Namely

Overview
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Namely
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Namely is an end-to-end HR, benefits, and payroll solution for mid-sized businesses. The cloud-based platform can be used to manage the entire HR process.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeRequired
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
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Chose Namely
Namely has a robust suite of offerings, and fallows for a la carte selection of add-ons (rather than a single bundled option). This has allowed our company to save money by not purchasing options / functionalities that we dont need, but may drive up the cost for other …
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We had used Namely in conjunction with Wurk for payroll and Ease for benefits enrollment. Unfortunately the "fraken-system" was very cumbersome to manage. The fraken-system was used due to the limited options in the cannabis industry for providers who were willing to work with …
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I have only used Thomson Reuters Payroll software and I had used this for over 15 years. So comparing the actual payroll software products, I would say Creative Solutions had much more flexibility in the reporting area, but Namely does so much more overall.
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I do recall that Namely appeared to be user friendly. The big promise not provided was the connection between Namely and NetSuite.
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Paychex Flex offered more support for the payroll side. All of the disadvantages that Namely has stem from the fact that Paychex Flex provided these benefits for us before. We selected Namely because it had more features in one place than Paychex Flex did. The feel for the …
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Our experience has traditionally been with entertainment focused HR providers, as our company added other business verticals a need for more traditional HR services became manifest. Namely filled the gap and while is still missing some of the more granular time tracking aspects …
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Namely functionally worked better for our company size and industry. Namely also provides a higher level of customer service and resolves problems timely. Their tax team takes care of all our questions or concerns. Namely provided a higher quality of service and HR workflows …
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Namely was able to check all of the boxes in the most affordable way
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UKG has many bells and whistles that may sound awesome, yet they are not always necessary to complete the tasks necessary. Sometimes less is more. Suppose you make a product so complex in some areas you lose the ease of use. I like that I was able to jump right into using this …
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So much easier to use and better adapted to employees who are looking for a good UI.
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Namely was selected for their price and all the integrations that it has.
We evaluated more softwares but they didn’t accomplish everything we wanted to made with Namely
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Namely does not compare to Workday because the size and scale of the company is very different. There are a lot of automated features and ATS integrations that Workday offers and I hope Namely will be able to offer someday as well.
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The reason I continued to choose Namely at multiple employers is due to the continuity of employee experience. And the features have continued to grow since I initially onboarded in 2014. Also, through the years, I have had terrific benefits teams. The customer service has been …
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BambooHR has eNPS, which is pretty helpful and allows us to send pulse surveys to employees to get an understanding of how they are doing. Namely doesn't have anything like that.
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I have only demoed with Paylocity (never used) but it seems superior to Namely in my opinion as far as time, HRIS, and payroll all communicating.

I demoed a couple others that I would not move away from Namely in favor of. I would say Namely is middle of the pack. They do …
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I was an end-user for ADP at a previous company and have no say in what software solution is purchased for HR purposes.
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This tool is uniquely different than work productivity tools. When running a growing company it is necessary to have a virtual HR Resource service and Namely has facilitated the need. When I came to work for our company this was my first experience with this type of software …
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The easy to use feature makes it countable on others. Its compatibilty with other platforms along with management for employee number and employee rating is making it more useful.
Features
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Human Resource Management
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9.3
144 Ratings
14% above category average
Employee demographic data7.9133 Ratings
Employment history9.6139 Ratings
Job profiles and administration9.631 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.4133 Ratings
Organizational charting9.2135 Ratings
Organization and location management9.5130 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)9.783 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
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9.0
128 Ratings
10% above category average
Pay calculation9.8112 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors10.054 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.358 Ratings
Benefit plan administration8.0110 Ratings
Direct deposit files9.8114 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management9.6101 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.657 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
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9.5
125 Ratings
15% above category average
Approval workflow9.4122 Ratings
Balance details9.5117 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment9.896 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
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7.4
142 Ratings
10% below category average
View and generate pay and benefit information9.7130 Ratings
Update personal information9.8141 Ratings
View company policy documentation7.1128 Ratings
Employee recognition3.1117 Ratings
View job history7.3135 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
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5.9
53 Ratings
30% below category average
Tracking of all physical assets5.953 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
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7.9
122 Ratings
4% above category average
Report builder8.1118 Ratings
Pre-built reports8.1113 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data7.574 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
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6.6
117 Ratings
19% below category average
New hire portal8.1111 Ratings
Manager tracking tools5.086 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
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6.1
97 Ratings
27% below category average
Corporate goal setting5.087 Ratings
Individual goal setting3.194 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility9.573 Ratings
Performance tracking6.890 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
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6.3
108 Ratings
23% below category average
Performance plans5.097 Ratings
Performance improvement plans5.069 Ratings
Review status tracking7.196 Ratings
Review reminders7.199 Ratings
Multiple review frequency7.385 Ratings
Succession Planning
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5.9
21 Ratings
28% below category average
Candidate search5.921 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
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8.8
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Job Requisition Management8.95 Ratings
Company Website Posting8.85 Ratings
Publish to Social Media8.85 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting8.95 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention8.85 Ratings
Applicant Tracking8.95 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts8.66 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(146 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(10 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(72 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(28 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.5
(85 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Namely is aesthetically very pleasing and navigates like other social media platforms which can be appealing to potentially a remote workforce who interacts more online than in person. Unfortunately, it did not serve our population well as we are primarily manufacturing where people are not as interested in utilizing the HRIS for interactions when they would rather connect in person.
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Pros
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  • Namely has helped with our COVID sick leave response. It has made a major difference both with the weekly payroll and the 941 tax filing
  • Keeping track of our multiple PTO plans. Thank goodness for Namely, I have shredded my old PTO spreadsheets.
  • Employees like the convenience of the cell phone app. As a payroll administrator, I like the Geo Tracking tool where I can see where some are when the clock is in or out.
  • The flexibility inside of the payroll system both as you are finalizing an employee profile and when you are processing payroll is a major advantage.
  • The reports I get out of Namely in Excel format work well for me.
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Cons
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  • Limits to custom reporting
  • No direct feed for Ohio Workers Comp (now a manual process on our end)
  • No option to place an employee on Leave of Absence and exclude them from payroll while they are "inactive"
  • No option to suppress certain deductions for certain pay types (i.e. allow 401K for commissions but block remaining deductions - also now a manual process to uncheck the suppress box for 401K for each commission check)
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Likelihood to Renew
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Administrators and employees love Namely. It is very easy to use and streamlined. Employees stay engaged with news feed updates and enjoy all the self service options. The time cards are very easy to access and clocking in and out for non-exempt employees is a breeze. Namely is part of our family.
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Usability
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It is very simple to use for myself, the HR team, and our employees. I find the payroll process very user-friendly. Reporting is simple to navigate and produce the required information requested. I know our employees enjoy the self-service feature and use it on a regular basis, which saves me time.
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Support Rating
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Namely platform has pretty good support: knowledgeable and relatively fast response times. Namely Payroll and Namely Benefits are very much depending on the quality of the support agent or CSM: we have had knowledgeable and attentive ones, but also ones that have provided erroneous information or failed to respond to urgent asks in a timely manner
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Implementation Rating
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Implementation was a bit complicated and our company had to carry most of the weight. It often felt like our implementation manager was giving us extra work that she did not want to do herself. It also took much longer than expected - I believe almost 2 months. I believe our company carried a bit too much of the weight.
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Alternatives Considered
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The reason I continued to choose Namely at multiple employers is due to the continuity of employee experience. And the features have continued to grow since I initially onboarded in 2014. Also, through the years, I have had terrific benefits teams. The customer service has been the worst part of the experience outside of the benefits team.
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Return on Investment
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  • We were able to transition to a fully digital onboarding process which saved us hours in time per new hire and made the process smoother for the new hire.
  • Namely is our first HRIS and has helped the HR department to find data and information quickly.
  • Namely helped us digitize our performance management process which the company undergoes on an annual basis.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of the Namely employee dashboard. This creates a central hub to access payroll and benefits info, share announcements, celebrate milestones, and navigate everything HR, from a desk or on the go.Screenshot of Namely Payroll, which is backed by automation and built-in compliance.Screenshot of the Onboarding interface, for new hires.Screenshot of the Applicant Tracking interface, which supports processes from job posting to onboarding with tools for hiring teams and candidates.Screenshot of the Benefits Administration interface, which supports open enrollment, plan changes, and employee elections.Screenshot of the Workforce Management interface. From here, viewers can track time, manage schedules, and handle complex workforce needs.