Darwinbox vs. UKG Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Darwinbox
Score 8.6 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
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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DarwinboxUKG Pro
Features
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
5 Ratings
15% above category average
UKG Pro
7.8
941 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data9.15 Ratings8.6852 Ratings
Employment history9.24 Ratings8.3877 Ratings
Job profiles and administration10.05 Ratings8.0847 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.45 Ratings7.6832 Ratings
Organizational charting9.84 Ratings7.1743 Ratings
Organization and location management9.04 Ratings8.0756 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.2599 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
UKG Pro
8.1
858 Ratings
0% below category average
Pay calculation9.95 Ratings8.2812 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors9.03 Ratings7.7407 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.03 Ratings8.2318 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.92 Ratings7.6732 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.95 Ratings8.2660 Ratings
Reimbursement management9.04 Ratings8.057 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.4800 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
5 Ratings
13% above category average
UKG Pro
7.7
664 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow9.05 Ratings7.6589 Ratings
Balance details9.84 Ratings7.7619 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.05 Ratings7.7511 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.8
5 Ratings
7% above category average
UKG Pro
8.0
909 Ratings
2% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.84 Ratings8.2877 Ratings
Update personal information8.55 Ratings8.4882 Ratings
View company policy documentation9.15 Ratings7.9651 Ratings
Employee recognition10.03 Ratings7.3340 Ratings
View job history6.74 Ratings8.3863 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.8
4 Ratings
20% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
229 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets9.84 Ratings7.5229 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.0
3 Ratings
6% above category average
UKG Pro
7.1
844 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder7.63 Ratings7.3819 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.43 Ratings7.2833 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data10.02 Ratings6.7580 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.2
3 Ratings
14% above category average
UKG Pro
7.8
644 Ratings
2% below category average
New hire portal9.23 Ratings8.1637 Ratings
Manager tracking tools9.23 Ratings7.6516 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
8.9
4 Ratings
10% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
438 Ratings
7% below category average
Corporate goal setting10.03 Ratings7.3345 Ratings
Individual goal setting10.04 Ratings7.5417 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility7.43 Ratings7.6298 Ratings
Performance tracking8.24 Ratings7.6387 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.3
4 Ratings
17% above category average
UKG Pro
7.5
542 Ratings
5% below category average
Performance plans10.04 Ratings7.6484 Ratings
Performance improvement plans10.03 Ratings6.9381 Ratings
Review status tracking10.03 Ratings7.7498 Ratings
Review reminders6.73 Ratings7.5468 Ratings
Multiple review frequency10.03 Ratings7.5394 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.8
2 Ratings
22% above category average
UKG Pro
7.1
235 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools10.02 Ratings6.7189 Ratings
Candidate ranking10.02 Ratings7.2203 Ratings
Candidate search10.02 Ratings7.5206 Ratings
Candidate development9.02 Ratings7.0187 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Darwinbox
9.4
3 Ratings
19% above category average
UKG Pro
7.4
530 Ratings
5% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.23 Ratings7.5499 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.23 Ratings7.5489 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.23 Ratings7.2387 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.02 Ratings7.4451 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.02 Ratings7.1382 Ratings
Applicant Tracking10.03 Ratings7.7486 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts10.03 Ratings7.6451 Ratings
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User Ratings
DarwinboxUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(5 ratings)
8.1
(1032 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(197 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.9
(268 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(76 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(333 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(496 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(88 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(206 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(87 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(78 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(68 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(95 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(57 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(50 ratings)
User Testimonials
DarwinboxUKG Pro
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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UKG
I feel UKG Pro has been so horribly rolled out at the City of Houston. I'm amazed that, as a system administrator, it even works at all. In my opinion, the greatest expense the city has budgeted is managed by a shoe-string, janky, bug-ridden mess. I truly hope UKG is bought out for 2 cents and scattered to dust. In my opinion, terrible maintenance and support, the worst consultants money can buy, the sleaziest sales accountants. This system tries my patience as a lead system administrator and I would caution anyone considering bringing in this mess to their business. It's been a year now, and we still have workarounds and bugs daily.
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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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UKG
  • 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
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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UKG
  • Teachers that are hard functionality. Okay. I would say the most issues that we've had is the admins or the HR department losing their access and it throws us for a loop. It's like, what happened? What's going on? So that's the main thing. And then some of our employees struggle with the hourly employees try to struggle with timekeeping as in clocking in and clocking out. But we got that resolved. Thank you UKG Pro. And our employees are happy again. I would recommend UKG Pro.
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Likelihood to Renew
Darwinbox
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UKG
We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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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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UKG
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
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
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Performance
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
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
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
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
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
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
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
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
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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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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UKG
We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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Scalability
Darwinbox
No answers on this topic
UKG
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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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UKG
  • 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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