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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightHR

    Score7.8 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

    Jive

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AJive Software, part of the Aurea family of customer experience solutions, provides the gateway to an organization's most important assets – its knowledge and people. Jive's interactive intranet solution promises to connect people, information and ideas to help businesses outpace their competitors. The vendor says the product has more than 30 million users worldwide across every industry, and is consistently recognized as a leader by top analyst firms.N/A
    Pricing
    BrightHRJive
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRJive
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)—
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    Community Pulse
    BrightHRJive
    Considered Both Products
    BrightHR
    No answer on this topic
    Aurea
    No answer on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BrightHRJive
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.2
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Jive
    -
    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 Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    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 Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    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 Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information8.650 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation9.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BrightHR and Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Jive
    -
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    Pre-built reports7.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.8
    19 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Jive
    -
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    Review reminders8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Jive
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.4
    14 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Jive
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management6.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    HCL Connections
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightHRJive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (57 ratings)
    9.1
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (17 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (42 ratings)
    6.1
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    6.9
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRJive
    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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    Aurea
    It's definitely worth considering Jive for the type of application we've developed i.e. a central shared repository for all employees to host and discuss information. I can't say I have ever used a superior tool, but they may exist. I'm just not sure I would want to use it exclusively for file hosting, though. It does integrate with various other tools, so perhaps it would be fine if used in conjunction with another tool for that purpose.
    Incentivized
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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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    Aurea
    • Individual design
    • Presence of Russian language (localization can be independently established)
    • You can configure several information tapes with different themes. One for work, the second for communication
    • A newly-arrived network user immediately receives a prepared block for beginners. After completing several game tasks, the user will receive the basics of using Jive.
    • There is a template for each scenario. There is even a template for planning R&D, and there are more than twenty of them.
    • Integrates with MS Office, Google Drive, Google Docs
    • There are all platforms (even Winphone and blackberry)
    • You can create forum threads
    Incentivized
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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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    Aurea
    • Search functionality is very weak
    • The information architecture and taxonomy doesnt allow for easy discoverability of content
    • It's hard to navigate the and find spaces/groups that I already know about
    • The main profile/interface does not allow easy access to key tasks or common tasks.
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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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    Aurea
    There are always external factors that can impact this decision but currently, the Jive platform is maintaining its lead in the market place in this area. If the innovation in this space by Jive continues, then this number will remain high. Integration with other systems and adaptability to changes in the market or in client needs will also make this decision hard to predict more then 6 months into the future
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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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    Aurea
    It was harder to use that expected. The admin needs to be code savvy to truly customize the system. And users need to trained on the system and the setup. Trainings and monitoring need to continue to enforce use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Aurea
    Uptime was OK. But there was one day that the system crashed for a whole day. Our company was unable to operate. And all the plugins to word/excel froze causing those systems to freeze.

    Jive posted a statement to the media saying all customers were up, but we were not.
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    Performance
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Aurea
    The product worked as designed. It just didn't work for our needs.
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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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    Aurea
    They did an OK job when I needed them. Except for the one day the system went down. Jive pointed the finger at the hosting company, and the hosting company pointed the finger at Jive. No reliable information came to us.
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    Online Training
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    Aurea
    Jive online training is there. It is OK/average. I feel some other companies are doing better. It is not a piece that is required to have a successfully implementation, but it could be useful to improve it
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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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    Aurea
    If I did this over, I would hire out the implementation. They know the best practices and could have guided us to make an easier to use setup.
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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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    Aurea
    We had a Google phone number set up before and Jive was a lot better option than that. It is more consistent and can be configured much easier and with more advanced settings. Additionally, based on the pricing as well as working with the rep on our account, it was a perfect option for us
    Incentivized
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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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    Aurea
    • reduce email traffic
    • reduce amount of files/documents scattered & lost across shared drives
    • increased discovery, awareness and interaction of historically more separated individuals & team functions across the organisation
    • from an IT perspective, we've benefited from improved IT operations (e.g. troubleshooting info shared and easily searched/found with all team members - such that even junior team members can solve technical problems outside of business hours, lessening the burden for standby/call-in for more senior team members)
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    BrightHR Screenshots

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    Jive Screenshots

    Screenshot of Jive's Interactive Intranet software provides a single platform for employee collaboration without complication.