

128 Ratings

5.1

51%

9 Ratings

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

7.4

74%

126 Ratings

6.7

67%

9 Ratings

Organizational charting

6.3

63%

90 Ratings

6.0

60%

4 Ratings

Organization and location management

7.9

79%

109 Ratings

6.0

60%

6 Ratings

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

7.8

78%

102 Ratings

4.1

41%

7 Ratings

Payroll Management

8.3

Ascentis (discontinued)

83%

5.8

Sage HRMS

58%

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 7/7 features

Pay calculation

8.3

83%

115 Ratings

7.0

70%

7 Ratings

Support for external payroll vendors

7.2

72%

62 Ratings

5.3

53%

4 Ratings

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

8.2

82%

28 Ratings

6.0

60%

2 Ratings

Benefit plan administration

7.7

77%

108 Ratings

4.2

42%

6 Ratings

Direct deposit files

9.2

92%

100 Ratings

7.7

77%

7 Ratings

Salary revision and increment management

8.5

85%

92 Ratings

4.7

47%

6 Ratings

Reimbursement management

8.8

88%

51 Ratings

5.5

55%

7 Ratings

Leave and Attendance Management

8.1

Ascentis (discontinued)

81%

3.8

Sage HRMS

38%

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 3/3 features

Approval workflow

8.5

85%

99 Ratings

4.5

45%

6 Ratings

Balance details

7.8

78%

99 Ratings

4.5

45%

7 Ratings

Annual carry-forward and encashment

8.0

80%

84 Ratings

2.3

23%

6 Ratings

Employee Self Service

7.9

Ascentis (discontinued)

79%

5.3

Sage HRMS

53%

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 5/5 features

View and generate pay and benefit information

8.2

82%

138 Ratings

5.9

59%

8 Ratings

Update personal information

8.8

88%

151 Ratings

6.6

66%

7 Ratings

View company policy documentation

6.9

69%

110 Ratings

3.2

32%

6 Ratings

Employee recognition

7.1

71%

61 Ratings

6.0

60%

4 Ratings

View job history

8.5

85%

108 Ratings

4.9

49%

5 Ratings

Asset Management

6.0

Ascentis (discontinued)

60%

7.0

Sage HRMS

70%

Sage HRMS ranks higher in 1/1 features

Tracking of all physical assets

6.0

60%

33 Ratings

7.0

70%

2 Ratings

HR Reporting

6.6

Ascentis (discontinued)

66%

4.6

Sage HRMS

46%

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 2/3 features

Report builder

6.5

65%

144 Ratings

2.0

20%

7 Ratings

Pre-built reports

7.3

73%

142 Ratings

3.9

39%

8 Ratings

Ability to combine HR data with external data

6.0

60%

73 Ratings

8.0

80%

6 Ratings

Onboarding

6.3

Ascentis (discontinued)

63%

7.0

Sage HRMS

70%

Sage HRMS ranks higher in 2/2 features

New hire portal

6.5

65%

98 Ratings

7.0

70%

4 Ratings

Manager tracking tools

6.1

61%

76 Ratings

7.0

70%

3 Ratings

Performance and Goals

7.0

Ascentis (discontinued)

70%

7.3

Sage HRMS

73%

Ascentis (discontinued) ranks higher in 2/4 features

Corporate goal setting

6.5

65%

43 Ratings

8.0

80%

1 Rating

Individual goal setting

7.5

75%

53 Ratings

7.0

70%

2 Ratings

Line-of sight-visibility

7.1

71%

38 Ratings

8.0

80%

1 Rating

Performance tracking

7.0

70%

50 Ratings

6.0

60%

2 Ratings

Performance Management

6.4

Ascentis (discontinued)

64%

7.8

Sage HRMS

78%

Sage HRMS ranks higher in 5/5 features

Performance plans

6.2

62%

59 Ratings

9.0

90%

3 Ratings

Performance improvement plans

6.3

63%

50 Ratings

8.0

80%

3 Ratings

Review status tracking

6.7

67%

57 Ratings

7.0

70%

3 Ratings

Review reminders

7.0

70%

55 Ratings

8.0

80%

4 Ratings

Multiple review frequency

5.9

59%

50 Ratings

7.0

70%

3 Ratings

Succession Planning

6.0

Ascentis (discontinued)

60%

8.5

Sage HRMS

85%

Sage HRMS ranks higher in 4/4 features

Create succession plans/pools

6.4

64%

21 Ratings

9.0

90%

1 Rating

Candidate ranking

6.4

64%

21 Ratings

8.0

80%

1 Rating

Candidate search

5.4

54%

27 Ratings

8.0

80%

1 Rating

Candidate development

6.0

60%

23 Ratings

9.0

90%

1 Rating

Recruiting / ATS

6.4

Ascentis (discontinued)

64%

7.5

Sage HRMS

75%

Sage HRMS ranks higher in 6/7 features

Job Requisition Management

6.7

67%

85 Ratings

5.0

50%

2 Ratings

Company Website Posting

6.5

65%

79 Ratings

6.6

66%

3 Ratings

Publish to Social Media

6.5

65%

59 Ratings

9.0

90%

1 Rating

Job Search Site Posting

6.5

65%

71 Ratings

7.0

70%

1 Rating

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

6.5

65%

57 Ratings

8.0

80%

1 Rating

Applicant Tracking

6.4

64%

83 Ratings

8.0

80%

2 Ratings

Notifications and Alerts

5.6

56%

69 Ratings

9.0

90%

1 Rating

Attribute Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued) is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Sage HRMS is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Renew

Ascentis (discontinued)

76%

164 Ratings

4.5

Sage HRMS

45%

10 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

63%

12 Ratings

8.0

Sage HRMS

80%

1 Rating

Ascentis (discontinued)

75%

44 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

65%

7 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

69%

5 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

81%

252 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

80%

1 Rating

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

82%

4 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

82%

8 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Ascentis (discontinued)

64%

4 Ratings

Sage HRMS

N/A

0 Ratings

Pros

Easy to use software. I have had several new HR employees comment on how easy the system is to learn!
Problem Solving- Ascentis is always problem solving! When we were in the process of selecting a new payroll company, we needed unemployment claims management assistance for our locations, something Ascentis did not currently offer. The sales rep went out of his way to find a unemployment claims management company that would work with Ascentis and us. That company has helped us keep an 80% win rate for our claims!
User conference- Engage is an awesome way to learn more about the products Ascentis has available as well and meet up with the staff you work with every day!

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Verified User

Director in Human Resources

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Ability to see history (like job history) easily at a glance.
Ability to make changes easily.
Organizing info in the employee record.

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Contributor in Human Resources

Hospital & Health Care Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Updating the system so it is one platform and not two.
Create changes to the benefit enrollment process and upgrade the system so hire dates do not need to be changed to trigger benefits for status changes.
Focus updates on HR Admin, mobile application, ATS and transitioning to one platform. Larger areas of focus have been on the payroll portion of the system with a few updates to other areas.
When something is broken, quicker turn time on fixing the issue.
System needs updates to support AAP reporting.

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Verified User

Director in Human Resources

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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We changed our chart of accounts. The system does not allow you to change the numbering format, so we had to start over with new databases.
The tax return portion of the software does not file local taxes. We would definitely like to see this functionality in the future.
The payroll piece does not handle complicated move up and move downs for union pay. This could definitely be improved upon.

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Printing Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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?

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

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Likelihood to Renew

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.3

Based on 12 answers

This rating would be a 10 if it were not for some issues we have been having recently with the benefit carrier connections. The carrier connections are critical for us so how these issues are resolved will be key in our renewal decision.

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Kelly C. Neill, SPHR

Human Resources Manager

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

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Sage HRMS 8.0

Based on 1 answer

I do not work with this software anymore, and I am not involved with the renewal of it. However, if I were, I would still suggest using it unless something better was introduced

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Natalie Rapchak

Human Resources Coordinator

Neill-TSPHuman Resources, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Ascentis (discontinued) 7.5

Based on 44 answers

I'd give it a 7.5. If the modules were easier to access and not so buried (or placed in left field to find), I would give it a higher rating. As I said, as the potential to be great if ACCESS to other modules was easier.

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Verified User

Director in Human Resources

Building Materials Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Reliability and Availability

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.5

Based on 7 answers

They normally give you notice when an update will affect the use of the system. Otherwise, when we have an error , we send a message to the support team. Sometimes someone will get right back with you and sometimes it takes a while.

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Employee in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Performance

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.9

Based on 5 answers

Yes, this pages do load pretty good but there are times when things are slow and I believe that's because they are sometimes trying to do updates.

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Employee in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Ascentis (discontinued) 8.1

Based on 252 answers

Support is attentive and quick to answer the call and get the answer for you. If they for any reason cannot answer right then, they are back to you within a day and always seem to have a sense of urgency. You truly get the impression that they are aiming to make you happy.

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Strategist in Marketing

Oil & Energy Company, 201-500 employees

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In-Person Training

Ascentis (discontinued) 8.0

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 (discontinued) 8.2

Based on 4 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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Implementation Rating

Ascentis (discontinued) 8.2

Based on 8 answers

It was very easy to implement, but the customization pieces should really be fleshed out in order to determine the full need of an organization at the time of implementation. I believe if a little more time was spent on the requirements, the recruiting module would not have to be customized again at a cost at a later date.

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Mary Meadows

Human Resources Manager

MultiLingual Solutions, Inc.Government Administration, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Ascentis has far better customer service and the implementation experience was also better. The ability to do a lot of customization is also easier with Ascentis as it's smaller organization. The payroll has positive and negatives compared to ADP but the accuracy is the same in both. Ascentis just started their community site which doesn't have a lot of traffic but hopefully can become more like ADP's community site, which was extremely helpful to me as an administrator.

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Verified User

Manager in Human Resources

Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 201-500 employees

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Sage HRMS was very cost effective for a non-profit. It does all that we needed as a company and more. It also allows us to handle payroll ourselves instead of outsourcing [it].

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Verified User

Director in Finance and Accounting

Non-Profit Organization Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Scalability

Ascentis (discontinued) 6.4

Based on 4 answers

Large acquisition would be very complicated, seems more appropriate for companies under 100

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Christina Miyamoto, PHR®

Human Resources Manager

N/AEntertainment, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

HR DPT. is much more effective, as we can assess any employee information no matter where we are, etc. This helps to provide information immediately when requested!
Employees have access to Ascentis, and therefore to their timecard, open enrollment, etc., from anywhere at any time!
Time, PTO requests, employee goals, and evaluations can be approved from anywhere at any time!
Recruiting can be accessed any where at any time, and this helps with hiring, internal communication, etc.

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Employee in Human Resources

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 201-500 employees

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there can be a high ROI when processing payroll in house compared to outsourced. Not to mention the flexibility you gain.

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Cathey Pangborn

Implementation Specialist

AbilaComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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