Brightmine vs. Optimum Solutions HRIS (discontinued)

XpertHR is well suited to providing a good starting point for introducing a new policy or reviewing an existing one. The content organization helps reduce the risk of overlooking relevant considerations. A section on Trending topics provides a helpful prompt to keep current on current issues. The regular email alerts are sound, too, flagging up new resources.

Incentivized

Optimum Solutions works very well for all our payroll needs. We run payrolls weekly, semi-monthly, monthly and yearly. The end of year process is lined out very well and webinars are available to go over any new regulations required. We haven't utilized the HR part of the software as much on the iSeries but are planning on changing that once we get converted to the Windows version later this year. The main reason for this is the HR part of the software on the iSeries is separate from payroll.

Incentivized

• Template policies are perfect, up to date and read very well
• The manager training sections are great as you can build them into your own sessions and provide accurate answers
• Their themed packs are excellent resources when you are venturing into new guidance, for example supporting menopause in the workplace

Incentivized

• The setup of Optimum HRIS was intense as the software comes as a basic shell and everything is personalized to our organization. All earnings codes, leave time, employee types, job codes, taxes, etc. are set up for each company. While this was almost overwhelming at the beginning, we have so much control over the set up and better grasp of the inner workings of the system.
• Tax updates come quickly and are easily applied. This is especially welcome at year end.
• The built-in reporting is robust and offers a lot of options, but the ability to dig in to the database using SQL and Excel allows for very powerful reports that are infinitely personalized.

• The employment law service is a bit too basic. The lawyer often gives you very basic or scripted advice that is not tailored to the situation needed
• The functionality search sometimes is not great. You risk getting lost between hundreds of articles without finding what you really need
• Sometimes the articles are too lengthy and you only need a very quick response

Incentivized

• When exporting reports to Excel I found the formatting to be difficult to work with and having to reformat the reports can be a nightmare. My company's IT department created its own business tools to make the reporting format more user friendly.

Incentivized

It depends on renewal price

Incentivized

It's great and mostly user friendly. Some of the team have skipped over great information in there as the site was not as intuitive as expected, e.g. finding particular templates

Incentivized

I have never, in 14 years, known XpertHR to be offline!

Incentivized

The site is extremely responsive and loads quickly. Huge searches appear immediately

Incentivized

I requested access to an additional country and they came back very quickly and quickly granted me access

Incentivized

I already knew how to use it so did not need support with this

Incentivized

I have not directly used it but used it by passing on questions and queries to my HR network to obtain their advice. Often I felt that they do not provide direct advice to directly address my concerns or queries but more generic feedback that might be applicable or not. I think their advice often provides multiple and vague outcomes but not tailored to the outcome the business wants

Incentivized

We evaluated some payroll services but found the ongoing cost greater than the initial cost of purchasing our own software and keeping the payroll process in house. Other payroll software was generally more expensive and we are satisfied with Optimum Solutions. I would say the main reason we stayed with Optimum Solutions, converting from their iSeries version to their Windows version, was because of their outstanding staff and support.

Incentivized

WE only use it in HR but, I have no doubt that it could be scaled across other sites / teams.

Incentivized

• saves so much valuable time when updating policies which is huge as we have a small team and time is limited.
• Normally, it saves time on hours or research as you can find it all on the site, including salary review data.
• Reduces the cost of using employment lawyers all the time for policy updating and other advice.
• It's like a one-stop shop that enables the user to find everything they need on a multitude of topics with extensive information that requires minimal time by the user, but to search for that information individually would take hours, if not days, in some cases.

Incentivized

• More accurate payroll processing
• More accurate tax payments and reporting