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    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe UKG Ready® software suite is a centralized HCM solution designed for small to mid-sized businesses. It automates and streamlines HR, payroll, benefits, time, talent, and scheduling processes. UKG Ready's suite of tools offer actionable insights while helping to ensure compliance. Using AI, it draws on work, people, and culture data to boost efficiency and productivity. For example, UKG Ready streamlines core HR functions by centralizing…N/A
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    UKG
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    I reviewed over 11 similar platforms and picked UKG Ready 2x at different companies due to 2 factors - 1) There is a full suite available. Some platforms only offer benefits or HR and not payroll. This impacts our employee experience as well as makes it more difficult to …
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    HRMS was very old and limited in what it could do. We chose Kronos to get better reports and loved the idea of a user portal. Paycor was a product we almost chose but it lacked the payroll that we desired. Their HR portion looked very good though. We wanted an all-around good …
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    If we needed to update one check in a pay run, we would have to recalculate the entire payroll. In UKG Ready (formerly Kronos Workforce Ready), we are able to calculate one check when necessary. PTO is calculated on a per state/pay type basis automatically. We are able to enter …
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    Features
    Google Cloud AISage HRMSUKG Ready
    Human Resource Management
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    Ratings
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    5.5
    9 Ratings
    39% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.7
    264 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.08 Ratings8.8235 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.09 Ratings8.1226 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings1.39 Ratings8.1230 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.99 Ratings7.5213 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings6.04 Ratings5.7175 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings6.06 Ratings7.7201 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings1.27 Ratings8.3172 Ratings
    Payroll Management
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    Google Cloud AI
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    4.8
    7 Ratings
    52% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.3
    256 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings6.17 Ratings9.0236 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings4.04 Ratings6.9143 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings6.92 Ratings8.1129 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings2.16 Ratings8.1190 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.07 Ratings9.0199 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings3.06 Ratings8.2179 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings3.27 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
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    Google Cloud AI
    -
    Ratings
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    1.2
    7 Ratings
    149% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.0
    231 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings1.26 Ratings8.1213 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings1.27 Ratings7.5221 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings1.06 Ratings8.4190 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
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    Google Cloud AI
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    3.9
    8 Ratings
    72% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.1
    244 Ratings
    2% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings4.18 Ratings8.4225 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings4.27 Ratings8.4232 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings1.16 Ratings7.9192 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings6.04 Ratings7.88 Ratings
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    Asset Management
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    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    UKG Ready
    8.4
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    4% above category average
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    HR Reporting
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    Google Cloud AI
    -
    Ratings
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    3.7
    8 Ratings
    69% below category average
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    7.8
    245 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder00 Ratings2.07 Ratings8.0240 Ratings
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    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings8.06 Ratings7.512 Ratings
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    -
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    7.0
    4 Ratings
    14% below category average
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    7.5
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    7% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings7.04 Ratings7.8172 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.03 Ratings7.2144 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
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    -
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    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
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    8.0
    109 Ratings
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    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.02 Ratings7.2101 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.01 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings6.02 Ratings7.2107 Ratings
    Performance Management
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    -
    Ratings
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    7.8
    5 Ratings
    2% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.8
    135 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings9.03 Ratings7.7123 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.03 Ratings7.6111 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.03 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings8.04 Ratings8.0126 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.03 Ratings7.9110 Ratings
    Succession Planning
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    -
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    8.5
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
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    7.7
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    Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings7.629 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings8.01 Ratings8.034 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings9.01 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
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    Google Cloud AI
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HRMS
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    4% below category average
    UKG Ready
    7.9
    139 Ratings
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    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings8.0120 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.23 Ratings8.5115 Ratings
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    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.01 Ratings6.790 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.02 Ratings8.3120 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings9.01 Ratings7.8128 Ratings
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud AISage HRMSUKG Ready
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Cloud AI is a wonderful product for companies that are looking to offset AI and ML processing power to cloud APIs, and specific Machine Learning use cases to APIs as well. For companies that are looking for very specific, customized ML capabilities that require lots of fine-tuning, it may be better to do this sort of processing through open-source libraries locally, to offset the costs that your company might incur through this API usage.
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    Sage
    Sage HRMS is a software that fits in all organizations whether small or large and this makes it the most suitable HR solution as it will help you manage your workforce even if it may appear small. The software has analytics and reporting tools that are applicable in performance management where you will use them in assessing the productivity of your employees and plan on how to improve further as a workforce. It further helps in employee on-boarding, payroll management, and talent management
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    UKG
    UKG is great for storing personal information and is easy to use for clocking in and out. And you can easily find the next payday at the bottom, your calendar with requested time off, and the available hrs. UKG is less user-friendly and more difficult when editing your personal information, like your phone number, and requesting time off is a little confusing to me.
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    Pros
    Google
    • good conversion from the voice to the text
    • speed in the conversion from voice to text
    • time-saving in the conversion activity
    • analysis of the results of the conversion in real time
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    Sage
    • Ability to see history (like job history) easily at a glance.
    • Ability to make changes easily.
    • Organizing info in the employee record.
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    UKG
    • The mobile app experience is terrific. Once the employees figured out the navigation, they now prefer the app over the web version. The app mirrors the web version, although the navigation is somewhat compressed due to the mobile view. Other than that, the tools in the app work exactly as the web.
    • Reporting - there hasn't been a time when I couldn't run a report on the information I needed. And the reports dashboard is very robust - my most important reports were already built in the system. I saved so much time because I didn't have to cobble together the data from multiple reports or contact support to build the report for me.
    • Community page - I log into UKG's Community page daily. I learn so much from experienced UKG users and the UKG moderators are quick to provide answers and best practices. When I have a question about how to use a feature in UKG Ready, my first stop is the Community - I almost always find what I need without the need to submit a ticket/case or call Support. When I can't find what I need using Community, I can trust that Support will be responsive and helpful. For example, I needed help learning how our onboarding process was configured and submitted a case for assistance. The representative scheduled multiple meetings with me to help me not only navigate the onboarding setup but also to teach me how to revise the associated workflows and test the changes. I was also able to ensure our onboarding was set up correctly as well as modify it as needed.
    • Employee Self-Service - Once employees were trained to find their HR Actions tool, they quickly adapted to submitting their requests through UKG Ready rather than asking for help from an admin. Now, they readily submit change requests to update their direct deposit, address, and withholding. Sure, they still need a little help from time to time, but employees are initiating these changes without the need for payroll or HR to chase down signatures or paperwork.
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    Cons
    Google
    • Some of the build in/supported AI modules that can be deployed, for example Tensorflow, do not have up-to-date documentation so what is actually implemented in the latest rev is not what is mentioned in the documentation, resulting in a lot of debugging time.
    • Customization of existing modules and libraries is harder and it does need time and experience to learn.
    • Google Cloud AI can do a better job in providing better support for Python and other coding languages.
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    Sage
    • We changed our chart of accounts. The system does not allow you to change the numbering format, so we had to start over with new databases.
    • The tax return portion of the software does not file local taxes. We would definitely like to see this functionality in the future.
    • The payroll piece does not handle complicated move up and move downs for union pay. This could definitely be improved upon.
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    UKG
    • Custom reporting is not intuitive
    • Learning and training is poor and has not provided our team with a way to approach our problems in a cost-effective and meaningful way
    • Consistent glitches in some areas result in errors that persist through multiple payrolls despite a thorough review of all settings
    • Reports don't live in the same place, multiple types of reports exist in multiple places with little explanation of the difference. We often build custom reports only to have them disappear or have to spend a long time trying to find them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    We are extremely satisfied with the impact that this tool has made on our organization since we have practically moved from crawling to walking in the process of generating information for our main task to investigate in the field through interviews. With the audio to text translation tool there is a difference from heaven to earth in the time of feeding our internal data.
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    Sage
    I do not work with this software anymore, and I am not involved with the renewal of it. However, if I were, I would still suggest using it unless something better was introduced
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    UKG
    We plan to renew our support and use of UKG Ready each year unless it becomes unavailable or the district seeks another vendor. As of now, there are no plans to changes vendors. The district staff is now familiar with using UKG. Another vendor will need to meet the same expectations we have come to enjoy with using UKG
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    Usability
    Google
    I give 8 because although it´s a tool I really enjoy working with, I think Google Cloud AI's impact is just starting, therefore I can visualize a lot/space of improvements in this tool. As an example the application of AI in international environments with different languages is a good example of that space/room to improve.
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    Sage
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    UKG
    We have been very happy with the product. Occasionally, there are things we run into that do not seem so clear, yet the customer service provided by UKG community and service cases is unparalleled. Their specialists have been great to take the time to walk us through how to properly set up open enrollment and we appreciate the written follow up from the service cases so we can save the instructions.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
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    Sage
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    UKG
    The system seems very stable. Being hosted in the cloud, we are vulnerable to internet speeds and busy times. The system has been down a couple times over the 3 months we have been live, but Kronos resolved the issues very quickly. To have access from a desktop, tablet, time clock, or phone app is one of the best features....users have almost NO REASON they can't clock in.
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    Performance
    Google
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    Sage
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    UKG
    We were always told that Kronos was the best, but there are reports that we got out of ADP and other payroll providers that we cannot get out of Kronos. One example is a report of Productive/Non-productive hours by department. We also need the dollar amount associated with the hours. This is information that is required on our cost report and we were told that that report is unavailable. It is very frustrating when I can't get what I need.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    Every rep has been nice and helpful whenever I call for help. One of the systems froze and wouldn't start back up and with the help of our assigned rep we got everything back up in a timely manner. This helped us not lose customers and money.
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    UKG
    If I was only rating support itself that would be a 10. Every support case I have entered has been addressed efficiently and with the desired result. On the implementation and transition to support there were multiple issues that those doing the implementation or transition could not answer or workflows and various settings left undone only to be discovered later. We implemented 3 different modules and the expertise we got for each one varied widely.
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    In-Person Training
    Google
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    Sage
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    UKG
    Our in-person training was a hybrid. Live online training with an instructor. They were very knowledgeable of the product & the area they were training on. I asked several specific questions and if they didn't know the answer immediately they followed up after class.
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    Online Training
    Google
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    Sage
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    UKG
    Pretty good online training, you have many how to options and can watch them several times. It can be hard at times to dig through the amount of data online but can usually find what you are looking for. Also you can download documentation for setting up the profiles and policies.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    In fact, you only need the basic tech knowledge to do a Google search. You need to know if your organization requires it or not,. our organization required it. And that is why we acquired it and solved a need that we had been suffering from. This is part of the modernization of an organization and part of its growth as a company.
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    UKG
    Make sure the people who are doing the build have extensive knowledge on employment law and asking the right questions. I would bet that the people who helped with our builds did not read any of our employment contracts or ordinances; and when I asked questions about how other companies handled certain basic dictates from federal employment laws, they didn't have any idea what FMLA, FLSA, etc were.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    These are basic tools although useful, you can't simply ignore them or say they are not good. These tools also have their own values. But, Yes, Google is an advanced one, A king in the field of offering a wide range of tools, quality, speed, easy to use, automation, prebuild, and cost-effective make them a leader and differentiate them from others.
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    Sage
    Sage HRMS was very cost effective for a non-profit. It does all that we needed as a company and more. It also allows us to handle payroll ourselves instead of outsourcing [it].
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    UKG
    UKG is much easier to use and customize for our business needs. I enjoy that the time piece is directly connected with the payroll function. This is something that we didn't see when working with Paylocity. There was a manual time data upload that we needed to process into the Payroll function to process payroll. UKG has this setup and it's just a click of a button, so simple!
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    Scalability
    Google
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    UKG
    Thus far we are able to add as many users as necessary, implement 3 different bargaining units, 5 different types of user groups. Very flexible.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Artificial intelligence and automation seems 'free' and draws the organization in, without seeming to spend a lot of funds. A positive impact, but who is actually tracking the cost?
    • We want our employees to use it, but many resist technology or are scared of it, so we need a way to make them feel more comfortable with the AI.
    • The ROI seems positive since we are full in with Google, and the tools come along with the functionality.
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    Sage
    • there can be a high ROI when processing payroll in house compared to outsourced. Not to mention the flexibility you gain.
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    UKG
    • The system has allowed us to understand what goes into background vendors and helped us transition in a troubled time.
    • The system has allows us to move forms to custom forms vs using Docusign.
    • The system has helped us cut back on paper usage and storing folders.
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