Darwinbox vs. Emburse Abacus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Darwinbox
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Darwinbox headquartered in Hyderabad offers an end-to-end HRMS software provide core HR functionality (e.g. employee data management), support for recruitment and onboarding, payroll management, time & attendance tracking, as well as comprehensive talent management and employee engagement features.N/A
Emburse Abacus
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Abacus is a web and mobile application that helps manage employee expenses and reimbursements. Some key features include: Real-Time Expense Submission, Integrated ACH Payments, and Dynamic Custom Reporting. Abacus was acquired by Certify in summer 2018 and is now part of Emburse, formed from the merger of Certify and Chrome River March 2019.
$9
per active user/per month
Pricing
DarwinboxEmburse Abacus
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$9
per active user/per month
Professional
Custom Pricing
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DarwinboxEmburse Abacus
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
DarwinboxEmburse Abacus
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
5 Ratings
15% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Pay calculation9.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.2
5 Ratings
12% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Approval workflow9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.0
5 Ratings
9% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.7
4 Ratings
20% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.2
3 Ratings
8% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Report builder8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
3 Ratings
15% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
New hire portal9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.0
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.5
4 Ratings
18% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Performance plans10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.7
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
3 Ratings
20% above category average
Emburse Abacus
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
DarwinboxEmburse Abacus
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(5 ratings)
6.0
(17 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
DarwinboxEmburse Abacus
Likelihood to Recommend
Darwinbox
Darwinbox provides multiple functions and features related to Human resources and I Like the best where it maintains Attendance records and employees smartly. Darwinbox helps us to brings all the organization level activity on one platform which helps the management to take the crucial decisions. Sometimes it hangs and does not function properly due to an internet connectivity issue.
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Emburse
Emburse Abacus is well suited for mid-market organizations that are open to - or embrace - the concept of real-time processing of expense transactions. Emburse Abacus takes a radically different approach from other platforms that rely on modeling paper-based monthly (or periodic) expense reports containing multiple expenses submitted simultaneously. Emburse Abacus allows each transaction to be very rapidly processed individually so that approving managers and accounting professionals are able to perform review tasks and identify potential problems throughout the entire month, relieving the massive monthly influx of large numbers of expense reports simultaneously.
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Pros
Darwinbox
  • Maintaining Attendance from payroll with HR.
  • Employees self portal to ask for PTO or to check hours.
  • User Interface is user friendly for our employees.
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Emburse
  • User-Friendly Interface: Reviews from our employees (ages ranging from 20s-70s) are all positive in regards to the ease of submitting an expense and getting reimbursement on Abacus
  • Timely Reimbursement: After final approval, money hits user accounts within 2 days
  • Approval routing: ability to set up multi-tier complex approval routes
  • Syncs with Sage Intacct: pushes entries on a day to day basis in to Intacct and it hits our GL accordingly
  • Abacus is competitively priced compared to the competition
  • Abacus utilizes "by expense" management. Getting rid of expense reports and batch reports (they do have an option where you can batch if need be)
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Cons
Darwinbox
  • The UI is very buggy at times
  • Some of the process flows need improvement such as being able to save the draft at the time of performance reviews
  • Better report generation
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Emburse
  • When you upload a receipt to abacus it would be great to port in the information from the receipt to the text fields.
  • It would be good to have a more automated way for Abacus to integrate in with other payroll systems.
  • It would be nice to have more levels of permissions, e.g. manager level, administer level and employee level.
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Usability
Darwinbox
It overall helps me with applying for holidays and shows how many holidays I have left, whether it's an earned leave or casual leave, and even tells what all are the upcoming holidays. It helps me to read the firm's documentation and helps in writing things for my appraisal cycle, It even tells the performance and the tasks in my queue.
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Emburse
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Support Rating
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
Emburse
I have never had to contact Abacus support and have not heard stories from any of my colleagues having to do so either. Our accounting department stresses the ease of Abacus and has not voiced any concerns with the software or the product support team or the product support process.
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Alternatives Considered
Darwinbox
Darwinbox helps to maintain all the things at one platform and easy to use too. It provide better usability compared with Moday.com. Darwinbox provides more functionality compared with monday.com. It is also user friendly as well. All the things we are getting one platform and on one place.
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Emburse
I chose Abacus because of its ease of use and flexible billing. The billing is based on the number of submissions rather than users in the system. Because we reimburse committee members, we have a lot of users in the system, but the activity can vary widely from month to month.
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Return on Investment
Darwinbox
  • The ability to view the organization structure and functional structure for the entire company.
  • One-stop solution for talent acquisition, payroll, leaves, reimbursements, attendance (time-sheet), holidays, etc. So I don't have to open a lot of different apps.
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Emburse
  • It is giving reliable services.
  • I am happy with its user-friendly services. Since I have issued the virtual and physical cards, I am getting real-time, and end-to-end control over my employee expenses. They can now easily go to visits and this has built their trust too. Further through receipts and expense details, I can easily control the pre-set budgets and easily configure rules to control spending.
  • I will also like to praise their customer care team they are very helpful and always ready to assist.
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