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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightHR

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ABritish company BrightHR offers a human resources platform which helps replace paper documents with edocuments and contains features for managing employee scheduling and ROTA, sick leave and tardiness, vacation and holiday shift planning, as well as providing employment law legal advice.N/A

    Clockify

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Clockify, from COING in Palo Alto, is a time tracker and employee timesheet software for teams of all sizes. Clockify lets users track how much time is spent working on tasks, as well as keep track of employee timesheets and billable hours, project completion, reports, and schedules.

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    Pricing
    BrightHRClockify
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Clockify Free
    $0
    forever, unlimited everything
    Clockify Plus
    $9.99
    per month, per workspace
    Clockify Enterprise
    $9.99
    per month, per user, per workspace
    Clockify Premium
    $29.99
    per month, per workspace
    Clockify Server
    Starts at 450
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRClockify
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)Unlimited usage and number of users for free. Paid plans are solely for access to additional features. Self-hosting software on own servers available.
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    Community Pulse
    BrightHRClockify
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    BrightHR
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    BrightHRClockify
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    41 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Clockify
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    Ratings
    Employment history7.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.633 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management6.531 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.5
    16 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Clockify
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Clockify
    -
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    Approval workflow6.651 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Clockify
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.617 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.750 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation9.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.6
    25 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Clockify
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Clockify
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal6.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.9
    19 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Clockify
    -
    Ratings
    Review reminders8.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Clockify
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.5
    14 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Clockify
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management6.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    PeopleStrong
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    User Ratings
    BrightHRClockify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (57 ratings)
    8.8
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (42 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRClockify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BrightHR
    I feel Bright HR is well suited to most small/medium sized businesses where they have a 'straight' forward resource set up. For larger businesses or for complex businesses similar to ourselves, where we operate 24 hours per day, rotational shift patterns, ambulatory staff, locums etc...we have to 'fudge' the way we use the information sometimes to make it work for us.
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    Clockify is an easy 10 over 10 recommendation for me. I would recommend this anyone especially if they're required to track their time and productivity while on the job. Office workers, tellers, bankers - any desk jobs really can very well use the awesome features of Clockify to the fullest extent. It is easy to use, very simple to set up, and doesn't require that much resource from your computer for up-keep
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    Pros
    BrightHR
    • BLIP is working very well. Staff find it easy to use and the geo-fencing that can be set up is very useful.
    • Reporting, in particular reporting of Absence. We run this monthly and the information we can download is flexible and useful.
    • Sick analysis - helps in controlling absence.
    • Holiday planning and authorization is very helpful and details including date booked helps manage requests.
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    • Clockify records exact times on a per project basis when you click Start/Stop.
    • User interface is very easy. It is easy to add a project on the fly, change the times I just recorded if I forgot to click Stop for example. The interface is intuitive and gives me the flexibility I need.
    • Reporting gives me everything I need from times, hours per project, billable or not, per client and any tags I've created. This provides enough flexibility for many different use cases.
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    Cons
    BrightHR
    • Notifications for requests should be optional based on individual employees. For example an admin won’t necessarily want every staff members leave requests by email and push notification. The settings only currently allow for notifications for everyone or no one. Being assigned as a manager may not allow data viewing required of wider staff.
    • Toil should automatically be accrued into a balance if the employees clocked in time amounts to more than the target hours. It shouldn’t have to be calculated and requested.
    • When reviewing hours worked for the week, the history calculation should take into account approved leave and sickness etc. I have a staff members target of 37 hours, but if their hours show 29 hours worked then I have to work out why they worked less. It should account for this if the absence is approved.
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    • In general, manuals or how to use instructional videos are always welcome - just covering the very basic are very good to get everyone up and running.
    • Maybe work on your scalability - the main reason why we switched to a different provider is because the company was ramping up and the competitors have more features that come with not just time and productivity tracking.
    • I always like the classic blue and white pallets on the app but sometimes I just wish there's more option to customize how it looks just to give it a little more flavor.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BrightHR
    It's not entirely my decision - we are members of a 'community' of veterinary practices who have signed up to the contract with pensinusla and have bright hr as part of that contract however, I am usually involved in the tender process as I am one of the biggest users of both bright hr and the services from peninsula
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    I'm using the free version at the moment and loving it. What a great product, easy, responsive and has better up time than Yahoo Mail. :) What isn't there to like?
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    Usability
    BrightHR
    Onboarding took too long due to our unique working ways however the support team tried their hardest to make it work (still ongoing) In particular Leyla S. who has been our point of contact, she has ensured our issues are addressed and always follows up.
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    Very affordable, accessible and simple. For this very reason I would say, it culminates to Clockify being very beginner and start-up friendly. It is its strongest suit after all, and this is the main reason why I would recommend this to anyone. I am very thankful for me ex colleague who recommended this to me, we're no longer working together but I still hear that he's still using Clockify to this very day on his own business
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    Reliability and Availability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    CAKE.com, Inc
    I have never had an issue logging in or it not being available. I use Clockify every work day during the week, frequently starting/stopping projects. I've had past experience with other systems that suddenly aren't usable for an hour and that is something I have never experienced with Clockify. They are doing something right on their backend. Nice job, Clockify folks
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    Performance
    BrightHR
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    I already mentioned how it feels light across the wire. Pages load fast in the web browser. I have not tried the browser plug-in nor the mobile app. I give it a 9 instead of 10 as the desktop app seemed to hesitate when I clicked the start/stop of a project/task
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    Support Rating
    BrightHR
    The team are proactive, having an advocacy team is just amazing and a great way to really understand their product roadmap and have input into useful features or feedback
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    I dealt very little with customer support because Clockify is so easy to use. That being said, the few times I did, I got fast responses and any issues that I did have were solved in a very fast manner.
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    Implementation Rating
    BrightHR
    it was fairly easy to do but timely as i had to enter everything from scratch - i didn't at the time realise how important it was to set up the variable or fixed working pattern correctly given future changes as this is very tricky once it has been set up and i wished i had been aware that sometimes you can't make future changes without deleting the whole profile and starting again
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    CAKE.com, Inc
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    Alternatives Considered
    BrightHR
    I chose BrightHR as it offered a one-stop platform for HR management for which we have dedicated UK and ROI HR specialists who not only give HR advice but also write policies and handbooks, etc. They are a one-stop-shop, which was very important as when I signed the contract I did not have an HR person in my team and they were essentially my back office. Also, by signing up, I got access to Bright Safe too; which is great as again it's a one-stop-shop for Health and Safety in the workplace. So I can roll out toolbox talks, training, and accident management.
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    Harvest is very similar to Clockify. The only difference is that Harvest also has an invoicing and billing system built into it. So if you're billing your clients based off of time directly, Harvest may be a better option as far as that goes. Of course, Harvest only has minimum billing increments of 6 or 10 minutes, there is no 10-minute option so that's something where Clockify has them beat. They are both very easy to use.
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    Scalability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    CAKE.com, Inc
    Because it feels light on the wire and runs so smoothly with great up-time. I have to assume that the same is true as it scales. I'm a single user so maybe I don't see if there are any scalability issues. With the way it seems architected to run so quickly across many platforms (desktop, mobile, web, browser plug-in), I have to think that it is using recent technology that provides scalability options
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    Return on Investment
    BrightHR
    • Able to reduce one member of staff in personnel from 5 days to 3 days.
    • Able to reduce time spent by payroll on holiday records significantly and improve accuracy significantly.
    • Able to improve control of sick absence and improve record keeping.
    • BLIP meant we did not need to buy expensive attendance software.
    • Looking at possible use of payroll and other aspects of Bright HR not used at present.
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    CAKE.com, Inc
    • The free plan really did everything we needed for the 6 months or so we used it. Without Clockify, we would have had to pay roughly $40+/month for a software tool.
    • When we upgraded to the paid version, it was still only $10/month and helped us be able to have minimum billing increments which is a huge monetary increase.
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    ScreenShots

    BrightHR Screenshots

    Screenshot of BrightHR dashboardScreenshot of Brainbox+Screenshot of Bright ExchangeScreenshot of BrightSafeScreenshot of PoP by BrightHRScreenshot of BrightHR Payroll

    Clockify Screenshots

    Screenshot of Time trackerScreenshot of TimesheetScreenshot of Time tracking appsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of Projects