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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

    Patriot Payroll

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APatriot Software headquartered in Canton, Ohio offers Patriot PAY, their benefits administration and payroll software.

    $17

    per month

    Pricing
    HiBobPatriot Payroll
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic Payroll
    $17/mo + $4 per employee/contractor
    Accounting Basic
    $20/mo (unlimited use)
    Accounting Premium
    $30/mo (unlimited use)
    Full Service Payroll
    $37/mo + $4 per employee/contractor
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HiBobPatriot Payroll
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Patriot Software has two payroll options to choose from: Basic Payroll, and Full Service payroll software. Both start with a simple three-step payroll process. With the Full Service Payroll, Patriot will collect, deposit, and file federal, state, and local payroll taxes on the customer's behalf; end-of-the-year payroll tax filing is included at no extra charge. Print W2s on 8 x 1/2 x 11 plain white office paper to hand to employees, or post to the free employee portal. Also, Patriot Software offers free direct deposit.
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    Community Pulse
    HiBobPatriot Payroll
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    HiBob
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HiBobPatriot Payroll
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Patriot Payroll
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    Ratings
    Employee demographic data10.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employment history9.658 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration9.647 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organizational charting9.960 Ratings00 Ratings
    Organization and location management9.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.727 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Patriot Payroll
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pay calculation7.724 Ratings9.515 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.419 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.034 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.211 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings6.36 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Patriot Payroll
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    Approval workflow9.054 Ratings00 Ratings
    Balance details7.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Patriot Payroll
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    Ratings
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.941 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update personal information9.359 Ratings00 Ratings
    View company policy documentation8.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Employee recognition7.845 Ratings00 Ratings
    View job history9.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Patriot Payroll
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    Ratings
    Report builder9.154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-built reports6.854 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.734 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Patriot Payroll
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    Ratings
    Corporate goal setting8.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility6.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of HiBob and Patriot Payroll
    Feature
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Patriot Payroll
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    Ratings
    Performance plans8.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans1.934 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.847 Ratings00 Ratings
    Review reminders8.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.842 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HiBobPatriot Payroll
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (62 ratings)
    9.7
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    9.3
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (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
    HiBobPatriot Payroll
    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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    Patriot Software
    Patriot PAY is well-suited to a company that has a 10-day window between the end of the pay period and the payday. The company size makes very little difference and it is easy to use for any company. It is also very progressive in development and improvement. If a company has a small window for turn-around, but fairly consistent payroll amounts (such as a lot of salary workers), Patriot PAY might also be a good fit for them.

    Companies with tight turn-around times or payrolls that vary significantly in direct deposit amounts might have difficulty using Patriot PAY.
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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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    Patriot Software
    • It is simple, intuitive and straightforward in its design. Someone with little experience with roles in human resources roles, bookkeeping or payroll can quickly learn how to set-up the software and run payroll regularly by reading through the support portion of the site, or by contacting the helpful staff at Patriot. Patriot staff have walked me through issues or guided me on the phone as I learned how to use a function of the software.
    • Patriot provides comprehensive quarterly tax filing records, including 941s, state unemployment compensation tax payments, state employer's tax and local employer's tax filings. You can also generate payroll or tax deposit reports over a specific time period or per employee.
    • The support and FAQ pages available on Patriot are very practical and written in an easy to understand manner. Using the information provided there, I was able to properly set up new employees according to local and state filing requirements.
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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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    Patriot Software
    • Connecting with outside software - we have an issue of Patriot not recognizing donors when connected to other websites when all the information is the same minus a middle initial
    • Giving an error page when something small is off. Instead of giving an easy to fix error notification, Patriot brings the user to an error page and they have to reenter everything.
    • Fixing dates easily. If a date is entered incorrectly, 8/13/21 instead of 2021, an error pop up appears but the user has to click enter/okay many times or refresh the page in order to fix this issue.
    • Enter vs Tab key - Patriot loves the tab key but if the user clicks enter instead, many times it brings them to the home page.
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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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    Patriot Software
    It works well because it is cheap for us.
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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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    Patriot Software
    I think it is great once things are setup as for general user looking to look for simple things like a copy of a paystub or a current pay rate for an employee. However, to find specialized things like a state withholding number or payroll integration settings those do require a bit more digging to find or possibly a call to customer service for help.
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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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    Patriot Software
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    Performance
    HiBob
    Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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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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    Patriot Software
    Generally speaking it is pretty good that when I need to call somebody up for a payroll question I can generally within five minutes get somebody on the phone and they can help me resolve the problem or specify where specifically I need to go or contact to find my answers. However, that being said, for my specific situation as a partner my assigned contact has not always been very responsive.
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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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    Patriot Software
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    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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    Patriot Software
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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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    Patriot Software
    I briefly used Intuit Online Payroll, and it was expensive, had no support, and was very frustrating to use. I also used 3 local tax companies for payroll - they were extremely expensive and messed up all of the time. Their employee turnover was very annoying (and it seemed to happen every other month) and each employee did things differently. When I let one of my employees go, the last company paid them after termination (2 weeks of salary), and had to get into a legal battle because the employee would not give the money back.
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    Scalability
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    Patriot Software
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    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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    Patriot Software
    • It boosts my time available for client-facing activities by not having to spend as much time processing payroll.
    • It helps me deliver accurate reports to my CPA at tax time regarding employee wages and employer taxes.
    • Through the online portal, I can easily track year-to-date taxes my company has paid.
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    ScreenShots

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    Patriot Payroll Screenshots

    Screenshot of the 3-step process to carry out payrollScreenshot of the Payroll interface, which can be used run payroll on any device with internet or data connection. There is no need to download and maintain a separate payroll app.Screenshot of a payroll report, to sort by work location, employee, and date range.