BrightHR vs. Odoo HR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrightHR
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
British 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.
$4.50
Odoo HR
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Odoo HR is an integrated, customizable app that helps HR professionals with hiring, employee management, expense management, appraisal management, and other human resource needs. Users can automate HR processes with the Odoo Suite of HR Apps. In its latest version, users can change job positions, stages, medium, priority, and responsibility in the list view, as well as create reports on reasons why applicants weren’t hired. Also, when an employee leaves the company, an end date is…N/A
Pricing
BrightHROdoo HR
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightHROdoo HR
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPrices start at £4.50 (per employee/per month)
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Features
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Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
6.5
30 Ratings
20% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Employment history6.125 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.123 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.6.412 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Organization and location management6.723 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.210 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
6.3
11 Ratings
24% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Pay calculation6.69 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors5.66 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management6.96 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.25 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
6.8
42 Ratings
18% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Approval workflow6.741 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Balance details6.436 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.421 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
7.6
42 Ratings
6% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information6.713 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Update personal information7.340 Ratings9.01 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.740 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
6.7
16 Ratings
12% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Pre-built reports6.716 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Report builder00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
6.9
12 Ratings
14% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
New hire portal7.110 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Manager tracking tools6.79 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
6.6
13 Ratings
18% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Review reminders6.513 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.710 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Performance plans00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
5.7
13 Ratings
30% below category average
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Job Requisition Management5.36 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Applicant Tracking5.15 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts6.812 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
-
Ratings
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
BrightHR
-
Ratings
Odoo HR
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BrightHROdoo HR
Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
(46 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.5
(31 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightHROdoo HR
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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Odoo
Odoo HR is a great resource for any Human Resources department, it is ideal for managing payroll, performance, job offers, hiring processes and other benefits that will help you meet the needs of an HR environment.
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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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Odoo
  • Management of payroll.
  • Job application.
  • Integration with social networks such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook.
  • Integration with payment gateways including PayPal and Stripe.
  • Internal recruitment.
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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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Odoo
  • The cost can improve.
  • Customer service can improve.
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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
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Odoo
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Usability
BrightHR
It is quite good. Has alot of useful features such as the inbuilt learning / trainings. I really like the clock in function where admin can update or edit staff clock in times. I love the easily accessable annual leave section where we can easily see wat annual leave a staff has. However what would be useful is for 0 hour staff due to them not automatically having 17/28 days annual leave, if it can calculate itbased on hours they work
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Odoo
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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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Odoo
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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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Odoo
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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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Odoo
These platforms help meet the needs of any Human Resources department, they work very well, they are easy to use, affordable, they help to properly manage payroll and compensation, job offers, the hiring process and other benefits, they can also be synchronized with other platforms.
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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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Odoo
  • It is accessible in terms of costs, it is very, it is flexible, it facilitates payroll management, we also synchronize it with our social networks for advertisements or job applications.
  • It is an extremely easy to use portal (HR), we decided to implement it to satisfy our Payroll, Onboarding and Recruiting needs.
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