TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightHR

    Score7.7 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

    Sage HR

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage HR is designed with modular functionality to be customized for users' needs. According to the vendor, key differentiators include: 1. Easy to use 2. Modular functionality 2. Automates the end-to-end HR process 3. There's a mobile app (iOS & Android) 5. Feature…

    $5.50

    per month

    Pricing
    BrightHRSage HR
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Expenses Management
    $1.50
    per user, per month
    Performance Management
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Shift Scheduling
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Timesheets
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Leave Management
    $5.50
    per user, per month
    Recruitment
    $200.00
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightHRSage HR
    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)The modular product. - No hidden fees - Cancel anytime - No credit card required
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BrightHRSage HR
    Considered Both Products
    BrightHR
    Chose BrightHR
    We use Sage Payroll for salaries and we also use Sage 50 and 200 but only for accounting records. We looked at Sage HR but found that it was not particularly easy to use and links to payroll were not satisfactory. We were not looking for software when we took Bright HR. …
    Incentivized
    Sage
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    49 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    52 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    BrightHRSage HR
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.2
    41 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Sage HR
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Employment history7.335 Ratings8.211 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration7.533 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management6.431 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.318 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sage HR
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Pay calculation7.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors7.08 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.39 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    53 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Sage HR
    6.8
    12 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Approval workflow6.551 Ratings4.012 Ratings
    Balance details7.845 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.526 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sage HR
    6.3
    11 Ratings
    27% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information7.517 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Update personal information8.550 Ratings8.311 Ratings
    View company policy documentation9.048 Ratings3.99 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings3.29 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.4
    25 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sage HR
    5.8
    11 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Pre-built reports7.425 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Report builder00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings2.33 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.3
    16 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sage HR
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    4% below category average
    New hire portal7.014 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.713 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    7.7
    19 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sage HR
    5.1
    8 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Review reminders7.919 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.516 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Performance plans00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings2.27 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    6.4
    14 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Sage HR
    2.9
    3 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Job Requisition Management6.17 Ratings1.33 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking6.06 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts7.113 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    4.8
    6 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings4.86 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    6.0
    8 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings6.87 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings6.98 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of BrightHR and Sage HR
    Feature
    BrightHR
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    2.8
    4 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings2.34 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings2.22 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings4.22 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings2.34 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    BrightHRSage HR
    Small Businesses
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    BrightHRSage HR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (57 ratings)
    8.9
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (42 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightHRSage 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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Sage
    Keeping an accurate time off calendar, with specific buckets, is extremely important. It has helped my company grow without having to manage things in Excel. Also, implementing an annual review process by using CakeHR has been very clean and transparent with my employees. This also allows me to see year over year. In years past, we used Word or a Jotform which made it challenging to pull up years past.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Sage
    • Employee self service - the apps and desktops GUIs are very intuitive.
    • Leave management - this manages itself through the app and system, saves lots of admin.
    • Customization - you can tailor the system more and more to suit your specific needs.
    • Updates and Customer Service - the CakeHR team gave dedicated a lot of time to bring out weekly updates and systems improvements which shows they are dedicated to making this a great product - the fact that they were bought by Se recently is also testament to their ongoing mission.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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.
    Read full review
    Sage
    • Some features available in other HR products have not been available in Cake in the past (Performance, ATS), however, these are being rolled out now.
    • The user experience for the Admin interface is not completely intuitive.
    • Overall look and feel could be updated one day.
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Sage
    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.
    Read full review
    Sage
    payroll process is good Sage HR - web version gives good demographic data uploading to Super portal is good uploading to ATO portal is good giving various reports to Managers is good
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Sage
    Customer support is amazing. There are times I post a question and I don't get back to support. They will always follow-up with an email to make sure our questions are answered. I even had a call with Julianna who was wonderful and very personable. You definitely get a level us service that exceeds most companies. Keep up the good work CakeHR.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Sage
    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
    Read full review
    Sage
    Bamboo is more versatile for large enterprises where as Sage HR is better for smaller/mid-size businesses. Both systems have very similar features and functionality. Sage HR has great tools for companies with multiple locations which has benefitted us in tracking employees' time, resources, and performance. Both have similar customer service and it really comes down to what features you are wanting to focus on as a business.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Sage
    • Saved me lots of admin time with employee self service.
    • I can run this system by myself for over 100 employees so no need to hire extra staff to manage.
    • Easy performance management allows the business to review and appraise employees and make everything more efficient (cost and time).
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    BrightHR Screenshots

    Screenshot of BrightHR dashboardScreenshot of Brainbox+Screenshot of Bright ExchangeScreenshot of BrightSafeScreenshot of PoP by BrightHRScreenshot of BrightHR Payroll

    Sage HR Screenshots

    Product screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshotProduct screenshot