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    Employee Navigator

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AEmployee Navigator is a benefits-focused HR system from the company of the same name in Maryland.N/A

    Tropic

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ATropic is a procurement intelligence platform that automatically finds ways to reduce and control costs. By combining procurement workflows, supplier management, and benchmark pricing data together in one place, Tropic brings visibility, control, and leverage to company spend.N/A
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    Employee NavigatorTropic
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    Employee NavigatorTropic
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Employee NavigatorTropic
    Small Businesses
    Ease
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Ease
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    ADP Mobile Solutions
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Employee NavigatorTropic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Employee NavigatorTropic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Employee Navigator
    We are very pleased with the change to [Employee Navigator] as it offers more what we needed. It's very customizable and has many features that can be added or taken away depending on business needs. I'd only say it would be less appropriate for a business quite smaller than ours who needed very little in comparison.
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    Tropic
    Tropic is not ideal if you only have contracts below $5k. There isn't sufficient room to successfully negotiate those down. However, if you have sizable and or multi-year contracts, this is where they excel because they have a lot of real life data points to pull from. They are also tough negotiators. One of our reps owned an exhausting negotiation process with a data aggregator and saved us hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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    Pros
    Employee Navigator
    • Time off requests. These are easy to perform and track as an employee and user.
    • Time off approvals. Couldn't be easier. Time of approvals or denials are sent via email and are one-click tasks. Also can be performed in the web UI, but it's so easy.
    • Manager reporting. Managers can easily see reports on employee time off and make decisions based on that.
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    Tropic
    • Contract negotiation
    • Contract visibility
    • Benchmarking
    • Current contract usage
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    Cons
    Employee Navigator
    • It is a great stand alone product. We would like it to tie into a more robust HR solution and communicate with payroll.
    • Initially there are a lot of features that are turned off, I like to know what a program is capable of so I can be more strategic in implementing a solution.
    • Having a broker in the middle is both good and bad.
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    Tropic
    • Their platform could be improved a bit to do a better job of shadow IT tracking (licenses being used or expenses).
    • Lowering prices for folks who may only want their platform without negotiation services.
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    Support Rating
    Employee Navigator
    So far, we have had very little reason to call in to Employee Navigator support. Our team who works with them have found it easy and simple to work with them when needed. They aren't able to work on much or divulge how the system works internally, nor what's on the roadmap, but it is still helpful to have timely confirmation.
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    Tropic
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    Employee Navigator
    Most of the systems I've used for HRIS systems have been part of the payroll system. What stands out with Employee Navigator is the ability to key your benefit changes into one place, and all vendors are notified of the updates -- no more logging on to three or more sites to make an address change to an employee.
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    Tropic
    We reviewed other provides for automated bill entry, but not for contract negotiation.
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    Return on Investment
    Employee Navigator
    • We spent about half the time on open enrollment than we did in the last two years. Employee Navigator was much easier for staff to navigate and be able to complete their open enrollment independently
    • We've saved several thousand dollars in setup fees to link with insurance carriers since moving to Employee Navigator
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    Tropic
    • They returned savings for us that was greater than the cost of their service.
    • The company has better hygiene in terms of being on top of our contracts - from negotiating terms that finance cares about to ensuring we don't let a contract auto-renew.
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