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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

    Small Improvements

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/APerformance Reviews & 360s Provide employees with structured opportunities for reflection and assessment through performance reviews and peer feedback. Customize the questions, define who participates, establish a cadence that suits an organization’s schedule, and run reviews for different departments at the same time. Ongoing Feedback Praise coworkers for a job well done and request feedback at any time from anyone. Prepare for…

    $2

    per user, per month

    Pricing
    HiBobSmall Improvements
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Engagement and Retention Add-on
    $2
    per user, per month
    Performance Starter Pack
    $5
    per user, per month
    Feedback and Performance Suite
    $7
    per user, per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HiBobSmall Improvements
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—We also offer volume discounts if you have over 200 employees! Please see the calculator on our pricing page to calculate your exact price.
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    Community Pulse
    HiBobSmall Improvements
    Considered Both Products
    HiBob
    Chose HiBob
    We used Small Improvements for our 1-1s and annual reviews before using Hibob. It worked for us, but nothing beats one login for all of our people processes. Key efficiencies for the win!
    Incentivized
    Small Improvements
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    55 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    46 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    HiBobSmall Improvements
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of HiBob and Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    9.5
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Small Improvements
    -
    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 Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    41 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Small Improvements
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation7.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors9.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of HiBob and Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.3
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Small Improvements
    -
    Ratings
    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 Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    8.8
    59 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Small Improvements
    -
    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 Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    56 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Small Improvements
    -
    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 Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    7.8
    33 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Small Improvements
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Corporate goal setting8.427 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.131 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility6.825 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.031 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Subordinate goal setting00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of HiBob and Small Improvements
    Feature
    HiBob
    6.9
    50 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Small Improvements
    9.3
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Performance plans8.343 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans1.934 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Review status tracking7.847 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Review reminders8.849 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency7.842 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Plan weighting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Manager note taking00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Rater nomination workflow00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Workflow restrictions00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HiBobSmall Improvements
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (62 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.1
    (4 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
    HiBobSmall Improvements
    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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    Small Improvements
    I'm honestly not sure why my company chose to use Small Improvements. We used Lattice before for the all the same use cases I mentioned here. The employee performance review feature might be a bit better in Small Improvements, but the goal-setting tool and the 1:1 tool are very weak. I may not have benefitted yet from all the features that Small Improvements have to offer, but so far it looks like a pretty basic HR tool with much better alternatives out there. If it's cheaper than the competition, that might be the only argument to go with it.
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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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    Small Improvements
    • Goal Tracking: Enables users to chart goals, track progress, and provide details about what they want/expect to achieve.
    • Praise Wall: A public place to post positive and encouraging comments about other employees.
    • 360 Reviews: Users can request and gain 1:1 feedback; this can be anonymous if desired.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Small Improvements
    • Being able to edit projects more easily (and have a documented edit history) would be beneficial.
    • Possibly integrations with popular platforms (such as JIRA) to give expanded detail of project tracking.
    • Gantt charts would be a nice to have for a top level management view.
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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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    Small Improvements
    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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    Small Improvements
    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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    Small Improvements
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Small Improvements
    The customer support is quick and thorough, they have access to our account to answers are tailored to our needs. They also have a good knowledge base and self-help site with some video tutorials and FAQs which saved us time as opposed to just calling or emailing support. For the times that we did reach out, it only took one response to get our issue resolved.
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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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    Small Improvements
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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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    Small Improvements
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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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    Small Improvements
    Lattice was able to link in with core OKRs whereas from my memory, Small Improvements didn't support this goal setting and tracking framework. While it was good for sentiment and management frameworks, it was unable to connect with the greater company vision as well as Lattice - that was the reason that we moved.
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    Scalability
    HiBob
    It is easy to use across the board for all departments in the company.
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    Small Improvements
    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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    Small Improvements
    • Before we had Small Improvements, personal goal setting was completely disorganized. Some managers made sure it was done, likewise many did not.
    • Having past goals collected in one repository has been a blessing. I couldn't imagine not having Small Improvements or something comparable.
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    Small Improvements Screenshots

    Screenshot of Provide employees with structured opportunities for reflection and assessment through Performance ReviewsScreenshot of Decide whether or not you want manager to approve nominations for 360 FeedbackScreenshot of Share agenda items, meeting notes, and follow-up discussions with 1:1 MeetingsScreenshot of Create templated 1:1 meeting agendas for your managersScreenshot of Identify goals, set success measures, and track the results with ObjectivesScreenshot of Give public kudos to your colleagues with Praise