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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

    Netchex

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANetchex is a HR, payroll, and tax administration software platform with solutions dedicated to recruitment, hiring, and onboarding as well as payroll, tax compliance, HR, time/attendance, benefits management, and analytics for these areas.N/A
    Pricing
    BrightHRNetchex
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRNetchex
    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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    Features
    BrightHRNetchex
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.2
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Netchex
    -
    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 Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Netchex
    9.4
    16 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings9.616 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.08 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.19 Ratings9.911 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.39 Ratings8.17 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.711 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.813 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Netchex
    -
    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 Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Netchex
    -
    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 Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.5
    25 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Netchex
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.525 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Netchex
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.8
    19 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Netchex
    -
    Ratings
    Review reminders8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.616 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Netchex
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.4
    14 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Netchex
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management6.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score5.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightHRNetchex
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (57 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (42 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRNetchex
    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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    Netchex
    Netchex is great if you want to log in to one place to take care of all things employee-related. It is especially helpful if you have multiple locations or divisions as you can easily set these up and manage them as needed. The more employees you have, the more you will benefit from a program like Netchex that provides so much support for your business. Our company has multiple locations of stores and many employee position levels and Netchex has been great at keeping all of this simple when a lessor product could make it much more complicated. Netchex would not be as appropriate if you have a very small business or a simple payroll structure. It would definitely still work well for you, it would just be more sophisticated than you would require.
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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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    Netchex
    • My Netchex Service Team is very responsive and friendly. They are willing and able to spend the amount of time needed on one call to troubleshoot most problems or answer questions.
    • Their recent updates to the employee dashboard have been well-received by our seasonal team. Employees are able to quickly find what they are looking for which has minimized the amount of requests that my team receives regarding questions on pay or updating personal information.
    • Online W-2 forms have been a game-changer for us since moving to Netchex. Our staff tend to move around a lot and most do not get the mailed copy of their W-2. The electronic consent has saved me hours and hours of time.
    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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    Netchex
    • SOME CUST SVC REPS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON WORK AROUNDS
    • WOULD PREFER TO CHAT WITH SOMEONE, SOMETIMES WORDS IN TEXT COULD BE MISINTERPRETED. ALSO SPEAKING TO SOMEONE IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE
    • NOT REALLY ANYTHING ELSE BUT HAVE BEEN USING THEM 3 MONTHS SO NOT LONG INTO IT.....VERY EASY SYSTEM AND LOVE I CAN DO A NEGATIVE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL AND ASK THEM TO DO IT ON THEIR END.
    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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    Netchex
    Easy to work with.
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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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    Netchex
    Very user friendly and great interface.
    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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    Netchex
    The first line CE team is phenomenal. They are helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable. We have had less luck with the responsiveness of the tax department. However, their response time has improved drastically over the past year.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Netchex
    Implementation took some time but was pretty much error free.
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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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    Netchex
    I like that they are not so big that they ignore the small customers. They are also reasonably priced. Their support is excellent, I had worked with ADP in a prior position, and we did not have the same kind of support
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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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    Netchex
    • Associates can easily access their data and make changes to things like their address and direct deposit, saving manager time to focus on more critical tasks within the organization
    • NetRecruitier has one site that can be posted to multiple job boards with one applicant tracking system
    • Electronic Onboarding allows us to get information out to the new employee so we can start with expectations on their first day and they know what to expect.
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