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    BrightHR

    Score7.7 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

    Sage Expense Management

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASage Expense Management (formerly Fyle) is a platform for finance teams who want real-time expense control without the disruption of switching corporate cards. Its direct integration with existing Visa, Mastercard, and American Express delivers transactions instantly upon swipe. Finance teams get instant visibility into spending, and employees can upload receipts through Outlook, Gmail, text message, or the mobile app. Its

    $74.95

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    BrightHRSage Expense Management
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Growth
    $14.99
    per month per user (minimum 5)
    Business
    $17.99
    per month per user (minimum 10)
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRSage Expense Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    BrightHRSage Expense Management
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    BrightHR
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BrightHRSage Expense Management
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.2
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Ratings
    Employment history7.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.633 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management6.431 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Approval workflow6.551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.845 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    View and generate pay and benefit information7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.550 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation9.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Pre-built reports7.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    New hire portal7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.8
    19 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Review reminders7.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.4
    14 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Job Requisition Management6.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Brex
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Expensify
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightHRSage Expense Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (57 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRSage Expense Management
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Sage Expense Management
    Fyle is a much better software than traditional excel reports as it provides both a mobile app and desktop application. Though there is much room for improvement, it still can be rated higher for more users as it makes the process of claims processing and auditing much faster and easier as compared to handling physical bills and receipts. It has helped my organization to save on 2 man-months cost as well by reducing the redundant activities of automating bill submission through apis for common apps like UBER, OLA, etc.
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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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    Sage Expense Management
    • Expense management
    • Submitting bills for Reimbursement
    • Approval process
    • Expense tracking
    • The ability to converse within the app. If the approver rejects, the requester can see the reason and type back their response/rectify and resubmit. All within the app.
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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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    Sage Expense Management
    • Calculate miles on the go
    • Bugs at time of submission
    • Not enough categories for expenses. More dropdowns would be helpful.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Sage Expense Management
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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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    Sage Expense Management
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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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    Sage Expense Management
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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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    Sage Expense Management
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sage Expense Management
    Features wise both Zoho and Concur are equivalent to Fyle - may be they even offer more features. We picked Fyle particularly because: a) We are a small organization of less than 200 employees and were looking for a cloud based offering b) We had to keep our costs minimal without making major changes to our organization structure Fyle was most optimal that catered to all our requirements.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sage Expense Management
    • Saves so much time!
    • Makes it easier for everyone involved in the processes
    • Ease in releasing payments/reimbursements.
    Incentivized
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    Sage Expense Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of AI-powered insights on expenses, reports, categories, merchants, or any support queriesScreenshot of where employees can track and create expenses right from Text Message, Gmail, Outlook, Sage Expense Management mobile app and web app.Screenshot of Sage Expense Management's 2-way integrations with QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Sage Intacct, Xero and NetSuite.Screenshot of where employees can submit and track expenses and approvers can approve reports on-the-go with Sage Expense Management Android and iOS mobile app.Screenshot of where to receive real-time notifications for card spend via SMS and reconcile the spend instantly by replying with a picture of the receipt.