Darwinbox vs. UKG Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Darwinbox
Score 8.7 out of 10
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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
UKG Pro
Score 8.2 out of 10
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UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
Pricing
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Considered Both Products
Darwinbox
Chose Darwinbox
Looks better than Greythr and usability is better with more features
Chose Darwinbox
I felt it was very nice in comparison to others and was simple for everyone in the organization to handle and haven't gone through any other software so till now, Darwinbox is the best for us. Others had various good features too but were a little complex to use, Zoho people …
Chose 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 …
Chose Darwinbox
Darwinbox is up there with ADP in terms of quality for employers to use in such an open-level style. I personally would support the use of Darwinbox against the competition.
UKG Pro
Chose UKG Pro
These actually work. In my experience, yours does not even load on a web-browser properly. They have business professional actual listen to client-needs. In my experience, your system has to tell everyone how it needs to be done without exception. These systems were written to …
Chose UKG Pro
In my experience, every single think that UKG Pro does, both Paylocity and When I Work do better. Literally every single thing
Chose UKG Pro
UKG Pro for the web is so user friendly. I can't imagine going back to another system that wasn't SAAS. UKG Pro is cutting edge and always offers modern optimization.
Chose UKG Pro
UKG Pro provides me with all the required information that is needed for doing daily offcial activities for employement total development whereas if I talk about other tools like okta - which emphasize more on monthly/quaterly/yearly commission or offical approvals . DKM is …
Chose UKG Pro
Well obviously we moved from Paylocity and ADP because it didn't work, but we've been with UKG when they acquired Kronos and now it's one company. And so those products together are really, really good. And that's why we use this product. It's also because we have legacy with …
Chose UKG Pro
My personal career, I've used Workday, ADP, and Paychex (which is just really just payroll. I think UKG, it's up there. Well UKG can't stack up to anybody
Chose UKG Pro
The only one that I've ever used that's similar to this is going to be a SAP program, and that's the only other program that I've used that's similar to it. ADP as well. To be honest, I didn't use all the functions with all of those. Even though I was a user, my role was …
Chose UKG Pro
Not an HR module, but an entire suite of offerings. We chose UKG due to the customizing that could happen, in addition to the opportunity to move forward in technology with a trusted organization.
Chose UKG Pro
I think they are a class of their own. The customer service is amazing with UKG
Chose UKG Pro
We selected UKG because at the time it felt like it was easier to use. Now questioning as it is not as seamless or as robust as we thought. Could be our lack of knowledge, but that is the issue.
Chose UKG Pro
We have such historical use of UKG Pro it will be hard to replace for us.
Chose UKG Pro
Used to use Kronos...much better product with UKG
Chose UKG Pro
Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Chose UKG Pro
User friendly and cost effective.
Features
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
Ratings
15% above category average
UKG Pro
7.8
Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data9.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Employment history9.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.50 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Organizational charting9.80 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Organization and location management9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
14% above category average
UKG Pro
8.1
Ratings
0% below category average
Pay calculation9.90 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.90 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.90 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
UKG Pro
7.6
Ratings
7% below category average
Approval workflow9.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Balance details9.80 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.8
Ratings
7% above category average
UKG Pro
8.0
Ratings
2% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.80 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Update personal information8.50 Ratings8.40 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.10 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Employee recognition10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
View job history6.60 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.8
Ratings
20% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.80 Ratings7.50 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
7.9
Ratings
5% above category average
UKG Pro
7.1
Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder7.50 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.30 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data10.00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
UKG Pro
7.8
Ratings
2% below category average
New hire portal9.20 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.20 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.9
Ratings
10% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
Ratings
7% below category average
Corporate goal setting10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.30 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Performance tracking8.20 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
Ratings
17% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
Ratings
5% below category average
Performance plans10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Performance improvement plans10.00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Review status tracking10.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Review reminders6.60 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.8
Ratings
22% above category average
UKG Pro
7.1
Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools10.00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Candidate ranking10.00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Candidate search10.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Candidate development9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
Ratings
18% above category average
UKG Pro
7.4
Ratings
6% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.20 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.20 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.20 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
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User Ratings
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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8.1
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
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Usability
8.0
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8.0
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Availability
-
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10.0
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Performance
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
-
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6.9
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In-Person Training
-
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10.0
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Online Training
-
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8.8
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Implementation Rating
-
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9.1
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Configurability
-
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8.6
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Ease of integration
-
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6.2
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Product Scalability
-
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10.0
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Vendor post-sale
-
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8.6
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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10.0
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User Testimonials
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
Employees that come into work are needed to clock in to get paid for the amount of time they are working per day. They will log on to Darwinbox and clock in as soon as they can. Some will use the PTO they have available to use. HR will be able to make payroll in a timely manner for employees.
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I would say, well, I don't want to focus on less appropriate. I want to be well suited. I really feel like if the transparency with our count rep and then just diving in onto how to problem solve and how to troubleshoot, I think that's most important with that.
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Pros
  • Leave management & tracking
  • Tax handling, declaration, salary tracking
  • Visibility on org structure
  • Performance review handling
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  • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
  • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
  • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
  • It is easy to use and navigate
  • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
  • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
  • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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Cons
  • It can improve its UI a little better and make it look more user friendly
  • It can provide a deep analysis about things and should provide a download feature for the analytics shown
  • It should increase its scalability for large organisation as i think it wont be able to handle it
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  • Offer a fully integrated reporting solution that pulls from all modules versus a separate analytics tool in each module.
  • Ability to use the ideas UKG Pro presents without being forced into specific modules. Ex Provide a Learning space where ANY learning platform the customer chooses plugs in, a Recruiting/Onboarding Space where ANY platform will plug in, EE Engagement, Performance, ... then the data connects to the data points within the architecture. With this model, anyone would be able to use the Career Designer versus limited to only those who have the perfect combination of products. This is just an example. Many times the products are created by UKG Pro that are amazing, then comes the "You must have A, B, C, D modules to use it" which excludes many customers and limits UKG Pro's selling potential.
  • At my last organization, we had what was formerly referred to as a "Global" account rep. This person had very limited amount of clients, we met on every case. They delegated our cases immediately in products outside of core to the same team member from that product. Our response time was usually less than one day. It was the best customer service I have had in 10 years as a client. Why is this model not looked at for everyone versus 3 different reps. This one person handled everything except sales. IT was beautiful. We met weekly. We never had cases go beyond a few days unless a JIRA was in play. Customer Service matters so much where many companies sell similar technology.
  • Org Chart - Executives would like the ability to stage movement and budget to see what the org would look like in a reorg planning. There is no ability to move, rearrange, export to different applications like PowerPoint.
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Likelihood to Renew
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The only reason that I give a 9 rather than a 10 is because, while I am an influencer in the decision making process, the final decision to renew vendor relationships is by committee. If the final decision is up to me, Independent Bank would be a partner with Ultimate Software for the rest of my career.
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Usability
Great tool, however the bugs mar its user experience. If solved for, and if the UI is improved on, it will be an amazing tool
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It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
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Reliability and Availability
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Our up time has been 100% in the 2 and half years as I recall. We have had between 5 to 10 situations where Ultimate proactively advised us that there were global system issues and provide us with updates status until the issue has been resolved. I do not recall any internal incidents from our employees about an inability to access the system of UltiPro
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Performance
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Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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Support Rating
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The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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In-Person Training
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I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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Online Training
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Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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Implementation Rating
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UltiPro made it very easy to implement. I implemented UltiPro on my own (as we were short-handed), in addition to my other duties, and was able to stay on track with our original implementation timeline. The process is laid out in a very detailed method. This was by far the most thorough and easiest implementation that I have been through
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Alternatives Considered
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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These actually work. In my experience, yours does not even load on a web-browser properly. They have business professional actual listen to client-needs. In my experience, your system has to tell everyone how it needs to be done without exception. These systems were written to solve problems, your system is nothing but problems and workarounds. In my opinion, there is literally no other ERP/ payroll system I would compare with UKG Pro as it stands alone in how utterly poor it performs from day one.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • My company acquired another company, and with a UKG partner, we were able to bring them online in UKG within two months of the acquisition date.
  • When COVID sent us remote, we could configure custom fields to track vaccination status.
  • The C-suite can get custom reports done in minutes, or ours, where our previous HRIS would have taken days to accomplish, as data would have had to have been exported to Excel and then manipulated inside Excel.
  • UKG has allowed to go virtual paper free as both a candidate and employee.
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UKG Pro Screenshots

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