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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)

    Score7.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Halogen Software offered the TalentSpace talent management solution which was acquired by Saba in 2017 and that is no longer for sale.N/A

    Sage HR

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Sage HR is HR software for small to medium businesses. The vendor states Sage HR is designed to be easy to use, and automates every step of the human resource process. Sage HR is designed with modular functionality to be customized for users' needs. According to the vendor, key differentiators include: 1. Easy to use 2. Modular functionality 2. Automates the end-to-end HR process 3. There's a mobile app (iOS & Android) 5. Feature…

    $5.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)Sage HR
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Expenses Management
    $1.50
    per user, per month
    Performance Management
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Shift Scheduling
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Timesheets
    $3.00
    per user, per month
    Leave Management
    $5.50
    per user, per month
    Recruitment
    $200.00
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)Sage HR
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The modular product. - No hidden fees - Cancel anytime - No credit card required
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)Sage HR
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Sage
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    71%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)Sage HR
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sage HR
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    4% below category average
    New hire portal7.76 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools7.68 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Compliance tracking and reporting8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    5.1
    33 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Sage HR
    6.0
    8 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Corporate goal setting3.528 Ratings6.87 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting3.628 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting7.232 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility4.929 Ratings6.98 Ratings
    Performance tracking6.432 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    6.1
    32 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Sage HR
    5.1
    8 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Performance plans4.628 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Plan weighting8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manager note taking6.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans3.625 Ratings2.27 Ratings
    Review status tracking5.430 Ratings6.08 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders6.332 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.024 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Reporting3.130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Sage HR
    2.7
    4 Ratings
    98% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools7.63 Ratings2.34 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.63 Ratings2.22 Ratings
    Candidate search8.04 Ratings4.22 Ratings
    Candidate development8.04 Ratings2.34 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.211 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    6.8
    12 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings4.012 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    6.2
    11 Ratings
    28% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.211 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings3.89 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings3.19 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    4.8
    6 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings4.86 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    5.8
    11 Ratings
    27% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings2.33 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) and Sage HR
    Feature
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sage HR
    2.9
    3 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings1.33 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score7.9 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
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    User Ratings
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)Sage HR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.4
    (58 ratings)
    8.9
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.4
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued)Sage HR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    I think it's a good platform for tracking and monitoring goals, feedback, and development. We don't use the 1:1 meeting feature, however, I can see how that would be valuable for many organizations. I do like that it is very customizable, however, that also presents problems in that sometimes forms and/or processes can be a bit challenging to create easily and quickly.
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    Sage
    Keeping an accurate time off calendar, with specific buckets, is extremely important. It has helped my company grow without having to manage things in Excel. Also, implementing an annual review process by using CakeHR has been very clean and transparent with my employees. This also allows me to see year over year. In years past, we used Word or a Jotform which made it challenging to pull up years past.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • 1:1 agendas are easy to create, add comments to and prompt excellent conversation flow on the topics that truly matter to the manager and the employee.
    • The system can be easily customized to reflect your company's language and culture. We did this in several areas of the platform (goals, development, learning), and it made a world of difference in the understanding and adaptation of our users. One example is that in each learning module, we added 3 questions in the course description so that managers would be automatically prompted to ask to follow up / learning transfer questions when their employees enroll and take a learning course.
    • Halogen support is outstanding. Any question I have had has been answered upon the first contact or within 24 hours.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    • Employee self service - the apps and desktops GUIs are very intuitive.
    • Leave management - this manages itself through the app and system, saves lots of admin.
    • Customization - you can tailor the system more and more to suit your specific needs.
    • Updates and Customer Service - the CakeHR team gave dedicated a lot of time to bring out weekly updates and systems improvements which shows they are dedicated to making this a great product - the fact that they were bought by Se recently is also testament to their ongoing mission.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • My organization does not use all of the functions/modules that Halogen offers, but I find that those modules still appear on the Halogen main page. I think a great area for improvement is to hide these functions so as not to confuse employees.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    • Some features available in other HR products have not been available in Cake in the past (Performance, ATS), however, these are being rolled out now.
    • The user experience for the Admin interface is not completely intuitive.
    • Overall look and feel could be updated one day.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Implementing a new system and process company wide is never an easy task. We moved so quickly in such a short period of time that we were able to learn quickly but also have the opportunity to improve the Halogen experience. We will more than likely will renew our use of Halogen as we already are seeing a small impact which hopefully in the long run will lead to a greater impact
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Halogen is very intuitive and provides very clean work-space ... lots of white space and modern layouts. There is more than one way to accomplish your action, too!
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    Sage
    payroll process is good Sage HR - web version gives good demographic data uploading to Super portal is good uploading to ATO portal is good giving various reports to Managers is good
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    We only purchased the appraisal module and without the other modules offered, you are really limited in what you can do and the process becomes much more involved with needing to maintain information across multiple platforms. We found that they charge for everything and call it "consulting." We poured so much money and time into a system that was just overkill for what we really needed.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    Customer support is amazing. There are times I post a question and I don't get back to support. They will always follow-up with an email to make sure our questions are answered. I even had a call with Julianna who was wonderful and very personable. You definitely get a level us service that exceeds most companies. Keep up the good work CakeHR.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    It is very easy to use and I can do my own programming instead of paying a technician and waiting sometimes days for them to program the changes.
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Get to know your CAM - Customer Account Manager! They are a lifesaver! (Thanks Jorie Basque!)
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    Sage
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I have used other systems in the past and I like that Halogen provides everything in one space. I would like to see a more developed way to report training, not in the LMS, but I think that for the most part that Halogen is a robust system that is superior to its competition.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    Bamboo is more versatile for large enterprises where as Sage HR is better for smaller/mid-size businesses. Both systems have very similar features and functionality. Sage HR has great tools for companies with multiple locations which has benefitted us in tracking employees' time, resources, and performance. Both have similar customer service and it really comes down to what features you are wanting to focus on as a business.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • We are able to get our reviews done in a quicker amount of time. Instead of 4-8 weeks we were able to get it done under a month.
    • Halogen has gotten better at given us a heads up when the system will be down. Most patches are done overnight so we can at least verify it was done, but their success rate of a patch not breaking something is not at 99%. So we do lose productivity when the system is down.
    • The tool is easier to do so there are fewer questions from users outside the core team.
    Incentivized
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    Sage
    • Saved me lots of admin time with employee self service.
    • I can run this system by myself for over 100 employees so no need to hire extra staff to manage.
    • Easy performance management allows the business to review and appraise employees and make everything more efficient (cost and time).
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Halogen TalentSpace (discontinued) Screenshots

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