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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Frontline HCM

    Score7.8 out of 10
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    UKG Pro

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AUKG 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
    Frontline HCMUKG Pro
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Frontline HCMUKG Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Frontline HCMUKG Pro
    Considered Both Products
    Frontline Education
    No answer on this topic
    UKG
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    271 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    243 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    284 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    145 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    76%
    Implementation went as expected
    151 Answers
    Features
    Frontline HCMUKG Pro
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    954 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5864 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.2889 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.9860 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.5841 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.2754 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0767 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.3605 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.9
    868 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.0822 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.6413 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.1327 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.5738 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.3808 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.1666 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.6
    676 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings7.5602 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.6632 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.6523 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    921 Ratings
    6% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.0888 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.2893 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.7658 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.2345 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.0872 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.5
    232 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5232 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.0
    856 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.2830 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.1845 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.6589 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    650 Ratings
    3% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.0643 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.5522 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.5
    442 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.3348 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4421 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.6302 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.6390 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    547 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.5489 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings6.9386 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.5503 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings7.4473 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.5397 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.1
    238 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7191 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.2205 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.5209 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings7.0189 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Frontline HCM and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Frontline HCM
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    536 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.4504 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.5495 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.1392 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.3457 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.1387 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.6492 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.5457 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Frontline HCMUKG Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (1096 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (197 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.9
    (333 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (76 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (333 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.5
    (496 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (88 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (206 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (87 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (78 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.9
    (68 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (95 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (57 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Frontline HCMUKG Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Frontline Education
    Frontline is well suited for an organization such as a school district where teachers sometimes need to put in for a substitute at the last minute or especially early in the morning. The system also helps with substitutes in picking up the jobs when a teacher puts in an absence.
    Incentivized
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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
    Frontline Education
    • Easily submission process. Select the day you need to schedule on the listed calendar, mark the type of request, and submit.
    • Works on different digital devices including phones, tablets, and computers.
    • Easily track your balances by looking at your account history.
    • Delete requests you have already submitted.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Frontline Education
    • Teachers cannot cancel their own absence. We have to ask the office staff to do so. This is irritating when an absence must be canceled (Due to a canceled professional development, for example).
    • Sometimes absences go unfilled. It would be great if AESOP could have a roster of qualified substitutes to cover absences.
    • You cannot assign your absence to a particular substitute if you know he or she is available and a good fit for your absence.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Frontline Education
    Long time customer with Frontline Absence Management. Product support has been excellent, integrations easy to work with, & suite of products mesh together well.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Frontline Education
    While we have had minor issues logging in as our organization has its own login page, the site and its application are very easy to use. So long as members of a group log in through the appropriate page, navigating and using this site is quite easy. With the transition from Aesop to Frontline, the page also seems to have worked through any glitches found with the previous page and its app.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Frontline Education
    There have been several times the system was unavailable. When there has been an issue, Frontline HAS NOT notified us....which has been disappointing.
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    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
    Frontline Education
    No issues reported by end users of slow or not loading pages.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Frontline Education
    Internal support is provided by EDU Staff based out of Grand Rapids. Whenever I have had an issue they are very responsive to my needs. For instance, there may be conflicts in the amount of money that was listed for the contract. There may be questions about the length of an assignment such as 1/2 day, full day, or early dismissal. The school will sometimes enter the wrong information. Very good IT support, but sometimes you are on hold for 5 to 10 minutes because they do not have enough workers in their Call Center
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    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
    Frontline Education
    Our Implementer/Trainer was a product line expert. He (Connor) walked us through every step with confidence and explained everything in detail. Frontline provided written documentation, cut-n-paste emails to staff, and a test environment for us to play in. We were able to test unique scenarios without actually sending emails, notifications, alerts to staff. This was very useful.
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Frontline Education
    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
    Frontline Education
    Our Frontline implementer was an expert in the field & knew the product in & out. We had very little issues going live.
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    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
    Frontline Education
    Frontline seems to be the industry standard for this software in the education industry. I am not familiar with any competitors or what was evaluated prior to implementing Frontline. For it to be the industry standard, I would assume that its cost is fair in relation to competitors and that the onboarding process is simple.
    Incentivized
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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
    Frontline Education
    Our district has approximately 300 substitutes & 1,800 employees. Size has never been an issue with Absence Management. There are other districts much larger using Absence Management with no problems
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    UKG
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    Return on Investment
    Frontline Education
    • It's given staff direct access to inputting their absences and secure coverage quicker, whereas before they had to make a call to a person. That person had to secure coverage for the entire district at different levels. Sometimes that person was absent or unable to provide coverage.
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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.
    Incentivized
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