Hibob vs. Out'n About! For Outlook

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hibob
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Hibob headquartered in London their HR management platform, bob. Hibob provides a wide range of features supporting talent management including onboarding administration and task management, payroll reporting and time tracking, and manager dashboard for tracking employee performance.N/A
Out'n About! For Outlook
Score 7.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Out’n About! for Outlook is a time tracking solution that is designed to replace an in/out status board. The vendor says their solution makes it easy for businesses to manage their workforce availability and timesheets. This solution enables businesses to use their existing Outlook environment, and employees can easily track their work hours. This solution is customizable and businesses can control what information is seen on the status board.  Custom reports are…
$349
per server
Pricing
HibobOut'n About! For Outlook
Editions & Modules
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Out'n About! For Outlook
$349
per server
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HibobOut'n About! For Outlook
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFree upgrades and free support. You can connect an unlimited number of clients to a single purchased server. No per-user fees.
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Community Pulse
HibobOut'n About! For Outlook
Top Pros
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Features
HibobOut'n About! For Outlook
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
7.5
56 Ratings
4% below category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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Ratings
Employee demographic data7.754 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.054 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration8.243 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.553 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.456 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management7.747 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.126 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
6.6
38 Ratings
20% below category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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Pay calculation6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
8.1
50 Ratings
0% above category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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Approval workflow8.550 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.948 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment7.945 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
7.6
55 Ratings
6% below category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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View and generate pay and benefit information6.938 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.255 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.648 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.142 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.152 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
7.4
53 Ratings
3% below category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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Report builder8.151 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.451 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.833 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
6.8
30 Ratings
18% below category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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Corporate goal setting6.624 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.828 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility6.823 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Hibob
7.2
47 Ratings
10% below category average
Out'n About! For Outlook
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Performance plans7.240 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans6.734 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking7.245 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.647 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.440 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
HibobOut'n About! For Outlook
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(57 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HibobOut'n About! For Outlook
Likelihood to Recommend
Hibob
Bob is well suited to house documents, build organisational charts, request and authorise time off or sick leave, as well as displaying teams, their time off and their current status (on holiday, on parental leave, active, etc). Bob is also well suited to automate tasks, for example if there is a new starter, it's easy to tell everyone involved what they should do automatically - that's a big weight off the People Team's shoulders. Unfortunately, not everything is possible with Bob. For example, the creation of templates for documents is not ideal, with lots of formatting oddities and building different version of the same documents being generally difficult. Furthermore, the signature function is not legally binding, so can't be use (for example) to send employment contracts for signature.
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Intelligent Concepts
1,- If the organization have 365 I recomended the integration with Out'n About 2.- If your organization does not have 365 I not recomended the solution because the integration is not easy 3.- In Europe there are many legal requirements to comply with the GDPR with employees and the sharing of information. Express authorizations and many requirements, and one emplyee can say not to the authorization. 4.- Need best performance in big organizations 5.- Not work in MAC properly
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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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Intelligent Concepts
  • Outlook Contact Synchronization automatically
  • Time sheet informs for the remote workers
  • Sensing presence for remote workers and local employeers
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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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Intelligent Concepts
  • Panel department it is not easy to implement
  • 365 compatibility need to improvement
  • Remote mobile commands many times not working
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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
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Intelligent Concepts
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Usability
Hibob
Hibob is generally very easy to use or figure out. Their resource library is also fairly extensive and has a lot of videos that are helpful to follow along with.
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Intelligent Concepts
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Hibob
Yes they are always there when we need them. Fast response time too.
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Intelligent Concepts
No answers on this topic
Performance
Hibob
Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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Intelligent Concepts
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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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Intelligent Concepts
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Hibob
It was fast and easy to learn with the trainer. Their staff was great to work with.
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Intelligent Concepts
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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Intelligent Concepts
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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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Intelligent Concepts
Sheqsy We evaluate for 2 months and does not working well with 365 and does not support in Europe. It is good for control remote workers, but not for a colaboration tool and integration in organizations with more than 500 users. It is good also because sale in SaaS mode but for the GDPR law in Europe not offers regulatory compliance guarantees regarding sensitive employee data. For the sales people in the field can be good, but is not easy to achieve good results
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Scalability
Hibob
It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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Intelligent Concepts
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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Intelligent Concepts
  • In this moment we expect to improve the control of remote workers in a 100%
  • The control of the remote worker can suppose to a 25 % more in the productivity
  • The investment is relatively low with the expected benefits
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Out'n About! For Outlook Screenshots

Screenshot of Main Screen Features
Your employees can connect to Out’n About! for Outlook via Microsoft Outlook.

A small Outlook addin adds all the Out’n About! In/Out Status Board features directly into the Outlook interface so you can continue to manage all of your information using a common interface.Screenshot of Presence Sensing

Out’n About! for Outlook contains a presence sensing feature that automatically alerts you when you use your computer and are currently Checked Out to ensure you have not forgotten to check In when returning to the office.Screenshot of Outlook Calendar Integration
Out’n About! for Outlook allows you to schedule future status events (e.g., meetings, travel, or vacation) based on Outlook Appointment items.

Department Panel
Organize your workforce into easy to use departments.

The Out’n About! Department Panel allows users to quickly select different departments for viewing. The panel also contains a filter dialog which allows users to filter users by different search criteria.