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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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)

    Rippling HCM

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ARippling HR is a human resources platform for managing employee records, onboarding, benefits, time and attendance, compliance, and other core people operations in one system. It serves as the HR layer of the broader Rippling platform, giving companies a central place to manage the employee lifecycle while connecting HR data to payroll, IT, and finance workflows when needed.

    $8

    per month per user

    Pricing
    BrightHRSage Expense ManagementRippling HCM
    Editions & Modules
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    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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    $8.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRSage Expense ManagementRippling HCM
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)Discount available for annual pricing.For additional pricing details visit the Rippling pricing page.
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    BrightHRSage Expense ManagementRippling HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.2
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.1
    1053 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Employment history7.335 Ratings00 Ratings8.9774 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.633 Ratings00 Ratings9.3882 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.419 Ratings00 Ratings9.3781 Ratings
    Organization and location management6.431 Ratings00 Ratings9.1818 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.318 Ratings00 Ratings9.0631 Ratings
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8744 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings00 Ratings9.3919 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.4
    1099 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings00 Ratings9.4988 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.19 Ratings00 Ratings9.5742 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.39 Ratings00 Ratings9.4646 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2691 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1969 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings00 Ratings9.5968 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.2
    989 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Approval workflow6.551 Ratings00 Ratings9.5957 Ratings
    Balance details7.845 Ratings00 Ratings9.2910 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.526 Ratings00 Ratings9.0681 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.2
    1150 Ratings
    11% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.517 Ratings00 Ratings9.41089 Ratings
    Update personal information8.550 Ratings00 Ratings9.51138 Ratings
    View company policy documentation9.048 Ratings00 Ratings9.3950 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7629 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0816 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    8.8
    589 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pre-built reports7.425 Ratings00 Ratings8.8542 Ratings
    Report builder00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6573 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9493 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.2
    817 Ratings
    13% above category average
    New hire portal7.014 Ratings00 Ratings9.4796 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.713 Ratings00 Ratings9.1621 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.8
    19 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
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    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.3
    543 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Review reminders7.919 Ratings00 Ratings9.5513 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.616 Ratings00 Ratings9.4442 Ratings
    Performance plans00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2486 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1460 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2485 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.4
    14 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.0
    459 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Job Requisition Management6.17 Ratings00 Ratings9.0365 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.06 Ratings00 Ratings9.1352 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings9.1430 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9354 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1309 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9318 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9320 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
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    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    8.6
    488 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6489 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
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    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    Sage Expense Management
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    Rippling HCM
    9.0
    474 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1407 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0435 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1404 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9434 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BrightHR and Sage Expense Management and Rippling HCM
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    Sage Expense Management
    -
    Ratings
    Rippling HCM
    9.2
    400 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.9335 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1344 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2360 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings00 Ratings9.4341 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
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    Usability
    7.2
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    Availability
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    Performance
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    BrightHRSage Expense ManagementRippling HCM
    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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    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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    Rippling
    When I first started my new job, it was an additional one on top of a day job I already had. I didn't have time to waste between getting home and starting this new night job, so the first thing that I found was that I was blown away at how quickly and easily I could log in and start. When starting a new job, I didn't need the added stress of learning another app/portal when I had more important things to learn. I am really grateful for those 2 factors alone. Once I got more familiar with the portal, I was able to search around a bit and found some great features that have just enriched the experience even more...no training needed.
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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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    Rippling
    • Keeping track of and entering time off and watching time of approvals
    • Providing fast links to access accounts for health/retirement benefits
    • Extremely convenient access to see how much money is left in my flexible savings account and reordering a new card if I need one
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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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    Rippling
    • The overall look and feel of Rippling is dated; it looks like it's straight out of the 00's.
    • The could be more functionality in the LMS, expanded features, more options, it works, and it's basic, but it could be really great with a few added features.
    • The shift from using people's personal email to log in to their work email, not everyone wants to use their personal information to log into a work system.
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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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    Rippling
    I've been fully impressed with the tool so far in my 6 months of being a daily user. It's rare to run into an issue that can't be solved. Customer service is quick to respond and are usually very helpful. The price is great for the upgrade we got from our past tool. We hit our ROI within the first month.
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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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    Rippling
    It is easy to use. It has an option to favorite commonly used functions, such as timekeeping and payroll. The app is easily accessible and easy to use, thanks to a quick-use option. This can be managed remotely and is great for all things HR for a company employee.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Sage Expense Management
    No answers on this topic
    Rippling
    I like that the availability in using Rippling at any given time is useful to me. Getting on the site freely when I need gives me security of knowing that I can be in control of viewing health insurance and hours information. I have yet to get any errors in using the Rippling app.
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    Performance
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Sage Expense Management
    No answers on this topic
    Rippling
    Rippling's performance has been great, no errors or glitches yet so far. I am confident that Going from one page to the next and all its complexity usage does not lag or times out, it works effectively and efficiently. While using Rippling and other apps it does not tend to slow it down, works great. No complaints.
    Incentivized
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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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    Rippling
    I have contacted support one time, and I was assisted by the Artificial Intelligence bot. Not only did it help with my inquiry, but it also went the extra mile by suggesting other options. I was looking for a feature I could not find, and it was very helpful. It would be nice also to chat with an actual person.
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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
    No answers on this topic
    Rippling
    It's really easy to implement in comparison to other tools or applications. Different key points are easily configured and implemented as per need, having different configurations in systems. Implementation is something which binds the different parameters of an organization in a single row. Implementation of rippling is much easier, quicker, and error free than any other software. I recommend it strongly!
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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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    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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    Rippling
    Rippling has a much more modern, user-friendly approach, and it continues to build out their product suite to help create a seamlessly integrated eco-system. BambooHR is also more modern, but doesn't seem to have the broad product suite that Rippling is pursuing. UKG felt so disconnected and archaic to work with... quite painful, actually. I really like that Rippling has been extremely supportive with the onboarding process, ensuring that you work with various members of their implementation team to get things up and running which leads to a better experience and quicker ROI.
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    Scalability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Sage Expense Management
    No answers on this topic
    Rippling
    I can go on here and see all my hours and pto plus health benefits. I like to have the work handbook handy to refer to legal things. How to work my role within it's limits. Being able to put in my hours and view when they are approved is a huge benefit for me.
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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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    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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    Rippling
    • It was great to receive money from other country.
    • It was very helpful to use an user friendly platform for my first oversea job.
    • It was great to keep track of the amount of money I've received for the time I was employed overseas.
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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

    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.

    Rippling HCM Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Rippling Dashboard: Employees' home for their payroll, benefits, documents, devices, expenses, and apps.Screenshot of Rippling Payroll: Runs payroll in 90 seconds. Pays employees and contractors around the world. Automatic tax filing.Screenshot of Rippling Benefits Administration: For the management of employees' Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, FSA, HSA, and commuter benefits.Screenshot of Rippling Single Sign-On: Employees can access all of their SaaS apps in one click from their Rippling dashboard.Screenshot of Rippling’s Time & Attendance platform. This integrates with the rest of the product suite so that when employees clock in, their approved hours automatically synced with payroll and accounting systems.Screenshot of Rippling Mobile Device Management: To manage employees' computers and devices 100% remotely.