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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HotSchedules

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHotSchedules is a cloud-based scheduling, labor and communication management software solution serving the restaurant and hospitality industry. According to the vendor, key benefits include: Build & Communicate Schedules The scheduling and labor management software reduces the time it takes managers to create and communicate schedules. All scheduling and employee information is stored in one central location, so managers have access to time-off requests,…

    $2

    per month per employee

    Webexpenses

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AWebexpenses is a global provider of spend management solutions, combining integrated Expense Cards with cloud-based software for businesses of all sizes across 70+ countries. Serving industries such as retail, finance, technology, construction, and not-for-profit, Webexpenses gives businesses control over company spending by automating processes, proactively enforcing policies, and controlling costs. Features The Webexpenses platform includes both desktop…

    $10.13

    per month per user

    Pricing
    HotSchedulesWebexpenses
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $2
    per month per employee
    Plus
    $4
    per month per employee
    Quote-Based
    Quote-based pricing
    Essential
    $10.13
    per month per user
    Scale
    $12.15
    per month per user
    Pro
    $18
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HotSchedulesWebexpenses
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$250 one-time fee per installation
    Additional Details—These USD amounts are approximate and provided for guidance only. As exchange rates fluctuate daily with market movements, the actual USD equivalent will vary over time and may differ at the point of transaction or when a formal USD price list is established.
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    Community Pulse
    HotSchedulesWebexpenses
    Considered Both Products
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answer on this topic
    Webexpenses
    Chose Webexpenses
    Fourth is easy to use as part of the payroll module, but not easy in how expenses are submitted and uploaded.
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    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    650 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    344 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    675 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    215 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    240 Answers
    Features
    HotSchedulesWebexpenses
    Expense Management
    Comparison of Expense Management features of HotSchedules and Webexpenses
    Feature
    HotSchedules
    -
    Ratings
    Webexpenses
    8.5
    161 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.7161 Ratings
    Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings8.274 Ratings
    Payment Management
    Comparison of Payment Management features of HotSchedules and Webexpenses
    Feature
    HotSchedules
    -
    Ratings
    Webexpenses
    8.4
    150 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
    Financial Document Management00 Ratings7.737 Ratings
    Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings8.9140 Ratings
    Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings8.9114 Ratings
    Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Advanced OCR00 Ratings7.825 Ratings
    Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings8.883 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Expensify
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Emburse Expense Enterprise (formerly Chrome River)
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HotSchedulesWebexpenses
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (167 ratings)
    8.7
    (824 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (50 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    8.6
    (824 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (377 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (20 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HotSchedulesWebexpenses
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    For small to medium-sized companies HotSchedules works great when business is very static. If you are simply using HotSchedules for a schedule writing tool, it is phenomenal. However, it does miss the mark as a labor control software. Needs more controls to keep managers aware of spending versus historical sales data.
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    Webexpenses
    Webexpenses is well suited for payroll to easily track workforce expenses and reducing hours of manual work from approving and processing the submitted claims. I have to highlight the automated custom report generating, which suits any needs to see reports for our teams. At our organization there is no sceniario, where Webexpenses would be less appropriate.
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    Pros
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    • Communication is so simple on HotSchedules. Whether it is communicating a new schedule release, or a quick note about tonight's shift we as managers are able to easily communicate and know that it will reach our team through text notifications, or email notifications.
    • The Meal Break planning tool is very useful in being able to help our floor leaders clearly understand and plan for what breaks are needed throughout the shift. This allows them to come up with a strategic game plan quickly and spend more time with our guests.
    • Shift Swaps and Releases are so seamless. This is our favorite tool as it makes helping our team cover shifts extremely easy and painless. On the flip side it also makes staff who want more hours be able to find what is available in real time.
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    Webexpenses
    • imports credit card transactions from our corporate card program without issue
    • allows for easy set up of new users
    • is a very intuitive, easy to learn tool
    • has a very responsive support and customer service team
    • Set up and configuration was thorough, and they were able to work through our unique issues, such as custom segments in NetSuite.
    • It is a very inexpensive product. Well worth the cost.
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    Cons
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    • Clocking In and out can be a little slow. It takes longer to clock in then our previous method. Before we just had a card you swiped and it would clock you in. Took 2 seconds. Now with the Hotschdules method we use it take 30 seconds or so. Not a huge issue but it can add up if you have one computer and a line of employees waiting to clock in.
    • Time Cards. It does not allow you to view someones current time until the "punch" has ended. If the manager would like to check what time the employee clocked in/out from lunch they have to wait until the employee has clocked out for the day before the record is generated. As a shift lead you may send and employee to lunch but forget to note what time you sent them. Awhile passes and you feel like they should be back by now, so you want to go in and see what time they left for lunch but it does not show you that punch record because the employee is still "clocked in" they are just on their "Meal Break"
    • The ability to customize the restrictions for Clocking in and out. You can set it up so that employees can only clock in from a specific location, however if you have a manager who is allowed to work from home they would not be able to clock in without being at the same location as set in the software. It would be nice to see it able to be customized per user.
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    Webexpenses
    • Would be nice if claims could be organised into certain chronological orders i.e. ordered by date so I don't have to copy and delete claims when adding a claim in that has an earlier date
    • Would be ideal to have an option to save full routes rather than just addresses maybe?
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    Ease of use, efficiently creating and posting staff schedules.
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    Webexpenses
    There doesn't seem to be anything in the market at the same price point that is better, however if there is an interrupter in the market that provides better value, then we would heavily assess the cost of change to see if we should move on to the alternative offering.
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    Usability
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    6 Years of Experience provides me the insight on the upgrades and changes that HotSchedules has done to improve the experience of its users. There are so many features that we still have not started or used to the fullest, but we believe that we are currently getting a strong value out of the money that is paid for this product.
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    Webexpenses
    I think this is an easy to use and effective system for expense management. I like how I can upload images and documents directly from my phone onto the mobile app. It's beneficial for continuity that the app and the web browser work the same, and I can save claims to come back to later if I wish.
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    Reliability and Availability
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Webexpenses
    The soft ware is reliable. The phone app works well and allows you to upload evidence, receipts, log mileage and log expenses. It works well and is rarely locked or there are very few times the app is down. The laptop based software is easy to access and again is always available
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    Performance
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Webexpenses
    The phone based app and the laptop based app always load quickly. It is easy to access. It is quick to use. It easy and quick to upload information and evidence. It is easy to log details. The information goes off to accounting and payroll quickly resulting in prompt payments for staff
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    Support Rating
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    On rare occasions a phone call has been required to find the solution to a problem, the HotSchedules response staff have been helpful, courteous, and genuinely seem to care for their clients and take pride in what they do. The consistent development and fine tuning of the platform, interface, and mobile environment shows that this is not a program full of people who rest on their laurels.
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    Webexpenses
    The support for the initial setup was great, but since then we have only had to contact support once when we had problems uploading credit card files. The help we received at this time was not good and we ended up trying various things until we resolved the problem ourselves. The online support tutorials are good, but searching for a specific issue is difficult.
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    In-Person Training
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Webexpenses
    All went well.
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    Online Training
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Webexpenses
    It was difficult to train multiple people via video, as they learned at different speeds, and most of the user champions were not as capable with systems and finance processes as our dept.
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    Implementation Rating
    HotSchedules and Fourth
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    Webexpenses
    As long as you have people that are fully aware of the setup steps to get users into the software then I would see no issues arising for any company.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    I have not used any other Scheduling software for employees. As a campground manager in the summer season, we are using campground master for reservations. it is very similar in process to employee scheduling. the ability to the user of that program to set up their own parameters for time and reservations is something that would benefit the employee scheduling software.
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    Webexpenses
    I would have to say that Webexpenses does not stack up well in comparison to Expensify. If given a choice, I would choose Expensify for the best user experience and mobile / desktop being more seamless. It accomplishes the same thing but has a more modern, minimal, and streamlined feel to it.
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    Scalability
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    No answers on this topic
    Webexpenses
    Every department in my organization uses webexpenses. My role and the role of others involves travel, expenses and mileage. Everyone uses the app to log details, upload receipts and to claim allowable expenses. having spoken to everyone within my team and wider directorate, i do not know of anyone who has had issues with the app
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    Return on Investment
    HotSchedules and Fourth
    • Saving time on scheduling means our managers can focus more on guest experience, managing the floor and other areas that contribute to the success of our business.
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    Webexpenses
    • Easy integration with your existing finance / accounting software.
    • Lot of time is being saved in maintaining records and now going completely online.
    • Love the option of Scan receipts with Google-vision-powered optical character. This also resulted in less use of paper in our office.
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    ScreenShots

    HotSchedules Screenshots

    Screenshot of Time-Off, Availability, Employee Hours, Sales Volume are all available in the scheduler.Screenshot of Employees are able to swap and pick-up shifts from the HotSchedules Mobile App. All shift changes or requests require a manager's approval.Screenshot of Managers and employees can communicate with each other from the mobile and web apps - from anywhere and at anytime.Screenshot of Employees can submit a time-off, request - paid, or unpaid - and can request to work or request off right from the mobile app.Screenshot of Managers can view sales and labor data from their phone.

    Webexpenses Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Webexpenses mobile app, that captures receipts instantly.Screenshot of Webexpenses, accessed through a desktop, iOS, Android or Windows device.Screenshot of mileage tracking with Webexpenses.Screenshot of a display of expense-related spend, reported and tracked with customisable reports.Screenshot of the mobile app, where users' expenses can be built, submitted and approved.Screenshot of Webexpenses payments and expense reimbursements.