HiBob vs. Sage HR

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HiBob
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
HiBob 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
Sage HR
Score 8.0 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
HiBobSage 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
HiBobSage HR
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe modular product. - No hidden fees - Cancel anytime - No credit card required
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
HiBobSage HR
Considered Both Products
HiBob

No answer on this topic

Sage HR
Chose Sage HR
Sage HR's price point and functionality for a UK based company made it a clear choice for us as a company.
Chose Sage HR
CakeHR (for me) had the best combo of price, features, and functionality for what the business needed. It had transparent pricing unlike some of the others and although many are quite similar, for me one of the standout things is the constant updates and strong customer service.
Features
HiBobSage HR
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
8.8
60 Ratings
11% above category average
Sage HR
7.0
12 Ratings
12% below category average
Employee demographic data10.058 Ratings8.211 Ratings
Employment history9.558 Ratings8.211 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.547 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.257 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.860 Ratings6.511 Ratings
Organization and location management8.651 Ratings6.59 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.827 Ratings5.54 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
7.5
41 Ratings
6% below category average
Sage HR
7.5
2 Ratings
6% below category average
Pay calculation6.924 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors8.419 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.134 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
8.5
54 Ratings
5% above category average
Sage HR
7.4
12 Ratings
9% below category average
Approval workflow9.054 Ratings6.912 Ratings
Balance details8.052 Ratings7.912 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.549 Ratings7.49 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
7.9
59 Ratings
3% below category average
Sage HR
7.5
11 Ratings
8% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information7.941 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Update personal information8.559 Ratings8.711 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.752 Ratings6.59 Ratings
Employee recognition6.645 Ratings6.79 Ratings
View job history8.656 Ratings7.98 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
7.1
56 Ratings
6% below category average
Sage HR
5.9
11 Ratings
24% below category average
Report builder9.354 Ratings6.710 Ratings
Pre-built reports6.554 Ratings6.510 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.634 Ratings4.53 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
6.7
33 Ratings
18% below category average
Sage HR
5.9
8 Ratings
31% below category average
Corporate goal setting7.327 Ratings6.07 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.931 Ratings4.98 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility5.825 Ratings6.28 Ratings
Performance tracking6.731 Ratings6.48 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
6.0
50 Ratings
28% below category average
Sage HR
5.4
8 Ratings
38% below category average
Performance plans7.143 Ratings5.88 Ratings
Performance improvement plans2.634 Ratings3.87 Ratings
Review status tracking6.447 Ratings5.68 Ratings
Review reminders7.249 Ratings6.88 Ratings
Multiple review frequency6.642 Ratings5.28 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Sage HR
3.7
6 Ratings
73% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings3.76 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Sage HR
8.2
9 Ratings
3% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Sage HR
4.4
4 Ratings
55% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings4.14 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings3.82 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings5.32 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings4.14 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
HiBob
-
Ratings
Sage HR
3.2
3 Ratings
83% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings3.63 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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HiBobSage HR
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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PeopleStrong
Score 9.6 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
HiBobSage HR
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(61 ratings)
7.5
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(9 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.7
(4 ratings)
9.1
(5 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
HiBobSage HR
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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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
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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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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
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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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Sage
No answers on this topic
Performance
Hibob
Yes the system is fast and easy to use.
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Sage
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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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.
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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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Sage
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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Sage
No answers on this topic
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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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.
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Scalability
Hibob
It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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Sage
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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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).
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