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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

    OnPay

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AOnPay's payroll and HR is designed for people who want to spend more time running their business, and less on back-office tasks. The application aims to enable users to: • Run payroll • Automate taxes • Track time and attendance • Let employees do more themselves • Simplify HR processes • Offer benefits in any state OnPay starts at $49 plus $6 per person each month. The monthly fee includes integrations with QuickBooks and Xero and time-tracking software, as…

    $49

    per month +$6 per month, per person

    Pricing
    BrightHROnPay
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHROnPay
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    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)First month free, then $49 + $6 per employee each month.
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    Features
    BrightHROnPay
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    41 Ratings
    11% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.5
    16 Ratings
    9% below category average
    OnPay
    9.3
    73 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings9.769 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.29 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.49 Ratings9.734 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.827 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.867 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.4
    52 Ratings
    2% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    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 OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.6
    25 Ratings
    0% above category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built reports7.625 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    8% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal6.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.9
    19 Ratings
    0% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Review reminders8.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and OnPay
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.5
    14 Ratings
    20% below category average
    OnPay
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management6.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
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    BrightHROnPay
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    UZIO
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    APS
    Score6 out of 10
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    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score6.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightHROnPay
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (57 ratings)
    8.5
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (42 ratings)
    8.8
    (44 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.8
    (44 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHROnPay
    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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    OnPay
    OnPay works for me as a small business owner. It streamlines HR, Payroll and Employment Tax Filings - and it can be helpful in exploring benefit options with integrated partners. We run payroll for both of our companies through OnPay and haven't had any issues. The employees find it easy to use on their end, as well. The OnPay representatives are extremely proactive and communicate updates/changes in a very timely manner. If you have a substantial number of employees, it may be more efficient to look elsewhere due to cost.
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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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    OnPay
    • Communication - From my first call I was so impressed at the level of care and compassion OnPay expressed. I was assigned specific employees who were available in the sign up process to walk me through each step and to answer all my questions. I know some of my questions were probably "stupid" but OnPay never minded answering them and I was always treated with respect.
    • On Boarding - The nightmare I had experienced with a competitor became a dream with OnPay. They said if I would authorize them to sign onto my account they would take care of the sign up process. And they did!!! They also did it correctly. All of the numbers and information was error free. The only information I was required was input was direct deposit bank information.
    • Resolving an Issue - I have only had one issue that needed to be resolved. The person I talked to had to check with another person for an answer but she stayed on the line with me to make sure the problem was resolved. Then I received a follow up email outlining exactly what action they had taken.
    • Ease of using the website - I can find what I am looking for! I like the verification code. And every time I sign on to my account the red heart by our company name makes me smile.
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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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    OnPay
    • You can add additional additions or benefit items such as a car allowance. The process required me to contact a representative as that wasn't as easy to navigate.
    • The process for handling additional withholdings for pre-payed taxes required support to ensure the calculations were accurate.
    • Process for on-boarding is a little tricky if you don't start the process from the point of hire. You can add various things easily but it reflects differently in terms of completion of an Employee file.
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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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    OnPay
    We have used OnPay for a few years now and we do continue to renew our annual use of OnPay. We are only a small organization and although OnPay provides a lot of additional services that larger organizations might ind useful, OnPay still meets our limited requirements of running bi-weekly payroll and submitting our quarterly state and federal tax documents, and at a price that we still find affordable.
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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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    OnPay
    For a one geography business in a larger metro area not planning to expand tax geographies or do anything other than the same-ol, same-ol, then I think OnPay is great. Their biggest issue is tax support responsiveness - it's simply unacceptable yet they seem to not be concerned about it at all.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    OnPay
    OnPay immediately responds to any of my inquiries.
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    Performance
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    OnPay
    No complaints on OnPay's integration with Xero.
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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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    OnPay
    As mentioned previously, I appreciate the Chat feature and have used it several times. I've also used the help database and found it wonderful. And I've had many email support interactions. Every time I've interacted with many individuals from the support team including...(who has helped me a number of times). The interactions have been professional and courteous and extremely helpful. Often they're able to resolve my problems and questions very quickly. OnPay has provided great support to our team here at Strike Visuals.
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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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    OnPay
    Easy to implement and easy to convert any other payroll reports to the OnPay system when making the switch
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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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    OnPay
    OnPay is tremendously less expensive and technically superior to Quickbooks in my opinion. OnPay is less expensive and offered the ease of managing a restaurant payroll that was better in my opinion than When I Work. My experience when evaluating all of the payroll products that I felt the company could afford was that OnPay had a superior staff of professionals who knew their product and could explain how to use it most clearly.
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    Scalability
    BrightHR
    No answers on this topic
    OnPay
    OnPay works.
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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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    OnPay
    • Cut our payroll fees by more than half of what was being paid to CPA firm
    • Save time in dealing with CPA firm for payroll returns and filing
    • Could easily generate various payroll related reports..even from the past....this was not possible with the CPA firm previously used
    Incentivized
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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

    OnPay Screenshots

    Screenshot of full-service payrollScreenshot of multiple pay rates and schedulesScreenshot of employee self-onboarding and org charts, which are built-inScreenshot of an e-signable offer lettersScreenshot of calendars, where PTO is managed and approvedScreenshot of centralized finances, viewed with over 20 reports for analyzing employment-related expenses