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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Buddy Punch

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Buddy Punch is an online time tracking, scheduling, and payroll application. Track time, time off, locations, and jobs. The solution aims to help make punching in and out intuitive for employees and easy for users to view and export time. Employees can clock in using a browser or the Buddy Punch Google, iOS, and Android apps. Users can view who's working, their GPS position, or even limit where they can punch. The solution integrates with QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, and SurePayroll, to name a…

    $24.99

    per month ($19 base fee + 5.99 per user)

    Emburse Nexonia

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/ANexonia, by Emburse, is a tool designed to streamline employee expense reporting. It is designed to increase visibility into spendings and make the expense tracking, approval, and reporting process paperless. Nexonia was part of a merger with Certify in 2017 and is now part of the larger company formed from it and Chrome River, Emburse.N/A
    Pricing
    Buddy PunchEmburse Nexonia
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $5.99
    per month per user
    Pro
    $7.99
    per month per user
    Advanced
    $13.99
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Buddy PunchEmburse Nexonia
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThree plans are available via a monthly or annual payment option. Each plan has a per user price and a base fee of $19. There are no startup, cancellation, support, or additional fees of any kind. A discount is available for the annual payment option.
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    Buddy PunchEmburse Nexonia
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Buddy PunchEmburse Nexonia
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of Buddy Punch and Emburse Nexonia
    Feature
    Buddy Punch
    -
    Ratings
    Emburse Nexonia
    9.3
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of Buddy Punch and Emburse Nexonia
    Feature
    Buddy Punch
    -
    Ratings
    Emburse Nexonia
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings6.12 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    TimeCamp
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Buddy PunchEmburse Nexonia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (36 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    6.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Buddy PunchEmburse Nexonia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Buddy Punch
    I think that is very convenient as far as tracking your employees when they are punching in or out to ensure they are physically at the location they are supposed to be for that shift. I also think that the option to download this app to your personal phone is amazing, it makes it more convenient to punch in or out when you aren't near a laptop or a residence to use one. The feature of being able to attach a note with your punches explaining possible late punchers or absences is very beneficial to the employee allows show proof if needed.
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    Emburse
    Very easy to upload & maintain all your expenses at the same place & the same time and its a very clean & clear user interface and supports various formats. many times we can approve the timesheets form our mobile itself and takes less time to submit the reports if asked to attach any missing reports and it is very easy to code the departments & Gl categories and also we have specific employee codes to search very fast & its easy to delete also if something is not requierd maybe Thank you payments stuff and etc and it is also detects if any duplicate transactions are uploaded & we can also ignore those specific transactions to avoid it in the next month's uploads and also we can download each and every month reports of all the list of employees who all are using this application and can find the approvers very easily in the settings tab and also we can change our approvers & can change the proxy approver also and we can verify if any connection failures are happening in if any reports are having failure message and we have all types of card uploaded like manual cards & corporate cards & Amex cards & easy to reject if any missing details to be added by employees
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    Pros
    Buddy Punch
    • Their customer service is second to none. We have requested several changes over the years for the web interface and app; I think all the requests we've made were implemented by this point. I only wish this was the case with other companies we utilize.
    • They allow you to set different pay rates based on department which allows us to pay employees more for the skilled jobs they perform versus the more basic work they perform. This is a huge benefit to a small company as it encourages employees to strive for more skilled work and they keep moving up the ladder to become even better assets to the company.
    • The reports you can run are very thorough and work very well for us when it comes time to enter payroll.
    • Having the ability to set alerts has allowed us to cut back on unnecessary overtime as employees can get reminders prior to going over. We can also set reminders for employees to punch in/out for the ones that have a tendency to forget.
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    Emburse
    • The integration with NetSuite is well executed.
    • The system is intuitive for both users and approvers.
    • Ability to feed credit card data into the system is super helpful.
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    Cons
    Buddy Punch
    • Sometimes I need to check back to be sure I'm still punched in.
    • The indicator between punched in and out is not very indicative of if I am or not.
    • I want to total hours not just by the week but by pay periods 1-15 days, 16-end of [the] month.
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    Emburse
    • Synchronisation errors list should be available to download
    • Synchronisation fails for whole timesheet when there is one error and we need to hunt for the particular one. It will be better if it fails only the one that has errors
    • Downtime during monthend close timelines occasionally
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    Usability
    Buddy Punch
    Most of my employees have figured it out pretty quickly, even the ones who are a little less technically savvy. If you have a phone, then you have the ability to use this app. There are a few quirky things with notes and punches that happen, but this may just be the employees
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    Emburse
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    Support Rating
    Buddy Punch
    No answers on this topic
    Emburse
    I was not talking directly with the customer support. My understanding was that, there was some maintenance on the platform but it was never inconvenient for employee or during pick time when employee would put their expenses in the tool. To that extent, I think the support for Nexonia is correct
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    Alternatives Considered
    Buddy Punch
    We originally scheduled and ran payroll through Homebase, but in the last few months the software became very buggy, customer service was slow and when they did respond, was not helpful. When we cancelled our account they didn't even try to make things right. We are so happy that Buddy Punch is like us--taking care of their clients and really invested in their success!
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    Emburse
    As mentioned earlier in the several questions, Emburse Nexonia is easy to use compared to all the above applications. Integration is easy and plenty of automation opportunities in Emburse Nexonia. Capturing a time sheet is an additional option that no other application has this feature which is a key aspect in any org. to do variance analysis.
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    Return on Investment
    Buddy Punch
    • Efficiency has definitely gone up switching to Buddy Punch. Ive never quantified specific hours or time lapse it has given to my personal managerial efficiency. But it has without doubt.
    • I can see a better overview of the employees I need to be concerned with and not have to filter out others not concerning me.
    • Ease of use has decreased mental stress and angst in maneuvering employee time cards.
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    Emburse
    • Nexonia Expenses has provided a positive impact on ROI because it saves time for employees who are submitting expenses for reimbursement.
    • Nexonia Expenses provides a positive impact on ROI because it saves time for employees who are issuing and managing POs.
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    ScreenShots

    Buddy Punch Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Administrator's DashboardScreenshot of Time Off CalendarScreenshot of Schedule View

    Emburse Nexonia Screenshots

    Screenshot of Nexonia Mobile App