Ceridian Powerpay vs UKG Ready | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 4 reviews and ratings

Score 7.8 out of 10

Based on 281 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Ceridian Powerpay

UKG Ready

Pay calculation

Off-cycle/On-Demand payment

Benefit plan administration

Direct deposit files

Salary revision and increment management

Reimbursement management

Support for external payroll vendors

Ceridian Powerpay

UKG Ready

Employee demographic data

Employment history

Job profiles and administration

Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.

Organizational charting

Organization and location management

Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Ceridian Powerpay

UKG Ready

Approval workflow

Balance details

Annual carry-forward and encashment

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UKG Ready

View and generate pay and benefit information

Update personal information

View company policy documentation

View job history

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UKG Ready

Tracking of all physical assets

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UKG Ready

Report builder

Pre-built reports

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New hire portal

Manager tracking tools

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UKG Ready

Individual goal setting

Performance tracking

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Performance plans

Performance improvement plans

Review status tracking

Review reminders

Multiple review frequency

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UKG Ready

Create succession plans/pools

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Job Requisition Management

Company Website Posting

Publish to Social Media

Job Search Site Posting

Duplicate Candidate Prevention

Applicant Tracking

Notifications and Alerts

Pros

Ceridian Powerpay simplifies the payroll process, very little manual work involved during each payroll run.
Ceridian Powerpay is mostly an intuitive interface with easy to understand workflows to allow for multiple users to be able to use the system if required.

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Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A.

VP, People & Operations

Peel Mutual InsuranceInsurance, 11-50 employees

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Streamlines the process between HR and payroll. Each team can quickly see and share information.
Our entire hospital team can use the system and it's easy to provide trouble shooting support to our teams.
Appearance -The system is easy to use and attractive for users.
The payroll process specifically is very well laid out.
Communication! UKG has really stepped up on communication and training especially around tax related deadlines.

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Verified User

Employee in Finance and Accounting

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Would be great if you could search for specific ROEs in the system rather than having to go into each individual pay period package to locate - especially when there may be 10+ ROEs.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Restaurants Company, 11-50 employees

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Customer support. I do not like the idea of not being able to call someone with a quick question without adding a case. Waiting for someone to call you back is not helpful at all. Chat line is mostly off-line
SMA is relatively new to Kronos's Platform. I really felt like we were not fully trained on the system. We were not able to train our staff well either. I would really like to see short clip videos that we are able to share with new employees. I don't have time to read long documents which I find is a lot of what is on the training portal.

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HR Manager

Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of AmericaMachinery, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

UKG Ready 9.0

Based on 9 answers

We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG

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Technology Director

Union Parish School DistrictPrimary/Secondary Education, 201-500 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 8.0

Based on 23 answers

Somethings are very easy to do, however somethings are very clunky. For many things such as time change requests and approvals it would be nice to see the timesheet as you are making the request rather than having to remember what was on there. It does require a general technical base that some of our bus and custodial staff do not have.

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Verified User

Director in Finance and Accounting

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 9.1

Based on 4 answers

The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.

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Programmer Analyst

Wicomico County Public SchoolsPrimary/Secondary Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 8.7

Based on 14 answers

We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.

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Human Resources Director

Markesan Resident Home, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Ceridian Powerpay 8.0

Based on 2 answers

Generally, Ceridian Powerpay support is strong, with the edge given to the telephone staff, which is prompt and always helpful. When I have had to reach out via telephone, I am greeted quickly and provided with a quick resolution to my issue. The email support leaves a bit to be desired, though, as my experience with change requests result in long waits for confirmation and completion, with some instances not even being given a resolution to an issue without requiring additional follow-up. I shouldn’t have to stay on top of the support in addition to providing the details needed, and it should just get done.

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Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A.

VP, People & Operations

Peel Mutual InsuranceInsurance, 11-50 employees

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UKG Ready 7.9

Based on 121 answers

The support received varies. In most instances, I have been contacted same day by support to get the issue resolved, but there was one instance where I was not contacted for over a week and then when I was finally contacted, the assistance received was lacking.

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Verified User

Administrator in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 6.0

Based on 2 answers

Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.

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Programmer Analyst

Wicomico County Public SchoolsPrimary/Secondary Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 8.1

Based on 2 answers

Lots & lots of training available. Timing was wrong for our organization. We had lengthy down time in the beginning while the implementation consultant setup our system. We did online training then. Difficult to train on a generic system setup that isn't your industry and hard to understand what you are learning how to do w/o actually being in your system. Online training was well documented and the instructors were very knowledgeable.

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Programmer Analyst

Wicomico County Public SchoolsPrimary/Secondary Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 6.2

Based on 8 answers

Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.

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Verified User

Contributor in Human Resources

Government Administration Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Have not used any other payroll software in my experience.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Restaurants Company, 11-50 employees

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Kronos definitely beats out the competition in terms of user-friendly features and simple "it works" functionality. We tried using several other payroll suites including Paychex and found they were lacking in a number of areas especially in terms of user interface. Our employees literally groan when they remember using these older systems, they absolutely love Kronos in comparison.

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Senior Analyst, Operations

Aurora Health CareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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UKG Ready 9.1

Based on 2 answers

Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.

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Programmer Analyst

Wicomico County Public SchoolsPrimary/Secondary Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive: Ceridian Powerpay is cost-effective for our organization as we do not require a more robust solution—it fits our needs well without breaking the bank.
Positive: Ceridian Powerpay is mostly intuitive, easy to use, and as a result, easy to train team members in. This allows for additional coverage for the payroll system should the key user not be available or require assistance.

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Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A.

VP, People & Operations

Peel Mutual InsuranceInsurance, 11-50 employees

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Managers have easy access to people/hours/earnings to better manage budgets - once we implement Scheduler, we'll take it to the next level.
Managers and employees can self-serve in ways not possible before - we eliminated 95% of paper processes during our implementation.

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HRMS Analyst

YMCA OF THE NORTHNon-profit Organization Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Rating Summary

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