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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Namely

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ANamely is an end-to-end HR, benefits, and payroll solution for mid-sized businesses. The cloud-based platform can be used to manage the entire HR process.N/A
    Pricing
    HiBobNamely
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HiBobNamely
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    HiBobNamely
    Considered Both Products
    HiBob
    No answer on this topic
    Vensure Employer Services
    Chose Namely
    Namely was able to check all of the boxes in the most affordable way
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    66%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    72%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    54%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    62%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Features
    HiBobNamely
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Namely
    9.7
    144 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Employee demographic data10.058 Ratings8.0133 Ratings
    Employment history9.658 Ratings10.0139 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration9.647 Ratings10.031 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.257 Ratings10.0133 Ratings
    Organizational charting9.960 Ratings10.0135 Ratings
    Organization and location management9.851 Ratings10.0130 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.727 Ratings10.083 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Namely
    9.2
    128 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pay calculation7.724 Ratings10.0112 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.419 Ratings10.054 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.034 Ratings10.0101 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings10.058 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.0110 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings10.0114 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings6.657 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Namely
    10.0
    125 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Approval workflow9.054 Ratings10.0122 Ratings
    Balance details7.752 Ratings10.0117 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.149 Ratings10.096 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Namely
    7.2
    142 Ratings
    14% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.941 Ratings10.0130 Ratings
    Update personal information9.359 Ratings10.0141 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.752 Ratings7.0128 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.845 Ratings2.1117 Ratings
    View job history9.656 Ratings7.0135 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Namely
    7.8
    122 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Report builder9.154 Ratings8.0118 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.854 Ratings8.0113 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.734 Ratings7.574 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Namely
    6.3
    97 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Corporate goal setting8.427 Ratings5.087 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.131 Ratings3.194 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility6.825 Ratings10.073 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.031 Ratings7.090 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Namely
    6.3
    108 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Performance plans8.343 Ratings5.097 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans1.934 Ratings5.069 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.847 Ratings7.096 Ratings
    Review reminders8.849 Ratings7.099 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.842 Ratings7.485 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    Namely
    5.9
    53 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings5.953 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    Namely
    6.5
    117 Ratings
    21% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.0111 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings5.086 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    Namely
    5.9
    21 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Candidate search00 Ratings5.921 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of HiBob and Namely
    Feature
    HiBob
    -
    Ratings
    Namely
    8.8
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HiBobNamely
    Small Businesses
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    UZIO
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Zoho People
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HiBobNamely
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (62 ratings)
    7.6
    (146 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    6.0
    (28 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    5.5
    (85 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HiBobNamely
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    Namely is aesthetically very pleasing and navigates like other social media platforms which can be appealing to potentially a remote workforce who interacts more online than in person. Unfortunately, it did not serve our population well as we are primarily manufacturing where people are not as interested in utilizing the HRIS for interactions when they would rather connect in person.
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    Pros
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    • Namely has helped with our COVID sick leave response. It has made a major difference both with the weekly payroll and the 941 tax filing
    • Keeping track of our multiple PTO plans. Thank goodness for Namely, I have shredded my old PTO spreadsheets.
    • Employees like the convenience of the cell phone app. As a payroll administrator, I like the Geo Tracking tool where I can see where some are when the clock is in or out.
    • The flexibility inside of the payroll system both as you are finalizing an employee profile and when you are processing payroll is a major advantage.
    • The reports I get out of Namely in Excel format work well for me.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    • Limits to custom reporting
    • No direct feed for Ohio Workers Comp (now a manual process on our end)
    • No option to place an employee on Leave of Absence and exclude them from payroll while they are "inactive"
    • No option to suppress certain deductions for certain pay types (i.e. allow 401K for commissions but block remaining deductions - also now a manual process to uncheck the suppress box for 401K for each commission check)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    Incentivized
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    Vensure Employer Services
    Administrators and employees love Namely. It is very easy to use and streamlined. Employees stay engaged with news feed updates and enjoy all the self service options. The time cards are very easy to access and clocking in and out for non-exempt employees is a breeze. Namely is part of our family.
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    Usability
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    It is very simple to use for myself, the HR team, and our employees. I find the payroll process very user-friendly. Reporting is simple to navigate and produce the required information requested. I know our employees enjoy the self-service feature and use it on a regular basis, which saves me time.
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    Reliability and Availability
    HiBob
    Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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    Vensure Employer Services
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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    Vensure Employer Services
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    Namely platform has pretty good support: knowledgeable and relatively fast response times. Namely Payroll and Namely Benefits are very much depending on the quality of the support agent or CSM: we have had knowledgeable and attentive ones, but also ones that have provided erroneous information or failed to respond to urgent asks in a timely manner
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    Online Training
    HiBob
    It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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    Vensure Employer Services
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    Implementation was a bit complicated and our company had to carry most of the weight. It often felt like our implementation manager was giving us extra work that she did not want to do herself. It also took much longer than expected - I believe almost 2 months. I believe our company carried a bit too much of the weight.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    The reason I continued to choose Namely at multiple employers is due to the continuity of employee experience. And the features have continued to grow since I initially onboarded in 2014. Also, through the years, I have had terrific benefits teams. The customer service has been the worst part of the experience outside of the benefits team.
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    Scalability
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    Vensure Employer Services
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Vensure Employer Services
    • We were able to transition to a fully digital onboarding process which saved us hours in time per new hire and made the process smoother for the new hire.
    • Namely is our first HRIS and has helped the HR department to find data and information quickly.
    • Namely helped us digitize our performance management process which the company undergoes on an annual basis.
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    Namely Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Namely employee dashboard. This creates a central hub to access payroll and benefits info, share announcements, celebrate milestones, and navigate everything HR, from a desk or on the go.Screenshot of Namely Payroll, which is backed by automation and built-in compliance.Screenshot of the Onboarding interface, for new hires.Screenshot of the Applicant Tracking interface, which supports processes from job posting to onboarding with tools for hiring teams and candidates.Screenshot of the Benefits Administration interface, which supports open enrollment, plan changes, and employee elections.Screenshot of the Workforce Management interface. From here, viewers can track time, manage schedules, and handle complex workforce needs.