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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FunctionFox

    Score6.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    FunctionFox provides TimeFox which is a timesheet and project management solution for small creative companies. The vendor says TimeFox is currently used by over 100,000 creative professionals in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

    $5

    per user

    HiBob

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AHiBob is an HR management platform that provides features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A
    Pricing
    FunctionFoxHiBob
    Editions & Modules
    FunctionFox Classic
    $5
    per user
    FunctionFox Premier
    $10
    per user
    FunctionFox In-House
    $20
    per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FunctionFoxHiBob
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo hidden fees. All customer support, and regular upgrades are included free of charge.—
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    Community Pulse
    FunctionFoxHiBob
    Considered Both Products
    FunctionFox
    No answer on this topic
    HiBob
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    Features
    FunctionFoxHiBob
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings10.058 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings9.658 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings9.647 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings9.257 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings9.960 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings9.851 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings8.727 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings7.724 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings9.419 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings9.054 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.752 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.149 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    6% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.941 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings9.359 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.845 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings9.656 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings9.154 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings6.854 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings7.734 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.427 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.131 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings6.825 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of FunctionFox and HiBob
    Feature
    FunctionFox
    -
    Ratings
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings1.934 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.847 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.842 Ratings
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    FunctionFoxHiBob
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Toggl Track
    Score9 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    TimeCamp
    Score7.3 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FunctionFoxHiBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    8.9
    (62 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FunctionFoxHiBob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FunctionFox
    If you are trying to track time across teams or functions, that is really what FunctionFox is designed for. I think this would work better for individual, smaller teams with similar tasks and activities, instead of for larger companies with more complex organizational operations. If you are just getting started with time tracking, this could be a good place to start.
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    HiBob
    HiBob is the most customizable, scaleable and flexible HR platform on the market today. It is ideal for medium and large organizations with operations across the globe while also being a great option for smaller organizations. The modularization of the platform allows each customer to select the elements that are most suited to their needs, while the base "Core" system has a huge amount of functionality and integration options right out of the box. In my opinion, there is no platform on the market that competes with HiBob's easy to use interface, control abilities and general functionality. All too often these days, systems are built on poor architechture with fancy packaging. HiBob delivers a system that is well built and looks great too!
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    Pros
    FunctionFox
    • With only a couple clicks I can still easily pull reports by employee on a weekly basis which provide the information I need to run payroll.
    • I pull reports by client each month for our monthly client billings, which we have broken down by project so I can easily see how our time was spent on their account.
    • We set a budget for the approved number of hours we can apply to any one project for the month, and the system provides the project manager with a warning as the limit comes near. That function has been fantastic!
    • FunctionFox's Help Desk personnel are wonderful, providing an exceptionally personalized experience. They take their time, and will even schedule a call to go into greater depth, such as an entire account review just to ensure you're able to use all the product features to your company's best advantage. Our entire team jumped on a half hour call a couple months ago, and she answered ALL of our questions, including providing us with info on some features we hadn't realized even existed.
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    HiBob
    • Provides usable data via feedback surveys for managers and operations team to take quick action on.
    • It helps us identify our Talent Groups and connect data to their satisfaction to prevent turnover.
    • Simplifies and syncs every day HR tasks, saving loads of time and effort.
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    Cons
    FunctionFox
    • The function of the site is not as user-friendly as others, it's sometimes hard to find certain projects and organize data in order to track effectively. I would often need to download/export reports.
    • Sometimes a project would accidentally be created twice and hours billed to two separate projects for the same thing. Which made tracking and billing increasingly difficult.
    • Little to no organization of projects for billing and finance purposes, which makes it hard when we conduct billing as there is not a clear way to know if a project is complete, ongoing, rejected etc.
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    HiBob
    • I'd like to be able to have flexibility in org charts so that there are options for matrix, flat. I'd also like a printable version of the org chart AND one where names were hidden so it could be shared with individuals outside the organization.
    • In the Performance Reviews I would love to see a 9-box option including corresponding questions so we could plot individuals in the 9-box matrix.
    • It would be ideal if, before a performance review period, managers were given the opportunity to choose 3-4 people they would want to include in a Peer Review of their employees AND where the system would flag if one person was being asked to do more than 2 Peer Reviews.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    FunctionFox
    All of my employees are used to it and introducing a new software to them requires them to get trained again increasing the costs. TimeFox is an easy to use and understand software. Another advantage of TimeFox is that is an online software and I can access it whenever I want to.
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    HiBob
    We will without a doubt be continuing to use Hibob, it is convenient, being engaged with and great value for money. A one stop shop for all things HR related to keep policies and safe financial information has been so beneficial to the business meaning less risk to GDPR breaches and somewhere for employees to refer back to in future has been invaluable
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    Usability
    FunctionFox
    It's a good tool for tracking hours and overall budget. It does not give you insight into why there are those hours, or what part of the project has over burned. The tool is also tough to export reports and find the correct information throughout. Not only this, but I also have a hard time changing project details - there's no real easy way to and there's a larger room for error
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    HiBob
    It's a solid HRIS system, it's user friendly to employees and employers, but they've changed the user interface 2 times now in the last 2.5 years, so having to find where certain things are after the change can be tedious
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    Reliability and Availability
    FunctionFox
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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    Performance
    FunctionFox
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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    Support Rating
    FunctionFox
    I haven't used FunctionFox for a lot of support requests. On the times that i've been having issues I've had the issue resolved within a day, most questions I have had i've been able to source answers online or from a colleague. From what I have experienced the support team seems great.
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    HiBob
    A lot of support is self-service from the users themselves, via a guide hosted on HiBob's website. I have found the guide helpful 10% of the time when I needed support. The support team is quite quick to reply, but not everyone is helpful unfortunately, and in many cases a lot of emails, messages and back and forth were needed to get to the bottom of an issue. When I pointed out that a video call would be a quicker way to tell people "this is how it's done", I was told that it's not the way they deliver support. I had to beg our account managers for a video chat with some skilled users to show me how to do certain things that (a) were nowhere to be found on the guide, and (b) the support team wasn't able to solve. Additionally, to find solutions, I was pointed to a forum where other users exchange tips on how they managed to solve problems - again, not really helpful as I would like to know this from Bob's team themselves since we're paying for the product, and I shouldn't rely on other users to tell me how they managed their way around a problem
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    Online Training
    FunctionFox
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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    Implementation Rating
    FunctionFox
    Unsure on implementation of FunctionFox - was before my time at the company. Everyone at the company had a good understanding of the product and how to use it by the time I joined. My understanding is we implemented ourselves with a few training sessions for the creative team and adding hours as well as training for the account team to add projects
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    HiBob
    I really enjoyed the implementation being involved in a key piece of change management int he business was really exciting
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    Alternatives Considered
    FunctionFox
    When we were looking for software we tested several, and FunctionFox was hands down the best value. While there are other options, and each company is different, nothing could come close to filling our needs the way FunctionFox has. The money we spend has been returned several times over.
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    HiBob
    Hibob was ultimately more flexible and offered a strong customer support network which is why we selected it over others. It's also well-priced and while not "cheap", it was more inexpensive than other larger systems. Their sales team was so supportive the entire time and as we went into the implementation phase (which only took us 12 weeks for 1,000 employees!), it was clear that the support continued. Our implementation specialist was so incredibly helpful and while we worked at our own pace, we were still able to roll it out in 3 months. Having worked on a Workday Implementation before, I was blown away by how quickly we got this done. It's also great that as we are using the product, we can continuously make adjustments on our own and tweak it as the business changes. Workday is so complicated that it required a full-time team to work on it. It's just two of us overseeing the system and we are able to run things smoothly on our own! Of course, it's great having the support of our Account Manager when we get stuck.
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    Scalability
    FunctionFox
    No answers on this topic
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    Return on Investment
    FunctionFox
    • FunctionFox pays for itself just about every month in terms of how much more I am able to bill than before I started using the software, and how much less time I need to spend on non-billable admin tasks. I used to create invoices based mostly on what sounded fair, rather than on accurate time & cost records. I'm sure my clients loved it, but it wasn't healthy for my business. Now I base invoices on actual time and expense records, and end up with more money in my pocket.
    • It's not tangible, but FunctionFox has improved my ability to communicate with clients, and with freelance partners when I'm involved in a collaborative project. I can anticipate and discuss potential budget or delivery deadline overruns before they occur. The goodwill this builds has had a tremendously positive impact on client and partnership relations.
    • I fell into freelancing without a lot of experience running a business. FunctionFox has been a great teacher, helping me think through many issues that I wouldn't have even recognized as important. It is simple to use, with a UI that is neither intimidating nor overwhelming, and it has been super flexible in terms of molding it to suit the way I work.
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    HiBob
    • We were paying a third-party HR organization ~100K per year and were able to cut this from our budget by turning on the connections between our ATS, Hibob, and our payroll vendors.
    • We are using the integration between CoMeet ATS, and it autogenerates the employee onboarding, creating a seamless experience for the employees. They used to have to reenter their data in 5 separate systems, now, it's all started in CoMeet, and upon hire, the onboarding data is collected in Hibob and distributed into all other connected systems.
    • When changing employment status, the automation manages system access automatically. (But in cases where we need to override the information for special cases, we still have the option without "breaking" the API connections).
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    ScreenShots

    FunctionFox Screenshots

    Screenshot of Easily navigate throughout FunctionFox from the customizable Home dashboard.Screenshot of CEO Desktop enables users to visualize budgets and deadlines for specific projects.Screenshot of The Project Status page provides the users with  an overview of the projects and the different stages they are at. With the filters users can drill down to see specific clients or projects.Screenshot of The Calendar provides a great weekly or monthly view of project start and due dates, along with deliverables, milestones, and meetings.

    HiBob Screenshots

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