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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

    Nectar

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ANectar is a cloud-based employee recognition platform. It features monetary and social recognition that can be provided in a peer-to-peer and a manager-to-peer manner.N/A
    Pricing
    BrightHRNectar
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Nectar Recognize
    Contact Sales
    Nectar Engage™ + Nectar Recognize
    Contact Sales
    Nectar Comms + Nectar Recognize
    Contact Sales
    Culture Suite (Nectar Recognize + Nectar Engage™ + Nectar Comms)
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRNectar
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)Volume discounts are available for companies with 500+ employees
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    Community Pulse
    BrightHRNectar
    Considered Both Products
    BrightHR
    No answer on this topic
    Nectar HR
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    BrightHRNectar
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    41 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Nectar
    -
    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 Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.5
    16 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Nectar
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Nectar
    -
    Ratings
    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 Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Nectar
    -
    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 Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.6
    25 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Nectar
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Nectar
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal6.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.9
    19 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Nectar
    -
    Ratings
    Review reminders8.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Nectar
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.5
    14 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Nectar
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management6.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BrightHRNectar
    Small Businesses
    UZIO
    Score9.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Bonusly
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    Achievers
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightHRNectar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (57 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRNectar
    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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    Nectar HR
    Nectar is great if you are looking to add ways to recognize individuals, grow culture, and get people to connect. If you have a culture where people are already recognizing each other then Nectar might be redundant. However, if you want to add to or replace daily or monthly management recognition, then Nectar is a great place to start.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Nectar HR
    • Ability to provide public feedback
    • Incentivized feedback in a user friendly/good UX platform
    • Ability to tie feedback to our core values
    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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    Nectar HR
    • Did not have great global functionality - we couldn't send actual gifts (only giftcards) to germany
    Incentivized
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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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    Nectar HR
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Nectar HR
    Very easy to use, intuitive and similar to social media
    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
    Incentivized
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    Nectar HR
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Nectar HR
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Nectar HR
    Nectar was easier to use, easier to implement, and more cost effective.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Nectar HR
    • People collaborating better together
    • People feeling more engaged
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    BrightHR Screenshots

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    Nectar Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Nectar homepage, which offers a clear view of what’s happening across a company. Here, users can send recognition, see recent shoutouts, check points balance, and stay connected to team wins.Screenshot of some of the available ways to reward employees. They can pick from hundreds of gift cards, experiences, or custom company perks.Screenshot of an automated milestone celebration. Nectar syncs with HR tools to send birthday and service awards on schedule, ensuring no special moment goes unnoticed.Screenshot of Nectar’s analytics that help see recognition impacts engagement, retention, and company culture over time.Screenshot of Nectar's Microsoft Teams integration, allowing employees to give and receive recognition right where they work. Here, users can send shoutouts, add points, and celebrate achievements directly in chat, so appreciation becomes part of a team’s everyday conversations.Screenshot of Nectar Comms, which helps recognize great work, boost engagement, and reinforce core values while keeping employees connected. Users can design and send branded emails, share updates, and manage internal newsletters to keep your team informed and inspired.