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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CharlieHR

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ACharlie, or CharlieHR from the company in London, offers a cloud-based software product designed to enable small companies to automate many of the administrative headaches that they experience as they scale. Charlie also includes onboarding and offboarding features, and its higher tier plan includes HR Advice from a personal advisor from Charlie to handle dismissals, grievances, or redundancies, or other difficult HR challenges.

    $6

    per month

    Joomla

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AJoomla! is a free and open source content management system used to publish web content. Included features are page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, a search function, and support for language internationalization.N/A
    Pricing
    CharlieHRJoomla
    Editions & Modules
    CharlieHR
    £4
    per employee, per month
    CharlieHR + HR Advice
    From £179 (+ £4)
    per month (per employee)
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CharlieHRJoomla
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    CharlieHRJoomla
    Considered Both Products
    CharlieHR
    No answer on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    CharlieHRJoomla
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Employee demographic data8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Approval workflow8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    Update personal information9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Joomla!
    -
    Ratings
    New hire portal7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    -
    Ratings
    Joomla!
    8.3
    51 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.351 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    -
    Ratings
    Joomla!
    6.6
    48 Ratings
    17% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.246 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.047 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    -
    Ratings
    Joomla!
    7.7
    54 Ratings
    2% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.249 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings6.350 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings7.550 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.450 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.446 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CharlieHR and Joomla!
    Feature
    CharlieHR
    -
    Ratings
    Joomla!
    7.6
    52 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.951 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.650 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.052 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings7.150 Ratings
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    CharlieHRJoomla
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    Score7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    CharlieHRJoomla
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (75 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CharlieHRJoomla
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CharlieHR
    As a part-time employee, it would be better if I was able to book leave on an hourly basis. Also, to be able to set up two leave types, paid and unpaid, and accrue lieu time.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The Joomla Project
    If your developers want to have some fun, Joomla offers the stability and friendliness to do custom coding. Certain marketing initiatives require us to get "cute" with the interface, and Joomla allows for that a bit easier than WordPress (and definitely easier than sites like Squarespace). The security of Joomla is also always a plus.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    CharlieHR
    • Ensures personal requests are not lost in email
    • Makes managing leave days easier
    • Provides a standard UI for all
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The Joomla Project
    • Security. Its got many new features in the new Joomla! 4 which make the already good security even better. I like the ability to use my Yubi keys to log in with the new webauth standard, I don't think any other CMS has that built in
    • W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (with AA compliance)
    • Really good SEO that gets our sites to the top of the search engines again without the need for any extra things
    • Speed, it gets a really good score (100%) in the google lighthouse on our server, can't beat that
    Read full review
    Cons
    CharlieHR
    • Better ability to manage leave for part time / pro rata employees
    • Links to other HR apps such as free agent
    • Management of unpaid leave allowance as well as paid.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The Joomla Project
    • Because Joomla's user community is smaller than WP, it lacks as many choices from 3rd party developers, meaning it can be a little more difficult to find the right extension for what you need to accomplish
    • Along the same vein, most of the best 3rd-party software for Joomla! is paid
    • Simple features such as Add to Menu and Cache cleaners should be adopted as part of the Joomla! core, though they are available as extensions
    • Joomla! could use a simpler and easier URL rewriting process
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    CharlieHR
    No answers on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    I gave it a rating of 10 because I just love how Joomla! works, how it is set up and how it handles many users. Also it is very fast, and there is no overload on the MySQL database or servers ever.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    CharlieHR
    No answers on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    Joomla! 3.x is easily installed either manually or via a script provided by your host. It contains most of the tools needed to begin creating websites right from the start. Those features that it doesn't have are easily installed via links and buttons from the thousands of extensions available in the community
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    Performance
    CharlieHR
    No answers on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    Today's Modern Joomla performs very well and is robust and durable. The pages load faster than they ever did in the past and Modern Joomla's integration into other software or systems has become seamless. Modern Joomla sites will last long and will stay running forever.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    CharlieHR
    No answers on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    Between the core Joomla developers who are excellent at answering questions and providing support, you have a whole community of developers who work with Joomla and are happy to help fellow developers out answering questions and supporting the Joomla project. Out of the many communities I am involved in for open-source software, Joomla's community is by far the best.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Online Training
    CharlieHR
    No answers on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    It is good if you know Joomla! if not it can get a bit confusing
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    CharlieHR
    No answers on this topic
    The Joomla Project
    Joomla has gone through tremendous growing pains. It is now better than ever. But before, when it was going from 1.5-2.5, the templates and plugins would break over and over again. If you don't understand what Joomla was trying to do back then, you might have a bad attitude toward it. Today, those pains are over and things don't break like they used to during that time period.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    CharlieHR
    Both the above work in different ways and provide different services to CharlieHR, although if we could use a single app for all, that would be better.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The Joomla Project
    We tested other platforms like WordPress, Magento and some local CMS. 
    But Joomla offered us better resources for generating content.
    Joomla is a CMS suitable for many types of projects, especially if you have several people editing content at the same time.
    It allows you to maintain visual standardization and offers many options for working with images.
    With its ability to control access to different articles, categories or even different components, it is a great tool, even if they are managed by different people.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    CharlieHR
    • Easier to track leave taken and left
    • Still need greater flexibility for leave types
    • Need to be able to book leave by the hour
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    The Joomla Project
    • Joomla has reduced our costs of rolling out a new website because it uses less developer time and can be rolled out by individual users as needed.
    • Joomla has a lot of extensions and add-ons that make it easy to create and implement advanced solutions quickly.
    Incentivized
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