Hoopla vs. UKG Pro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hoopla
Score 8.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Hoopla is a cloud based sales motivation application, available on the Salesforce AppExchange, that tracks and motivates sales teams to focus on and perform the key activities that lead to sales success and CRM adoption. Hoopla is native to the Salesforce platform, so users can create sales contests, games and leaderboards based on any Salesforce metric. Updates are streamed live on any TV, mobile or desktop screen throughout a company.
$22
Per User per Month
UKG Pro
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
UKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
Pricing
HooplaUKG Pro
Editions & Modules
Standard
$22
Per User per Month
Advanced
$25
Unlimited
$32
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HooplaUKG Pro
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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HooplaUKG Pro
Features
HooplaUKG Pro
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.8
941 Ratings
4% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.6852 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.3877 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0847 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.6832 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings7.1743 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0756 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.2599 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.1
858 Ratings
0% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.2812 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.7407 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.2318 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6732 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.4800 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.2660 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.7
664 Ratings
6% below category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings7.6589 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings7.7619 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.7511 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
8.0
909 Ratings
2% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.2877 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.4882 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.9651 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.3340 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.3863 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.5
229 Ratings
7% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.5229 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.1
844 Ratings
6% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.3819 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.2833 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.7580 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.8
644 Ratings
2% below category average
New hire portal00 Ratings8.1637 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.6516 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.5
438 Ratings
7% below category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.3345 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.5417 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.6298 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings7.6387 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.5
542 Ratings
5% below category average
Performance plans00 Ratings7.6484 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings6.9381 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings7.7498 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.5468 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.5394 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.1
235 Ratings
10% below category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.7189 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.2203 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings7.5206 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings7.0187 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Hoopla
-
Ratings
UKG Pro
7.4
530 Ratings
5% below category average
Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.5499 Ratings
Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.5489 Ratings
Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.2387 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.4451 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.1382 Ratings
Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.7486 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.6451 Ratings
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User Ratings
HooplaUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(15 ratings)
8.1
(1032 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(197 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(3 ratings)
7.9
(268 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(76 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(333 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(6 ratings)
6.5
(496 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(88 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(206 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(87 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(78 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(68 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(95 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(57 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(50 ratings)
User Testimonials
HooplaUKG Pro
Likelihood to Recommend
Hoopla Software
Hoopla is a valuable ally to improve the team's performance. [I]t is a great help for those teams that have defined and [created] clear automated metrics. However, if you are in a team where the metrics are manually evaluated, it can be hard to get excited about the progress, since it will take longer to refresh.
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UKG
I feel UKG Pro has been so horribly rolled out at the City of Houston. I'm amazed that, as a system administrator, it even works at all. In my opinion, the greatest expense the city has budgeted is managed by a shoe-string, janky, bug-ridden mess. I truly hope UKG is bought out for 2 cents and scattered to dust. In my opinion, terrible maintenance and support, the worst consultants money can buy, the sleaziest sales accountants. This system tries my patience as a lead system administrator and I would caution anyone considering bringing in this mess to their business. It's been a year now, and we still have workarounds and bugs daily.
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Pros
Hoopla Software
  • Simple leaderboards that stack rank individuals in the areas that you want to measure
  • Instant notifications and providing the virtual "pat on the back" when something positive occurs
  • Effective salesforce.com integration that makes in easy to administer
  • Great user community to share ideas, tips, and best practices
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UKG
  • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
  • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
  • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
  • It is easy to use and navigate
  • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
  • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
  • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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Cons
Hoopla Software
  • I wish it ran in a browser and not as a full Chrome app, would have made setup easier.
  • It was nice to have default images out of the box, more would have been nice.
  • For smaller companies, it can get pricy, quick. We 100% see the ROI to be clear.
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UKG
  • Teachers that are hard functionality. Okay. I would say the most issues that we've had is the admins or the HR department losing their access and it throws us for a loop. It's like, what happened? What's going on? So that's the main thing. And then some of our employees struggle with the hourly employees try to struggle with timekeeping as in clocking in and clocking out. But we got that resolved. Thank you UKG Pro. And our employees are happy again. I would recommend UKG Pro.
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Likelihood to Renew
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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Usability
Hoopla Software
I gave it a 9 because it really is an extremely easy service to use. I would comfortably say that a brand use user could be set up and using it within just a few minutes. Hoopla has been very great about making any new update very user friendly and easy to use and figure out
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UKG
It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
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Reliability and Availability
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
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Performance
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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Support Rating
Hoopla Software
I have really enjoyed my relationship with our client success manger, Annette. She is always willing to hop on a call for a quick question and is very responsive. She has taken the time to walk me through how to upload new reports, set up new metrics and leaderboards, while also being helpful in setting up a new channel to broadcast
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UKG
The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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In-Person Training
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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Online Training
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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Implementation Rating
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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Alternatives Considered
Hoopla Software
They were both comparable based on the tool and results on how we wanted to Broadcast sales metrics and KPI’s across the entire sales organization. Hoopla just seemed to be much easier to use with fewer bells and whistles. We felt based on the pricing structure and how we planned to display hoopla on monitors throughout our office that it was the best choice to move forward with
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UKG
We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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Scalability
Hoopla Software
No answers on this topic
UKG
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Return on Investment
Hoopla Software
  • We hear music and folks cheer when a "Breaking News" announcement occurs. The community level engagement can not be quanitified
  • The contest environments have helped to lead sellers to stay an extra 30 minutes and make 10 more calls just to pass someone up. We see our call volume increased because of it.
  • We measure the trails of our solution that our sellers create from leads. We can see an active pursuit of those conversions to be at the top of the leaderboard. More trails, lead to more opportunities, that lead to more sales.
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UKG
  • My company acquired another company, and with a UKG partner, we were able to bring them online in UKG within two months of the acquisition date.
  • When COVID sent us remote, we could configure custom fields to track vaccination status.
  • The C-suite can get custom reports done in minutes, or ours, where our previous HRIS would have taken days to accomplish, as data would have had to have been exported to Excel and then manipulated inside Excel.
  • UKG has allowed to go virtual paper free as both a candidate and employee.
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ScreenShots

UKG Pro Screenshots

Screenshot of included workforce analytics.Screenshot of the payroll gateway.